Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3544

(x) Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Consular Mail
Shiraz Courier Service
1873 (17 Jan.) envelope to London "via Bombay & Brindisi" and in the lower corner sent from "Shiraz" and dated, also marked "Please Stamp" partly covered by India 8a. tied by Bushire "26" duplex and with London Paid arrival (3.3) at left, the reverse bearing two Bombay transit c.d.s. (10.2). Carried of the Shiraz - Bushire route. This is believed to be the only franked British consular mail from Persia before the country joined the U.P.U. in 1877. Photo

provenance:
Alan Parsons, October 2014

literature:
The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf, Alan Parsons (illustrated front cover)

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£2,600