1sh. black, 2sh. blue, 4sh. vermilion and 8sh. green, complete unused set of four, fine (Persiphila $950) (Image)

1sh. black, 2sh. blue, 4sh. vermilion and 8sh. green, complete unused or use set of four, each showing printing flaws, unusual & scarce (4) (Image)

1sh. black, 2sh. blue, 4sh. vermilion and 8sh. green, used selection of singles, pairs and strips, some on fragments, showing the various different postal rates, fine (6) (Image)

1sh. black, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'DCBA', very fine and and one of the rarer settings (Persiphila $7'000) (Image)

1sh. black, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'ABCD', very fine and scarce (Persiphila $3'750) (Image)

2sh. blue, BISECT, rouletted, type 'C' used with 1876 4sh. red, type 'B', neatly tied on small fragment by KAZVIN/29.10 cds, the bisect was used as a One shahi stamp to the shortage of One shahi stamps in the October of 1876, one of only two know bisected Lion stamps, an exhibition showpiece (Persiphila $10'000) (Image)

2sh. blue, rouletted, two examples type 'B' and 'D', used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'A', on 1876 cover from Rescht to Tehran, tied by RESCHT/30.3.76 cds, very fine and a rare franking Provenance: Farahbakhsh (Image)

2sh. blue, rouletted, two examples type 'A' and 'D', used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'A', on 1876 cover from Rescht to Tehran, tied by RESCHT/6.4.76 cds, very fine, attractive and a rare franking Provenance: Farahbakhsh (Image)

2sh. blue, 4sh. vermilion and 8sh. green, unused selection of shades, fine (6) (Image)

2sh. dark cobalt blue, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'ABCD', very fine and scarce (Persiphila $3'000) (Image)

2sh. dark cobalt blue, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'ABCD', very fine and scarce (Persiphila $3'000) (Image)

2sh. dark cobalt blue, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'BCDA', very fine and one of the rarer settings (Persiphila $6'000) (Image)

2sh. dark cobalt blue, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'CBAD', very fine and one of the rarer settings (Persiphila $6'000) (Image)

2sh. dark cobalt blue, rouletted used horizontal strip of four tied by TABRIZ cds on small fragment, from setting 'CBAD', very fine and one of the rarer settings, apparently the only recorded used sheet recorded (Image)

4sh. vermilion, rouletted, type 'C' used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'C', on 1876 cover from Tehran to Qazin, tied by TEHRAN/13.3.76 cds, very fine and scarce usage, plus the 4 Shahi stamp showing partial double impression of the lower left corner Expertise: Signed Peter Holcombe (Image)

4sh. vermilion, rouletted, type 'D' used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'A', on 1876 cover from Rescht to Tehran, tied by RESCHT cds, very fine and scarce usage, plus the 1 Shahi stamp showing usual but attractive and scarce printing flaw top right Provenance: Farahbakhsh (Image)

4sh. vermilion, rouletted, type 'C' used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'B', on 1876 cover from Qazvin to Tehran, tied by QAZVIN/22.2.1876 cds, very fine and scarce early usage from Qazvin and the earliest date recorded from this town is February 15th (Image)

4sh. vermilion, rouletted, type 'A' used with 1sh. black, rouletted, type 'A', on 1876 cover from to Tehran, tied by indistinct cds, showing manuscript date in Arabic of "Safar 1293", fine and scarce usage, cert. Persiphila (2014) (Image)

4sh. orange red, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'CADB', very fine and an extremely rare setting (Persiphila unlisted and not catalogued) (Image)

4sh. orange red, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'DBCA', very fine and an extremely rare setting (Persiphila unlisted and not catalogued) (Image)

4sh. orange red, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'ABCD', very fine and rare (Persiphila $5'000) (Image)

8sh. green, three unused singles from type 'A', each showing the progression of the top right corner break, unusual & scarce (3) (Image)

8sh. green, rouletted, type 'B' used with 2sh. dark blue, rouletted, type 'A', on 1876 cover from to Tehran to Tabriz, tied by red TEHERAN/14,2 cds, fine and very rare usage, paying the double internal rate (Image)

8sh. green, rouletted unused horizontal strip of four, from setting 'CDAB', very fine and an extremely rare setting, apparently the only reported example of the setting rouletted (Persiphila unlisted and uncatalogued) (Image)

8sh. green, rouletted used horizontal strip of four, from setting 'ABCD', very fine and an extremely rare used sheetlet (Persiphila $4'000) (Image)