U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #857 IRAN 1870 8 Shahis red orange, also 8 Shahis vermilion, each Type III (Persiphila 4,4A), unused without gum, signed Heddergott, Sadri, with his certificates, (*) Catalog #4 Catalog Value $550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #858 IRAN 1878 5kr bronze, Type B, unused, fine and very rare stamp, especially unused, with Persiphila certificate, (*) Catalog #38 Catalog Value $35,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #859 IRAN 1897-99 Muzaffer-ed Din Shah 1st and 2nd sets, overprinted Specimen in violet (prepared for British Colonies), unused without gum, few minor faults, mostly fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with Persiphila certificates S Catalog #104-119,136-151S | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #860 IRAN 1902 12ch dull blue, pin perforated, creases, fine appearance, rare, * Catalog #234 Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #861 IRAN 1902 5 Shahis red, with yellow netted background, imperforate block of twelve, representing half-sheet of two adjacent tete-beche panes, positions 1-12, n.h., black spot at lower left, v.f., signed Sadri, with 2015 Persiphila certificate. A scarce multiple (catalogued as hinged singles)  **Catalog #283 | Unsold |
 | Lot #862 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  | Unsold |
 | Lot #863 IRAN 1904 (22 Aug) picture stationery card 3ch on 5ch red Muzaffer-ed Din Shah ("Ruins of Persepolis"), additionally franked with 2ch gray, sent from Ghouchan to Roisin, Belgium, transit cds of Gaoudan (Houdan), with Russian disinfected handstamp in Cyrillic letters ("Obezzarazheno") and arrival (5 Sep) cds, small abrasion at bottom, otherwise fine Catalog #352 | Unsold |
 | Lot #864 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 a fine item, neatly described on an exhibition page. 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #865 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, neatly written-up on an exhibition page | Unsold |
 | Lot #866 IRAN 1929 Reza Shah Coronation, complete set of 16, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #744-759 Catalog Value $945 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #867 IRAN 1939 Reza Shah 60th birthday souvenir sheets of four, complete set of 20 perf. and imperf., including unlisted 1r violet and 2r orange, n.h., some marginal creases, otherwise fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) **Catalog #870A-H Catalog Value $2,600 | Unsold |
