Postal History – BalkanPhila

1943 Persia Khorramshahr US APO795 Mount Demavend card

Kemal Giray — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:39:12 +0000

Iran: 1943 (17 November). Postcard titled ‘Mount Demavend, Persia 18.600 ft. high’ used by the soldier of the U.S. Persian Gulf Service Command, the U.S. Army supply line to Russia. APO 795 located at Khorramshahr at that time.

1926 Persia Obliterated Stamps of Ahmad Shah Qajar collection of 195 stamp

Kemal Giray — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:17:15 +0000

Iran: 1926 Obliterated Stamps of Ahmad Shah Qajar collection of 195 stamps 1ch to 1kr.

1949 Persia Tabriz 5r Map Imperial Bank cover

Kemal Giray — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:09:12 +0000

Iran: 1949 (25 June). The Imperial Bank of Iran airmail cover to England franked wit 5r. Shah and Map of Iran and on reverse pair of 2r. Shah portrait tied by Tauris datestamps.

1941 Persia Abadan Censored to Abingdon

Kemal Giray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:48:24 +0000

Iran: 1941 cover to Abingdon, England franked with 1,50r., 3r. and 5r. Riza Shah Pahlavi portrait stamps tied by Abadan datestamps and PC90 Examiner 307 censor label.

1945 Persia Abadan Censored via Baghdad to Haifa Palestine

Kemal Giray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:44:54 +0000

Iran: 1945 cover to Haifa, Palestine franked with 50d. and a pair of 1r. Mohammed Riza Pahlavi stamps tied by Abadan datestamps, 6 February Baghdad transit cds. and PC22 censor label.

1942 Persia Censored via Turkey to Italy

Kemal Giray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:41:18 +0000

Iran: 1942 censored cover to Italy endorsed ‘Switzerland via Turkey franked with 5d., two 45d. and on reverse eight 10d. Riza Shah Pahlavi portrait tied by Teheran datestamps and 22 February Istanbul transit machine cancellation.

1930 Persia Tabriz via USSR to Czechoslovakia

Kemal Giray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:38:10 +0000

Iran: 1935 cover to Czechoslovakia endorsed via USSR franked with Riza Shah Pahlavi portrait values to 1r. tied by Tauris datestamps.

1916 Persia Kasri-Shirin Ottoman Mix on Piece RRR

Kemal Giray — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:25:31 +0000

Iran – Ottoman Invasion: 1916 (2 September). Piece franked with 3ch. Ahmed Mirza portrait and 10pa. surcharged on 20pa wartime overprinted Ottoman stamps tied by KASR-CHRINE bilingual datestamp.

1916 Persia Kermanshah Ottoman Mix on Piece RRR

Kemal Giray — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:33:41 +0000

Iran – Ottoman Invasion: 1916 (10 September). Piece franked with 1ch. surcharged 13ch. revalued Ahmed Mirza portrait and 10pa. and 1pi. wartime overprinted Ottoman stamps tied by KIRMANCHAH (DEPART) datestamps.

1921 Persia Bander Abbas Kalyan Steamer Disaster Mail to France

Kemal Giray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:53:19 +0000

Iran: 1921 (18 March). Cover from Bandar Abbas to France on board “Kalyan” steamer damaged by sea water struck by ACCIEDENT EN MER / COURRIER INDO hand cachet applied on arrival.