This is Iraq Wiegand #3, the 35 fils King Faisal II aerogramme from 1963, which was never issued. Later this aerogramme was issued with a handstamp obliterating the indicium (Wiegand #5) and a with stamp affixed covering the indicium (Wiegand #6a).
However, this item was postally used BAGHDAD (4 MAY 1963). The first I have ever seen.
A more careful analysis let me think that the aerogramme may well have been doctored. The BAGHDAD machine cancel's wavy lines normally come in three blocks (long / short / long). On the copy above there are only two blocks (long / short).
However, as the stamps used for covering the indicium were 25 mm wide, at least a part of the third block of wavy lines should have been visible on the right hand side edge of the aerogramme. Also, UV light does not reveal that any stamp was removed.
What do you think?
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