1870 Lion First Issue, 1s dull violet, 2s green, 4s blue and 8s red, set of four, unused, with or without gum, usual margins, nice colors, signed Sadri, cat. $1100 (Cat No. 1-4) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.US$250

1870 2s green, double impression, unused without gum as issued, thin paper showing full offset on back, large margins, v.f. (Persiphila 2b, $850) (Cat No. 2var) (Image)

Est.US$500

1875 Lion Issue rouletted, 1s black, 2s blue, 4s vermilion and 8s yellow green, set of four, unused, with or without gum, usual margins, signed Sadri, cat. $950 (Cat No. 11-14) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$250

1875 Lion Issue Imperforate singles, 1s black, 2s blue, 4s vermilion and 8s yellow green, set of four used, good margins and neat pmks, fine and rare set of imperfs (11a and 14c, cat. $6,250, others listed but unpriced) (Cat No. 11a-14c) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1875 Lion Issue Imperforate, 4s red, thin (pelure) paper, used, fair margins, minute flaws, signed Sadri, cat. $750 (Cat No. 13b) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.US$150

1875 Lion, rouletted issue, 8 (Shahis) green, horizontal tete-beche pair A-B, pin-perf. with square holes, slightly reinforced, unused without gum, cut a little close at top, good color, small thin spots, fine appearance, with 2022 Sadri certificate (Persiphila 8a, $12,500) cat. $15000 (Cat No. 14b) (Image)

Cat. $15000, Est.US$2,500

1875 8s yellow green imperforate, four unused singles, types A-B-C-D, unused without gum, good margins, occasional faint toning, mostly fine-v.f., signed Brun, etc. Also included is a horizontal pair, used, v.f. (Persiphila 8A) (Cat No. 14c) (Image)

Est.US$750

1876 Lion Issue Imperforate singles, 1s gray black, 2s gray, 4s vermilion (defective), 1k rose and 4k yellow, five different used, some signed Sadri, cat. $850 (Cat No. 15-16,18-20) (Image)

Cat. $850, Est.US$150

1878 1kr carmine rose, horizontal pair, types B-D, typical blurred impression at top, canceled by Teheran pmk on small piece, margins all around, fine (Cat No. 33) (Image)

Est.US$250

1881-82 Sun, four different, mostly l.h., 25c without gum, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, cat. $1550 (Cat No. 47,50-52) (Image)

Cat. $1550, Est.US$250

1881 Sun, 5c violet, 10c rose and 25c green, three different imperforate plate proofs on thin card, in issued colors, lower right sheet corner margin blocks of four, with red invalidating lines, v.f. (Cat No. 47-49P) (Image)

Est.US$400

1894 2k, 5k and 50k sheet margin blocks of 10, n.h., v.f., signed Sadri (catalogued as hinged singles) cat. $640 (Cat No. 97,98,100) (Image)

Cat. $640, Est.US$250

1900 1c-12c, set of five with control mark, 10c with type "b" handstamp, in used reconstructed blocks of four on Persiphila page, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, cat. $2040 (Cat No. 160/167) (Image)

Cat. $2040, Est.US$500

1902 5kr violet surcharge on 50kr brown, h.r., v.f., with Sadri card certificate, cat. $250 (Cat No. 171) (Image)

Cat. $250, Est.US$150

1900-02 surcharges, three different, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, cat. $675 (Cat No. 206,207,209) (Image)

Cat. $675, Est.US$300

1902 Meched Provisionals, 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c black, also 5c violet, 12c light blue and 1kr red, the complete set of seven, each with red Postmaster's (Victor Castaigne) initials, canceled to order with Meched postmarks, mostly v.f., last two signed Sadri, with 2015 certificates. A rare set of Meched Provisionals (postally used catalogued at $8,350, canceled to order 1/3 to 1/2 of the value) (Victor Castaigne, the Belgian-born postmaster of Meched printed, on his own initiative, provisional stamps which were used for only 10 weeks and in May 1902 their usage was terminated by Teheran federal postal authorities) (Cat No. 222-228) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1902 Meched Issue, selection of forgeries and reprints, including six cancelled (with three 2ch, 5ch, 10ch and 12ch), two unused (2ch and 3ch) and a 3ch unused strip of three, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1902 Provisoire 1319 handstamps, set of five, 1c unused (corner crease), others used, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, cat. $850 (Cat No. 235-39) (Image)

Cat. $850, Est.US$200

1902 Typesets I, complete set of 10, l.h. or h.r., 12c and 10kr without gum, signed Sadri, etc., top value with 2006 Sadri certificate, cat. $2035 (Cat No. 247-57) (Image)

Cat. $2035, Est.US$750

1902 Typeset issue, 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 12c and 50c with red rosette handstamps, six different, h.r., some creases, mostly fine-v.f., last one with 2003 Sadri certificate, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 280-281,283-85,290) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1902 100t bronze red & gray rosette background, position 6, with "327" serial number on back, used, fine and scarce, with 2003 Sadri certificate (Persiphila 274) (Image)

Est.US$150

1902 5kr on 5k ocher, also overprinted and handstamped "P.L.Teheran", h.r., v.f., signed Sadri, first one with 2004 certificate, very rare, cat. $700 (Cat No. 308,315,317) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.US$250

1907-09 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, complete set of 18, h.r., good colors, fine-v.f., cat. $1198 (Cat No. 428-45) (Image)

Cat. $1198, Est.US$300

1907-09 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, complete (less 9c orange), 4k bright yellow and 50k h.r., many others n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $1188 (Cat No. 428-31,433-45) (Image)

Cat. $1188, Est.US$300

1907-09 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, 50k gold, vermilion & black, pane of 25, n.h., some perf. separations, v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) cat. $5000 (Cat No. 445) (Image)

Cat. $5000, Est.US$750