362 / März 2016

1885/86, typographed, 35 cover, 2 formulars and some pieces including some 'OFFICIEL' items, registered mail, etc.    

1889, lion and Nasreddin, 46 covers incuding 7 ch. franking to US, registered items, colour frankings, etc.

1891, Mehrabi issue, about 60 covers and postal forms including 7 chahis single frankings to England and the U.S., 1 kran on documents, registered covers to abroad, etc.

1894, Golden Nasseri, more than 100 covers including many interesting frankings, registered letters to abroad, single- and multiple frankings, etc.

1894, Golden Nasseri, 22 small size and 3 large size barnamehs and registered parcel certificates with frankings up to 10 kran value and 2 with 1897 provisional issue

1897/1899, Mozaffar-eddin Shah Qajar Issue on white and blue paper, approximately 192 covers franked with various denominations ranging from a ch. through 1 k., including scarce 8 ch. and 16 ch. values, a mixture of the 1897 white paper issue and the 1899 blue paper issue, several 1 kr. stamps from both issues on cover, a very nice collection 

1898/1928(ca.), Fancy cancellations, approximately 180 covers bearing fancy cancellations from a number of towns, also many positive and negative seal cancellations, includes some postcards and mail with international destinations, some very scarce items

1898/1911 (ca.), register lables used as stamps, 50 covers including mixed and multiple frankings; several strips and blocks (up to 8 copies)

1899; Arabesque Control Handstamps on Mozaffar-eddin Shah Qajar Issue; 57 covers franked with various denominations ranging from 1 ch. though 1 kr.; includes the 8 ch. orange and 16 ch. green; a variety of rates and mixed frankings of a very scarce issue on cover.

1900, Special Adjutant Provisional Issues; 27 covers franked with various denominations; includes examples handstamped in the center of pairs and handstamped in the center of blocks of four; nice variety of rates; a very scarce issue on cover.

1900; Five Shahis Surcharge Provisional Issue; 5 ch. Surcharge on 8 ch. brown Lion Issue; 29 covers franked with this stamp, including multiple usages and mixed frankings; a scarce issue on cover (Mi. 126)

1900, Five Shahis Provisional Issue; 5 ch. surcharge on 10 ch. blue Lion Issue; 11 covers franked with this stamp; scarce on cover (Mi. 148)

1902, Teheran Typeset issues, approximately 145 covers and pieces franked with various denominations of the Teheran Typeset Issues, ranging from 1 ch. through 10 kr., includes a mixture of both the large letter and small letter issues, highlights include examples of the 2 kr. and 10 kr. large letter stamps used on document pieces, also many fine covers with the scarce small letter issue, a nice collection

1902; "Provisoire" Overprint Issue; 12 covers franked with examples of the 2 ch., 4 ch., 5 ch., and 1 kr. denominations; several mixed frankings; a very scarce issue on cover.

1902/04, Lion and Mozaffar, ca. 230 covers including better cancellations, letters abroad, registered mail, 2 ch. local rates, 3 covers with 2 kran, desinfected cover, etc., an exciting lot

1902/04, Mozzaffar-eddin, 14 Barnamehs with different frankings including 10- and 20 kran values

1903/04, surcharge issues, over 90 covers and 2 barnamehs including desinfected cover, registered, mail abroad, etc.

1904/30 (ca.), more than 80 covers to Switzerland, including censored, registered, mixed franking with swiss postage due, etc.

1905/1906, Postcard tax, 19 postcards from Persia franked with the 2 ch. gray Lion Issue with "CONTROLE" overprint, very scarce on cover, a nice assortment of mixed frankings, plus 17 single used stamps with overprint

1906, provisional type set, about 70 covers and cards including 2 covers with "POSTES" inserted, 10 ch. on registered postcard to Germany, further covers to abroad and registered mail, etc.

1907/09, Mohammad-Ali Shah, about 140 covers including registered mail, mail to abroad and better cancellations (e.g. Bender Deiloum)

1909, lion issue, more than 80 covers including many different frankings, stamps up to 26ch., registered mail to abroad, etc.

1909, lion issue, 69 barnamehs with different frankings, several with 20 kr.-values

1911/22, Ahmad shah, aprox. 650 covers and some parcel documents, including many interesting items, stamps up to 5 kran, registered mail, mail to abroad, etc.; interesting group

1911, Azabaijan Provisional "Officiel" overprint on Portrait of Ahmad Shah issue; lot of 32 covers franked with mixture of 1 ch. through 13 ch. denominations, including postcards and mixed frankings; a rare issue on cover.

1911/12, Control Handstamps, approximately 46 covers bearing "C" handstamps from Teheran, Hamadan, and Sultanabad, some very nice strikes and a nice variety overall

1912/1957, Town cancellations, approximately 280 covers with several hundred different cancellations, some very scarce, a nice and comprehensive collection  

1914/80 (ca.), more than 60 parcel post documents, including parcel card with Ahmad Shah 5 kran; also some stamps and pieces

1914/1921, surcharges on Coat of Arms and Portrait of Ahmad Shah issues; approximately 315 covers franked with various surcharge issues, including international destinations, mixed frankings, etc.

1915, Coronation of Ahmad Shah Qajar issue; lot of 38 covers franked with mixture of 1 ch. - 9 ch. and 12 ch. denominations, including mixed frankings; several different rates represented; a scarce issue on cover.

1918/1919, Famine Relief Issues, 11 covers franked with th 1 ch. violet with Type A handstamp, plus a 1 ch. brown-orange on cover without handstamp, a very nice lot

1916/24, Sanduq Handstamps, approximately 66 covers bearing handstamps from a variety of different Persian cities, several other auxillary markings included, a very nice assortment

1919, Zinc Plate provisional issue; approximately 58 covers franked by a mixture of all 5 denominations of the issue; multiple rates and mixed frankings included; a scarce issue on cover.

1922/28, Early Air Mail collection, approximately 80 covers sent via air mail to and from Persia, includes several different stamp issues, including 1 ch.-5 k. values of the 1927 airmail overprint issue, also includes several covers from abroad to Persia, some very scarce items, a nice collection

1922, Controle Overprint Issue, including surcharged stamps; approximately 255 covers franked with a variety of denominations and rates of the regular "Controle" Overprint Issue, the black handstamp surcharge issue, and the black ink surcharge issue; includes two rare mixed frankings with the non-overprinted First Portrait Issue; as well as several covers franked with the 10 ch. and 1 kr. surcharged stamps (very scarce on cover); a very nice assortment.

1922, "Benaders" Ports overprint issue; 18 covers franked with a mixture of both the 10 ch. and 1 kr. denomination; a nice collection of a very scarce issue on cover.