U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; The John Pednault Collection of Ireland; Brazil
December 1-2, 2015 and December 3, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #618
IRAN
1870 1ch violet type II, also a variety on thick paper, unused, margins all around, with Sadri certificates (Persiphila 1,1a, cat. $2,825)
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #619
IRAN
1875 2ch cobalt blue, horizontal strip of four, Setting 1, Types AB/CD, unused with original gum, usual cracks and wrinkles, otherwise v.f., rare (Persiphila 6S1, cat. $3,000)
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Unsold
Lot #620
IRAN
1876 1ch gray black, block of four, Setting 5, Types DA/BC, cancelled Tabriz, tiny speck in top margin, otherwise fine, difficult to find postally used (Persiphila 13S, cat. $2,500)
Box
Catalog #15
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #621
IRAN
1876 2ch black, type A, from vertical sheet, unused, v.f., with Persiphila certificate,
(*)
Catalog #17
Catalog Value $ 1,000
Unsold
Lot #622
IRAN
1876 2ch black, tete-beche pair, Types BC, unused without gum, tiny thin speck in top margin, otherwise fine, very rare (Persiphila 12b)
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Catalog #17a
Catalog Value $ 6,000
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #623
IRAN
1876 4kr yellow, block of four, Types DB/CAB, setting 7, cancelled "Zendjan 22/6", margins all around, good color, small thin at upper left, otherwise v.f., with 1990 (Persiphila 17S7, cat. $5,500)
Box
Catalog #20
Unsold
Lot #624
IRAN
1878 5kr purple, block of four, Types AD/CB, unused without gum, small thins affecting top pair, otherwise fresh and v.f., with 1988 Heddergott certificate (Persiphila 30, cat. $8,500)
Box (*)
Catalog #30
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #625
IRAN
1878 1kr carmine, type B, unused, v.f., seldom offered in sound condition, with Persiphila certificate,
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Catalog #33
Catalog Value $ 950
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #626
IRAN
1878 5kr gold, used, v.f., seldom offered in sound condition, with Persiphila certificate,
O
Catalog #37
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #627
IRAN
1878 5kr bronze, Type B, unused, fine and very rare stamp, especially unused, with Persiphila certificate,
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Catalog #38
Catalog Value $ 35,000
Unsold
Lot #628
IRAN
1878 5kr red bronze, used, v.f., seldom offered in sound condition, with Persiphila certificate,
O
Catalog #38
Catalog Value $ 2,500
Unsold
Lot #629
IRAN
1904 (11 June) cover from Tiflis to Tabriz, franked on back with Russian 10k dark blue, tied by cds, repeated on front, with Iran 3ch green added alongside the Russian adhesive and tied by arrival cds, some cover wear, fine and extremely rare combination franking
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #630
IRAN
1910 Coat of Arms, gold Lion 1ch, 2ch, 3ch, 9ch, 13ch and 26ch, six different, each with center inverted, h.r., fine-v.f. (Persiphila C21a/28a, cat. $2,100)
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Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #631
IRAN
1910 Coat of Arms, silver Lion 1ch, 2ch, 9ch, 10ch, 13ch and 26ch, six different, each with center inverted, h.r., fine-v.f. (Persiphila C37a/44a, cat. $2,100)
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Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #632
IRAN
1911 cover bearing a blue seal (in Cyrillic letters) of Meched Persian Bank, franked with 26ch Coat of Arms, sent from Meched to Berlin
Envelope
Catalog #456
Unsold
Lot #633
IRAN
1912 (13 June) cover from Meched to Tabriz, franked on back with pair of 2ch and 9ch adhesives, tied by oval departure datestamps, sent via Dzulfa, with Cyrillic "Dzulfa-Erivan 10.612" cds applied and Tauris arrival cds alongside, filing creases through the stamps, otherwise fine. Russian forces occupied Gilan and Azerbaijan provinces from September 1911 to March 1912. While the Iranian government re-established order in August of 1912, mail service remained chaotic and much was routed through the Russian postal system
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #634
IRAN
1913 5ch stationery card from Enzeli to Belgium, with Baku-Enzeli steamship liner cancels in oval, fine and scarce application of Russian ship cancels on mail without Russian franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #635
IRAN
1915 picture postcard franked with 5ch on 1k Ahmad Shah, tied by unclear cds on picture side, sent from Teheran, via Enzeli to Christiania (Oslo) Norway, boxed military censor cachet in Cyrillic, scarce franking and uncommon destination
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #636
IRAN
1915 (12 July) picture postcard from Meched to France, franked with 2ch and 3ch adhesives, tied by cds on picture side, boxed Russian military censor cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #637
IRAN
1915 (5 Sep) 5ch stationery card from Mrs. B.S. Gifford, American Mission in Tabriz, addressed to USA, with two-line Russian military censor entirely in Cyrillic letters, bearing officer's name, card creases and tears, still fine usage during the Russian military intervention in Western Region of Iran during World War I
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #638
IRAN
1915 (11 Apr) 2ch postal card, uprated with 3ch, sent from Tabriz to Moscow, with straight-line military censor cachet in Cyrillic applied in Kars and Baku, fine, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #639
IRAN
1916 5ch on 5ch Muzaffer-ed Dub Shah stationery (H&G 27a) picture postcard (Persepolis) sent from Sabzevar, via Ashkhabad and Firyuz to Paris, to France various censor markings, fine and scarce routing over the Caspian
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #640
IRAN
1916 (31 May) cover franked on back with 3ch overprinted adhesive, tied by Hamadan cds, with Recht (4 June) transit, sent via "Petrograd and Scandinavia" to England, with boxed bilingual military censor cachet (63x15mm), filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage during the Russian military intervention in Western Region of Iran during World War I
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #641
IRAN
1916 (Nov) cover from Nichabour to Aschabad, franked on back with pair of 12ch adhesives, tied by cds, with Meched transit and three different Russian military censor cachets applied on arrival
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #642
IRAN
1916 picture postcard (Palace in Teheran) franked with 1ch and 2ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Meched, via Petrograd to France, various censor markings, fine
Envelope
Catalog #481,482
Unsold
Lot #643
IRAN
1916 cover franked with 4x1ch, four copies of 5ch and 2x12ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Recht, via Baku to Bibel Brothers in Petrograd, various censor markings, fine
Envelope
Catalog #481,484,489
Unsold
Lot #644
IRAN
1916 picture postcard (Negaristan in Teheran) franked with 3ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Meched, via Petrograd to France,various censor markings, fine
Envelope
Catalog #483
Unsold
Lot #645
IRAN
1916 cover franked with strip of 3x12ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Recht, via Baku to Petrograd, various censor markings, fine
Envelope
Catalog #489
Unsold
Lot #646
IRAN
1917 (7 May) 2ch stationery card uprated with 3ch adhesive, sent from Chahroud to Germany, with Bender-Guez (port on the Caspian Sea), handstamped with three- line boxed Russian Military censor in Baku. The card is written in Russian and addressed to a Prisoner of War held in a German POW camp
Envelope
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #647
IRAN
1917 (12 Feb) cover franked with three different adhesives, sent by a Swedish national (probably a military attache in Tabriz) to Stockholm, with a two-line Russian military Caucuses Front censor handstamp entirely in Cyrillic letters on back, also a triangular Swedish censor mark on front, minor cover faults, uncommon destination
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #648
IRAN
1926 Pahlavi Issue, complete set of 16, overprinted Specimen, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., with Eichele certificate (Persiphila 710-725, cat. $2,950)
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Catalog #702-722S
Unsold
Lot #649
IRAN
1931 12ch sheet margin block of four, shifted center variety, n.h., v.f. (Persiphila 813a, cat. $6,000)
Box **
Catalog #767var
Unsold
Lot #650
IRAN
1935 5p-5r, complete set, handstamped Specimen in black, mostly n.h., some slight gum toning, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #795-809S
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #651
IRAN
1935 1c-3t, set of eight, complete set, handstamped Specimen in black, mostly n.h., some overall gum toning, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #810-817S
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #652
IRAN
1935 1c-27c, set of nine, complete set, handstamped Specimen in black, mostly n.h., some overall gum toning, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #818-826S
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #653
IRAN
1942-1977 Shah definitives, also Air Post, complete sets (Scott's No. 876-909, 915-930, 950-965, 975-7, 999-1014, 1023-1036, 1058A-1072, 1082-1098, 1107-1125, 1138-1151, 1209-22, 1372-87, 1615-26, 1650-61B, 1768-72, 1820-41, 1924-40, 1961-72, C68-78, C91-6), l.h. or n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., seldom offered complete,
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Catalog #876/1972,C68/96
Catalog Value $ 10,000
Unsold
Lot #654
IRAN
1950 10r Former P.T.T. Ministry, center inverted, l.h., fine, signed Stolow,
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Catalog #927a
Catalog Value $ 3,500
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #655
IRAN
1958 50d brown and olive, center inverted, disturbed gum (adhesion), otherwise fresh and nearly v.f. Only 100 printed,
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Catalog #1058Ab
Catalog Value £3,750
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #656
IRAN
1977 White Revolution of Kings and People, 5d-200r, sheets of twenty (complete except 5r), n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1924/1940
Catalog Value $ 833
Price Realized
$130.00

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