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I.A.2.a Julfa Postal Exchange Offices /
Registered cover from Tabriz to Wien, Austria. 1878
Recently discovered cover with a single 1-Kran stamp of the 1876 Lion issue (SG 18a) used on a double
rated registered letter. One of three known Lion covers used after Persia joined UPU

A total of eight covers franked with Lion issue stamps are recorded to abroad. Only three were used after
Persia joined the GPU /UPU in late 1877 and only one has used a single Lion to pay up for the total postage

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The only recorded Lion cover used to abroad after Persia joined the GPU /UPU

Part of backside showing the Wien arrival mark

Rates: 10 chahi double rate. Registration fee: 10 chahi
The Russian route: Tabriz Tabriz l•t of June (1878), Julfa E POs, Nakhichevan, Erivan, Aleksandropol
to Tiflis whence north through Russia into Europe, arriving Vienna back stamped 17 June 1878
Markings: The first type of registration mark used by the Persian postal services. A rectangular
mark size 25mm x 20mm