Spring Auction Series 2016

1876 4 Kran bronze light olive bistre, unused, Type D, good even margins, very fine for this extremely rare shade which shows specks of bronze in the ink mixture (Persiphila $15'000), signed Heddergott, cert. Sadri

1876 4 Kran bronze yellow, two used singles, both Type C, with good margins, very fine for this rare shade which shows specks of bronze in the ink mixture (Persiphila $5'000), each with cert. Sadri

1876 4 Kran pale yellow, used complete sheet of four, from setting 2 (CA/BD), close to good margins, cancelled by clear central SCHIRAS/18.12 cds, very fine (Persiphila $5'500), cert. Sadri

1876 1 Shahi, vertical pair tied on cover from Boushir to Shiraz, by BOUSHIR/13.6 cds, very fine and a very scarce usage of a vertical pair, paying the Two Shahi local rate

1876 1 Shahi, single and 2 Shahi pair, tied on small neat cover from Astar Abad to the government legislative office in Teheran, by ASTAR ABAD (1878) cds, paying the Five Shahi internal rate, very fine and a scarce usage

1876 1 Shahi, three singles tied on reverse cover from Boushir to Shiraz, by BOUSHIR/26.6 (1877) cds, paying the Three Shahi local rate for envelope over 13.86gr but nor exceeding 18.48gr, very fine and an extremely rare usage, being the only such franking recorded

1876 1 Shahi, single and 2 Shahi two singles, tied on reverse of cover from Teheran to Resht, by TEHERAN/13.3 (1880) cds, paying the Five Shahi internal rate, very fine and a scarce usage

1876 1 Shahi and 2nd Portrait 2 Shahi pair, tied on reverse of cover Teheran to Ispahan, by TEHERAN/14.3 (1880) cds, paying the Five Shahi internal single letter rate, very fine and a an extremely rare usage, apparently the only recorded example of this franking

1876 2 Shahi, five singles tied on reverse of cover from Teheran to Resht, by TEHERAN/30.10 (1879) cds, paying the Ten Shahi internal double letter rate, very fine and an extremely rare usage, being one of only three known such frankings

1876 2 Shahi pair and 2nd Portrait 1 Shahi, tied on cover Teheran to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, by Khiaban boxed arabic hs with TEHERAN (1880) cds alongside, paying the Five Shahi single letter rate, arrival bs, very fine and a an extremely rare usage, apparently the only recorded example of the is franking going abroad

1876 5 Shahi, single tied on registered letter return receipt from Senneh to Teheran, by SENNEH/4.10 (1880) cds, very fine and a rare usage





Note: The document was sent by Asraiab Baik, the Kurdistan Infantry Deputy Commander in Sennah to Hajeb-el-Dowleh, a famous merchant in Teheran