361 / September 2015

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

1903/04, lion and Mozaffar-eddin Shah, 3 ch. green tied by Teheran cds. to printed matter wrapper to Paris; a scarce usage

3 ch. and 10 ch. tied by violet oval "SISTAN-NASIRABAD 22-6-05" to reverse of postal stationery envelope 1902, handstamped "PROVISOIR 1319" 12 ch. rose-red as registered letter to Belgium, showing on front blue desinfection mark "OPESSARGNKO"

5 kr. with additional franking including 1906, provisional type set issue 1 ch. and 3 ch. in vertical pair, tied by oval "CHIRAZ 27-2-07" to Barnameh to Meshed with Teheran transit mark

20 kr. in horizontal pair with 10 kr., 5 kr. and 2 kr. and 1906, provisional issue 1 ch. and horizontal strip 3 ch., tied by oval "CHIRAZ 2-6-07" to Barnameh; 2 vertical creases effecting 3 of the lower values; a remarkable franking

1905, internal mail provisional 1 ch. on 3 ch. in marginal block of 4 together with 2 unsurcharged 3 ch., tied by Teheran cds. to reverse of commercial envelope to Ispahan

1 ch. on 3 ch., 2 copies, one applied on reverse, together with unsurcharged 2 ch., 10 ch. and 12 ch. on registered envelope to Germany, the frontside stamps tied by oval "SULTANABAD-ARAK 9-3-06", the reverse side 1 ch. tied in transit with Teheran cds.

1906, provisional type set issue 2 ch. used as postcard tax stamp together with 6 ch., tied by cds. "RECHT (DEPART) 11 FEVR 1907" to Germany with arrival marks; faint pencil notation partly on 6 ch., otherwise fine

3 ch. in horizontal pair, the right stamp with "POSTES" inserted separately, tied by oval "KACHAN 1-6-06" to reverse of cover to Ispahan with arrival mark on front; a scarce variety (Sadri 376f)

10 ch., 2 single copies with horizontal pair 3 ch. tied by oval "SULTANABAD-ARAK 5-3-07" (date and month inverted) to reverse of registered envelope to Switzerland with frontside German transit register label "Vom Ausland über Bahnpost 5 (Oderberg-Breslau)"; a scarce franking

13 ch., 3 copies tied by oval "SULTANABAD ARAK" to registered envelope 1906 to Switzerland with German transit-register label "Vom Ausland über Bahnpost 5 (Oderberg-Breslau)"; transit and arrival marks

2 ch., tied by faint Ispahan oval date stamp to printed matter wrapper from Zurich 1909 to Ispahan, showing on front boxed censor mark of Odessa, Teheran transit mark on reverse, light creases not effecting the stamps; fine and scarce

1907, lion on blue paper 2 ch. tied by oval Ispahan date stamp to printed matter wrapper from Germany 1909 to Ispahan with Teheran transit mark; 2 ch. lower left corner perfs missing, still fine and very scarce, usage as printed matter tax stamp

1909, printed matters postal tax issue 1 ch. on 1 ch.-2 ch. on 30 kr., unused o.g., some values slight staining on gum side, otherwise fine and fresh, signed Sadri with certificate (2015)

1 ch. on 1 ch.-2 ch. on 30 kr. cancelled by Teheran depart 20.XII.09 special postmark, fine and scarce, signed Sadri with certificate

1910, unissued coronation stamps for regular postage and official use, 32 values complete including service 4 kr. with center inverted, unused o.g. (Sadri C21-52)

1912, "OFFCIEL" overprint on 1 ch., 3 ch. and 9 ch., 2 values each, tied by cds. "TAURIS 8.II.12" to reverse of registered envelope to Italy; a scarce and attractive usage to abroad, signed Sadri with certificate

1913, Senneh rebellion issue 6 ch. tied by cds. "SENNEH 4.IV 12" to reverse of cover to Hamadan, not rejected; fine and scarce, signed Sadri with certificate (Sadri DMA4)

1915/17, revalued stamps 5 ch. on 1 kr., horizontal pair and 2 singles with Ahmad Shah 2 ch. in horizontal pair, tied by Tauris cds. to envelope 1916 via St. Petersburg and Hongkong to Bombay, India and re-directed to Lahore; 3 different censor marks and several transit and arrival marks on front and reverse; an interesting cover with scarce franking

1915, coronation issue 5 ch., 6 ch., 12 ch. and 24 ch., all printed both sides and 1-3 kr. with center inverted, all in miniature sheets of 5 stamps, Kran values signed Holcombe in the margin

10 ch. with Ahmad Shah 24 ch., tied by cds. "KAZVIN 5-IV.16" to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran to Yezd with transit and arrival marks; a scarce franking