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Here are two fragments of a parcel wrapping sent home from Iraq - perhaps he (or she?) was a medical officer?  These parcels were posted from the Forces Post Office (No 326 Nasiriyah not too far from Basra) towards the end of the  First World War.  The one on the right is dated December 1917.  The sender was part of the Indian Expeditionary Force to that country and as you will see most of the the regular India stamps are overprinted I. E. F for use by the troops.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

India stamps like these can also be found overprinted C. E. F - China Expeditionary Force - for a different war at a different time.

 

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