Lot 10582 – 1920 Persia Censor Mail: An album page with two covers, the most significant being a cover from Persian Consulate in Baku

Stamp of Persia » Censored Mail 1920 Persia Censor Mail: An album page with two covers, the most significant being a cover from Persian Consulate in Baku

Lot 10582 – 1920 Persia Censor Mail: An album page with two covers, the most significant being a cover from Persian Consulate in Baku

Persia » Censored Mail
Price realised
600 EUR
Estimate
600 – 750 EUR
Auction date
lun. 30 nov. 2020 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1920 Persia Censor Mail: An album page with two covers, the most significant being a cover from Persian Consulate in Baku franked with Ahmad Shah 12c blue and green tied by a special violet “BAKU CONSULATE” and also having a faint “Persian Military Censor No. 15” (very rare), Tehran arrival dated 29 AP 20, very fine, rare. The second cover is franked with Ahmad Shah 1c orange and green, 2c sepia and carmine and 3c green and grey, Censored by Persian Military Forces, with tape and violet “Censor” mark, and in French and Persian inscription “Observed by the Censor” (referred to as ‘the West Caspian Censor’), very fine page, rare

Catalogue ref: Persiphila 454B/471B

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