Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #809 IRAN Postal Stationery 1878 (30 June) Service "Persana" postal card sent "free" from "Maragha" (in Azerbaijan) to Tehran, special intaglio handstamp and perfectly struck departure pmk, negative "Dispatched Free" handstamp, Teheran arrival pmk, some toning, otherwise fine, signed Sadri and displayed on Persiphila album page  | Unsold |
 | Lot #810 IRAN Postal Stationery 1878-1940s collection of 41 different unused Coat of Arms and Kings stationery cards (21) and entire envelopes (15), plus 5 wrappers, mostly fine or better (Persiphila $2,945) | Unsold |
 | Lot #811 IRAN Postal Stationery 1892-96 group of 8 intact paid reply postal cards, used and unused Nasser-ed Din Shah and Muzaffar-ed Din Shah, one sent from Tabriz to Trebizond, with Russian Post Office in the Turkish Empire arrival pmks, some toning, mostly fine-v.f. (Persiphila PC13-4, PC17-18) | Unsold |
 | Lot #812 IRAN Postal Stationery 1940s four different Postal Insured Money envelopes, 6ch from Meched, 30d from Saveg Boulagh, 45d from Khorram Dareh, 50d from Shiraz (Persiphila PIE 3,4,6,7, from $1,500+) | Price Realized $500.00 |
