Petite Treasures – May 2026

1941, Shah Resa Pahlewi 75 d. and 1 r. on reverse of commercial cover Bethlehem Steel from Teheran, red cancellation “VIA OVERLAND MAIL”, triangle PASSED BY CENSOR C16 and british censor label in red, addressed to New York, tiny border crease, otherwise fine. 

1875/1940, collection on old album leaves starting Lion issues with two used stamps, many complete sets, provisional overprints, some forgeries as usual, mainly fine.

1890/1950 ca., collection mainly used on stock pages, early overprint stamps, Service, Officials etc. in folder

1940/60, 10 covers from WW II and one air letter, including six different Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship censorships with Nos. 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, some used to Denmark, Germany censors etc.  in folder

1960/87, collection */** in Farahbakhsh Album

1878, Persana postal card with irregularly bisected 5sh tied by “2 1/2” shahis handstamp in red, additional blank card, fine and scarce (Persiphila PC3)

1878, Persana postal card overprinted “Service” cancelled boxed all farsi "MECHANA / FREE" for official use, fine and scarce (Persiphila PCS1, Type 1b), additional unused card cream color with very wide border

1888, Wrapper 1 ch. red, Type B and Type C overprints, both unused. (Persiphila PW1)

1891, 2 ½ ch. black rose postal stationery card showing variety shifted black colour to right, precancelled TEHERAN and crossed out by blue crayon (Persiphila PC10a), additional card postally used from TABRIZ 1888 to München, flaw at left, otherwise fine

1891, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 2 ch. green two postal stationery cards showing colour varieties light and deep green, additional 2+2 ch. answering card (Persiphila PC11+13)

1893, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. red two postal stationery cards showing colour varieties light and deep red, additional 4+4 ch. answering card (Persiphila PC12+14) fine

1893, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 2 ch. green and 4 ch. red postal stationery cards, each used with 2 ch. sepia and carmine cancelled HAMADAN DEPART 27.6.21 cds. abd ISFAHAN, a very late usage (Persiphila PC11+455A)

1893, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. red postal stationery card used uprated with 2 ch. sepia and carmine cancelled ISFAHAN No.5 cds. to Teheran, the stamp was used torn off on the right side, possibly due to a lack of perforation. (Persiphila PC11+455A)

1893/96, Seven different postal stationery envelopes, all unused, mostly fine (Persiphila PE4A, PE5, PE7A+B, PE8, PE9, PE10)

1896, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. + 4 ch. red postal stationery card unseparated cancelled ISPAHAN cds. via BOUCHIR 18/4 to COLABA BOMBAY INDIA forewarded to MATHERAN with arrival mark 8.5.96, full message on reverse, tiny flaw, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC14) 

1896, Envelope 12 ch. reddish-purple Type A, ‘TEHERAN’ cancelled to Constantinople wIth arrIval mark 22.4.96 on reverse, some crease and tiny toned, still fine (Persiphila EP3A, $850)

1896, Mozaffar-ed-din Shah Qajar 2 ch. brown postal stationery card cancelled oval Teheran ds., to SCHIMERAN 22/7/98 with arrival mark. (Persiphila PC15)

1896, Mozaffar-ed-din Shah Qajar 2 ch. brown on blue, 5 ch. red, 5+5 ch. red and 5 ch. red overprinted PROVISOIRE, four postal stationery cards unused. (Persiphila PC15, 16, 18, 16B)

1896, Envelope 6 ch. rose-pink Type A, octogonal ‘RECHT 1312’ cancelled to Hamburg wIth arrIval mark 1.4.96, vertical crease, otherwise fine (Persiphila EP2B, $850)

1896, Lion envelope 16 ch. rose-red (141x109mm) violet marks ‘Recommandee’ and ‘via Bayazid’, from TABRIZ to Constantinople with arrival mark on reverse 29/2/1896, some crease and toned, otherwise fine (Persiphila PE6)

1896, Lion envelope 5 ch. yellow (150x91mm) endorsed ‘via Berlin’, used uprated with 2 ch. brown and 5 ch. yellow from TABRIZ to London with arrival mark on reverse 2/3/1900, fold, otherwise fine (Persiphila PE7A)

1896, Lion envelope 16 ch. rose-red (141x109mm) from TABRIZ to Tiflis with arrival mark on front 10/6/1896, tiny border toned, otherwise fine (Persiphila PE6)

1896, Four wrapper unused, all fine (Persiphila PW2-PW5)

1898, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. red postal stationery card uprated TEHERAN 20.12.97 to Swiss with arrival mark Wadenswil 24.1.98, fine (Persiphila PC12U) 

1899, Lion envelope 12 ch. rose-red (141x109mm) violet arabesque control handsamp, from TABRIZ to Baku with arrival mark on reverse 16/10/98, tiny border toned, otherwise fine (Persiphila PE9C)

1899, Wrapper 2 ch. brown arabesque control handstamped, unused, fine (Persiphila PW3A, $300)

1899, Wrapper 6 ch. orange, double overprint of arabesque control handstamp, unused, fine (Persiphila PW5A, $300)

1899, Wrapper 3 ch. purple arabesque control handstamped, unused, fine (Persiphila PW4A, $300)

1900/30 ca., Three postcards including stationery 2 ch. with reverse print ‘Merchand colporteur-Teheran’ (stamps missing), Post Office inside with postman (mint) and Bookstore & Tea House Iqbal pos. used, some faults, but attractive and scarce

1913, Mozaffar-ed-din Shah Qajar 5 ch.on 5 ch. red overprinted postal stationery card cancelled Teheran no.3 ds., to Leipzig. (Persiphila PC27)

1918, Ahmad Shah 2 ch. red postal stationery card cancelled “RECHT (DEPART) 28 III 18” cds., addressed to Makina Mesopotamia, but redirected from Bagdad to India with transit marks Base Office M.E.F. 21 SEPT 18, Bombay Base Postal Depot 22 Oct 18, AGRAM-BANGALORE 27 OCT 18, endorsed in red “Returned to England on leave Base Postal Depot Bombay”, full message on reverse, pre-dates the Dunsterforce sent to Baku, tiny flaw, crease and spots, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC32) 

1930/35, Three postal stationery cards, 10 di. blue uprated to USA, 10 din. on 90 din. overprinted to Sultanabad, and 2 ch. green orange-brown used uprated in Bouchir, fine and fresh trio (Persiphila PC47, 51A, 53C)

1931, 2 ch. red and black on blue postal stationery card, overprinted "Specimen", very fine and fresh (Persiphila PC50, $1,100)

1933, 10 di. blue on light blue postal stationery card, overprinted "Specimen", additional 10 di. blue on pale greenish-blue and 90 di. red on light blue, all unused, very fine and fresh trio (Persiphila PC51B, 51C,52B)

1938, Airmail postcard, 50 d. red & blue, unused, slight marginal marks, otherwise very fine. Very scarce

1938, 90 di. red on olive-grey postal stationery card face free cancelled Teheran to Berlin, tiny crease on top left, otherwise fine and scarce (Persiphila PC58)