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I.a  1907-14            The "Relais" postal experiment                   "Relais"overprint
        Pre-WWI period                                                           Wawe type post-
        Internal problems   Relais horse station Sefid-Kiele. Route Recht-Kazvin   marks
        A shortlived experiment. The Heads of the horse relais stages between Kazvin and Recht  were supplied with  10%
        discounted  postage  stamps,  overprinted  "RELAIS"  to  prevent  resale  to  other  merchants.  The  Heads  were  not
        satisfied  after  a  while.  Only  normal  stamps  were  now  resupplied.  Only  two  letters  with  overprint "Relrus"  and
        another  two  items  without  "Relais"  duly  posted  at  relais  stations  but  properly  cancelled  with  "wawe"  type
        postmarks are recorded.  (All four are shown here).
         Sent after the discontinuation of Relais" overprinted stamps. Now normal stamps were used at least up till  1917

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                                              Rates: 6 chahis
                              Routes: Sefid-Kiele - Kazvin - Teheran arriving 23 X  1917

                                     Ban-Bala "wawe" type postmark


       Routes:
       Ban-Bala
       relais
       station via
       Recht
       11 April 13
       (backs tamped.
       transit),
       Enzeli/Baku
       E  Pos to Paris










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