1865 Original Engraved Die proof of the Reister unadopted essay in black on thick card, showing bottom right corner initials, some creases, fine and extremely rare as apparently only three are recorded (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in black on white, bluish, purple and rose tinted papers, two showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (4) (Persiphila $4'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in black on white paper, showing bottom right corner initials, fine and scarce (Persiphila $1'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in brown on white, bluish, purple and rose tinted papers, three showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (4) (Persiphila $4'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in bronze on white, bluish, purple and rose tinted papers, three showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (4) (Persiphila $4'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in gold on bluish and rose tinted papers, one showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (2) (Persiphila $2'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in violet on white paper, showing bottom right corner initials, fine and scarce (Persiphila $1'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in red on white, cream and rose tinted papers, one showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (3) (Persiphila $3'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in blue on white, bluish, purple and rose tinted papers, two showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (4) (Persiphila $4'000) (Image)

1865 Reister unadopted essay in green on cream, bluish and rose tinted papers, two showing bottom right corner initials, mostly fine and scarce (3) (Persiphila $3'000) (Image)

1867 Barre essays in violet, designed for the 1 Shahi value, complete unused reconstructed sheet of 40 with every plating position being distinct, including the five different clichés, with singles, pairs and blocks, gutter margin missing, fine and rare in complete form, apparently only three full sheets recorded (40) (Image)

1867 Barre essays, neatly written album pages describing the history of these popular essays and showing 8sh. green single, 4sh. red strip of five and vertical tête-bêche gutter strip of six showing three different values all in blue, plus Greek Hermes Head 5L, an attractive group (13) (Persiphila $6'000+) (Image)

1867 Barre essays in green, designed for the 2 Shahis value, complete unused reconstructed sheet of 40 with every plating position being distinct, including the five different clichés, with singles, pairs and blocks, gutter margin included in centre of the sheet tête-bêche block of ten, fine and rare in complete form, apparently only four full sheets recorded (40) (Image)

1867 Barre essays in blue, designed for the 4 Shahis value, complete unused reconstructed sheet of 40 with every plating position being distinct, including the five different clichés, with singles, pairs and blocks, gutter margin included in centre of the sheet tête-bêche block of ten, fine and rare in complete form, apparently only two full sheets recorded (40) (Image)

1867 Barre essays in blue, designed for the 8 Shahis value, complete unused reconstructed sheet of 40 with every plating position being distinct, including the four different clichés, with singles, pairs and blocks, gutter margin included in centre of the sheet tête-bêche block of twenty, fine and rare in complete form, apparently only four full sheets recorded (40) (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Large format Lion label gold on cream paper, perforated 13 1/2, single, applied on reverse of 1892 envelope, plus unused single perf.13 1/2, very fine and an extremely rare usage on cover (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Large format Lion label gold on carmine paper, perforated 13 1/2, single, applied on reverse of 1892 envelope from Prince Zell-ol-Sultan, governor of Isfahan to General Controller, including original contents, plus two unused singles, one perforated 13 1/2 and the other part perf.11 1/2 and part imperf, very fine and an extremely rare usage on cover (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Large format Lion label gold on royal blue paper, perforated 13 1/2, single, applied on reverse of envelope from Prince Zell-ol-Sultan, governor of Isfahan to Haji Mohammad Baqher, including original contents, plus two unused singles, one perforated 13 1/2 and the other part perf.11 1/2 and part imperf, very fine and an extremely rare usage on cover (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Large format Lion label gold on cream paper, perforated 11, selection of six unused single, a scarce group (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Medium format Lion label slate blue imperforate single, very fine and scarce (Persiphila $600) (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Medium format Lion label gold imperforate single, torn, scarce (Persiphila $600) (Image)

Reister unadopted essays: Small format Lion label green imperforate single, applied on reverse of envelope from the General Consul of Persia in Egypt to Esfahan, cover dispatched via Persian consular mail, including original contents, plus two unused singles in orange and green (cert. Persiphila), very fine and scarce (Persiphila $4'300) (Image)