6sk Grey, two examples tied by STOCKHOLM 27/5 1856 on cover to Copenhagen/Denmark, reverse bears KJOBENHAVN 31/5 1856 arrival cds, one 6sk with slight faults otherwise fine and a scarce cover (FACIT SEK 85'000) (Image)

40Par Blue tied by oval FRANCO/ GALATZ pmk in red on folded cover to Jassy, neat GALATZ / MOLDOVA 21/9 despatch cds alongside, JASSY arrival bs, very fine (Image)

1858 81 Parale, bright blue on blue wove paper used, good even margins on all sides, fresh colour showing a clear impression, showing two part greenish-blue Fokschani ds's and manuscript Fokschani, some usual minor faults, tiny thins and paper split at right, extremely fine for this rarity Expertise: cert. Heimbuchler (2008), signed Calves Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 371 (370/5) (Image)

1858 108pa Blue on Rose, large margins all around and vibrant blue shade, neatly cancelled by FOKSCHANI 13/8 (8/13) cds in blue, closed tear at bottom not detracting from this very nice single Reference: Heimbüchler 382/16, provenance: Robineau 11/1960 (Image)

5ö Green together with Lion-type 3ö brown and 20ö red, tied by STOCKHOLM 23/10 1872 cds on folded entire to BJörneborg/Finland, very fine, cert. Obermüller-Wilén (Image)

1871 Essays of V. Penasson, selection of 1pi essays in 9 different colours for proposed cliché for stationery envelopes, unused as printed, thins from hinges otherwise fine to very fine (Smith E52, $900)

1869 Essay of Renard: Three stationery envelopes showing vignettes in yellow, lilac and green, a very fine & scarce assembly (NP $1'800) (Image)

1871 Penasson 1pi red, postal stationery essay, two example, one showing under-linked printing error, unusual (Image)

1866 2pi yellow, tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / MICHALLA cds on small native 1866 cover, plus five other cover and one fragment showing 2nd & 3rd issues frankings, mixed to fine (7) (Image)

1866 2pi yellow, bisected single on small fragment tied by Alexandria cds, perfs trimmed, unusual and scarce (Image)

1866 5pi rose and 1pi claret, both neatly tied on fragment by clear Retta cancel and Cairo cds alongside, very fine and scarce (Image)

2Par Black on thick yellow paper in mint block of four, large margins all around, very fine, cert. Heimbüchler (Image)

2Par Black on thin yellow paper in mint marginal block of nine, just touched at top right, small hinges at top and bottom, fresh and very fine (Image)

1866-67 Prince Carol I 5pa black on thick blue paper, a superb four margined single, transfer type 5, on September 1866 local folded entire letter used with the city of Bucharest, tied by 'Bucurescii' cds (Kiriac fig. 366) in black, an outstanding example of this extremely rare usage, exhibition showpiece for the connoisseur Note: Heimbuchler II, page 187 states 'one of the few to survive' Expertise: cert. Heimbuchler (2007), signed Pascanu (Image)

5Par Black on thin grey-blue paper tied by BUCURESCI 14/3 cds on locally addressed folded cover, very fine and scarce, cert. Zoscsak (1934) (Image)

5Par Black on thin indigo paper, horizontal mint block of six, fresh deep shade, very fine (Image)

1867-69 5pi Brown, used with large part Alexandretta cds, mostly likely unique with the cancel (Image)

Lion label in gold on cream paper, perf. 11 1/4, in mint nh marginal block of four, very fine (Image)

1891 Large Format Lion Label gold on dark red surfaced paper, type C, used as a sealing label on reverse of cover, with YEZD cds and boxed Majani free negative on front, very fine and a rare usage Note: Although this cover is from a dignitary, who did not have to pay postage, it is significant that it is not from Prince Zell-ol-Sultan. It has been postulated that these large labels were made by Fabius Boital in Paris for Prince Massoud Mirza Zell-ol-Sultan. However, this usage by another dignitary, one year earlier than Zell-ol-Sultan's usage in late 1892, would tend to disprove this position.
505.056: Persia. Postal Stationery (Persiphila Catalogue) (Image)

1867 Barre Essay: Part reconstruction of 1sh, 2sh, 4sh and 8sh vermilion, showing mostly singles, plus two strips of five, mixed to very fine (33) (Image)

1867 Barre Essay: Part reconstruction of 1sh, 4sh and 8sh green, showing singles, pairs, blocks, with se-tenant vertical pairs, gutter pairs etc., a few somewhat discoloured, mixed to very fine (18) (Image)

1867 Barre Essay: Part reconstruction of 2sh, 4sh and 8sh lilac, showing mostly singles, plus two se-tenant vertical pair, pair, strip of three and strip of five, mixed to very fine (25) (Image)

1867 Barre Essay: Part reconstruction of 1sh, 2sh and 8sh blue, showing mostly singles, mixed to very fine (17) (Image)

1867 Barre Essays: 1s & 2s in vertical tête-bêche gutter strip of four, mint og, minor gum creasing and the odd short perf. (Image)

1sh, unused selection of 9, showing all four types present, plus a fine array of shades, some small faults, generally fine, a scarce assembly, all signed Sadri (Image)