Page 53 - Russo-Persian Postal Relations

1.D 1907 - 14 The Islamic Nation of Lar Own rebel stamps
1907 Constitution in use March/ April
A prolonged crisis An anti-Russian rebellious Ayatollah creates his own nation 1909
As a result of the Constitutional Revolution in 1907 general anarchy prevailed throughout Iran. The government
had little control in the provinces. Seyed Abdul Husein, a mullah of Lar, proclaimed the Lar province independent
He made his own canceller, and stamps (two types)." The Islamic Nation's Post" written in Persian.
Astonishingly, its mail was forwarded by the Persian mail
LAR rebel obliterator used on unstamped cover to Shiraz. Unrecorded mark Feb 1909
As it was used already in February the postmark suggest a different political leadership
M/ s in French in red on the cover by the Belgian postal administrator in Bandar A bass states that in March 1909 a
cachet belonging to the Nationalist Party of the Lar province replacing the stamps of the Shah Mohammed Ali

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Type II of the design of the rebellious postage stamps
A piece with 2 x 9 ch violet. The only recorded of type II on document