U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
April 12-13, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #820 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) * | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #821 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 Holcombe cert. (Persiphila 17S7, cat. $5,500)  Catalog #20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #822 IRAN 1879 (24 Feb) PERSANA postal card with irregularly bisected 5ch Nasser-ed Din Shah 1st portrait and blue pencil manuscript surcharge "2 1/2" mailed from Tauris to Germany with Ausg. arrival postmark, some toning, otherwise fine (Persiphila PC3a, $10,000+)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #823 IRAN 1879 (Apr) 5ch rose Nasser-ed Din Shah 1st Postal stationery entire envelope ( H&G B1), uprated with 10ch blue & black 1st portrait, registered from Khiaban, sent via Tauris to Berlin, with transit and arrival markings | Unsold |
 | Lot #824 IRAN 1879 5k blue and black, groundwork inverted, imperf., used, minor creases, otherwise fine, very rare, signed Diena, O Catalog #42c Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #825 IRAN 1880 PERSANA postal card franked with bisected 1ch, used in combination with 2ch green & black Nasser-ed Din Shah 1st portrait, surcharged "2 1/2", cancelled "Khoi", some toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #826 IRAN 1882 large part of parcel card from Barfrouch to Teheran, franked on both sides with 4x5,000 Dinar (5fr) and block of 4x1kr slate Catalog #58,64 | Unsold |
 | Lot #827 IRAN 1891 Nasser-ed Din Shah 1c-5k complete, 2k orange (No.88) rounded upper left corner, others fine-v.f., 7c gray and 2k orange signed Sadri, * Catalog #81-89 Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #828 IRAN 1892 (21 July), Lion, small format green on white paper label, affixed on back of cover, with original letter to Esfahan from General Consul of Iran in Egypt. The consul is asking the recipient to take care of some properties which are rented by Imperial Bank of Persia. The cover was dispatched via Iranian Consular mail, manuscript date on letter reads 25 Zi-hadjeh 1309 and cover was received by the addressee on 7th Safar 1310 (31 August 1892). Stated to be the only known usage of small format Lion label on cover, signed Sadri | Unsold |
 | Lot #829 IRAN 1894 Nasser-eddin Shah Qajar Golden Jubilee Issue, 1c-50k blocks of four, complete set on two Persiphila album pages, n.h., fine-v.f., each signed Sadri **Catalog #90-100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #830 IRAN 1897 Provisional surcharges, set of three blocks of four on a Persiphila album page, n.h., v.f., signed Sadri (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #101-103 Catalog Value $520 | Unsold |
 | Lot #831 IRAN 1899 Arabesque control handstamps on the 1898 Mozaffar-eddin Shah Qajar Issue, complete set of 16, h.r., mostly fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with 2016 Persiphila certificate, * Catalog #120-135 Catalog Value $556 | Unsold |
 | Lot #832 IRAN 1902 Rosette Typeset 1ch used as registration label, two copies of 1ch, 3ch and 1kr, all on registered cover from Sultanabad to St. Gallen, Switzerland, via Teheran and Baku. The 25ch franking covered 12ch for foreign mail, 12ch registration and 1ch extra as label, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #833 IRAN 1902 Meched Issue, 2ch black, unused, top sheet margin example, fresh and v.f., signed Sadri, etc. Only 500 printed, (*) Catalog #223 Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #834 IRAN 1902 Meched issue, 3ch black, unused with large margins all around, fresh and v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2000 certificate. Only 300 were printed, (*) Catalog #224 Catalog Value $3,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #835 IRAN 1902 Meched issue, 12ch blue, used, part cds at right, large margins all around, vertical crease, otherwise fine, signed Sadri, with his 2000 certificate. Only 400 printed; due to delicate nature of the paper, most of the known used examples are more or less faulty, O Catalog #227 Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #836 IRAN 1902 2ch typeset overprinted "P.L.Teheran", used locally on cover in Teheran Maidan, fine Catalog #315 | Unsold |
 | Lot #837 IRAN 1902 Mozafar-eddin Shah Qajar, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #351-363 Catalog Value $810 | Unsold |
 | Lot #838 IRAN 1903 2 Tomans and 3 Tomans surcharges, four different varieties, h.r., fine-v.f., scarce, signed Sadri, * Catalog #368,368a,370,370b Catalog Value $875 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #839 IRAN 1907 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, complete set, 4k yellow h.r., others n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #428-445 Catalog Value $844 | Unsold |
 | Lot #840 IRAN 1907 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, 1c-30k blocks of four, 17 different, including the rare 4k bright yellow, n.h., fine-v.f., scarce, especially in this pristine condition (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #428-444 Catalog Value $2,776 | Unsold |
 | Lot #841 IRAN 1909 Coat of Arms, 1c-30k perf. 12 1/2x12, thin paper, bright colors , fresh, l.h. or h.r., few n.h., fine-v.f. set, each stamp signed Sadri, neatly arranged on Persiphila album page. A rare set of originals * Catalog #448-463 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #842 IRAN 1910 Printed Matter, Postal Tax surcharges, imperforate singles, complete set of 17, mostly l.h., v.f., signed Sadri, with 2016 Persiphila certificate. Only 500 sets printed, * Catalog #464-480 Catalog Value $3,400 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #843 IRAN 1910 Printed Matter, Postal Tax surcharges, imperforate singles, complete set of 17, used, v.f., signed Sadri, O Catalog #464-480 Catalog Value $2,380 | Unsold |
 | Lot #844 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 Catalog #456 | Unsold |
 | Lot #845 IRAN 1911 Official overprints, complete set of 15 on Persiphila album page, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with 2002 Persiphila certificate, * Catalog #501-515 Catalog Value $5,385 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #846 IRAN 1915 12ch Ahmad Shah, bisected lower half of the stamp, used on a cover from Nehavand to Teheran, with August 8 arrival pmk on back, fine (Eftekhar 516b, $7,800) | Unsold |
 | Lot #847 IRAN 1916 picture postcard (Negaristan in Teheran) franked with 3ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Meched, via Petrograd to France, various censor markings, fine Catalog #483 | Unsold |
 | Lot #848 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 Catalog #481,482 | Unsold |
 | Lot #849 IRAN 1916 cover franked with 4x1ch, four copies of 5ch and 2x12ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Recht, via Baku to Nobel Brothers in Petrograd, various censor markings, fine Catalog #481,484,489 | Unsold |
 | Lot #850 IRAN 1916 cover franked with strip of 3x12ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Recht, via Baku to Nobel Brothers in Petrograd, various censor markings, fine Catalog #489 | Unsold |
 | Lot #851 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #852 IRAN 1920 registered cover franked with pair of 9ch Ahmad Shah, sent from Recht to Teheran, with Censor of Gilan Rebellion supported by the Russian Army cachet, mounted and written up on Persiphila album page, with Sadri certificate, rare Catalog #487 | Unsold |
 | Lot #853 IRAN 1921 (Feb) Coup D'Etat overprints, complete set of 11 blocks of four on three Persiphila album pages, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Dr. M. Dadkhah, scarce, as these stamps were on sale for only three days and most of the sets offered on the market are counterfeits (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #635-645 Catalog Value $880 | Unsold |
 | Lot #854 IRAN 1921 Coup d'Etat Issue, two complete sets, one with overprints inverted, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, etc., neatly arranged on two Persiphila album pages * Catalog #635-645,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #855 IRAN 1924 Ahmed Shah Qajar (large portrait issue) complete set of 14 blocks of four on four Persiphila album pages, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #667-680 Catalog Value $620 | Unsold |
 | Lot #856 IRAN 1926 Pahlavi Dynasty overprints, set of four blocks of four, n.h., 2ch perf. separations, fine-v.f., scarce (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #703-706 Catalog Value $560 | Unsold |
 | Lot #857 IRAN 1926 Regne de Pahlavi, complete set of 16, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with 2015 Persiphila certificate, * Catalog #707-722 Catalog Value $3,360 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #858 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) S Catalog #707-722S | Unsold |
 | Lot #859 IRAN 1926 Regne de Pahlavi, 1ch orange & maroon, overprint inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Sadri, with 2007 Persiphila certificate, * Catalog #707a Catalog Value $1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #860 IRAN 1928 Reza Shah redrawn, set of four blocks of four, n.h., usual minor gum disturbances, fine-v.f., scarce (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #740-43 Catalog Value $480 | Unsold |
 | Lot #861 IRAN 1931 1ch brown & ultramarine, vertical sheet margin pair, variety imperf. at left, light hinge reinforced at right, fine (Persiphila 806d, $600) * Catalog #760var | Unsold |
 | Lot #862 IRAN 1931 12ch sheet margin block of four, shifted center variety, n.h., v.f. (Persiphila 813a, cat. $6,000) **Catalog #767var | Unsold |
 | Lot #863 IRAN 1935 Postes Iraniennes overprints, 1ch-9ch five different blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh and mostly v.f., signed Sadri, with 2010 Persiphila certificate (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #810-814 Catalog Value $4,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #864 IRAN 1935 Postes Iraniennes overprints, 1ch-9ch five different blocks of four, n.h., usual yellowish gum, fresh and mostly v.f., signed Sadri, with 2010 Persiphila certificate (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #818-822 Catalog Value $4,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #865 IRAN 1942 30r gray black & emerald, disturbed original gum, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #904 Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #866 IRAN 1942 30r emerald & black, right sheet margin block of six, n.h., natural gum wrinkles (catalogued as hinged singles), **Catalog #905 Catalog Value $390 | Unsold |
 | Lot #867 IRAN 1949 War Effort, composite photo-essay strip of three different designs, v.f., with 2010 Persiphila certificate ("photographic essay prepared by Security Banknote Company is in my opinion genuine") P Catalog #911-13P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #868 IRAN 1949 Shah Issue, complete set of 16, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #915-930 Catalog Value $697 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #869 IRAN 1949 Shah, third definitive issue, complete set of 16 blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., neatly arranged on three Persiphila album pages **Catalog #915-930 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #870 IRAN 1951 Shah, fourth definitive issue, complete set of 16, also additional shades of 50d dark green and 1r blue green, all in blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., neatly arranged on four Persiphila album pages **Catalog #950-965 | Unsold |
 | Lot #871 IRAN 1954 Shah Issue, complete set of 16, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #999-1014 Catalog Value $856 | Unsold |
 | Lot #872 IRAN 1955 Shah, Sixth definitive issue, complete set of 14 blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., neatly arranged on three Persiphila album pages, **Catalog #1023-1036 | Unsold |
 | Lot #873 IRAN 1956 Shah Issue, complete set of 17, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #1058A-72 Catalog Value $812 | Unsold |
 | Lot #874 IRAN 1956-1958 Shah, Seventh and eighth definitive issue, complete set of 34 blocks of four, n.h., occasional disturbed gum as always, fresh, fine-v.f., neatly arranged on six Persiphila album pages, **Catalog #1058A-72,1082-98 Catalog Value $5,113 | Unsold |
 | Lot #875 IRAN 1958-59 Shah, Ninth definitive issue, complete set of 15 blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., **Catalog #1107-1125 Catalog Value $1,192 | Unsold |
 | Lot #876 IRAN 1959 Shah, Tenth definitive issue, complete set of 15 blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., **Catalog #1138-1151 Catalog Value $1,882 | Unsold |
 | Lot #877 IRAN 1961 Shah, Redrawn definitive issue, complete set of seven blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., neatly arranged on two Persiphila album pages, **Catalog #1173-1179 Catalog Value $560 | Unsold |
 | Lot #878 IRAN 1962-1979 Shah Definitives, 11th to 19th Issues, complete, including Air Post and Officials, all in blocks of four, with perforation varieties (19th set), neatly arranged on Persiphila album pages, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #1209/1972,C91-96,O72-99 Catalog Value $2,546 | Unsold |
