361 / September 2015

1896, postal stationery card 1 g. blue with cancel "ENTOTTO 25.8.99" and additional franking French Somali Coast 10 c. brown and green with cancel "DJIBOUTI COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS 10.9." with long text to Switzerland with arrival mark, transit cancel "Harar" and French ship cancel "REUNION A MARSEILLE No.3" on front, fine and scarce

1903, postal stationery card 1 g. blue with hanstamp "1903" from "ADIS-ABEBA 17.VI.04" and additional franking French Somali Coast 10 c. red and black with cancel "DJIBOUTI COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS 12.7. with long text to Enghien les Baines, French with arrival mark, fine

BRITISH OCCUPATION: 1920, postcards ½ an. and 1 an., postcards with reply card ½ an. and 1 an. and lettercard with prepaid answer 1 an., all unused, partly toned, scarce (Higgins & Gage 4-7, LC1)

Incoming Mail: 1860, cover from Taganrog addressed to 'Theodore Vlasto, Tabriz, Persia", franked with 1858, 10 kop. brown/blue, tied by dotted "121", on reverse cds. "TAGANROG 16 DEZ 1860"; reverse flap missing, otherwise fine; a scarce cover mailed prior to overseas postal arrangements, prepaid to the Russian border

1882, opened out envelope franked on reverse with 1 k. and 2 k. (3) from Tiflis to Tabriz, showing on front transit mark of Djulfa

1898, cover from Paris franked with type Sage 25 c., addressed to the French Vice-Consull at Boushire, redirected to Basrah and Mohammerah with several transit and arrival marks on reverse

1898, registered quadruple rate cover from Cologne to the German Consul at Bushire with Sea Post Office cds. on reverse; one stamp corner fault, otherwise fine

Cover with entire letter enclosed from "SYDNEY MR 22 98" to the German Consul at Bushire with transit- and arrival marks

1878/79, lion 5 kr. bronze-violet,nice large margins and good colour, unused without gum; in unused condition one of the rarest stamps of Persia; certificate BPA (2015); (SG 43; Scott 39, 35.000$; Sadri 33, 50.000$)

1 toman bronze on blue, type B, clear to wide margins, used with Kerman cds.; a fine copy of this rare stamp; certificate BPA (2015)

1879, 2nd portrait issue 2 ch. yellow/black, tied by cds. "BOUSHIR 6/3" to small local envelope, very fine and scarce

1879, 10 ch. violet/black, tied by clear cds. "TEHERAN 16/5" to registered parcel certificate (Shaida type C) to Tabriz with arrival mark on front; light vertical fold not effecting the stamp, a very attractive item, fine and very scarce with this issue

1881, Mitra issue 5 ch. blue-violet/violet in combination with 1882, 5 sh. green, both perforated 12½, tied by Teheran cds. to envelope to the United States with transit marks and part of New York arrival mark on reverse (small part of backflap missing); scarce and attractive combination cover, certificate BPA

1882, Nasser-eddin Shah 50 c. buff, orange & black with 1882/84, 5 ch. green in type II, tied by Astrabad cds. to reverse of registered petition cover with adjacent boxed register marking to the imperial camp; a fine and scarce franking (Sadri 52A, 60ACa; Scott 53a, 55)

1882, Nassr-eddin Shah 5 fr. rose-red/black with 50 c. grey/black and 4 copies 1885, 1 kr. grey, tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh to Recht; a faint horizontal fold not effecting the stamps, upper part slightly toned, still attractive and very scarce

1 ch. green, 4 copies together with 2 ch. rose tied by Sultanabad cds. to reverse of cover to Italy with transit and arrival marks

1885/86, typographed 1 ch. green and 5 ch. dull-blue tied by Sultanabad cds. to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to Germany with arrival mark on reverse; 5 ch. lower left corner perf with light crease, otherwise fine and scarce

2 ch. rose, horizontal pair and 2 singles with 2 copies 5 ch. dull-blue (1 with missing corner) tied to front and reverse of small sealed envelope (apparently registered) with transit mark of Constantinople to Modena, Italy; an unusual and scarce franking

1885/86, typographed 5 ch. dull-blue and 10 ch. brown, tied by Shiraz cds. to reverse of triple-rate cover to Ispahan

1886, "OFFICIEL" handstamp 6 on 5 ch., type I, together with 12 copies 1885, 2 ch. rose (some damaged) tied to reverse of opened out registered envelope from Tabriz 1887 to France with transit and arrival marks; a remarkable franking, signed Sadri with certificate

6 on 10 ch. tied to reverse of postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter from Tabriz 1888 to Nice in France and redirected to Modena in Italy with transit and arrival marks; a scarce entire, signed Sadri with certificate

12 on 50 c. black/grey with 1885/86, 1 ch. and 5 ch. tied by Tabriz cds. to reverse of registered envelope to Modena, Italy with arrival mark; a scarce franking, signed Sadri with certificate (Scott 60, 62, 67)

1889, Paris print 5 ch. purple, 2 horizontal strips of 3 and 2 singles together with single 10 ch. black, tied by Tauris cds. to reverse of eightfold registered envelope to Meshed with Teheran transit mark; very attractive and unusually high internal franking

10 ch. black, 2 single copies tied by Tabriz cds. to reverse of registered envelope 1892 to Modena, Italy with adjacent arrival mark; a scarce multiple franking

7 ch. grey tied Tabriz cds. and Modena arrival mark to reverse of small envelope to Modena, Italy, fine and scarce

1891, Mehrabi 7 ch. grey, 3 single copies (one with 3 pulled/short perfs) tied to reverse of postal stationery envelope 6 ch. rose as registered letter to Modena, Italy with arrival mark; some minor staining; a scarce franking

7 ch., 5 ch. and 10 ch., tied by manuscript "Stamped" and somewhat faint seal postmark of Rafsanjan to reverse of registered envelope to Austria, here re-directed; envelope with vertical crease well off the franking; a scarce colour franking with unusual cancellation

1 kr. green and 1 ch. black, tied by cds. "MESHED 28/9" to reverse of registered envelope via Teheran and Baku to Tiflis, Russia with transit and arrival marks on front and reverse; seal removed, otherwise fine, a scarce franking to abroad

Nasseri Ta'lai 1 kr. and 2 kr. tied by cds. "SARI 15/3" to Barnameh

1894, Nasseri Ta'lai 5 kr., tied by Tauris cds. to registered parcel certificate to Teheran with arrival mark

5 kr., horizontal pair and single stamp with 1 kr. and 2 kr., tied by Teheran cds. to Barnameh to Meshed with arrival mark

1897, provisional issue 1 Kr. on 5 kr. and 2 Kr. on 5 kr. tied by Tabriz cds. to almost complete Barnameh to Astara, very scarce

1 Kr. on 5 kr. with 1894, 10 kr. and 10 ch., tied by Tauris cds. to Barnameh; a scarce high franking

1899, arabesque control handstamp issue: 8 ch. orange in horizontal pair with 2 pairs 1 ch. grey, tied by cds. "MIANEH 18/8" to reverse of registered envelope with register label to Tabriz; a scarce stamp on cover

8 ch. orange with 1 ch., 2 ch. (single and pair), 4 ch. and 5 ch., tied by oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" to postal stationery envelope 12 ch. as registered letter to Belgium with arrival mark; a fine and colourful scarce franking

1900, Adjudant provisional issue: Overprinted in pairs: 1 ch. grey, 2 pairs and single stamp tied by cds. of Kazvin to reverse of cover to Teheran with arrival mark