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Today I have stamps from 3 different origins..

We will start with 3 Iran stamps..They were inside a small glassine envelope for a long time..Suddenly , in recent times, my interest in Iran Philately become stronger and now they are very welcome additions to the collection.. 

The stamp represents Ahmad Shah Qajar , that ruled over Persia from 1909 to 1925.. The Sultan was born in 1898 , so it had 13 years in this picture..

The stamp is from a series 20 "Ahmad Shah Qajar (1911/1913)"

it must be "Very frightening" (at least..) to be the ruler of Persia being just a child..!!

Perf: 11 x 11.5

SG(366) Sc(486)

stamp from a series 11 "Rezã Shah Pahlavi (1931/1933)"

Perf: 11

SG(704) Sc(761)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez%C4%81_Sh%C4%81h

I leave here one of several fantastic videos I found in YouTube with Postcards and covers of Persia...

from a series 4 1987 "New Year Festival. Flowers"

Perf: 13 x 13.5

SG(2378) Sc(2259b)

Here we have the 1st and 2nd  series 4 "Independence Day. Gates of Jerusalem " ; the 1st is from 1971 and the 2nd from 1972... 

They are accompanied by one MS each, with 4 shorter "clone" stamps each ; The 1st MS is damaged..

Perf: 14

SG(476,477,478,479,MS480) (527,528,529,530,MS531)

Sc( 447,448,449,450,450a) (487,488,489,490,490a)

from a series 2+SS 1970 ""Visit Indonesia Year". Traditional Dancers."

Perf: 12

SG(1266,1267) Sc(787,788)

beautiful stamp from series 1+SS 1968 "Tourism"

Perf: 12.5

SG(1198) Sc(739)

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In my last post I have presented some stamps from the Classical period of Angola...it was a period of time when Angola, as we know, was under Portuguese influence. ; I have decided to present those stamps because I only had to work with overprints... I think that the classical period of Portugal is one of the most difficult to classify, not because of Watermarks, overprints, but because of the knowledge it requires of papers...You have to know everything about papers, and to know it by touch... it requires a great deal of experience... I think I'm not yet prepared for this task..... It reminds of an old TV show from the 70's , named "Kung Fu" , where in the first day of the young student in the Shaolin Temple , the old Master present him a small stone and say "When you could grab the pebble from my hand... then you must leave." ; and he did leave , but 20 years later... So , when You see me presenting  here stamps of King D. Luis , King D. Carlos I or the "Ceres" series , then you know I'm finally experienced in papers ..

Here We have two similar series from Hungary... These series have no name in these world catalogs I use( they should have one in the National Catalogs..)..The 1st series is from 1939 and has 14 stamps...it is  divided into smaller values (from 1 to 25f) [with perf. 15] and the higher values (30 to 70f) [with perf. 12].. The watermarks presented are different from the 1st. to the 2nd series
The 2nd is a series of 19 1941/1943. It could have perf. 12x 12.5, 12.5 x 12 or 15 ; in these particular stamps, we have:
1st) Perf: 12
Sc(546,547,548,549,550) 
2nd) Perf: 12 x 12.5
Sc(588,590,595)

a few stamps of Venezuela , from the set 12 1966 "Bolivar commemoration" ; these are AIR stamps , [and Venezuela Philately is rich in these stamps] .

Perf: 14 x 13.5

SG(1970,1971,1974,1975,1980) Sc(C937,C938,C941,C942,C947)

When my father left me his Portugal and Ex-Colonies stamps, I begin to think "how can I make this collection grow??".. I think in exchanging stamps , but at that time I didn't know anyone who collected stamps... than I start buying them..First, complete series , and finally , big lots of world stamps, complete albums of particular countries, etc. but I tried several times to exchange stamps , but in the end I was robbed 2 or 3 times ( even in recent days..).. I will not exchange stamps again, because the final result is to lost faith in the man kind... it is not good..

This is a complete set of Israel 1971 " Israeli Theatre".. This is from one of the lots I have bought 2 or 3 years ago [ 1966 to 1970 MNH ] ( I have to make several post's yet with Israel stamps..) 

Perf: 14 x 13

SG(469,468,470) Sc(440,441,442)

Complete set 1970 "50th Anniv of Habimah National Theatre"

Perf: 14 x 13

SG(443) Sc(412)

stamps from a set 5 1975 "Pyongyang Zoo"

Perf: 1st) 12.5 2nd) 10.5

SG(1352,1353) Sc(1290,1291)

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