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Persian Stamps, Help With Valuation/Identification

 
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Posted 04/25/2025   5:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add walters to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello, I'm very new to stamps. I've got some sheets of Persian stamps, could you help me check if they are real or fake and also what might be their value?


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Posted 04/26/2025   6:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add billsey to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Those are all fake. From those scans it's tough to tell if they are fake overprints only or fake overprints on fake stamps.
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Posted 04/26/2025   6:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add walters to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you @billsay for help and clarification.
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Posted 04/27/2025   07:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A quick review of Cherrystone Auction records leads me to conclude that these are GENUINE, especially the top block with the serial number.

Here is an example from Cherrystone's auction records. Note that the monogrammed initials in the upper right margin are exactly the same and are noted by Cherrystone to be "official's initials".





https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com.../results.asp

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Hey @rogdcam, thank you for your comment on it, I appreciate it a lot! I'm not gonna lie I'm a bit confused now, for now it's 1 for it being fake and 1 for it being genuine. Is there some way I can verify it somehow, to be sure? Also I can notice a difference between my picture and the picture you included, on mine this sheet has also circles with some letterings stamped on them all. Together with them were also some Argentinian stamps that I also don' have any idea about. I don't want to spam too much on forum, so I probably gonna upload them a bit later on forum.
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Posted 04/27/2025   10:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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on mine this sheet has also circles with some letterings stamped on them all.


They are canceled with postmarks. Whether pre-canceled (CTO) or cancelled in postal use I cannot say. I would lean to CTO. In either case the stamps are genuine and actually quite nice.


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Is there some way I can verify it somehow, to be sure?


There are Persia/Iran experts and of course you could have them certified but really IMO you are going to be told that they are indeed the real deal. The stamp spacing, look of the paper, overprints and of course on the one the serial number type and ink along with the officials initials handstamp (again, same ink and form as Cherrystone's) all point to genuine. I 100% go against anything fake about these. The comment that these are fake likely comes from the fact that there are so many fakes floating around. They however don't give the larger picture that your multiples give.

Nice!
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Thank you, @rogdcam, for taking the time and putting so much effort into researching them! I truly appreciate your help and expertise.
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