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

85 Geneva, December 10, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 20274 F / 82 1932 Bertram Atlantis Expedition of the German-American Petroleum Corporation: round the world flight with 14 stamps from 13 different countries, one being Persia 1ch airmail, showing Propellor cachet and signature by the pilot “Hans Bertram”, a wonderful and attractive flight 300 - 500 20275 C S 817-831 1933-34 New Currency Definitives complete set + SPECIMEN overprints (missing 1.50Ri, 1.20Ri), all mint hinge remainder or hinge traces (some Specimen overprints without gum), mostly very fine (Persiphila 817-831, $1’270) 150 - 200 20276 F / 82 817-831 1933-34 New Currency Definitives, collection in 2 albums with all values present, many single, multiple and colour frankings but also diverse 2-4 issue frankings, registered, airmail frankings and 1 scarce money value letter, noted several covers with the better, higher denominations including about 4 covers with the 5Ri value, destinations incl. Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, German Reich, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and Austria, noted one item illustrated in the Persiphila catalogue, mostly fine to very fine and difficult to repeat in that quantity 1’000 - 1’500 20277 F / 82 789/817 1934 FERDOWSI CONGRESS & MILLENNIUM ANNIVERSARY: Nine covers with diverse frankings and ALL bearing violet special FERDOWSI cancel (9) 70 - 100 20278 F / 82 832-840 1935 Anniversary collection of 42 covers on exhibition leaves, noted FDCs, 9 multiple frankings, 1 rare money value letter, many registered covers as well as foreign destinations with France, German Reich, Great Britain, Fiume, Austria & Czechoslovakia, mostly very fine, while it’s quite difficult to find this issue on covers, to acquire an intact collection is indeed a rare opportunity 700 - 1’000 20279 CC C H J 841 etc. 1935 “Postes Iraniennes” ERRORS & VARIETIES group incl. “I” omitted “RANIENNES” (except for small trace) on 9 diff values incl. New Currency, some as one stamp in blocks of four (11 varieties in all), then “CRANIENNES” variety on 4 diff incl 27ch on piece with ovpt shifted left as well, finally New Currency 5d with inverted ovpt at top and used 15d with double ovpt, 19 items in all incl. 8 blocks of four, a great lot of seldom-encountered material, very fine overall (43) 400 - 500