Lots 1695 - 1696, Catalogue of Auction #99 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
IRAN
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1695 */U   
     Valuable Classic Collection in a Black Stockbook
1876-1974, almost 1150 mint or mainly used stamps and 3 souvenir sheets, including postage, air post, officials and other back of the book issues, starting with Shah Nasreddin stamps and later overprints, then Lion and Shah Mozaffareddin sets with nice range of surcharges from 1900-06, continues with Shah Mohammed-Ali, Coat of Arms and various definitive sets of Shah Ahmad, Coronation and further surcharges, in addition some revenue items and 24 Bushire overprints (apparently all are dubious), condition is a little mixed, mainly collectible quality unit, part of OG or used (some back of the book are NH), F/VF, very conservative C.v. is over US$14,000, Est. $3,000-$3,500

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(Ph)
1500.00
1696  876/900 var
     Azerbaijan Soviet Separatists Puppet Government
1945, black handstamped overprints on Historical Places 5d-75d and on Reza Shah Pahlavi 1r-10r, complete set of 16 values, approximately a half with full OG, others - unused no gum, mostly VF and extremely rare, only a few complete sets known, each stamp expertized by M. Sadri, the "key" stamp of 3r peacock green with his certificate. This Puppet Government existed from December 12, 1945 until the end of 1946 when Soviet Troops left Iran, Est. $2,500-$3,000
(Ph)
1200.00

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