Lion & Nasser-Edin Shah Qajar issue, Qajar and Pahlavi Persia, 1894
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1894
Issuing entity
Qajar and Pahlavi PersiaThe Lion & Nasser-Edin Shah Qajar issue comprises 11 postage stamps issued in 1894 by the postal administration of Persia, catalogued here under Qajar and Pahlavi Persia. StampWorld lists the issue as numbers 83–93.
Values and colours recorded: 1Ch violet; 2Ch green; 5Ch ultramarine; 8Ch brown; 10Ch orange; 16Ch dark pink; 1Kr yellow/red; 2Kr light blue/brown; 5Kr silver/bluish violet; 10Kr golden/red; 50Kr golden/golden. Production details recorded: perforation 12½ and 11½ x 11 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
- 2
- 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
- 12½ and 11½ x 11
Design
- Values and colours
- 1Ch violet · 2Ch green · 5Ch ultramarine · 8Ch brown · 10Ch orange · 16Ch dark pink · 1Kr yellow/red · 2Kr light blue/brown · 5Kr silver/bluish violet · 10Kr golden/red · 50Kr golden/golden
Identification
- Distinguishing features
- Value, colour, perforation and overprint together
- Catalogue numbers to match
- StampWorld 83–93
Catalogue references
- StampWorld83–93
Research required
- Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.