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1875, Four Shahis special printing on thin paper

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1865, Riester Essays
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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A quantity of a four Shahis stamps in orange red on thin paper (0,06 mm) was printed in late 1875 or early 1876 in horizontal sheets of four stamps Unlike the preceding issues of 1875, the clichés of these stamps are set close together with narrow spacing between them.

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