Politics

Ahmad Shah, pictured here, of Iran(Persia), took rule in 1909 at the age of 11. He replaced his father, who was probably not a happy man over the ordeal. Ahmad Shah stayed in until 1925 when he was replaced. I believe Russia and England pretty much had Iran under control albeit divided between the two countries. This certainly begs the question, what was going on over there? These stamps were overprinted in several formats and forgeries abound. While forgeries can still garner a decent price. Authentic ones can be easy to difficult to identify. I've joined the IPSC trying to gain insight into distinguishing authentic stamps of Iran. This is a good group to join if you are interested in these. They have a group on yahoo with a wealth of information.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iranphilatelic