David Feldman Persia Including the Khosrow “Joe” Youssefi Collection (Part I) Tuesday, December 10, 2019

122 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Persia – Including the Khosrow “Joe” Youssefi Collection (Part I) Covers (ordered by date) 20425 F 1915 OHMS envelope sent from Bushire on August 9th, being the day after the arrival of the British occupying forces in Bushire, addressed and readdressed within England, showing clear BUSHIRE/9. AU.15 bs, interesting showpiece 300 - 400 20426 F 4,3,2 1915 Portrait 5ch carmine and brown, 2ch sepia and carmine, two singles and 3ch green and grey, tied by BOUCHIR / 18.VIII.15 cds, on reverse of clean neat censored cover addressed to Shiraz, bearing green British Military censor tape and local censor tape with Borazjaan boxed negative cachet, very fine and extremely rare usage of the 5ch value, only four covers recorded and a very early usage Note: Cover illustrated on page 53 of “The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf”by Alan Parsons 1’500 - 2’000