Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
November 15-16, 2022
Welcome to our November 15-16, 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. This 1,450 lot sale begins with a session of United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, Plate Blocks, a solid group of Proofs and Essays, modern errors (including some offered at auction for the first time), and better back of the book items. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer a solid collection of postal history of Allied Intervention in Russia. Foreign countries include Austria, China, Egypt, France and Colonies, Germany Area including better items from the Eric Neishloss collection. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from various areas, including BNA, British Africa with selections from the Brian Karenza Collection, and specialized stamps and postal history of Kuwait, with many rarities. There are rarities from Italian States, with unused and used Sardina. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections from the Cole Estate, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
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 | Lot #1042 IRAN 1870 1s dull violet, 2s green, 4s greenish blue, 8s red, set of four, unused with or without gum, various types, usual margins, mostly all around, 1s type IV on medium (0,07mm) paper, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificates, (*) Catalog #1-4 Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1043 IRAN 1875 1s black (type C), 2s cobalt blue (B), 4s orange red (A), 8s green (B), imperforate singles, set of four, reasonable margins, last two with Teheran or Tabriz pmks, couple of minor flaws, fresh and fine set, each signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate (Persiphila 5-8, SG 5-8) O Catalog #11-14 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1044 IRAN 1875 8s green, Type B, pin perforated ("perce-en-point" roulette) (printed in horizontal strips of four), Tabriz cancel, fine, signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificate, O Catalog #14 Catalog Value $175 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1045 IRAN 1876 1s black, type D (printed in vertical strips of four), postally used, ample to narrow margins as always, signed Dr.Dadkach, also Sadri, with his 2022 card certificate (Persiphila 11) O Catalog #14A Catalog Value $600 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1046 IRAN 1876 1s gray black, 1kr rose, both with faults, also a v.f. example of 4k yellow, all signed Sadri, last one with his card certificate, O Catalog #15,19,20 Catalog Value $575 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1047 IRAN 1876 4kr yellow, thin paper, setting 6, block of four, types DB/AC, canceled by Zendjan 22.6 ("22" inverted), bright color, margins all around, couple of tiny thins as endemic to this very thin paper, otherwise v.f., scarce block, with 1990 Peter Holcombe and 2016 Sadri certificates (Persiphila $5,500)
Catalog #20 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1048 IRAN 1877 (28 Apr) bisected 1ch used in combination with entire 2ch Nasser-ed Din Shah 1st portrait adhesives, paying 2 1/2ch rate on Russian stationery card (type 2), sent from Teheran to the Postmaster Alexander Stahl in Tabriz (written in French), fine, early usage of the Russian stationery card paying 2 1/2ch rate (less than 10 recorded), signed Sadri, neatly displayed on a Persiphila page
Catalog #Persiphila PC1B | Unsold
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 | Lot #1049 IRAN 1878 1kr carmine, 1kr red on yellow paper, 4kr gray blue, Types A,D,C (resp), (printed in blocks of four), used, first two with Yezd or Hamadan pmks, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificates (Persiphila 26,27,29C) O Catalog #33-35 Catalog Value $525 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1050 IRAN 1878 5kr gold, type A (printed in blocks of four), violet Shiras cancel, minor flaws, otherwise a fine example of this delicate stamp, signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificate (Persiphila 31) O Catalog #37 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $250.00
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 | Lot #1051 IRAN 1878 5kr red bronze, type A (printed in blocks of four), used, three large margins to just in at top, minor flaws, fine appearance, signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificate (Persiphila 32) O Catalog #38 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $475.00
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 | Lot #1052 IRAN 1903 (Oct) Saatdjian Issue, overprinted 4s/5kr-3t/10kr, complete set of nine, mostly l.h., signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate (Persiphila 342-50) *
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #1053 IRAN 1903 5ch on 1kr stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 1ch and 2ch on 3ch green, 12ch on 10kr rose, registered from Sultanabad to Tabriz, with Teheran transit pmk below, showing fully intact "Agence Ziegler & Cie Sultanabad" wax seal on reverse, fine usage of the scarce surcharges on cover
Catalog #364,365,366 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1054 IRAN 1907 50kr Mohammad Ali Shah coronation, block of four, n.h., v.f. (Persiphila 397, $1,400 as singles)
** Catalog #445 Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $290.00
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 | Lot #1055 IRAN 1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, complete set perf. 11 1/2, n.h., fine-v.f., each stamp signed Sadri, scarce set of originals ** Catalog #560-77 | Price Realized $160.00
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 | Lot #1056 IRAN 1917 Ottoman Turkey Occupation of Kermanshah, 24ch on 1kr Ahmad Shah perf. 11 1/2x11, block of four, lower right stamp n.h., others h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 1999 certificate (catalogued as hinged singles),
*/** Catalog #587 Catalog Value $6,000 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1057 IRAN 1917 1c orange & maroon, with "1335" handstamp, signed Sadri, with his 2022 card certificate stating "used with extremely rare "Hidedj-Khorramdereh" postmark", v.f., O Catalog #588 Catalog Value $250 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1058 IRAN 1918 (Nov) World War I Armistice overprints, complete set of seven, n.h., each signed Dr.Dadkach, Kurdistani, etc., also Sadri, with his 2022 certificate ** Catalog #610-16 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1059 IRAN 1919 (7 Jan) registered cover to Bombay, franked with 1ch and 6ch Ahmad Shah, uncanceled, with "F.P.O. No.129" fieldpost handstamp, addressed to Bombay, with Indian 2a George V, Base Office cancel and large violet "Censored B" handstamp, fine example of Indian Postal Agency/Iran usage
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #1060 IRAN 1919 Jacobite Provisional Issue, complete set of eight, postally used, last four on small pieces of parcel post receipts, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate (Persiphila 620-27) O Catalog #622-29 | Unsold
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 | Lot #1061 IRAN 1921 Coup d'etat Issue, 3c-5t with inverted "21 Fev 1921" overprints, complete set of eleven, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate (Persiphila 633a-43a) ** Catalog #635-45var | Price Realized $550.00
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 | Lot #1062 IRAN 1935 Postes Irannienes overprints on stamps of 1929, 1c-9c, five different, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate, * Catalog #810-14 Catalog Value $1,225 | Price Realized $525.00
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 | Lot #1063 IRAN 1935 Postes Irannienes overprints, on stamps of 1931-32, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with his 2022 certificate, * Catalog #818-26 Catalog Value $1,697 | Price Realized $650.00
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 | Lot #1064 IRAN 1950 50d orange, horizontal pair imperf. vertically, also 6r variety imperf. at left and right, v.f. ** Catalog #1141,1354var | Price Realized $150.00
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