359 / März 2015

1926, Regne de Pahlavi 1-6 ch. with overprint "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., fine and scarce

1 ch. in block of 4 and horizontal pair tied to reverse of envelope to Zendjan with arrival mark on front; a rare multiple franking

1 ch. and 2 ch. both in pair tied to reverse of cover from Isfahan to Dehkord with arrival mark on front

2 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of local cover; a very scarce single franking of this issue

3 ch. with unoverprinted stamp 3 ch., tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of envelope to Zendjan with arrival mark on front, scarce

6 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of commercial cover to Kazvin with adjacent arrival mark; the cover with some small tears in the margin, a scarce franking

Regne de Pahlavi on lion 1 ch.-30 kr. with handstamp "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., fine and scarce

3 ch. and 9 ch.-30 kr. incl. 10 kr. in type 2 unused, except 5 kr. all with o.g., scarce issue

9 ch. on thin paper, perf. 12½:12, block of 4, the upper right stamp with type 2, unused o.g., the bottom stamps unmounted mint, a fine and rare multiple (Sadri 714B)

Majlis issue 1 ch.-2 kr. with handstamp "SPECIMEN", all 8 existing values complete, unused o.g., fine

6 ch., copy with wide right sheet margin, imperforated at right, unused o.g. (Sadri 729c)

1927, airmail 1 ch.-30 kr. with handstamp "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., fine and scarce

1929, coronation issue 1 ch.-3 t., all 16 values with handstamp "SPECIMEN", unmounted mint, 2 kr. few brown spots on gum side and 3 t. small corner crease, otherwise very fine

2 t. and 2 kr. tied by Abadan cds. to large size airmail cover to Birmingham with arrival mark on front; a scarce franking with high values

1931, Reza Shah 11 ch. and 16 ch. with 1933, 15 d. tied to cover from Isfahan to Germany

1935, POSTES IRANIENNES on 1931, 1 ch.-25 ch. with handstamp "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., 16 ch. and 27 ch. diagonal printing crease, otherwise very fine (Sadri 849-57 spec.)

1935, Postes Iraniennes on coronation issue 2 t. with additional franking on registered airmail cover from Shiraz to London with transit marks, scarce

Overprint on coronation issue 2 t. used on registered envelope from "TEHERAN 2.XI.35" to France with arrival mark, scarce

1938, perforated souvenir sheet 90 d. together with 4 copies 1 r. imperforated and 1935, airmail 8 ch., tied by Teheran cds. on reverse resp. front of registered airmail cover to Istanbul; cover slightly cleaned, but very scarce franking

1942, Reza Shah 30 r. greyish-black/green, unmounted mint, very fine, a rare stamp in this condition

30 r. greyish-black/green, used block of 4, perforation slightly split at right (fixed by hinge), otherwise fine, a scarce multiple

COLIS POSTAUX: 1 t. in horizontal pair, 5 kr., 10 ch. and 5 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh

COLIS POSTAUX: 5 t., 2 t., 1 kr. and 10 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh

OCCUPATION OF BUSHIRE: 1915, overprint issue 1-5 ch., 9-12 ch. and 10 kr., unused o.g., signed Kosack and/or Holcombe (SG 1-4, 6-8, 14)

KAZERUN REBELLION: 1916/17, Handstamp "Mellat-eh Kazeroun 1335" on Ahmad Shah 1-3 ch., 9-12 ch. and 1 kr., all tied by cds. "KAZEROUN 8-12.16" to reverse of cover to Shiraz with adjacent oval negative censor seal and negative square censor seal applied over white label; 10 ch. applied with vertical crease, otherwise fine; a fantastic cover with the Kazerun rebellion issue (Sadri ex DK1-10)

1916/17, Kazerun rebellion: Handstamp issue 2 ch. in horizontal strip of 3, tied by Boushire cds. to reverse of cover to Kazerun, showing on front negative oval censor mark and "PASSED CENSOR BUSHIRE"; central fold not affecting the stamps (Sadri DK2)

9 ch., tied by cds. "KAZEROUN 16.1.17" to opened out envelope (reverse part somewhat reduced at top) with addtional "PASSED CENSOR BUSHIRE" to Boushire; a rare stamp on cover (Sadri DK6)

AZERBAIJAN SOVIET GOUVERNMENT: 1945, handstamp on 1942, 15 values except 3 r. green, unused, some unmounted mint, fine

1945, Azerbaijan Soviet Government: Handstamp on 1935, airmail 1 ch.-3 ts., unused o.g., the 3 high values unmounted mint, smaller values partly with mostly minor staining, high values very fine, some signed Kessler (Sadry no. AZ783-89)

1956, Lufthansa first flight Teheran-Hamburg, letter sheet 2,50 r. with additional franking on reverse, signed H.E. Sieger

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1878, Russian formular card franked with 1876, 2 ch. and bisect 1 ch., unused, very fine

Card with same franking with Zendian cds. to Tabriz with arrival mark on front

PERSANA postcard with 1876, 2 ch. and diagonal bisect 1 ch. with blue handstamp "2½" used from Urmia to Tabriz with arrival mark, little unfresh and small marginal tear in the card (Sadri no. 23P5)

PERSANA postcard with irregular bisect 5 ch. and red handstamp, used with blue Tabriz cds. with text and signature of postmaster Alexander Stahl to Germany; an interesting item

1879, envelope 5 ch. with violett Meched cds. used to Astrakhan in Russia, showing transit marks of Teheran and Tiflis and arrival mark; some light creasing, a scarce usage

Envelope 5 ch. with Täbris cds. used to Constantinopel with transit mark of Odessa and arrival mark of the Russian PO