1876 Lion Coat of Arms, 2sh black, unused without gum, small mark at bottom, signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 12)
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $300
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Welcome to our May 7-8 Auction Sale, to be held at Cherrystone's New York City galleries. There are 1,642 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World, featuring further selections from the David Mace collection and properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. A solid selection of United States is followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Spain and Scandinavian countries. There are strong sections of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with strength in Queen Victoria, KEVII and George V singles and sets, as well as Japanese Occupation material. There are numerous flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. Sections of better South America, Asia and the rest of the world are noteworthy, with an award-winning collection of Corrientes offered intact. The sale concludes with the usual selection of large lots, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE).
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Lot #2927 - iran
Lot #2928 - iran
1876 Lion Coat of Arms, 1kr carmine, Type D, vertically laid paper, used, signed Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 16f)
Cat. Val. $1,200
Estimate: $300
Lot #2929 - iran
1876 Lion Coat of Arms, 4kr yellow, three distinct shades (yellow orange Type A, ocher Type B, olive bister Type C Persiphila 17A,17D, 17H, $1,250), postally used, each signed Sadri, with his card certificates,
Cat. Val. $900
Estimate: $400
Lot #2930 - iran
1876 Lion Coat of Arms, 4kr yellow on vertically laid paper, four different types (A,B,C,D), postally used, occasional minute thin specks, rare group, each signed Sadri, with individual card certificate (Persiphila 17c,Dc)
Cat. Val. $1,200
Estimate: $500
Lot #2931 - iran
1878 Lion Coat of Arms, 1kr carmine horizontal pair, types C-A, Teheran cds, bright color, small scissors cut between stamps, signed Mehrdad Sadri, with his card certificate (Persiphila 26, $1,500)
Cat. Val. $350
Estimate: $300
Lot #2932 - iran
1878 Lion Coat of Arms, 5kr violet type C, unused with nice margins and good color, v.f., with 2013 Persiphila certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,500
Estimate: $750
Lot #2933 - iran
1878 Lion Coat of Arms 5kr purple bronze, Type B, neat cancel and margins all around, fresh and v.f. example of this difficult stamp, signed Mehrdad Sadri, with his card certificate,
Cat. Val. $4,000
Estimate: $1600
Lot #2934 - iran
1898 registered 5ch stationery entire, additionally franked with 3ch, 4ch and 12ch, tied by oval departure pmks and sent via Odessa to England, red London transit and Brighton arrival pmk
Estimate: $150
Lot #2935 - iran
1900 complete set of five Coat of Arms with adjutant control marks, all four position and neshndar control marks of each, postally used, few minor thins, mostly fine-v.f., signed Sadri and neatly mounted on a Persiphila album page,
Cat. Val. $2,040
Estimate: $750
Lot #2936 - iran
1902 Meched Issue, 12ch light blue on watermarked paper, postally used, large margins all around, v.f., signed Mehrdad Sadri, with 2019 Persiphila certificate. A rarity (catalogued for example on ordinary paper)
Cat. Val. $1,500
Estimate: $2000
Lot #2937 - iran
1902 Typesets, complete set of five, with Type II Provisoire 1319 overprints, used, fine-v.f., with 2002 Persiphila certificate,
Cat. Val. $700
Estimate: $300
Lot #2938 - iran
1902 Rosette typesets, complete set of 10, l.h. or n.h., fresh, v.f., signed by F.N. Farahbakhsh, with his and 2017 Persiphila certificates. A rare set, especially in this practically unhinged condition,
Cat. Val. $2,035
Estimate: $1200
Lot #2939 - iran
1902 Rosette typeset Type II with small letters, 50kr orange red & blue, position 10, h.r., v.f., signed Sadri, with his card certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,250
Estimate: $600
Lot #2940 - iran
1902 Mozaffar-ed Din Shah, 1ch to 30kr twelve different blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles)
Cat. Val. $1,040
Estimate: $600
Lot #2941 - iran
1902 Mozaffar-edddin Shah Qajar, complete set, h.r. or n.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $810
Estimate: $250
Lot #2942 - iran
1909 Coat of Arms, complete set of originals, h.r., 3kr toned, each stamp signed Sadri, fine-v.f., rare (Persiphila 421-36, $2,580)
Estimate: $1000
Lot #2943 - iran
1917 Ottoman Occupation of Kermanshah, surcharged 24ch on 1kr Ahmad Shah (tall size) perf. 11 1/2x11, h.r., fine, signed Sadri, with his card certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,500
Estimate: $600
Lot #2944 - iran
1918 (12 Nov) insured money envelope registered from Meched to Tehran, fee paid by 1ch, 9ch, also pairs of 1kr and 5kr, intact wax seals on back, rare usage
Estimate: $600
Lot #2945 - iran
1923 10ch on 20kr and 1kr on 30kr Ahmad Shah Controle overprints, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, with individual Persiphila card certificates,
Cat. Val. $750
Estimate: $250
Lot #2946 - iran
1923 1kr on 30kr "Controle 1922" Ahmad Shah, horizontal pair with two different "K" of "Kran" (Persiphila 670A, 670B), n.h., v.f., signed Mehrdad Sadri (catalogued as singles)
Cat. Val. $900
Estimate: $250
Lot #2947 - iran
1924 Hamadan military censor, cover from Hamadan to Zurich, Switzerland, franked with two copies of 10ch Ahmad Shah "Controle 1922", violet military censor markings alongside, minor toning, fine and very rare cover
Estimate: $1000
Lot #2948 - iran
1929 Issue, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $945
Estimate: $250
Lot #2949 - iran
1949 Victory Issue, 50d-5r four imperforate and gummed proof sheetlets, some positional and marginal staple holes, v.f. and rare
Estimate: $1500
Lot #2950 - iran
1956 50 Dinar Shah, center inverted, n.h., v.f., position 73 (penciled on back), only one sheet of 100 was discovered,
Cat. Val. $3,750
Estimate: $1750
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