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The inland postal rate for an envelope was set at five
Shahis per Misqal (=4,6875 grams). In order to make up the five Shahis rate,
there was an extensive need for the one Shahi stamps. In mid-July 1876,
apparently after the termination of Mr. Mac Lachlan’s contract with the postal
administration, another person took over this job. Two denominations were
printed, although the two Shahis were printed, but all evidence indicates that
these black colour two Shahis were printed in error and only very few were
produced. None of these two stamps were every postally used.
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1 Sh. type C, cancelled Tabriz |
1 Sh. type D, red cancel |
Two cancelled copies of this stamp apparently exist, one
is shown here. The stamp is from Type C and is cancelled by (light) Teheran
cancel. Whether postally used or cancelled by favour
is not known.
From the 1 Shahis stamps four settings are known while
from the two Shahis stamps two settings are known. The thickness of the paper of
these stamps is about 0,10 mm, which is thinner then the preceding issue while
they are thicker then the paper of the blocks of four issue.
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2 Shahis,
Reconstructed sheet of 4 stamps |
| Tete-beche
pair of 2 stamps with the nomination 2 Shahi, clichés C and B wíth cliché B
upside down. From the 2 Shahi stamps two different settings exist, the first
one has been printed with one tete-beche pair (clichés B and C in the middle
of the sheet of 4 with cliché C upside down) while setting 2 has been
printed with 2 tete-beche pairs. Clichés A and D as the top 2 stamps with
cliché A upside down and clichés C and B as the lower two stamps in the
sheet with cliché B upside down. Out of the cliché allocation the shown
tete-beche pair could be from either setting, however, the size of the sheet
margins indicate the pair in fact is from setting 2. |
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