345 / September 2011

1879, Nasr-ed-Din 2 ch. yellow/black, tied to reverse of small envelope from Boushir to Shiraz, fine and scarce

5 ch. green/black, tied by cds. "KERMAN 19/5" to cover to Yezd with additional strike alongside, original letter enclosed

1882, 25 c. green tied by violet cds. of Meched to cover to Ispahan with Teheran transit mark on front, very fine

25 c. green, tied by violet "SENNEH 1/11" to reverse of small cover to Teheran, fine

1885, 5 ch. blue and 10 ch. brown tied to reverse of registered cover from "RESCHT 31 3" (date inverted) to Teheran with frontside register label and large circular "Recommandée / Sefareshi", fine and scarce

1889, 10 ch. black tied by cds. "BIDJAR 10/1" to reverse of cover to Teheran

1899, violet handstamp on pair 1 ch. grey with single stamp (damaged) and lion 12 ch. red, tied to reverse of cover from Tauris

1902, provisional issue 1 KRAN, tied to front of registered letter from Hamadan to Teheran with register label on reverse, tied by Teheran arrival mark

1904, 3 Chahis on 5 ch. and 9 Chahis on 1 kr., 2 copies each, tied by oval Teheran cancels to registered envelope with adjacent boxed register mark to Vienna with arrival mark, slightly toned but scarce

1905, 1 Chai on 3 ch. green, block of 3 with unsurcharged pair tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of cover to Ispahan, fine and scarce

1909, register label in horizontal pair with 1891, 2 ch. brown in horizontal pair (one value corner fault), tied to reverse of cover from Boushir to Ispahan, also register label in strip of 5 tied to reverse of cover from Ispahan to Shiraz (one stamp rounded corner where fixed over the edge of cover)

register label, 3 pairs, tied by cds. "TEHERAN 14.1.11" and one with additional control handstamp "C" to reverse of cover to Kurdistan

1909, 1 kr. and 4 kr. (3) tied by shield cancel "BOROUDJERD 7-710" to Barnameh

10 kr., 5 kr. and pair 2 kr. tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh

20 kr. in vertical strip of 3 with horizontal pair 4 kr. tied by Kirmanchah cds. to Barnameh

20 kr., 10 kr., 3 copies 2 kr. and 10 ch., tied by cds. of "KIRMANCHAH" to Opium Barnameh

1911, Ahmed Shah 6 ch. green/redbrown and Tauris famine relief 1 ch. with error "narrow frame", tied to reverse of censored cover from Tauris to Teheran with censor label and negative handstamp

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, coronation 1 t. with 10 ch. and 3 kr., tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh

PARCEL STAMPS: 1915, coronation 10 ch. and 3 kr. tied by cds. "RECHT 17.VI.15" to Barnameh

3 kr. and 1t. tied by cds. "TEHERAN 16.II.16" to Barnameh

3 t. with stamps without overprint 1 t. (2), 5 kr., 2 kr. and 10 ch., tied by cds. "TEHERAN 8-III-16" to Barnameh, crease through 2 kr. and 5 kr., otherwise fine

POSTAL STATIONARY: 1878, "2½" in red on bisect 5 c. and "2½" in blue on bisect 1 ch. and cpl copy 2 ch., each on postcard form, unused, fine

CANCELLATIONS: "ARDABIL", shield cancel on horizontal pair lion 3 ch. green on bluish on reverse of cover to Tauris

"ARDISTAN 2-3-06", shield cancel on lion 1ch. violet, pair and block of 4 on reverse of cover to Kachan

"CENSOR KURDISTAN", small negative seal clear on front of cover to Senneh, franked on reverse with Ahmed Shah 6 Chahis on 1 kr., additional British censor marks and transit marks, fine and scarce

"CENSOR OF THE WESTERN REPULICANS", 2 strikes in blue on Ahmed Schah 3 ch. in horizontal pair,  tied to reverse of cover 1911 from Hamadan to Teheran; small part of envelope missing due to opening; very rare and attractive (Farahbakhsh 340a)

"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

"CENSOR OF THE WESTERN REPUBLICANS", boxed marking in blue on front of incoming cover from Teheran to Hamadan, franked on reverse with 1924, 6 ch.

Rafsendjan: fancy cancel on 1885, lion 5 ch. blue on reverse of small cover with additional strike alongside, fine

ditto, fancy cancel in lilac on 1891, 5 ch. blue on reverse of cover to Yezd

ditto, fancy cancel in lilac on 1897, 5 ch. yellow on reverse of cover to Yezd

"YEZD 3/6", cds. in blue on sun engraved 5 ch. green on reverse of cover

1948, Doar Ivri 250 - 1000 m. with ful tab from the lower right sheet corners, unhinged mint, 1000 m. small tear in the lower right sheet margin only

1874,  6 s. brown-violet, with sylabelic "13", used, small grain hole, otherwise fine, a rare stamp, signed Krüger BPP

1895, 2nd printing 50 p. lilac, perforated 13 on 3 sides and 7½ (double) at top, used with indistinct domestic type bisected circle; the stamp most likely originating from a pair imperforated between and later reperforated officially; a scarce variety, opinion Holcombe and Eichhorn Provenance: Herbert Block collection