1876 First Portrait 1sh and 2sh pair tied on reverse of 21 September 1879 small neat native envelope, franked by TABRIZ 22/9 cds, sent to Teheran, arrival bs alongside, a scarce usage (Image)

1876 1sh and 5sh, two singles of each value, tied on reverse of cover from Ispahan via Bombay, Sea Post Office, Suez to Cairo, Egypt, by ISPAHAN/16.10 (1878) cds, paying the Twelve Shahi special sea post letter rate via India, very fine and one of only two such frankings recorded, showpiece, ex Eftekhar (Image)

1876 First Portrait 1sh rose and black, perf. 11, plus 2sh green and black, neatly tied by BOUSHIR/25.10 cds on cover to Isfahan, plus original contents, fine and a scarce usage (Image)

1876 First Portrait 5sh tied on 1880 registered letter return receipt from Tabriz dated November 1880, the letter was sent from Mirza Karim, a prominent Azeri merchant in Tabriz to Mirza Reza in Teheran, fine and rare (Image)

1876 First Portrait 5sh rose and black on 1878 diplomatic mail from Tehran, incl. original letter with interesting content about the mistake of not having gone to war with Russia, as well as Amir of Afghanistan, signed by R.M. Smith sent to to Commandant Jourdan in Lyon France, sent 14 10 78, clean cover, rare and interesting (Image)

1876 First Portrait 5sh rose and black, perf. 11, two singles, neatly tied by BOUSHIR/7.6 cds, on local cover, roughly opened at right, including original contents, scarce (Image)

1876 10sh blue and black, vertical pair tied on registered cover from Teheran to Shiraz by violet TEHERAN/5.5 (1878) cds, paying the twenty shahi rate, very fine and apparently the only recorded non registered 20 shahi rate, ex Eftekhar (Image)

1876 First Portrait 10sh blue and black, single tied on registered cover from Shiraz to Isfahan, by CHIRAZ/22.5 (1879) cds, paying the Five Shahi internal letter rate and Five Shahi registration, very fine and scarce (Image)

1876 First Portrait 10sh blue & black perf.12 tied to waybill by Zendjan cds, with Tehran cds below, creasing to waybill clear of stamp, fine and scarce, signed Dr. Dadkhah (Image)

1879-80 1sh red and black and two 2sh yellow and black tied on reverse of 1880 envelope by ISPAHAN/2.11 cds with Teheran arrival cds alongside, colourful and scarce (Persiphila 40-41) (Image)

1879-80 Portrait Issue 1sh, 2sh, 5sh and 10sh mint hr, a couple with large hinge remnants, some minor gum wrinkles, fresh and scarce, 5sh and 10sh signed Sadri (Persiphila $1'035) (Image)

1879-80 Second Portrait 1sh to 5kr, two complete unused sets of six, showing both perf. 12 and 13, fine and a rare group (12) (Persiphila $3'470) (Image)

1879-80 Second Portrait 5sh green and black, tied ISPAHAN cds on reverse on small neat native envelope to Teheran, creases, scarce (Image)

1879 Second Portrait 5sh green & black COMPOUND PERF.13x12.5, tied to an On Her Majesty's Service envelope, India Government embossed flap, by a Teheran cds dated 12 2 80, sent to London via Tabriz, arrival London 11 MAR 80, the 5ch compound perforation is stated to be the only recorded perf 13x12.5, rare (Image)

1879-80 Second Portrait 10sh violet and black, bottom left corner sheet marginal imperforate proof block of four on yellow paper, very fine and scarce (Persiphila $1'870) (Image)

1879-80 Second Portrait 5kr blue and black, imperforate three used singles, plus normal mint single, fine and a rare group (4) (Image)

1879-80 5kr blue and black, two IMPERFORATE used pairs, one normal and the other showing BACKGROUND INVERTED variety, plus normal single, a fine & rare group (Persiphila $2'450+) (Image)

1881 Mitra Issue Lithographed mint perf.12 5c & 10c, perf.13 set and perf.12x13 5c & 10c, some scarce, the 25c is very rare, some minor faults (Image)

1882 Retouched Portraits set, both values (perf 13) tied by light red-brown cds (Khoy?) to cover with hs seals front (small neg. oval registration hs) and back, 5sh is Sadri type "a," cover has slight toned spots, else fine and very appealing, signed Sadri & cert. Persiphila (2006) (Persiphila $1,000+ for 10sh on cover) Note: 5sh paid internal postage, 10sh the registration fee; addressed to a cleric, Mirza Ahmad, and ms dated 14 Djamadi 2 (31 March 1885) with docketing, "received from Ali Khan, governor of Khoy" (Image)

1882 Recess Printed Issue 50c, two examples on the reverse of a cover from Abbasi to Yezd, reduced atop (affecting the top of one stamp) and at side, very scarce franking (Image)

1882 10sh (50c) tied on reverse of 1883 envelope by Teheran 23/3 cds paying double internal rate to Isfahan, no further markings, an extremely rare usage, showpiece (Image)

1882 Retouched 5ch on reverse of cover tied by ABBASEE cds, minor soiling, a clear strike of the cancel (Image)

1882 Retouched Issue 5s deep green and green, type II, tied TEHERAN/31.10 cds on reverse of 1882 envelope to Hamadan, very fine and a scarce usage of the type II stamp (Image)

1882 Petitin Issues: Attractive unused selection of all six values, plus some duplication, some slight faults, mixed to fine (20)(Sc.$600+) (Image)

1884 Bisected Provisional Issue: Selection of seventeen mostly used bisected values off and on fragments, plus some earlier bisects including the 1879-80 10sh bisect etc., an unusual, mixed to fine, scarce assembly (17) (Image)