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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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As I said in a earlier post, I'm a complete beginner in India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria Philately's..I have tried to obtain some stamps from India and Pakistan ( without buying them...) , but... the world isn't perfect..!

The stamps that I present today, came along with  larger lot's of world stamps.. I just have some recent stamps of Pakistan, that I leave for another opportunity...

Here we are in presence of a series originally issued in 1961/1963... the first stamp is from that series.. the others belong to a redrawn series issued in 1963/1970..
I called this series "Views from Pakistan..." ; the 2 views presented are Kyber Pass and Shalimar Gardens , Lahore.
There are several ways to distinguish these two series, but I will only highlight one:
As you can see in the original series, the top right label present the letters clearly separated ; in the other series we can see that there is a line passing through the top of all letters, uniting them...
The last 4 stamps are from a 'Overprinted "Views of Pakistan (1963/1970)"'  series and the stamps presented are issued 1963 and 1964...

Perf: 13.5 x 14 (for all stamps)
Sc(131) Sc(134a,135a,135b,135c,138a) Sc(O79b,O82a,O83,O86a)

Now I have some stamps from Syria..

The stamp represents a Water Wheel and belongs to a series 5 1925..
Perf: 13.5
Sc(J33)

stamp from a series 24 1930 "Views from Syria (1930/1936)"
This is , from what I have seen in Catalogs, clearly a "Must Have" situation (all this period...)
it represents the Great Mosque of Aleppo.
Perf: 12.5 x 12
Sc(211)

Air Mail series 7 1940 ..
Perf: 13
Sc(C89,C90)
beautiful stamps...

(Overprint  'United Arab Nation UAR' over "Azem Palace,Damascus 1957" ) 1959
Perf: 11.5
Sc(UAR33)

A pair of stamps from the series 13 "President Hafez Al Assad (1986/1990)"
Perf: 11.5
Sc(1068)




here is a small video with some of the stamps shown in this blog in the month of March 2014 ( the blog have started in 20/03/2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YsJ4fIWgPM

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