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1914(Oct 24) C.L. Ringrose & Co.,printed envelope marked Printed Matter to Imperial Ottoman Bank, Bagdad, Mesopotamia bearing Dutch 2½c tied Rotterdam machine cancel & with scarce unframed violet Stopped By Censor & with red crayon 227……………At the start of WW1 the Indian Government ordered all it’s Post Offices to Stop all mail from & too Enemy countries, this was later on 8 Sep 1914 extended to all European neutral countries, the concern being German firms conducting business through neutral countries.