Ref: DR18324
- £550.00
Persia. (India). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing Persia 50d blue, 1r carmine, 3r turquoise (pair) and 20r brown and blue (pair) tied by Teheran date stamp 'July 43' with framed hand-struck 'R/ Teheran' and Persian censor tape tied by circular 'Anglo-Soviet-Persian' censor on reverse and Russian Section censor on face, routed via Bagdad '16th Sept' with Bombay 'Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC/ 21' with framed censor 'Received Damaged/ Censor/ STN (T) Bombay' struck twice in violet ink.
This rare Indian censor is not recorded by Morenweiser. See British Asia, India page 29.
