Unidentified Philatelic Objects


Unidentified #126

126. Persia Teheran Local Essay
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What about this set of Poste Locale Teheran stamps (one shown)? How can one identify genuine from reprints (if the latter exist)?
Bodo Hartmann, the expert on Persia says that these are essays for a legitimate stamp for local mail within the confines of Teheran. It seems that no matter how many low denomination stamps were supplied to the post offices they always ran out in a few days. Hartmann makes no mention of any reprints of this issue. The entire issue did not get released for use, but was totally placed in the hands of dealers--and soon went on sale in Europe. Sorry I do not have the date handy, as I am not at home right now. [Brian McGrath]

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