Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
September 24-25
Our September 24-25, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. There is an old-world collection of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with an extraordinary selection of combination usages. Other areas areas are well represented, with China, Japan and Korea. As always, the sale contains 160+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #902 Iran - covers & postal history 1881 10 shahi violet and black, tied on a Registered Parcel Delivery form with Naskh, inscription (Type II) and the Post emblem on top, sent from Teheran (5.5.81) to Tabriz (10.5.81), fine and extremely rare, only a few examples reported | Unsold |
 | Lot #903 Iran - covers & postal history 1897 (29 Dec) Parcel Post receipt from Tauris (Tabriz) to Teheran, bearing a strip of four 10kr (1894 issue), used together with strip of three of 1kr on 5kr overprints, fine and scarce postal document with a mixed franking of Nasser-Eddin Shah issue (after his assassination in 1896) and the newly issued provisional stamps | Unsold |
 | Lot #904 Iran - covers & postal history 1902 cover to Hamadan, franked with 5sh (type II), tied by purple "Khiaban Sepah Salar" native pmk, repeated alongside, with Hamadan (11/10) arrival on front, filing folds away from the stamp, fine. Also included is a cover to England, franked with single 13ch Ahmad Shah, perf. 11 1/2 x 11, tied by "Bamm" cds, with Bender-Ammas and Kerman transits, arriving Esher Nov.13,1911  | Unsold |
 | Lot #905 Iran - covers & postal history 1912 (Muhammed Ali-Shah Senneh Rebellion Issue), double internal rate cover bearing a 10sh and 2x1sh overprinted "Al-Sultan Mohamad Ali-Shah Qajar", tied by Senneh (25.IV.12) cds, with "Hamadan (Depart)" (28.IV.12) alongside, addressed to Imperial Bank of Persia in Kermanshah, with a large handstamp across the cover obliging the authorities to return the cover to Senneh, also a large "C" control handstamp, fine and scarce item | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #906 Iran - covers & postal history 1912 cover franked on back with pair of 3ch Ahmad Shah stamps overprinted "Official", sent from Urumia, via Kazvin to Hamadan, fine (after the occupation of Iranian Azerbaijan by Russian forces, the local authorities decided to overprint the remaining stock of stamps at their disposal and supplied them for use for a short period in selected cities in the Azerbaijan province) | Unsold |
 | Lot #907 Iran - covers & postal history 1914 two covers, one paying double internal rate of 12 Shahis overprinted on the 13sh value of 1909 Coat of Arms, sent from Teheran to Tauris, the other cover with pair of "2 Shahis 1915", violet "T" due marking, with "Sad" sign showing that it was dropped in a mailbox in Teheran, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #908 Iran - covers & postal history 1916 two covers from Constantinople to Tauris, with Ottoman franking, each with red censor handstamp on front, one showing an additional green military censor seal, with "Hadji Abdoullah Hadji Youssouf Hadji Semed Halidji" departure datestamp, unusual example of double censor marking | Unsold |
 | Lot #909 Iran - covers & postal history 1916 (22 Jan) cover from Bender-Nasseri to a local merchant in Isfahan, franked on back with 1ch, 2ch and 3ch Ahmad Shah, with arrival pmk on back (Bender-Nasseri was the name for the city of Ahwaz during the Qajar period) | Unsold |
 | Lot #910 Iran - covers & postal history 1917 (13 Sep) cover to Chahround, franked on back with "1335" on 1ch, used in combination with unoverprinted 5ch Ahmad Shah, tied by bilingual "Bender Guez" departure and arrival pmks alongside, showing return address of a Russian merchant in Benderguez, minor cover tears at bottom, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #911 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (17 Nov) Petition cover to Teheran, franked on back with single and pair of 2ch Ahmad Shah, tied by departure cds, with British "Passed By Censor No. 550" handstamp applied in Enzeli, showing local mailbox and "T" due handstamp, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #912 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (Jan) cover from Teheran, addressed to a police station in Kazvin, franked on back with 1kr overprinted "6 Shahis 1337", used in combination with 1sh Tehran Famine Relief stamp, opened and sealed by paper tapes in Kazvin by the British Dunsterforce representative based at the local Post Office, with Dunsterforce Censor pmk on front, filing fold away from the stamps, fine example of British Military presence in Kazvin | Unsold |
 | Lot #913 Iran - covers & postal history 1920 (Sep) registered Ministry of Finance in Khurasan cover to Teheran (16.IX.20), with the imperial coat of arms on front and mostly a clear and intact wax seal of the Khurasan ministry on back, franked with a 2ch, 12ch and 2kr, paying high postage for double weight envelope | Unsold |
 | Lot #914 Iran - covers & postal history 1921 (25 May) Parcel Post receipt, franked with a horizontal pair of "1921 Coup d'etat" overprints, used with Ahmad Shah adhesives, with seal of Teheran Municipality "Baladieh Teheran", fine and rare, signed Dr. Dadkhah (in May 1921, in order to commemorate the Coup d'etat of 21st February, Moshir Moazzam, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs agreed to a special overprint on a certain number of remainders of the 1914 Coronation stamps. However, upon his return from Europe, Camille Molitor, Director-General of Post declared the action "illegal" and ordered the destruction of the entire stock of stamps with this overprint) | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #915 Iran - covers & postal history 1922 (20 Feb) cover (The Imperial Bank of Persia, Bushire) franked with "Benaders" Ports issue, 1kr and 10sh surcharges, tied by "Bouchir (Depart)" cds, sent via Busra and Baghdad to R. W. Grey, the bank director at The Imperial Bank of Persia in Teheran, fine and unusual route (taken to avoid the troubled southern Fars province where mails were intercepted by rebels) | Unsold |
 | Lot #916 Iran - covers & postal history 1924 (28 July) registered cover franked on back with 2kr, addressed to Malta, returned to its sender Mr. Mo'Addebe Homayouni via Egypt, with Malta arrival and return pmks, Egyptian purple "Returned Letter Office" seal, fine and well traveled cover, with the original registered letter receipt | Unsold |
 | Lot #917 Iran - covers & postal history 1926 (May) registered cover franked on both sides with Provisional Ahmad Shah Issue with defaced portraits (used after the installation of Pahlavi Dynasty), pair of 6ch and two blocks of 4x3ch, sent from Seidabad (Sirdjan), via Chiraz, addressed to the Minister of War in Teheran, filing folds away from the stamps, fine cover with transit and arrival pmks | Unsold |
