Lot# 775 - Auction 321-332
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Lot# : 775 Iran
1870/1939: The varied collection on leaves, cards and loose with 1870 genuine 1 s. in a pale blue shade, three margins unused; 1876 1 ch. grey-black unued showing the four types (Scott 15); 1876 4 ch. vermilion unused (Type A); 4 ch. vermilion, two used examples (Scott 18); 1878 1 kr. carmine-rose used (four examples), 1 kr. red on yellow used, 4 kr. ultramarine used (2); 1902 circa. collection of covers showing Registration Labels used as Postage (12 items); 1915 Official set of seventeen unused; 1915 Parcel Post set of seventeen unused; 1915 Special sets with Silver or Gold Surrounds with "Service" set of 8 to 30 kr. (and additional 3 kr.) with Silver edges, Lion vignette Service set in green from 1 ch. to 26 ch. (eight stamps) with Silver edges, "Lion" vignette part set of 14 to 30 kr. with Gold surrounds (all are rare); 1925 Treasury set of six unused with gold overprints (Scott 697/702); 1931/32 set of eleven unused (2 ch. is used) together with a scarce unused corner block of twelve of the 1 ch. unused (Scott 760/770); 1926/29 Reza Shah definitive set (2) and redrawn examples unused (Scott 723/740); 1929 definitive set to 3 t. unused (Scott 744/759); 1932 two "Overland Baghdad / Haifa" covers to UK; 1933/34 definitive set of fifteen unused or used (Scott 771/785); 1935 Pictorial issue set of nine unused (Scott 786/794); 1935 overprinted "Postes / Iraniennes" set of fifteen unused (Scott 795/809); 1935 definitive set of fourteen unused (Scott 827/840); 1938/39 (two Sashes) definitive set of 15 values unused but the 15 d. value with fault (Scott 856/870); 1938 Mini-sheets of four with 10 perf. and 10 imperf. sheets unused; and 1915 two pages of Bushire complete but all are forgeries. Many items fine, the sets with one or two stamps occasionally not quite Corinphila quality but a remarkable accumulation of rare items that would repay close inspection.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 2,500 CHF