361 / September 2015

1885/86, typographed 1 ch. green and 5 ch. dull-blue tied by Sultanabad cds. to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to Germany with arrival mark on reverse; 5 ch. lower left corner perf with light crease, otherwise fine and scarce

2 ch. rose, horizontal pair and 2 singles with 2 copies 5 ch. dull-blue (1 with missing corner) tied to front and reverse of small sealed envelope (apparently registered) with transit mark of Constantinople to Modena, Italy; an unusual and scarce franking

1885/86, typographed 5 ch. dull-blue and 10 ch. brown, tied by Shiraz cds. to reverse of triple-rate cover to Ispahan

1886, "OFFICIEL" handstamp 6 on 5 ch., type I, together with 12 copies 1885, 2 ch. rose (some damaged) tied to reverse of opened out registered envelope from Tabriz 1887 to France with transit and arrival marks; a remarkable franking, signed Sadri with certificate

6 on 10 ch. tied to reverse of postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter from Tabriz 1888 to Nice in France and redirected to Modena in Italy with transit and arrival marks; a scarce entire, signed Sadri with certificate

12 on 50 c. black/grey with 1885/86, 1 ch. and 5 ch. tied by Tabriz cds. to reverse of registered envelope to Modena, Italy with arrival mark; a scarce franking, signed Sadri with certificate (Scott 60, 62, 67)

1889, Paris print 5 ch. purple, 2 horizontal strips of 3 and 2 singles together with single 10 ch. black, tied by Tauris cds. to reverse of eightfold registered envelope to Meshed with Teheran transit mark; very attractive and unusually high internal franking

10 ch. black, 2 single copies tied by Tabriz cds. to reverse of registered envelope 1892 to Modena, Italy with adjacent arrival mark; a scarce multiple franking

7 ch. grey tied Tabriz cds. and Modena arrival mark to reverse of small envelope to Modena, Italy, fine and scarce

1891, Mehrabi 7 ch. grey, 3 single copies (one with 3 pulled/short perfs) tied to reverse of postal stationery envelope 6 ch. rose as registered letter to Modena, Italy with arrival mark; some minor staining; a scarce franking

7 ch., 5 ch. and 10 ch., tied by manuscript "Stamped" and somewhat faint seal postmark of Rafsanjan to reverse of registered envelope to Austria, here re-directed; envelope with vertical crease well off the franking; a scarce colour franking with unusual cancellation

1 kr. green and 1 ch. black, tied by cds. "MESHED 28/9" to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran and Baku to Tiflis, Russia with transit and arrival marks on front and reverse; seal removed, otherwise fine, a scarce franking to abroad

Nasseri Ta'lai 1 kr. and 2 kr. tied by cds. "SARI 15/3" to Barnameh

1894, Nasseri Ta'lai 5 kr., tied by Tauris cds. to registered parcel certificate to Teheran with arrival mark

5 kr., horizontal pair and single stamp with 1 kr. and 2 kr., tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh to Meshed with arrival mark

1897, provisional issue 1 Kr. on 5 kr. and 2 Kr. on 5 kr. tied by Tabriz cds. to almost complete Barnameh to Astara, very scarce

1 Kr. on 5 kr. with 1894, 10 kr. and 10 ch., tied by Tauris cds. to Barnameh; a scarce high franking

1899, arabesque control handstamp issue: 8 ch. orange in horizontal pair with 2 pairs 1 ch. grey, tied by cds. "MIANEH 18/8" to reverse of registered envelope with register label to Tabriz; a scarce stamp on cover

8 ch. orange with 1 ch., 2 ch. (single and pair), 4 ch. and 5 ch., tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to Belgium with arrival mark; a fine and colourful scarce franking

1900, Adjudant provisional issue: Overprinted in pairs: 1 ch. grey, 2 pairs and single stamp tied by cds. of Kazvin to reverse of cover to Teheran with arrival mark

3 ch. and horizontal pair 1 ch. with 2 part strikes, tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of cover to Tabriz, fine and scarce

4 ch. vermilion, horizontal pair together with handstamp applied in center of blocks of 4, 1 ch. grey in horizontal pair and 5 Ch. on 8 ch., tied by cds. "CHIRAZ 1 1" to reverse of cover to Ispahan; cover creases not effecting the stamps

Handstamped in the center of blocks of 4: 1 ch. grey, horizontal block of 5 (some perfs split) tied by cds. "ISPAHAN 26/11" to reverse of cover to Teheran, vertical fold not effecting the stamps and cover somewhat roughly opened at right; a scarce franking

12 ch. carmine tied by cds. "MECHED 24 11" to picture postcard 5 ch. as registered postcard to Belgium with Persian and Russian transit marks; a card written by Victor Kastaigne with long text and his signature "Victor" written to his niece; an interesting card with scarce franking

1899, green paper issue 1 ch. (2), 3 ch., 4 ch., 5 ch. and 12 ch. tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to postal stationery envelope 10 ch. with arabesque control handstamp at registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt ("RR") to Bruxelles, fine and scarce franking

Handstamp on Adjutant provisional  issue 3 ch. together with overprint on normal issue 1 ch. (2), 2 ch. and 5 ch., tied by oval "TEHERAN 6/3" to small envelope to New York, showing on reverse transit mark of Baku and New York arrival mark; slight staining, otherwise fine; the stamps of the Adjutant provisional issue with additional PROVISOIR 1319 handstamp are extremely rare on cover; signed Sadri with certificate (Sadri 233; Scott 175var)

1902, "PROVISOIRE 1319"  on 5 ch. yellow and 10 ch. blue, tied by Hamadan cds. to envelope to Teheran with arrival mark on front, fine and scarce

1902, 5 Chahis on 10 ch. blue, tied by fancy "CHIRAZ 1/4" (day inverted) to reverse envelope to Boushire with arrival mark, very fine

1902, Rosette handstamp issue: Large letters 2 kr. with 1 ch., 2 horizontal pairs and horizontal pair 3 ch. tied by Sultanabad cds. to front and reverse of registered letter of the Ziegler correspondance to Germany with transit marks of Teheran and Baku and arrival mark; little unfresh, a very scarce franking

5 Krans on 5 kr. in block of 4, together with large letters 1 kr. and 2 kr., tied by clear cds. "BOUSHIR 6/12" to large part of Barnameh; a very scarce multiple of this stamp; signed Sadri with certificate (2014) (Persifila 275)

5 Krans on 5 kr., slightly touched at lower left, otherwise good to large margins, together with large letters 2 kr. and small letters 10 ch., block of 7, block of 8, 2 pairs and single stamp, tied by cds. "KHELKHAL 3/11" (inverted) to Barnameh Tabriz; 3 ch. marginal creasing and small part of the formular missing at top left; a very rare franking with the 5 kr.

1902, issue for Meshed: 5 ch. black, initialled, tied by cds. "MESHED 15/3" to reverse of envelope to Kerman with adjacent arrival mark; the cover opened on 2 sides, fine and rare; certificate BPA (SG No. 219)

12 ch. blue, red initials, used with cds. "16/4" (inverted and transposed/4); fine and scarce, signed Sadri with certificate

12 ch. blue, red initials, pinperforated at 2 sides, unused with original gum; a rare stamp in this condition, signed Sadri with certificate

1903, "PROVISOIR 1903" 2 ch., 2 copies with surcharge issue 1 CHAHIS on 3 ch. (2) and 2 CHAHIS on 3 ch. (3) and 12 CH on 10 kr. and 6 unsurcharged lion stamps, tied by cds. "SULTANABAD 30/5" (1903) to registered envelope to Austria with transit marks of Teheran and Baku and Austrian arrival mark; one unsurcharged lion stamp with missing corner and 12 CH. on 10 kr. defective at right, otherwise fine; a rare and remarkable franking with 'PROVISOIRE' - stamps; signed Sadri with certificate

1903/04, lion and Mozaffar-eddin Shah 1 ch. violet in horizontal pair and 2 ch. grey, each tied to reverse of 2 envelopes from Enzeli to Recht, both with arrival marks; scarce neighbour city frankings