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Sun - Lithographed Vienna Print issue, Qajar and Pahlavi Persia, 1881

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1881

The Sun - Lithographed Vienna Print issue comprises 3 postage stamps issued in 1881 by the postal administration of Persia, catalogued here under Qajar and Pahlavi Persia. StampWorld lists the issue as numbers 39, 40, 41.

Values and colours recorded: 5C purple; 10C carmine; 25C green. Production details recorded: perforation 12 or 13 and no watermark recorded. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare value, colour, perforation and any overprint or surcharge together; shades, printings and perforation varieties are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page and have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
2
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
1

Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.

Physical characteristics

Watermark
None recorded
Perforation
12 or 13

Design

Values and colours
5C purple · 10C carmine · 25C green

Identification

Distinguishing features
Value, colour, perforation and overprint together
Issue date (StampWorld)
May
Catalogue numbers to match
StampWorld 39, 40, 41

Catalogue references

Research required

  • Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.
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