U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018

Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4820
IRAN
1876 1kr rose, type A, unused with original gum, fine, signed Sadri, with 2006 Persiphila certificate (Persiphila $1,750)
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Catalog #19
Unsold
Lot #4821
IRAN
1878 1kr red on yellow paper, vertical tete-beche pair, postally used, thin and small tear, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 1977 BPA certificate,
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Catalog #34a
Catalog Value $10,000
Unsold
Lot #4822
IRAN
1878 5kr violet bronze, Type B, large margins all around, used, v.f., signed Mehrdad Sadri, with Persiphila card certificate,
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Catalog #39
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #4823
IRAN
1902 Rosette typeset 1ch to 2kr unused, h.r., also 10kr and 50kr postally used, all signed by Mehrdad Sadri, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #247-57
Catalog Value $1,215
Unsold
Lot #4824
IRAN
1909 unissued Tehran Local Postage (Persiphila UC53-57), Parcel Post (5) and Postal Money Order surcharges (7 on orange and 8 on green), 1909 Coronation 6ch (silver) with inverted Lion Center 10 Postage Due essays (Persiphila UC81-89), also unadopted Coronation of Ahmed Shah Qajar, 11 values with silver frame and 13 values with golden frame, few small flaws, mostly fine-v.f
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Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #4825
IRAN
1909 Printed Matter Postal Tax Issue imperforate, complete set, canceled to order, nice margins all around, v.f., only 500 sets were printed, with 2006 Sadri certificate,
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Catalog #464-80
Catalog Value $2,380
Unsold
Lot #4826
IRAN
1915 2ch on 5ch brown and carmine, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri (catalogue value for singles)
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Catalog #538
Catalog Value $1,200
Unsold
Lot #4827
IRAN
1915 2 Krans deep green, sepia & silver, block of four with "1333" overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Sadri, with 2014 Persiphila certificate (Persiphila No. 531var - "apparently few copies of the two Krans stamps were also overprinted, but not issued"). A rarity, possibly the only known block of four
Box *
Catalog #549var
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #4828
IRAN
1915 1 Toman, 3 Toman and 5 Toman, Ahmad Shah coronation special printing, three different sheetlets of five, perforated 11 1/2, n.h., minor marginal flaws, stamps fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with 2005 Persiphila certificates. A rare group, only about 400 of each printed, few surviving (Persiphila $4,500)
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Catalog #574,576,577
Unsold
Lot #4829
IRAN
1926 "Regne de Pahlavi" 1ch-30kr complete set of 16 different overprinted "Specimen", perforated 11 1/2 (except 1ch perf. 11 1/2x11 and 6ch, 5kr and 10kr perforated 12 1/2x12 thin paper), l.h. or h.r., each stamp signed Sadri. A rare set, with 2016 Sadri certificate (Persiphila 710-25S, $4,425)
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Catalog #707-722S
Unsold
Lot #4830
IRAN
1926 1ch with inverted Pahlavi overprint, brown gum, h.r., fine, signed Mehrdad Sadri,
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Catalog #707a
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #4831
IRAN
1931 Reza Shah, 2ch and 3ch, each with dramatic shift of the center, n.h., v.f. (Persiphila 807-808c, $1,300)
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Catalog #761-762var
Unsold
Lot #4832
IRAN
1974 Seven Asian Games Teheran, 2r variety missing red color, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison
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Catalog #1780var
Price Realized
$150.00

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