337 / September 2009

1781, "LACQUEMEL", in brown, good strike on entire letter to Port-au-Prince, very scarce

1781, "PT GOAVE", clear bowed straight-line on entire letter to Port-au-Prince, fine and scarce

1781, "PT GOAVE", bowed straight-line on entire letter to Port-au-Prince; horizontal filing crease through the cancel, still fine

1783, entire letter from Cap to Bordeaux with frontside somewhat unclear bowed red "COLONIES"

1786, "ST. MARC", somewhat weak straight-line on entire letter to Port-au-Prince

1788, entire letter from Port-au-Prince to Cognac, showing on front faint "COL. N. PAR/LA ROCHELLE"

1790, entire letter from Jeremie to Grenoble, showing on front somewhat unclear "COLONIES PAR NANTES"

1792, entire letter from Port-au-Prince to France, showing on front clear bowed "COLONIES PAR NANTES", very fine

1797, "Barras" (Paul Jean, leader of the French revolution), original signature on large part of document, referring to the Colonial expedition to Santo Domingo, scarce

1827, bank notes 10 gourdes on blue paper, perforated all around and 25 gourdes on white paper (left part torn off and repaired)

1840, folded cover from Cap Haitien to London with red boxed "PACKED LETTER" on front

1863, "JACMEL OC 26 63" on reverse of entire letter to Bordeaux with frontside boxed "GB/1F60C", several transit and arrival marks

1874, entire letter from St. Thomas with GB 1865/67, 4 d. vermilion 1874 to Jacmel, fine, signed Osper BPP

1891, 1 c. violet, horizontal strip of 10 (fixed around the edge and left stamp damaged), tied by cds. "CAP-HAITIEN 14 DEC. 92" to cover to Bordeaux

3 c. lilac in horizontal pair and 1893, 7 c. red, horizontal strip of 4 and single stamp, tied to registered cover from Jacmel 1894 to Bordeaux, fine and scarce

3 c. grey (2) and 1893, 7 c. red (2), tied to cover from "CAP-HAITIEN 14 OCT 94" with adjacent "LIGNE..." to Germany, here redirected; on reverse official note that the cover was received in damaged contition

1893, 1 c. violet, 7 c. red with 1896, 2 c. brown, tied to envelope to Germany with transit and arrival marks on reverse; cover slightly reduced in size at top due to opening, fine

5 c. orange with 1896, 5 c. grey, tied to cover from Cap Haitien 1897 to France with transit and arrival marks

1868, lion 4 ch. blue, used on reverse of cover to Isfahan with original letter enclosed, very fine

1876, 5 ch. rose/black, 2 copies, perf. 10 1/2 resp. 12, tied by Täbriz cds. to 2 covers, fine

10 ch. tied by clear purple "SCHIRAS 23/8" to small printed receipt for a parcel with adjacent violett cds. of Teheran, corner faults and folded before the stamp was applied, also small cover with lion 5 ch. and red transit mark of Teheran

Postal stationery cut-out 5 ch., tied by Teheran cds. to small cover to Kaschan; the cut-out tiny creasing, scarce

1879, Naser-od-Din 3 ch. yellow/black, tied by cds. of Boushir to reverse of small cover to Shiraz, special reduced rate, fine

5 ch. green/black, tied by Ispahan cds. to reverse of cover to 'Yezd, fine

1894, 50 kr. gold/green, imperforated proof in block of four on carton, fine

1902, Provisional issue for Teheran, large letters: 2 ch. and 10 ch., tied to reverse of cover from Täbriz 1902 to Germany with transit and arrival marks; vertical cover fold not affecting the stamps

12 ch. ultramarine, two copies, tied by Ispahan cds. to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran and Baku to England with several transit an arrival marks

large and small letters: 12 ch., tied by Teheran cds. to front of cover via Baku to Washington D.C. with transit and arrival marks on reverse; scarce overseas cover, very fine, signed Alcuri

12 ch., tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to reverse of envelope to Baghdad; some cover folds not affecting the stamps; a scarce franking

1909, Register labels used as stamps: 1 ch. red, 2 vertical strips of 3, tied by Kazvin cds. to reverse of cover to Teheran with arrival mark alongside; horizontal cover crease at top, not affecting the stamps

1 ch., vertical strip of 5, tied by cds. of Isphahan to reverse of local cover; one stamp creased when applied; vertical crease in the cover not affecting the stamps

1911, Ahmed Schah 1 ch. and 5 ch., tied to reverse of cover from Kazvin 1917 to Teheran with adjacent blue boxed censor mark, fine

1915, Coronation 9 ch. tied by cds. of Senneh to reverse of cover to Hamadan with frontside bilingual Russian censor handstamp

1917, 6 Shahis on 12 ch. and 1 Ch. on 10 ch. with Ahmed Schah 2 ch. on reverse of cover from Hamadan 1917 to Teheran with bilingual Russian censor mark

1922, handstamp "CONTROLE" on 30 kr. (strip of 7, pair and single stamp) with 3 kr., 12 ch. and 2 ch., tied by clear cds. "MECHED 11.XI.22" to Barnameh, fine and scarce franking of the high value

30 kr. (strip of 5 and pair) with 10 kr., 3 kr. (pair), 1 kr. (2), 24 ch. and 1 ch. (4) on front and reverse of Barnameh from "TORBETT HEIDERI 2-XII.22" to Teheran; 5 values on reverse cancelled on arrival, vertical crease affecting 2 stamps slightly, nice high franking