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Postal History, Covers

Introduction
1865, Riester Essay
1865, Barre Essay, Paris
1868, The first Lions Stamps, the so-called "Bagheri Issue"
The Lion issue of 1875
1875, 1 Kran yellow Essay
1875, Four Shahis Special printing on thin Paper
1876 (July), Vertical Sheetlets of 4 Issue
August 1876, Issue in blocks of four 
1877-1878, Official Teheran Re-Issue
1878-1879, The so-called Re-engraved Issue
1879/79, The last Lion stamps (Four Kran blue and Five Kran stamps)

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The Bagheri stamps were used on covers without cancellations as no postmark was available for cancellation of the stamps. The only genuine cancellation to be found on these stamps consist of two pen strokes forming an “X” mark.
Covers with Bagheri stamps are very rare and not many are known. Here is such a rare cover...

4ch. Blue-green, type 5, uncancelled as usual, used on reverse of neat small native cover to Isphahan, dated 15 October 1872

 

Cover with 1 ch black (type B) and 4 ch red (type C) 
1 ch black (type B) and 4 ch red (type C), both cancelled by brownish cancel from KAZVIN, 22/2 on domestic cover.