362 / März 2016

1909, Printed Matters Postal Tax Issue, 1 ch. on 1 ch.-2 ch. on 30 kr. complete set, CTO by "Teheran depart 20.XII.09" special postmark, fine and scarce, Sadri certificate.

1911, Azarbaijan Provisional "Officiel" issue, 13 ch. blue & violet and 26 ch. green & blue; tied to 1912 registered Austro-Oriental Trading Company stationary cover with Tauris cds to Vienna without transit- and arrival marks; possibly not sent, Sadri certificate.

1912, Senneh Rebellion Issue, 3 ch. green & grey in pair, used on reverse of cover on April 18, 1912 from Senneh to Hamadan with arrival cds; very scarce issue, Sadri certificate.

6 ch. carmine & grey, used on April 25, 1912 on cover from Senneh to Hamadan; tied by Senneh 25 VI 12 cds with identical cds alongside, as well as Hamadan 28 IV 12 arrival cds; very scarce issue, Sadri certificate.

1915, Coronation overprinted 1 ch.-5 kr., from the Mauritania UPU Specimen Archive, stained but otherwise fine

1916, Nation of Kazeroun Issue, 9 ch. purple & orange brown with black handstamp; on a January 16, 1917 opened out and not quite complete cover from Kazeroun to Bushire; tied by KAZEROUN 16.I.17 cds; stamp has been removed and reaffixed; very scarce on cover, Sadri certificate.

1917, "1335" on 1 ch., 2 copies together with Ahmed Shah 6 ch. used on telegraph receipt, all tied by cds. "ZENDJAN 28.VI.17"; very scarce, only few documents with this stamp are known (Sadri 91)

1921, Coup d'etat Issue, 12 ch. ultramarine overprinted in black, a fine philatelically used example on local cover cancelled by Teheran cds in black with reverse showing Teheran arrival cds on the same day, Sadri certificate.

1927, First Airmail Issue, 1 Ch.-30 Kr. complete set of 16 values, unused with original gum, only 600 copies of 10 Kr., 20 Kr., and 30 Kr. printed; a scarce set in unused condition, Sadri certificate.

1935, "Postes Iraniennes" Issue, 5 Di.-5 Ri. complete set of 13 values handstamped "Specimen;" hinge remnants only, original gum, Sadri certificate.

1911 Official "Service" Issue, 6 ch. vermillion & red brown, used on reverse of official cover 1914 from Teheran to Senneh, Sadri certificate.

1921, Coat of Arms postal card overprint, 5 ch. on 2 ch. green, unused, scarce and fine (Sadri PC35)

1925, Pahlavi Provisional Postal Cards, 2 ch. on 12 ch. red and 9 ch. on 12 ch. red, both unused, fine and scarce (Sadri PC45-46)

1931, Lithographed Issue, 2 ch. red & black on blue card, "SPECIMEN" overprint, small crease in middle of card but otherwise fine and scarce (Sadri PC50 Specimen)

1933, New Currency issue, 90 di. red on light blue and pale greenish card, both unused with no major faults, a scarce pair (Sadri PC52B-C)

1936, Reza Shah postcard 90 d. red on grey-green card, unused, fine and scarce (Sadri PC58)

1938, Airmail postcard, 50 d. red & blue, unused, slight toning on bottom right, otherwise fine and scarce

INCOMING MAIL: 1895, fancy french commercial postal stationary envelope 5c. green with additional franking as registered letter from "BERGUES 20 FEVR.95" to Teheran with Tabriz transit mark; very decorative and scarce

"BAKU-ENZILE PRAOKH 17.8.13" on cash-paid registered envelope with manuscript register number "75" and notation "26 chahis" to Ispahan with transit and arrival marks, opened at two sides and minor creasing at top; an extremely rare piece of registered ship mail, Sadri certificate.

"KUH MALEK SIH ZIARET", good strike on 1907/09, 2ch. on blue in horizontal pair on postcard 2 ch. to England, fine and scarce

AZARBAIIJAN, "Momayezi Shod" black rectangular censor marking on 1910 cover from Tabriz, a nice strike of a very rare handstamp

BARFROUCH: "Barfrouch censor", small black negative seal on cover, franked on reverse, from Barfrouch to Teheran with arrival mark of 12.8.1919, fine and scarce

CENSOR: BARFROUCH: "Barfrouch censor", small black negativ seal on cover, franked on reverse, from Barfrouch 20.7.1919 to Teheran with arrival mark, fine and scarce

BAKU: "Postes consulaires persanes Bacou", black seal on Ahmad Shah 12 ch. on reverse of cover via "ENZELI 10.III.20" and Recht (additional strike on the stamp) to Zendjan with arrival mark on front, additional British "PASSED BY CENSOR 550" over white bilingual label; the cover somewhat reduced in size by opening at top, very scarce

BROZ JAN, black negative censor mark applied over white seal on cover from Shiraz 1915 to Boushire with additional green British censor label, scarce

DEHKORD: "Censored by the military" 2 strikes in violet applied over white labels on front and reverse of cover from Ispahan 1924 to Dehkord; cover opened on 2 sides, slightly reduced at top; a very rare item

GOVERNMENT MILITARY: "Observed by the censor no. 15", clear strike on cover from "TEHERAN 22.III.20" to Boston with additional Teheran transit mark of 25.3.; a major rarity of Iranian censor marks, Eftekhar mentions only 2 recorded copies

MECHED: "Censored on behalf of military governing forces", clear boxed marking on cover from "MECHED 4-IX.21" to Teheran, little unfresh, a scarce cover

MECHED: "Meched Momayezi Shod", small oval marking in violet on reverse of cover to Birjand; envelope with vertical fold not effecting the stamps and slight marginal faults; this marking in violet is very scarce

RECHT: "Censored by the Military Forces in Recht", violet double ring seal with crowned lion in centre, 2 strikes applied over white label on front and reverse of cover from "RECHT 14.X.20" to Teheran; one of the rarest censor marks of Persia (Eftekhar no. RR1)

RECHT: 'The provisional Republic" obliterated on cover from "RECHT 5.VII.20" to Kazvin, additionally censored by military censor "KAZVIN no.4", very scarce, only few similar items known

SHIRAZ: Rectangular "Shiraz censor" and unframed (oval) "Shiraz", both in black, applied over white labels on cover from Behbehan 1924 to Shiraz with arrival mark; on front of cover another part strike of the boxed marking (here white label removed by opening); Eftekhar records only one cover showing both censor marks but in violet colour; most likely a unique item with both censor marks in black

ZANJAN: "PASSED CENSOR ZENJAN", negative seal applied over white label on cover from "TAURIS 14.XI.18" to Teheran with arrival mark of 28.11.; very rare and unusually applied in transit

FRENCH FORCES IN PALESTINE: 1918, cover from "TRESOR ET POSTES 601A" at Ramleh to Port Said, arrival mark on reverse, folded once vertically, otherwise fine, signed Sorani with certificate

HOLY LAND: 1913, "BEIT-DJALA" (Coles-Walker 111) on 1 pia stationery envelope front via Jerusalem 6 to Belgium, only few covers from this small village recorded

HOLY LAND: 1918, "CAIFFA 1" (Coles-Walker 60) on "avec reponse" cover to Germany via Beyrouth and Constantinople with red censor label on reverse, only "AR" cover known from Caiffa, a rarity