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Le \u201cLion Head\u201d issues of 1871-78 have always fascinated stamp collectors from the early days of philately. They are famous for having a corner torn off to indicate cancellation. Created during the reign of emir Sher Ali Khan who had initiated the postal service a few years earlier. These early stamps featured a Lion\u2019s Head in the central emblem symbolising the reigning emir. \u201cSher\u201d means \u201cLion\u201d in the local Dari language. The emir died in 1880, after which a similar design was used but without the Lion\u2019s Head emblem. This basic design was used until the Kingdom of Afghanistan was established in 1891 after which all designs were rectangular. Mixed frankings with the British postal administration are particularly interesting and scarce. Several of these frankings will be offered during Le Timbre Classique\u2019s Geneva\/Switzerland international auction in December.<\/p>\n
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Le \u201cLion Head\u201d issues of 1871-78 have always fascinated stamp collectors from the early days of philately. They are famous for having a corner torn off to indicate cancellation. Created during the reign of emir Sher Ali Khan who had initiated the postal service a few years earlier. These early stamps featured a Lion\u2019s Head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"yoast_head":"\n