Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 12-14, 2022
Welcome to our July 12-14, 2022 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, which will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE and StampAuctionNetwork (SAN). This 1,713-lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, 1869 Inverted Centers, Special Printings, graded items, Plate Blocks and back of the book material. Foreign countries include Austria, China, Egypt, France and Colonies, Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues, as well as WWI covers from POW Camps, including Japan. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from Australia, BNA and British Africa. There are rarities from Iran, including postal history, Italy and Italian Colonies, Nepal, Netherlands and Colonies, Panama, Russia and other collecting areas. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections to multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #954 Iran - covers & postal history 1880 cover from Boushir to Isfahan, franked with two 5ch rose and black, perf. 13, tied by "A. & T.J. Malcom, Bushire" oval handstamp, affixed to Persiphila page, signed Sadri, v.f.  Catalog #29 | Unsold |
 | Lot #955 Iran - covers & postal history 1880 10ch blue and black, perf. 12, used on double rate cover from Shiraz to Yezd, tied by "Schiras 18.3" cds, affixed to Persiphila page, filing fold away from the stamp, fine Catalog #30 | Unsold |
 | Lot #956 Iran - covers & postal history 1882 cover (slightly reduced at left), franked on back with 25ch Engraved, tied by Isfahan departure cds, sent to Shiraz, showing embossed seal on backflap, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #957 Iran - covers & postal history 1886 small cover (reduced on both sides) franked on back with 5ch 1885 "Shevidi" adhesive, tied by a rectangular Kazeroun Persian script postmark, addressed to Bouchir, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #958 Iran - covers & postal history 1893 (Feb) registered cover franked with 1ch and 1kr of 1891 Nasser-Eddin Shah issue known as "Mehrabi", sent from Teheran to Saarburg, Germany, fine, with arrival pmk (28.2.93) on back. The rate of 7 Shahis for foreign mail together with 14 Shahis registration fee was applied by using a 1 Kran and one 1 Shahi stamp, fine and scarce usage of 1 Kran on cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #959 Iran - covers & postal history 1899 large cover franked on back with 1kr and 2x2kr green, tied by Teheran departure pmks, with "R Perse" registry label on front, number filled in by hand, some cover rare, fine usage of the so-called "Green Paper" adhesives | Unsold |
 | Lot #960 Iran - covers & postal history 1899 (19 Aug) cover franked on back with block of 4x8sh orange (one stamp defective), used with additional strip of 3x1sh gray, all overprinted with the arabesque control marks, registered from Teheran-Maidan to Shiraz, fine early usage for issue | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #961 Iran - covers & postal history 1902 two picture postcards, one sent registered to Emden, Germany, via Baku, franked with 5ch and 12ch, the other sent franked with 2x1ch and 3ch and sent to Switzerland, fine-v.f. Catalog #247/252 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #962 Iran - covers & postal history 1904 (30 Sep) cover (petition) franked on back with two pairs and single 2sh with type "A" rosette overprint, tied by Isfahan departure pmks, sent to Shiraz, part of wax seal remaining, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #963 Iran - covers & postal history 1906 cover from Bouchir via Shiraz to London, franked on back with 6sh on 10sh surcharge, dispatched through the British Sea Post Office on April 28, 1906 to reach London on May 14th, showing Shiraz oval datestamp with double inverted "3", interesting item | Unsold |
 | Lot #964 Iran - covers & postal history 1915 (7 June) internally addressed Tehran cover franked on back with stamps from three different issues, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #965 Iran - covers & postal history 1915 (8 Aug) registered cover franked on back with 2x2sh and 1kr Coronation stamps, sent from Dulfer Isfahan, via Bushire to Bombay, India, with British military "Bombay Passed Censor" on front | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #966 Iran - covers & postal history 1915 (3 Oct) cover from Teheran to Hamadan, franked on back with pair of considerably shifted "1333" overprints on 3sh also unoverprinted 1sh and 2sh, all tied on cds, with arrival pmk alongside | Unsold |
 | Lot #967 Iran - covers & postal history 1915 Parcel Post Receipt bearing two high values of Ahmad Shah Coronation issue for a dispatch of goods from "Koum" to Kasr-Chirne, a border town near Iraq, fine usage of the 1kr and 1t on parcel post receipt, with clear markings | Unsold |
 | Lot #968 Iran - covers & postal history 1917 (4 Oct) cover franked on back with "1335" overprint on 1ch Coat of Arms, used in combination with 5c Ahmad Shah and sent from Bender Guez to Chahroud, with bilingual Russian and English address handstamp and "Chahroud Arrivee" (7.10.17) arrival, scarce usage | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #969 Iran - covers & postal history 1918 (20 Sep) cover (petition) from "Ordoui-Homayouni" (Royal Camping grounds in the north of the country, with its own dedicated Chapar relay station) franked with 24 Chahis on 4kr surcharge, tied by Bar Foroush cds, carried by courier to Teheran, arriving five days later, some cover wear, scarce example of the "Ordoui" cancel | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #970 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (22 Nov) registered cover (petition) from Teheran to Zendjan, franked on back with unoverprinted Teheran Famine Relief Charity stamp used alongside 1kr, 10sh and overprinted 6sh on 10sh, with "Avis de Reception" AR (Advise of Receipt), roughly opened at right, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #971 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (6 June) registered "Avis de Reception" (AR) cover from Eivanekeif to Teheran, franked on back with "Provisoire 1919 1 chachi", error missing figure "1" in tablet, used with additional pair of 6sh and 2x10sh Ahmad Shah, paying total of 1 Kran and 13 Shahis for internal registry rate, fine and undoubtedly scarce usage of the 1ch error on cover | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #972 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (31 Dec) insured cover (roughly opened at right), franked on back with 2kr with "1336" overprint, used in combination with 2ch and 5kr Ahmad Shah (another stamp missing), with well preserved wax seals, sent from Bar Foroush, via bender Guez, Astarabad and Sari to Chahroud. The letter carried Russian Banknotes from Ali Asghar Dadashov to a merchant in Chahroud | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #973 Iran - covers & postal history 1920 (Oct) cover franked on back with 1sh Tabriz Famine Relief Charity stamp with a large Persian figure "5", used in combination with 3sh, 12sh and 24sh Ahmad Shah, registered from Tauris to Teheran, with departure and arrival pmks, some cover wear, late usage of the Charity stamp | Unsold |
 | Lot #974 Iran - covers & postal history 1921 (March) cover with printed address in Bombay, boxed "Mohammarah" Registry handstamp, franked on back with a vertical pair of "1 Kran Benaders" on 12sh Ahmad Shah first portrait issue, minor cover wear, and filing folds away from the stamps which were used only for a limited period at the Persian port post offices | Unsold |
 | Lot #975 Iran - covers & postal history 1923 registered Imperial Bank of Persia cover from Isfahan to Teheran, franked with "Controle 1922" overprints, pair of 2sh, 10sh and 2kr, with framed Registry handstamp and arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #976 Iran - covers & postal history 1923 registered cover from Bouchir to Karachi, India, franked with 1kr and 2x10sh overprinted Controle 1922 on 1911 Ahmad Shah adhesives, paying 2 Krans foreign registry rate, filing folds and some cover mending away from the stamps | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #977 Iran - covers & postal history 1926 registered cover from Mohammerah, endorsed "Via Overland Baghdad-Jerusalem", sent to England, franked with 1924 Ahmad Shah second portrait stamps 9sh and 2x10sh covered by adhesive paper (there is no recorded official directive to carry out such obliterations). The note on the cover points to the sending of this mail by an "armoured truck" due to "brigands" lootings and destroying mails on the way to Jerusalem, Baghdad transit and other markings on back, some cover faults, interesting item | Unsold |
 | Lot #978 Iran - covers & postal history 1926 cover from Mohammerah to England, endorsed "Overland Via Baghdad and Haifa", franked on back with defaced 9sh and 1kr Portrait stamps, with Baghdad transit alongside, part of backflap missing, unusual route | Unsold |
 | Lot #979 Iran - covers & postal history 1940-42 two free franked registered covers addressed to His Royal Majesty Shah, from Kerman to Teheran, with Majanie (free) postmarks, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
