1902 (5 July) registered cover to Switzerland, with the acknowledgement of receipt, franked with 1ch (two, one used as a Registry label), 3ch, 12ch and 1kr Rosette Typesets, all tied by Sultanabad undated pmks, with "Registered" handstamp and boxed "R Perse", showing on reverse "Agence Ziegler Sultanabad" datestamp, Teheran and Baku transits, arriving Zurich (24 July), fine cover, signed Sadri, written-up on Persiphila album page (Cat No. 247,249,252,253) (Image)

Est.US$750

1902 Rosette, 2c brown & yellow, Type I (CHAHIS) and II (Chahis), also 5ch variety "+" omitted from upper right corner, plus 3ch and 5ch, all used on registered cover from Teheran to Holland, with Registry handstamp, Baku transit and Groningen arrival pmks on back, v.f. and extremely rare combination franking (Types I and II), with additional variety and stamp (Cat No. 248,249,250var,252,2) (Image)

Est.US$750

1907 Mohammed Ali Shah Qajar, complete set of 18, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. $1198 (Cat No. 428-45) (Image)

Cat. $1198, Est.US$400

1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch-12ch, also 24ch, printed on both sides, one with centers inverted, nine different sheets of 50 (450 stamps), fine-v.f. and impressive group, offered here as unauthorized reprints (Cat No. 560/570var) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch carmine & indigo, printed on both sides, one inverted, sheet of 50, imperf. vertically, with Holcombe notation at bottom right "possibly original" (unauthorized reprints exist of all such varieties and this lot is offered as is) (Cat No. 560var) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1915-16 two covers attractively franked on back and sent from Recht, via Baku to the firm of Nobel Brothers in Petrograd, various censor markings in Cyrillic, also two picture postcards from Meched to France, each sent via Baku and Petrograd, boxed Russian censor handstamps, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1916 Parcel Post receipt franked with 2ch, 12ch and pair of 4ch, tied by Djulfa cds, addressed to Romania, with Bucharest (20 Sep) arrival cds on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$350

1916 24c on 1kr Ahmad Shah, l.h., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 588) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 587) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.US$600

1917 censored cover franked with 2ch and 2kr Ahmad Shah, tied by cds, with Senneh (7.IX.17) arrival pmk, censor handstamp and sealing tape (Eftekhar KG6, $4,500+) (Cat No. 482,494) (Image)

Est.US$750

1924 (15 Apr) cover from Recht (Rasht) to Hamadan, franked on back with 6ch brown black, tied by cds, with Hamadan arrival and censorship handstamp applied on the front. This mark was used only during the month of April 1924 by the Pro-Republic of The West, fine and rare usage, signed Sadri, with his certificate and neat write-up on album page (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1926 Reign of Pahlavi Government, 4kr blue, bistre & silver, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, thin paper variety, small h.r., v.f., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 721B, $1,000) (Cat No. 718var) (Image)

Est.US$250

1926 Reign of Pahlavi Government, 10kr orange, bistre & silver, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, thin paper variety, l.h., v.f., signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 723B, $1,250) (Cat No. 720var) (Image)

Est.US$300

1935 New Currency Issue, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., with 2015 Sadri certificate, cat. $793 (Cat No. 795-809) (Image)

Cat. $793, Est.US$350

1944 two flown covers from Teheran to New York, attractively franked on front or back, including scarce 30r Shah, etc. (Scott 902,904), opened by censor, with Anglo-Soviet-Persian censor markings in Cyrillic and English, Baghdad transits, some cover wear, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1929 (2 July) two registered and flown covers from Recht to New York, franked with 2t and 3t on front, supplemented with additional franking on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmks, scarce on cover (Cat No. C20-21) (Image)

Est.US$400

1910 Coat of Arms "Service" essays with silver borders, complete set of 16, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (Persiphila C37-52, $665 for hinged) (Image)

Est.US$350

1903-05 12ch and 5ch on 1kr (2), three stationery entires, each with additional franking on front or back, registered from Teheran to Austria, Berlin or New York, fine-v.f., attractive group (Persiphila PE9E,PE11) (Image)

Est.US$500

1921 5 Chahis on 2ch green (Coat of Arms) postal card, narrow spacing surcharge, unused, fresh and v.f., scarce (Persiphila PC35A, $1,500) (Image)

Est.US$350

1925 2 Ch. on 9ch red and 9 Ch. on 12ch red (Ahmad Shah) postal cards, unused, fresh and v.f., scarce (Persiphila PC45,46, $1,750) (Image)

Est.US$500

1921 Gilan, imperf. set of four blocks of four, one without gum, others n.h., v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500