1876 (July), vertical sheetlets of 4 issue

The inland postal rate for an envelope was set at five Shahis per Misqal (=4,6875 grams). In order to make up the five Shahis rate, there was an extensive need for the one Shahi stamps. In mid-July 1876, apparently after the termination of Mr. Mac Lachlan’s contract with the postal administration, another person took over this job. Two denominations were printed, although the two Shahis were printed, but all evidence indicates that these black colour two Shahis were printed in error and only very few were produced. None of these two stamps were every postally used.

1 Sh. type C, cancelled Tabriz 1 Sh. type D, red cancel Two cancelled copies of this stamp apparently exist, one is shown here. The stamp is from Type C and is cancelled by (light) Teheran cancel. Whether postally used or cancelled by favour is not known. From the 1 Shahis stamps four settings are known while from the two Shahis stamps two settings are known. The thickness of the paper of these stamps is about 0,10 mm, which is thinner then the preceding issue while they are thicker then the paper of the blocks of four issue.
	2 Shahis, Reconstructed sheet of 4 stamps
Tete-beche pair of 2 stamps with the nomination 2 Shahi, clichés C and B wíth cliché B upside down. From the 2 Shahi stamps two different settings exist, the first one has been printed with one tete-beche pair (clichés B and C in the middle of the sheet of 4 with cliché C upside down) while setting 2 has been printed with 2 tete-beche pairs. Clichés A and D as the top 2 stamps with cliché A upside down and clichés C and B as the lower two stamps in the sheet with cliché B upside down. Out of the cliché allocation the shown tete-beche pair could be from either setting, however, the size of the sheet margins indicate the pair in fact is from setting 2.