U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 18-19, 2009

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4138
IRAN
1915 two covers with Kazerun censor during Mellat-e-Kazerun rebellion (the British consulate and the Imperial Bank of Persia in Shiraz were raided by German agitator "Wassmuss" and "Tangistani" tribes. After the raid on November 10, 1915, the British consul and the bank president were taken to Borazjon. The rebels demanded that all German prisoners in Persia be released and British forces depart from Bushire. This action set off the Kazerun rebellion in the Fall of 1916) one with inverted "Melat-e-Kazerun" overprint on 6ch stamp, other with 3x1ch adhesives, censor overprinted partially on cover, minor cover flaws, rare
Envelope
Catalog #MK1
Unsold

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