341 / September 2010

1894, 50 kr. gold/green, imperforated proof in block of four on carton, fine

1897, 1 ch. grey and 2 copies 2 ch. brown, tied by positive seal with cancel "TORCHIZ 13 11" to reverse of cover

5 ch. yellow and vertical pair 10 ch. blue, tied by small oval Teheran cds. to registered envelope with register label to Astrabad

lion 5 ch. yellow and 10 ch. blue, tied by small oval cds. "TEHERAN" to reverse of cover to Astrabad

12 ch. ultramarine, two copies, tied by Ispahan cds. to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran and Baku to England with several transit an arrival marks

1 kr. tied by cds. "ASTRABAD 5/8" to reverse of registered cover to Teheran with register label on front

large and small letters: 12 ch., tied by Teheran cds. to front of cover via Baku to Washington D.C. with transit and arrival marks on reverse; scarce overseas cover, very fine, signed Alcuri

1904, 3 CHAHIS on 5 ch. red, block of 4 together with lion 1 ch. violet, tied by shield postmark "ENZELI 10-3-06" to reverse of "Nadejda" cover to St. Petersburg

1905, 1 CHAI on lion 3 ch green, 2 copies with horizontal pair lion 2 ch. violet, tied by shield cancel of Sultanabad-Arak to reverse of cover to Teheran

1911, Ahmed Schah 5 ch., horizontal pair and single, and 12 ch. tied to reverse of illustrated registered cover of the telephone co. of Kengaver to Teheran with censor mark "PASSED BY BRITISH MILITARY CENSOR" on reverse

1912, Azarbaijan provisional "Official" issue 6 ch., tied to reverse of cover with complete contents from Tauris 1912 to Ispahan

1915, 2 kr. (2) and 5 kr., tied by cds. of Lahidja to Barnameh to Kazvin

2 t., 5 kr. and 10 ch. tied by cds. of Recht to Barnameh to Teheran

1917, Ahmed Schah 6 Chahis on 12 ch. and lion 5 Chahis on 13 ch. with Ahmed Schah 1 ch. used on censored cover from Teheran to England, little unfresh

1919, provisional issue 6 ch. violet and Tauris famine relief 1 ch. with error "narrow frame" tied to reverse of censored cover from Tauris to Teheran with censor lable and negative handstamp

1921, "10 CHAHIS/BENADERS" on 6 ch., horizontal pair, tied to reverse of commercial cover from Boushir to England

1922, CONTROLE 10 kr., 21 copies in multiples with 2 ch. and 2 kr. (3), tied to front and reverse of Barnameh from Meched to Teheran

1 Kran on 30 kr., tied to commercial envelope from Boushire to England, slight creasing in the stamp also, but scarce

CANCELLATIONS: "ABARGHOU", shield cancel, 3 strikes on 6 copies 1909, lion 1 ch. on reverse of cover to Ispahan with adjacent violet shield cancel "ABADEH 12-12-10"

"AMAR", 2 strikes of positive seal, clear on lion 3 ch. and 6 ch. on reverse of cover from Amar to Yezd

"BACOU Postes Consulaires Persanes", clear strike on Ahmed Schah 12 ch. on reverse of envelope to Teheran, opened on 2 sides, otherwise very fine, rare

"BEHBAHAN 26-8-05", shield cancel on strip of 3 lion 2 ch. grey on reverse of cover

"CENSOR OF THE WESTERN REPULICANS", 2 clear strikes in blue, both obliterating Ahmed Schah 3 ch. bistre/grey in horizontal pair, tied to reverse of cover from Hamadan to Teheran; small part of envelope missing due to opening; very rare and attractive (Farahbakhsh 340a)

"Censor of the Republic of the West", clear boxed censor mark on Ahmed Schah "CONTROLE 1922" 2 ch. used on reply part of Muzaffer post card (printed New Year's greetings) from Teheran to Hamadan, fine and scarce

"Censored by Recht Military", clear negative censor mark on white censor label on unfranked cover from Recht to Teheran, very scarce

"BONAB 8/..", clear fancy octagonal postmark on 1897, 5 ch. yellow without handstamp on reverse of envelope to Tauris with additional strike alongside, fine and scarce

"GROMICHEH 5-7-10", shield cancel on lion 6 ch. on reverse of cover to Ispahan

"KAZVIN 7/6", oval dater clear on lion 5 ch. ultramarine on reverse of cover to Hamadan, fine and scarce

"KUH MALEK SIAH.ZIARET", clear seal cancel on 1907, 6 ch. red on blue on postcard with adjacent date-stamp of the Indian PO of 18.11.1908 to London, fine and scarce

"MARAGHA", cds. on Ahmed Schah 6 ch. and 12 ch. on reverse of censored registered cover with front side boxed "RECOM" to Hamadan

"MECHED 21/4", cds. in blue on lion 2 ch. grey and 3 ch. green on reverse of cover to Ispahan, unrecorded in blue

"MECHED 23 1", cds. in blue on lion 5 ch. rose on reverse of cover

"SCHIRAS 20/3" in violet on 1882, 25 c. green/dark green on front of cover to Teheran with arrival mark on reverse, fine and scarce

"TORCHIZ", negative seal on 1885, 5 ch. blue on reverse of small cover with additional strike alonside, to Meched, fine

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1878, envelope 5 ch. with clear cds. "TEHERAN 15 10" to Shiraz, opened on 2 sides, otherwise fine and fresh

PARCEL STAMPS: 1915, coronation 5 ch. in pair and 3 kr. tied to Barnameh from Teheran to Koum