1866-82, Group of early stamps incl. Austrian Levant 5s & 15s used in Alexandria, the first issue incl. 20pa mint imperf. strip of three and two covers with 1pi from Alexandria to Tanta, 2nd issue incl. 10pa unused with extra Arabic letter, 5pi forgeries on piece, 1874 2pi inv. wmk in mint block of 10, 1874-75 issue with multiples incl. 2pi horiz. tête-bêche pair used, 5pa vert. tête-bêche blocks of four (perf. 12.5 and 13.5x12.5), 5pi mint block (perf. fault), and a small selection of used abroad with Smirne and Suakin, an interesting mix.

1889-1961 Group of 20 postal stationery/covers, many uprated, noted censors, military, Levant, perfins, illustrated, destinations. Much of note

1875-1925 ca Ranges incl. selection of lion issues, later with varieties incl. inverted centres mint (cert.)

1876-1906, collection in an album of Nasser-ed-din Shah and Mozaffer-ed-din-Shah Qajar issues, with some varieties, errors and proofs, mint and used sets, a few with certificates, some better sets such as 1899 Arabesque handstamp issue, 1903 official service issue, 1899 green paper issue (2nd print), 1876 first portrait issue, some values of dual currency, recessed issue from 1882 to 1887, proofs of 1881 lithographed issue and 1879 2nd portrait issue, etc., a lovely lot. (Image)

1876-1900s, group of 41 covers plus one front from Naser ed-Din Shah to Mozafer ed-Din Shah Qajar, with a range of good usages and postmarks, incl. 1876 5s on cover from Meched, 1879 5s tied by violet Teheran cds, typset issues, surcharge issues, etc., a useful group.

1882-1970s, collection in an album incl. revenue and official documents from the embassy of Iran in Rome, some waybills/colis postaux and unused aerogrammes, two Qajar telegraphs incl. one with attractive negative mark of Tauris, several pages of labels, seals and mint revenues from the Pahlavi era incl. 1882 Petitin stamps , an interesting mixture.

1882-1921 An extraordinary original archival holding 1000s of mostly mint/unused reprinted stamps, with the majority in complete sets in full sheet format, a great lot for the specialist and very unlikely to find such an original reprint accumulation again.

1891, Large stack of 5 shahi value of the Vienna "Mehrabi" issue in curled up sheets and sheet pieces, incl. original bundle wrappers to stack 100 sheets of 10x10, with all sheets borderless and some damaged and stuck together. (Image)

1907-80s, collection in an album of Qajar and Pahlavi era incl. complete unused sets such as 1927 airpost, 1929 Coronation, 1931 Majlesi, 1936 lithographed, 1938 60th Birthday, some Sadtchian issues like Divani Service issue, 1919 with a variety of errors, 1915 Coronation errors, overprint issues on Ahmad Shah incl. Officiel an Kermanshah, many forgeries noted. (Image)

1909-30s, group incl. 9 waybill slips with 1909 Coat of Arms or 1911-21 Portrait Issues, five small revenue documents and a group of documents relating to Mr Kurdistan (who had safe boxes in European countries).

1911-66 Group of 24 covers/postal stationery all sent to Switzerland, interesting lot incl. censors

1915-70s, collection in a stockbook incl. 22 sheetlets of 1915 Coronation issue with Service and Colis Postaux overprints with errors such as inverted and double overprints (which come from a Mr Kordistani, a Post Minister in Iran), also rare errors from Reza Shah and Mohammed Reza Shah eras

1925-90, group incl. 1925 Pahlavi Provisional issue in 16 blocks of four (or larger), all mint original gum and mostly never hinged, plus three errors of 1935 "Postes Iraniennes" on Dinari issue (imperf. at top, inverted ovpt and double ovpt) and 1990 Fedrowsi Congress imperf. pairs.

1950-73, group of 43 covers and FDCs, some definitive issues on covers, some commercial usages, plus 1939 5d and 10d in complete mint sheets.