1935
- "POSTES IRANIENNES" overprint
Persian
Empire was founded in 539 B.C. by Cyrus the Great in a district known since
the antiquities as Pers or Pars. Cyrus the Great was the first ruler in the
history who decreed in 559 B.C. that all men are created equal and are free
to worship any God they wish to worship and abolished
slavery in all the lands of his Empire. His Proclamation of Human Rights
Inscribed on a clay cylinder in cuneiform was discovered in 1879 and now is
kept in The British Museum, London. Since he issued his declaration in 559
B.C. and proclaimed that everyone is born free and no slave to any other,
from that time the Persian Empire was called Iran-Shahr or the Country of
Freemen. Ir and Ar are two terms taken from Avesta the book of Zoroaster,
meaning Noble or Free, and since Cyrus the Great was not a Conqueror but a
Liberator, therefore the inhabitants of his Empire were named Ir-an or Ary-an
and his Empire was named Iran-Shahr (The Country of Free). However the
foreign people not familiar with the history were yet calling Iran by the
name "Persia" and its people "Persians". In December 1934, the government of Iran
through an official announcement
informed all the foreign legations in Tehran that:
"...
the name Iran more suitably describes the present empire than the word
Persia, which was derived from the old province of Pers, from which the
country developed."
To
comply with the position of the Iranian government regarding the name of the
country,the existing stock of postage stamps were overprinted in French "Postes
Iraniennes" and "Iran" and as of January 1st 1935 the term "Persanes"
and "Perse" was replaced by "Iraniennes" and "Iran".
Overprint
on Coronation stamps
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Mint,
NH
+50%
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qty
issued
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mint
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used
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Specimen
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On cover
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841
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1c yellow green &
red
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385
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842
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2c scarlet &
bright blue
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485
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843
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3c magenta & myrtle
green
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885
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844
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6c yellow brown & olive
green
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985
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845
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9c Prussian blue &
vermilion
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1685
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846
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1t ultra & deep rose
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847
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2t car & black
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848
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3t gold & deep
violet
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c.1935
- Iran
overprint on 4th Air Post Issue
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Mint,
NH
+50%
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Mint
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Used
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On cover
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849
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1c olive bistre &
bright blue
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a
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inverted
overprint
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b
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double
overprints
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c
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shifted
center
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850
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2c blue & gray
black
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851
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3c olive green &
dark violet
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a
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double
overprints
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852
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4c dark violet & blue
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853
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5c light green & magenta
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854
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6c magenta & blue
green
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a
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double
overprints, one albino
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855
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8c dark gray &
deep
violet
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856
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10c deep ultramarine & vermilion
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857
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12c slate & orange
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858
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15c orange brown & olive
green
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a
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imperforate
one side, vertically
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859
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1k Prussian blue & scarlet
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860
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2k black & ultra
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a
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shifted
center
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861
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3k dark brown & gray
green
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862
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5k deep red & gray
black
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863
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1t org & violet
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864
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2t dark green & red
brown
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865
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3t brown violet & slate blue
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Overprint
on 1931 Lithographed stamps
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Mint
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+50%
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qty
issued
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mint
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used
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Specimen
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On cover
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866-74
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1c-27c set
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866
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1c olive brown & ultramarine
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585
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867
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2c red brown &
black
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1385
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868
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3c lilac rose &
olive
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1785
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869
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6c red orange &
violet
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785
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870
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9c ultramarine & red
orange
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585
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871
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11c blue & dull red
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872
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12c turquoise blue &
lilac rose
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385
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873
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16c black & red
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874
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27c dark gray &
dull blue
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New
Currency Issue
878cb
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Mint,
NH +50%
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mint
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used
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Specimen
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On cover
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875-889
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5d-5r set
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5d olive brown
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a.
inverted overprint
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b.
overprint
at top
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c.
pair,
one without overprint
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d.
imperforate
one side, horizontally
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876
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10d blue
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a.
pair,
one without overprint
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877
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15d gray
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a.
inverted
overprint
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b.
double
overprints
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c.
pair, one without overprint
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878
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30d emerald
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a.
pair,
one without overprint
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b.
"RANIENNES"
overprint
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c.
"I" only overprint
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ca.
pair,
one with "I" only overprint
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cb.
strip
of 3, type c+without opt+type b
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d.
inverted overprint |
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e.
overprint vertical, reading upward |
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879
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45d turquoise blue
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a.
overprint
omitted except "ES"
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880
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50d magenta
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a.
overprint vertical, reading upward |
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881
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60d green
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882
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75d brown
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883
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90d red
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a.
"RANIENNES"
overprint
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884
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1r dark rose &
black
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a.
shifted
center
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885
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1.20r black & rose
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886
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1.50r cit & blue
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a.
shifted
center
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887
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2r light blue &
chocolate
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"RANIENNES"
overprint
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888
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3r magenta & green
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a.
shifted
center
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889
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5r dark brown & red
org
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