Discovery: undocumented rare 15m stamp in dark gray (Ba #108c) on vertically ribbed paper, serving as surface letter postage tied to Aug 1938 machine cancelled Baghdad overland type surface mail cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to TEHRAN; backstamped 17 Aug BAGHDAD transit & 21 Aug arrival; cut open at top, tear to backflap not affecting the postmarks.

The 15m pictoral in dark gray is only documented by Bale as being on woven paper and generally seen used in the period 1945-46 - priced (2010) at $550 on a cover. Here the ink bears a powdery shiney appearance as of metallic ink (for which ground up metal is used). Ben-Arieh certificate enclosed.


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