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Airmail - Reza Shah Pahlavi issue, Qajar and Pahlavi Persia, 1930

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1930

The Airmail - Reza Shah Pahlavi issue comprises 10 postage stamps issued in 1930 by the postal administration of Persia, catalogued here under Qajar and Pahlavi Persia. StampWorld lists the issue as numbers 596–605.

Values and colours recorded: 1Ch olive yellow/blue; 2Ch blue/blackish grey; 3Ch olive green/violet; 4Ch violet/greenish blue; 5Ch yellowish green/purple red; 6Ch purple pink/dark green; 8Ch grey/dark violet; 10Ch ultramarine/red; 12Ch bluish grey/orange; 15Ch orange brown/olive green. Production details recorded: perforation 12½ x 11½ 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
12½ x 11½

Design

Values and colours
1Ch olive yellow/blue · 2Ch blue/blackish grey · 3Ch olive green/violet · 4Ch violet/greenish blue · 5Ch yellowish green/purple red · 6Ch purple pink/dark green · 8Ch grey/dark violet · 10Ch ultramarine/red · 12Ch bluish grey/orange · 15Ch orange brown/olive green

Identification

Distinguishing features
Value, colour, perforation and overprint together
Issue date (StampWorld)
6. July
Catalogue numbers to match
StampWorld 596–605

Catalogue references

Research required

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