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Welcome to Rainer's Persia (Iran Lion Stamps) Pages 1865, Riester Essays |
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In 1865, a delegation was send to Paris to look for suitable essays for the first stamps of Persia. A French artist named Riester learned about that, prepared a draft and showed it to that delegation. On the lower margin usually the inititals of Mr. Riester can be found.
These essay were printed in a variety of colors on three different types of paper and were rejected by the Iranian government. The following Essays are believed to be prepared by Riester as well .
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