U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016

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Lot #846
IRAN
1906 (5 July) cover (opened for display), franked on back with pair of 6ch red violet and single 1ch violet (paying 13 Shahis letter rate abroad), sent from Meshed, via Gaoudan to Constantinople, with Russian Ropit arrival and straight line disinfected ("Obezzarazheno") handstamp applied at the border in Gaoudan, fine, signed Sadri, with 2014 Persiphila certificate
Envelope
Catalog #351,425
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Lot #847
IRAN
1908 (8 Apr) cover headed "On His Majesty's Service Telegraphs Indo-European Telegraphs", franked with single 1ch and pair of 6ch, paying 13sh rate from Teheran to London, with Kew Gardens arrival pmk on back, intact red seal, fine, signed Sadri, with 2014 Persiphila certificate
Envelope
Catalog #428,431
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Lot #848
IRAN
1916 (7 June) unsealed cover from Hamadan to Teheran, franked with 6Ch, tied by Hamadan 27.V.16 postmark and Russian military censorship bilingual framed handstamp, also arrival pmk on back, signed Sadri, with Persiphila certificate
Envelope
Catalog #486
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Lot #849
IRAN
1916 (7 June) unsealed cover from Hamadan to Teheran, franked with 6Ch, tied by Hamadan 7.VI.16 postmark, with Russian military censorship bilingual framed handstamp below, also arrival pmk on back, signed Sadri, with Persiphila certificate
Envelope
Catalog #486
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Lot #850
IRAN
1918 3 Krans gray, sepia & silver, four used blocks of four, with central pmks of "Recht", "Torbatheidari", "Meched" and "Isfahan" respectively, fine-v.f., each signed Sadri, with individual Persiphila certificates
Box
Catalog #604
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Lot #851
IRAN
1919 cover from Kermanshah to Yezd, franked on back with 6 Chahis surcharge on 10ch (defective), tied by Kirman departure cds, underpaid with "T" and another marking in Farsi, charged postage due (penciled notation on front), scarce
Envelope
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Lot #852
IRAN
1925 registered cover from St. Paul, Minn. to Teheran, U.S. franking paying 26c by Air via Cairo and Bagdad, "Fee Paid Avis de Reception" handstamp, with Persian stamps added to pay for "Poste Restante" (this has to be the only explanation, since no street address was included; the 26c U.S. postage prepaid the AR surcharge) charges, fine and unusual combination
Envelope
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