Lot 20486 – Persian Postal History

1926 Sultan Ahmed coup d’etat 1k dark-blue, 9ch dark-green, tied with two ‘ABADAN’ c.d.s’s, with a rare form of obliteration of the deposed shah’s profile. Postal officials have obscured the shahs profile with paper, reverse with further Abadan and arrival cds, alongside a Baghdad British Post office abroad ‘22/JUN/26’ cds, on env. to England with a hand annotation for Airmail.