Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1915 (Aug 19) Local cover franked on the reverse by 1ch (IIA4) and 5ch (IIC2) paying the correct 6ch letter rate, each tied by the Bouchir (Depart) c.d.s. An exceptional use of the 5ch on cover, just 257 stamps of this value issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2000). Photo on Page 91.
Suggested price: £ 1,000-1,200

Forgery. 1915 Cover bearing 1ch and 2ch pair tied by Bouchir (Depart) datestamps with an Isfahan arrival c.d.s, British green censor label and a white Persian censor label, the overprints, postmarks and censor labels all forged, an interesting and cleverly produced forgery.
Suggested price: £ 70-100

2kr Chancellerie overprint with Bushire overprint setting IIA, position 2, mint, minor gum creasing at the top, otherwise fine and very scarce. With Holcombe certificate (1987). Photo on Page 87.
Suggested price: £ 250-300

2ch Mint, setting II5, large part original gum, minor toning and ink notation on the reverse, otherwise fine and very rare, just 18 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £13,000. Photo included on Back Cover.
Suggested price: £ 3,000-4,000

9ch Mint, setting I1, margin at left, unusually with an offset of the overprint on the reverse, fine and scarce, just 149 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 87.
Suggested price: £ 600-700

12ch Used on piece, setting II5, ink mark on the reverse just visible on the front at the lower left corner, otherwise fine and very scarce, just 58 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £2,750. Photo included on Back Cover.
Suggested price: £ 800-1,000

1kr Used on piece, setting III3, very fine and scarce, just 174 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £950. Photo on Page 98.
Suggested price: £ 400-500

1915 (Sep 12) Cover to Chiraz franked on the reverse by definitive issue 2ch (setting IA2) and Coronation issue 2kr (S.G. 25, £1,000 as a basic stamp, just 189 stamps issued) each tied by the Bouchir (Depart) c.d.s, censored with a British "G (crown) R / Opened / by / Censor" label on buff paper, over a third strike of the c.d.s. An exceptionally rare use of this Coronation issue on the First Day of Issue. With B.P.A Certificate (2015)....

5kr Used, setting II2, virtually complete 19 Sep. Bouchir (Depart) c.d.s, fine and very scarce, just 145 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £1,100. Photo on Page 98.
Suggested price: £ 550-650

1t Mint, fine and very scarce, just 170 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 98.
Suggested price: £ 500-600

1914 Shah Ahmed Mirza 5ch postal stationery postcard with type 1 Bushire Under British Occupation overprint, two further albino impressions to the left of the stamp, superb unused. A rare triple overprint, two albino variety on postal stationery. Photo on Page 91.
Suggested price: £ 250-300

1915 (Oct 15) Use of the 1910 2ch on 5ch postal stationery picture postcard, the reverse with pictures of the ruins of Persepolis and a dervish warrior, with the widely spaced type 3 Bushire Under British Occupation overprint, posted on the penultimate day of the British military occupation of Bushire. A rare postally used postcard, with B.P.A Certificate (1982). Photo on Page 91.
Suggested price: £ 250-350