"A Kurdish mother / of Iraq" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 at Palco Kansas. $2.00 ic

"Ancient Mesopotamia / Third Millennium, Epic of the flood" art depicting an helmeted archer with his equipment, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 from Remus Michigan. In modern days, Mesopotamia would be mostly in Iraq & Syria. $1.75 ais

"B 1245 / The Lion at Babylon" showing a massive statue there; black & white Post-Karte mailed 16 MA 08 with a 1-anna India stamp (clear BAGDAD hand cancel) to Salamanca New York, clear SEA-POST-OFFICE A 18 MA 08 transit mark in message area, minor corner & edge wear, light album impressions at the corners. At that time, the Ottoman Empire was collapsing due to the 1908 revolution, so Turkish stamps were not used. Writer comments 'We couldn't send post cards from Babylon, for there is nothing but a small village, and no post office, there.' Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i-is

"BAGHDAD / GO THERE BY SAS" continental postcard with art showing a jet plane flying over a mosque, issued by Scandinavian Airline System, mailed in the US in 1959, one edge has a small tear that closes well with 3 long internal creases radiating from it. As is. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (384,427 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 ia(a)

"Bagdad (Iraq) carpenter / pauses for water" with an adz resting on his shoulder, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed from at Bushton Kansas, trivial wear at 2 corners. $2.00 ip NEW / NEU / NOVÝ

"Bearded sheik of Iraq looks / on the changing world at / the dedication of sugar refinery." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard, mailed 1962 at Ogden Kansas, trivial edge wear, short internal crease from the right front side, small light smudge in the address area. $2.00 i

"Harvesting barley near Irbil, / a Kurd clutches grain with / glovelike metal claws, that / extend his finger reach Iraq" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Centerville Kansas, small upper corner crease not into the image. Irbil is also seen written Erbil or Irbil. $2.00 ia*

IRAQI AIRWAYS. Unused continental post card showing its Antonov AN-12 (YI-APJ) at Bratislava Czech Republic in May 1987, minor corner & edge wear. $4.75 ai

IRAQI AIRWAYS. Continental color photo showing its Antonov AN-24B (YI-AED) on the ground, good composition & focus, contrast a little low. $5.00 ai

IRAQI AIRWAYS. Unused continental postcard showing its Vickers Viscount 735 (YI-ACM) on the ground in July 1978, near mint. This aircraft also flew for Guernsey Airlines. On 25 October 1979 it was damaged beyond repair on a landing at Kickway (Orkney Islands) Scotland. Rare. $6.00 ai

IRAQI AIRWAYS. Continental color photo of its Douglas DC-7 being serviced, good composition, contrast a bit low, focus a bit fuzzy. Rare. $5.00 ai

See also our Iraq postal history. Shown here is a Poste-Karte mailed from Bagdad with a 1-anna Indian stamp via sea-post to New York.

"Soccer at Baghdad, Iraq." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 at Mound Valley Kansas, faint upper corner crease, paper adherence on referee's leg. $1.75 is(s)

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