Persia continued... Indian Postal Agencies in Persia continued... Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 10040   Bushire: 1917 Envelope franked India KGV 1a pair and 2a6p tied by BUSHIRE squared circle dated 5 MA 17, sent registered to Bombay with fine strike of the double circle violet "PASSED CENSOR BUSHIRE", opening tears on front reinforced by hinge, scarce cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10041 S.G. Z16 1917 KGV 1/2a postal stationery envelope to Bombay, uprated block of four 1/2a with central BUSHIRF square circle, further fine strike on stamp image with violet PASSED CENSOR BUSHIRE handstamp to left, also a 1922 registered commercial envelope to Manchester franked three pairs of 1/2a and a 4a tied cds, blue and white registration label at left. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Iran Z16] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 200 Currently (SAN)...CHF 200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10042   Linga: 1879 (Nov 5) cover to Bombay franked on reverse India bottom marginal Half anna tied Linga 2/ K-5 duplex, Bunder Abbas transit to left and arrival at right; an attractive marginal on cover with both Linga and Bander Abbas cancels (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10043   Linga: 1882 (Jun 10) cover to Bombay franked on reverse India half anna tied barred 'B' handstamp, Linga cds to left and Bombay arrival; fine clean condition (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 200 Currently (SAN)...CHF 200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10044   Mohammera: 1898, letter sent to a surgeon on the ship Sphinx in Persian Gulf, franked with pair of 1882 1/2 anna blue-green tied to cover by Mahommera squared circle cds 21 Apr 98. Also Bushire circular transit postmark Apr 22. "Bushire" written in crayon on front, to indicate delivery to ship in this port. Very fine and scarce. (Image 1) Estimate. CHF 500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 500.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10045   Muscat: Group of four items with 1875 envelope front to France franked 1a and 4a tied Muscat K4 cancels, 1898 1/2a stationery uprated 1/2a on reverse with small Muscat square circles, 1903 1/2a incoming envelope from Mohammera with fine large square circle and arrival cds, plus a 1947 cover to Fort Bombay franked India 1/2a and 1a tied wavy-line date stamp. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 200 Currently (SAN)...CHF 200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10046   Incoming: 1869, letter from Bombay, India to Bushire, franked with 1865 1 anna brown tied by duplex small diamond numeral 1 with Bombay 22 March 1869, with no arrival postmark on reverse; a most attractive cover in very fresh condition. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 40 Currently (SAN)...CHF 40.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10047   Incoming: Group of 30 covers incoming to Bushire with 1871 and 1872 1/2a and 1a with Kurrachee '1' cancels and similar frankings with Kurrachee '29' cancels, the former with red arrival cancels, covers from Bombay including 1870 1a x 2 and 1872 1a x 3, two 2a covers, 1887 stampless Postage Due cover; some slightly mixed condition. (Image 1) Estimate. CHF 150 Currently (SAN)...CHF 150.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10048   Incoming: 1900-40 Postal history accumulation with items incoming to Persia including 1929 underfranked cover to Tehran, 1931 airmail cover to Hamadan and Bombay to Ahwaz airmail, 1933 first airmail by Air Orient (French) Service, Karachi to Bushire, 1929 registered printed cover Calcutta to Lingeh and forwarded to Jask, not deliverable with bilingual pink label applied, missing corners not affecting text, reverse with printed image of rare KGV missing centre stamp with Lingah and Djask cancels, opened-out for display 1941 registered advice of delivery (A/D) censored cover to Yezd (17 items). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iran Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10049   Incoming: 1916, letter from Bombay to Meched, via Kuh Malek Siah Ziaret, franked on back with 172 anna x 5, for the foreign letter rate, stamps tied by Bombay 19 March 16. Also on back is circular Koh-I-Malik Siah Ziaret Indian PO 6 April, at which point the cover was transferred to Iranian postal authorities for delivery. The Kuh Malek date stamp was applied twice, once with a wrong date (deleted with red pen). Meched arrival 9 April 16. A very interesting cover that passed by the office at the junction of Persia, India, and Afghanistan. The cover has a slight hole and part of the bottom right corner is missing. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 50 Currently (SAN)...CHF 50.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10050   Incoming: 1922 (May 25) incoming commercial cover from Bombay franked on the reverse with KGV 3a, with "DUZDAB INDIAN EXCHANGE" transit cds and Persian Duzdab oval ds, Kermanshah arrival, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10051   Incoming: 1924 1a on 1/2a postal stationery envelope from Lyallpur (modern day Pakistan), further franked on reverse with five KGV 1a, sent via Baghdad HQ 31 May 24 to Kermanshah, Iran. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10052 ,,   Collection: Postal history accumulation with mail incoming to Bushire from Bombay, outgoing mail with 1885 cover franked block of six 1/2a tied Bushire cds and eight barred B handstamps, 1899 cover to Bombay franked 1/2 block of six and a 1a tied double-ring cds, 1900 uprated stationery to Bussrah, 1903 mixed reign registered to Bombay, Ahwaz 1920 cover with KGV 1/2a x 5, Bahrain One Anna stationery card used to Scotland, 1909 Bahrain cover franked five 1/2a, Linga cover to Bombay cancelled fine Linga cds and 2/K-5 handstamp, 1918 registered cover to Bombay franked 1/a and 6a each tied cds, the front showing registration label and double-ring Bombay censor, Bander-Abbas stampless cover without year to Bombay with framed POSTAGE DUE/ 1a handstamp, Abadan 1922 airmail cover to Glasgow franked vertical strip of three tied date stamps and Cairo machine transit, Baghdad transit, the cover has been roughly torn open on front and is now glued back, 1922 small telegramme piece with nine 2r tied type Z2 date stamps, some envelopes used from Bagdad including 1877 registered to Bombay, 1920 and 1923 Bombay - Karachi Sea Post Offices covers to Boushir; some mixed condition (40). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Iran Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 600 Currently (SAN)...CHF 600.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 1868-1879 Nasr ed-Din Shah Lion Issues » 1865 Essa Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 10053 LA1 Large Format Lion Label type A, perf. 13 1/2, on reverse of unaddressed envelope with label just tied by the manuscript above, very scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Iran LA1] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 500.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 1868-1879 Nasr ed-Din Shah Lion Issues » 1875 Wide Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 10054 5, 7 1876 (Apr 29) (Saturday 4th of Rabi-ol-thani 1293) envelope from Teheran to Tabriz, franked with Lion rouletted 1 Shahi type C & 4 Shahis type D tied by TEHERAN (possibly 30/4) red postmark which is more scarce than the black cancels. A new discovery and important Lion Issue cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Iran 5, 7] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 6,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 6,000.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10054A O 6B 1876 special Printing 2ch blue, type C, imperf on thick porous paper used with parts of two violet Rescht postmarks, imperf with four margins, there is some overinking of frame at top that gives the illusion of touched margin, an elusive stamp IPSC Cert (2025) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Iran 6B] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 250 Currently (SAN)...CHF 250.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 1868-1879 Nasr ed-Din Shah Lion Issues » Collectio Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 10055 Forgery   Assembly of hundreds of Lion stamps, mostly forgeries but probably including some genuine examples. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iran Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10056 O,   1868-76, Lot on 2 stockcards with many medium better values, except one or two all genuine, noted 2 colour on fragment, 3 other fragments, 1 block of 4, highly interesting specialist group in mostly fine to v.fine condition (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iran Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 600 Currently (SAN)...CHF 600.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10057 ,,Forgery   1868-70 Lions group of Boital (Paris) imperf forgeries in sheets of 10 on gummed paper with 1sh black, 1kr red in two shades, 1kr gold, 2sh black and greenish blue, 4sh orange, 4kr yellow and blue, 8sh green, green on greenish, 5kr violet and gold (13 sheets) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 200 Currently (SAN)...CHF 200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM 10058 O,,Forgery   1868-70 Lions set of 'used' Spiro forgeries in complete sheets 25 (5 x 5) for values 1sh, 2sh, 4sh and 8sh (Image 1) Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 02:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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