U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021
Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #870 IRAN 1902 (5 July) registered cover to Switzerland, with the acknowledgement of receipt, franked with 1ch (two, one used as a Registry label), 3ch, 12ch and 1kr Rosette Typesets, all tied by Sultanabad undated pmks, with "Registered" handstamp and boxed "R Perse", showing on reverse "Agence Ziegler Sultanabad" datestamp, Teheran and Baku transits, arriving Zurich (24 July), fine cover, signed Sadri, written-up on Persiphila album page  Catalog #247,249,252,253 | Unsold |
 | Lot #871 IRAN 1902 Rosette, 2c brown & yellow, Type I (CHAHIS) and II (Chahis), also 5ch variety "+" omitted from upper right corner, plus 3ch and 5ch, all used on registered cover from Teheran to Holland, with Registry handstamp, Baku transit and Groningen arrival pmks on back, v.f. and extremely rare combination franking (Types I and II), with additional variety and stamp Catalog #248,249,250var,252,281 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #872 IRAN 1907 Mohammed Ali Shah Qajar, complete set of 18, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #428-45 Catalog Value $1,198 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #873 IRAN 1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch-12ch, also 24ch, printed on both sides, one with centers inverted, nine different sheets of 50 (450 stamps), fine-v.f. and impressive group, offered here as unauthorized reprints  (*)Catalog #560/570var | Unsold |
 | Lot #874 IRAN 1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch carmine & indigo, printed on both sides, one inverted, sheet of 50, imperf. vertically, with Holcombe notation at bottom right "possibly original" (unauthorized reprints exist of all such varieties and this lot is offered as is) (*)Catalog #560var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #875 IRAN 1915-16 two covers attractively franked on back and sent from Recht, via Baku to the firm of Nobel Brothers in Petrograd, various censor markings in Cyrillic, also two picture postcards from Meched to France, each sent via Baku and Petrograd, boxed Russian censor handstamps, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #876 IRAN 1916 Parcel Post receipt franked with 2ch, 12ch and pair of 4ch, tied by Djulfa cds, addressed to Romania, with Bucharest (20 Sep) arrival cds on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #877 IRAN 1916 24c on 1kr Ahmad Shah, l.h., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 588) * Catalog #587 Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #878 IRAN 1917 censored cover franked with 2ch and 2kr Ahmad Shah, tied by cds, with Senneh (7.IX.17) arrival pmk, censor handstamp and sealing tape (Eftekhar KG6, $4,500+) Catalog #482,494 | Unsold |
 | Lot #879 IRAN 1924 (15 Apr) cover from Recht (Rasht) to Hamadan, franked on back with 6ch brown black, tied by cds, with Hamadan arrival and censorship handstamp applied on the front. This mark was used only during the month of April 1924 by the Pro-Republic of The West, fine and rare usage, signed Sadri, with his certificate and neat write-up on album page | Unsold |
 | Lot #880 IRAN 1926 Reign of Pahlavi Government, 4kr blue, bistre & silver, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, thin paper variety, small h.r., v.f., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 721B, $1,000) * Catalog #718var | Unsold |
 | Lot #881 IRAN 1926 Reign of Pahlavi Government, 10kr orange, bistre & silver, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, thin paper variety, l.h., v.f., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 723B, $1,250) * Catalog #720var | Unsold |
 | Lot #882 IRAN 1935 New Currency Issue, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., with 2015 Sadri certificate, * Catalog #795-809 Catalog Value $793 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #883 IRAN 1944 two flown covers from Teheran to New York, attractively franked on front or back, including scarce 30r Shah, etc. (Scott 902,904), opened by censor, with Anglo-Soviet-Persian censor markings in Cyrillic and English, Baghdad transits, some cover wear, otherwise fine | Unsold |
