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III. 1918 - 21 Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran. SSRI Jangali movement
Persia war-theater turned socialist
also after armistice
A Jangali cover with 4 different censors plus labels
From Gilan. First opened and closed by the Jangali. When the letter reached the "border" it was again opened by the
Govern- ment authorities. The "blackened out" obliterator wa~ applied on top of the Jangali censor BEFORE the next large label
was put on. The small white label was put on BEFORE the circled no "4" Government censor was applied!
The only Jangali cover recorded with 4 different censors applied

Mirza Kuchek Khan

Started as a Nationalist movement in 1918 in the
province of Gilan, north western Persia and ended as a
Bolshevik state by the end of 1921 when the
movements charismatic leader Mirza Kuchek Khan
was defeated by Reza Khan. He died in the mountains.
The J angalis were a pain in the neck also for the
British as they were a real threat to the Shah's regime.
No other political move- ment or rebellion in the
modern history of Persia had ever been so successful
in ci:eating a state within the state. They were not that
far from being successful!

Propaganda and censor
:&.,._~~~ - ru..~~~°'-M- cachet of the Jangalis
Soviet Republic
'
J }/~· In all correspondence
during that period in
1920 the Jangalis used
a cachet. As was a long
~i-~ in Persia the postal
standing practice
authorities and
rebellions exchanged
mail bags. So incoming
mail from the Jangali
State would then receive
a black cachet by the
Government authorities
blackening out the
Jangal propaganda
cachet. As the Jangalis
in the south were
surrounded by the
Norperforce a British
censor no 4 was most
often applied as well.
From occupied
Recht 27 VI 20
to Julfa- Isfahan
arriving 10 VII 20
via Teheran 3 VII 20

Sent from Recht 27 June 1920, transited Teheran 3 July and reached Isfahan 10 July (blue)
Single rate 6 chahis. The blue "Djoulfa-lsfahan NO 2" is elusive