Persia - 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché in black and with reversed image, a very rare cliché that Sperati probably intended to use in the manufacture of tête-bêche pairs. (Image)

Persia - 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché with impression in a practically invisible white grey, an albino impression, which is a most unusual feature in the Sperati archive. (Image)

Persia - 1876 Lion Issue 2 Shahis, glass support cliché in vermilion, dated 3/5/31 and with ink notation at base; fewer than ten such glass clichés thought to be in private hands. (Image)

1869 Baqeri 1s violet, four unused singles hinged in place in reconstructed sheetlet of four, mostly with clear margins otherwise just touching in small places otherwise fine; one signed Dr. Dadkhah. (Image)