unused Middle East: Iran 1927 Air 1ch. to 30kr. handstamped "SPECIMEN", 1942-45 Riza Pahlavi 20r. violet and brown, 30r. emerald-green and black, 1949-50 Buildings 5d. to 50r., Iraq 1931 Faisal I ½a. to 25r. postage and official sets all perforated "SPECIMEN", 1932 New Currency set, later issues also with "SPECIMEN" overprints, Syria; also selections from Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Liberia. (hundreds)