343 / März 2011

1 ch. black and horizontal pair 2 ch. brown, tied by cds. of Boushir to reverse of small envelope to Shiraz

2 ch. brown, block of 4 and single stamp tied by cds. "Boushir 16/5" to reverse of small envelope to Shiraz

1894, 1 kr. yellow/red and vertical strip 1 ch. violet, tied to reverse of registered envelope from Tauris to Nedjef with transit marks of Teheran and Bhagdad; register label on front

1897, handstamp "5 ch" on 8 ch. brown, with additional franking on reverse of envelope from Tauris to Nedjef, fine

5 ch. on 8 ch. with lion 2 ch. green and 8 ch. brown, tied by cds. of Tauris to reverse of cover to Nedjef, Iraq

1899, adjutant provisionals 2 ch. brown horizontzal pair, together with register label, tied by Kazvin cds. to reverse of cover to Isfahan, scarce

1897, lion 12 ch. rose, tied by large oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to reverse of envelope to the US with arrival mark

5 kr. green, irregular block of 5 with 10 ch. blue tied by cds. "TAEBRIS 19/12" to large size Barnameh

1899/1901, surcharge 5 ch. on 8 ch. brown with Mozafer 1 kr., tied to reverse of registered envelope with register label from Teheran to Yezd

1902, provisionals for Teheran 2 ch. and 3 ch. tied to reverse of envelope from Boushir to Ismahan

5 ch. and 10 ch., tied by cds. "CHIRAZ 1/10" to reverse of small envelope to Ispahan, fine

5 ch. and 1 kr., tied by cds. "CRMAN CHAH 31/7" to reverse of registered envelope to Teheran, register label on front

10 ch. and 1 kr., tied to reverse of registered cover from "ISPAHAN 15/11" to Teheran, register label on front

1906, provisional issue 13 ch. and 6 ch. with lion 2 ch. with hand stamp "CONTROLE", all tied by shield cancel "TEHERAN 10-11-06" to registered postcard to Berlin; top right corner of the card officially cut, scarce

1907/09, register labels used as stamps: block of 6, tied to reverse of cover from Hamadan to Teheran

1909, lion 4 kr. in horizontal pair with 2 ch., 3 ch. and 10 ch., tied by shield cancel of Ourmia to Barnameh

20 kr. in strip of 3 and 4 kr. in pair tied by cds. "KIRMANCHAH 9 III 1910" to Barnameh

30 kr. with 2 kr. and 10 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh

1911, Ahmed Schah 3 ch. in horizontal pair, both with clear strike "CENSOR OF THE WESTERN REPULICANS" in blue, tied to reverse of cover from Hamadan to Teheran; small part of envelope missing due to opening; very rare and attractive (Farahbakhsh 340a)

1 kr. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of registered cover to the Imperial Kent in Niavaran, showing on front clear cds. "ORDOU", scarce

1915, 3 kr., 3 horizontal pairs, tied by cds. of Teheran to Barnameh to Recht

1921, coronation 6 ch. with handstamp inverted and 3 ch. tied by cds. "TEHERAN 25.V.21" to cover

1924, Ahmed Schah 2 ch. in pair with 1 kr., all obliterated by rectangular chop, tied to reverse of registered cover with acknowledgement of receipt from Noberan to Teheran, scarce

3 ch. in strip of 4, all obliterated by square chops and tied by cds. of Koum Bazar to reverse of cover to Teheran

1936, 50 d. and horizontal pair 1 r. tied to reverse of cover from Teheran to the US with British and Russian censor labels

CANCELLATIONS: "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

"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

"Censor of the Western Republicans" 2 clear strikes on block of 3 of 1922, 2 ch. on reverse of cover from Teheran to the postmaster of Hamadan; envelope with small tear, scarce

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1871, 100 m. platte I, wove paper, wide margins and fresh colour, unused, very fine, opinion Newiger BPP; also Michel no. 20x with golfball cancel and No. 38

500 m. blue-green, plate 1, laid paper, good margins, official pinhole at lower right, cancelled by Tokio Kensazumi, very fine

1874, 1 sen blue, type III, horizontal pair with sheet margin at left tied by double circle to cover with red boxed, some stains

1899, chrysanthemum 8 s.-1 y., 10 s. unused , otherwise unhinged mint, fine

1915, Coronation 1½-10 s. cpl. on first-day-cover, fine (Mi. 300,-)

JAPANESE OCCUPATION WORLD WAR II: POSTAL STATIONERY: 1944, overprint postcard 8 c. with additional franking 50 c. and 30 c.(overprint issue 1943) used with cds. "TSINGTAU" to Peking (Han Nc 10)