359 / März 2015

1899, issue on greenish paper 1 ch., 3 ch. and 5 ch. in strip of 4, tied by Meched cds. to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to England, showing several transit marks including Russian PO at Gaoudan and on front desinfection mark "OBESSARENKO", two 5 ch. small faults, otherwise fine

1 ch., 2 ch. and 5 ch., 2 copies each with 1 kr. tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN " to front and reverse of opened out registered cover to England with transit and arrival marks; a most attractive and scarce entire of the Provisoire issue, signed Dr. Dathkhah

1902, "PROVISOIRE 1319": 1 ch. grey, 4 copies for rosette handstamp 1 ch. in horizontal pair tied by "TEHERAN MAIDAN" oval marking to reverse of registered envelope via Baku to England; the cover slightly roughed opened and one stamp tiny corner crease, overall fine; an extremely scarce combination cover

12 ch. on 1 kr. tied by cds. "TEHERAN .DEPART" to reverse of cover via Baku to France; a fine single franking

Rosette handstamp issues: Large letters: 1 ch., marginal copy tied by Tabriz cds. to postcard to Constantine, Algeria with arrival mark; underpaid but untaxed

1 ch. in block of 4 and single stamp, both with sheet margin, tied by cds. "BOUSHIR 26/7" to reverse of cover to Isfahan; a scarce multiple franking

3 ch. and vertical 1 ch. tied by cds. "TEHERAN.DEPART" to postcard via Baku to France

12 ch. and 2 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to postal stationery envelope Provisoire 1319, 10 ch. as registered letter to England with transit mark of Baku and arrival marks

1 kr., 2 ch. (3) and 5 ch. (2) tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to front and reverse of registered envelope via Baku to England, fine franking abroad

2 kr. tied by Kazvin cds. to registered envelope to Teheran with arrival mark; the envelope rounded corner at lower left, otherwise fine; a rare single franking

10 kr. with 2 kr., 1 kr., 10 ch., 5 ch. and 2 ch. tied by  Tabriz cds. to Barnameh with adjacent sender's seal "Imperial Bank of Persia"; 2 ch. and 1 kr. affected by light horizontal creases, otherwise fine and scarce

Small letters: 1 ch. in combination with large letters 1 ch., 2 ch., 3 ch. and 5 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to envelope to Paris with transit mark of Baku and arrival mark; slightly soiled but very scarce

5 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to picture postcard to the US with adjacent transit mark of Baku

12 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of small envelope to Bombay with transit and (part) arrival marks

1903, Provisoire 1 ch., 2 copies with pair 2 ch., pair and single 10 ch. and block of three 12 ch., all tied by cds. "TEHERAN.DEPART" to registered linnen envelope via Baku to Germany; 12 ch. two stamps with light paper folds and one with additional small marginal tear, otherwise very fine; an outstanding cover of the provisional issues

1903/04, Mozaffar-eddin portrait issue 1 ch. and 2 ch., tied by unusual type cds. "TABRIZ 24 OCT. 1903" to printed matter envelope to France with arrival mark; vertical fold not affecting the stamps, slightly stained, scarce

1 ch., 3 ch. and 1 kr. tied by sender's mark "A. Heinicke" and oval "BOUCHIR 17-12-04" to front and reverse of registered envelope via Indian "SEA POST OFFICE B DE. 24.04" to Germany with arrival mark, fine and usual

1 ch., 19 copies incl. block of 6 and two blocks of 4 with 1 kr., all tied by oval "TEHERAN 27-1-06" to reverse of registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt (AR) to the Dutch Consul at Smyrna and re-directed to Den Haag with both arrival marks (Dutch somewhat faint); 1 kr. top right corner edit, otherwise fine and attractive

12 ch. tied by Djoulfa cds. to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. rose as registered letter via India to Australia (here re-directed), showing on reverse several transit and arrival marks including "INLAND -REGN. DEPT. BOMBAY"; unusual destination

2 kr. and 2 ch., tied by violet "KAZVIN 18/4" to reverse of registered envelope to Chouchter; a high inland postage rate

5 kr. (2) with 2 kr. in vertical pair and 4 singles, 1 kr. in pair and block of4 and 3 copies 3 ch. in combination with 1906, issue for Tabriz 1 ch., tied by oval "CHIRAZ 17-4-07" to front and reverse of Barnameh; an attractive and scarce franking

5 kr. with Lion on blue paper 3 ch. and 9 ch. and 1908, 13 ch. and 26 ch. tied by Teheran oval date stamp to large-size registered envelope to Sultanabad; a scarce high value franking from the Ziegler correspondance

20 kr., 10 kr. and horizontal strip of five 12 ch. tied by "CHIRAZ 28-12-07" to Barnameh; a scarce high value franking in fine condition

30 kr., 5 kr. and 2 kr. in combination with 1906, issue for Tabriz 3 ch. in horizontal strip of 3, tied by oval "CHIRAZ 17-4-07" to Barnameh; vertical crease affecting 5 kr. and the center stamp of the strip; a scarce high franking

POSTCARD POSTAL TAX STAMPS: 1 ch., 2 copies with overprint in type b, tied by Teheran cds. to picture postcard with 1 ch. and 5 ch. to Paris; frankings with 2 copies 1 ch. are extremely rare

2 ch. without overprint tied by Teheran cds. to postcard with 3 ch. (2) to Italy

2 ch. with overprint type a, tied by Teheran cds. to postcard with 2 ch. and 5 ch. via Baku to Constantinople, slight transportation faults (corner creasing)

2 ch. with horizontal overprint in type a, tied by violet seal to postcard with 5 ch. from Teheran to England, slight transportation marks

2 ch. with overprint in type b, tied by violet seal to postcard with 3 ch. from Teheran to France

2 ch. with overprint in type c, tied by oval "KERMANCHAH 27-5-07" to picture postcard as printed matter to Belgium with arrival mark, very scarce (Sadri no. 353)

1905, internal mail provisional 1 ch. on 3 ch., 5 copies with 2 copies 1903/04, 12 ch. tied by oval Teheran date stamp to reverse of registered envelope to Hamadan

1 ch. on 3 ch., 2 copies with Lion 3 ch., 10 ch. and 12 ch. (2 each) tied by Sultanabad oval date stamp to registered envelope from the Ziegler correspondance to England and redirected to Germany with several transit and arrival marks; one provisional stamp slightly creased, otherwise fine

1 ch. on 3 ch., 2 copies with issue for Tabriz 3 ch. (4) and several Lion values on front and reverse of registered envelope from the Ziegler correspondance from Sultanabad 1907 to England and redirected to Germany with London register label; one Lion value with small faults, otherwise fine

1 CHAI on 1 kr. tied by Schimeran cds. to commercial envelope with imprint 'Groeneweg, Dunlop & Co. / Teheran" to the British Telegraph-Office at Teheran with arrival mark on front; a very rare stamp on cover, signed Sadri with certificate (Persifila 367)

1906, provisional type set issue 1 ch. with perforation on 2 sides together with 2 ch. in strip of 6 and single stamp and 3 ch. in strip of 6, strip of 3 (central stamp with "POSTES" inverted) and single and 1904, 9 ch. on 1 kr. (2),  all tied by oval "SULTANABAD ARAK 1-9-90" to front and reverse of sealed large registered envelope to Bombay, 3 stamps affected by cover crease and in general some light creasing and toning; a remarkable franking (Sadri no. 374A, 376f etc.)

1 ch. perforated with 1903/04 12 ch. tied by Tabriz cds. to envelope to Constantinople (Sadri no. 374A)