U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 4-5, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1153 BATUM British Occupation. 1918 provisional handstamp with control seal No.1., postage 15k indicated by ms notation, v.f. and scarce  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1154 BATUM British Occupation. 1919 "Active Service" envelope to England, with "Field Post Office 80" (Batum) canc. 24 March, 1919, just 11 days before first Batum stamps were issued, cover wear & tear, with some back reinforcing, otherwise fine and very rare military cover from Batum. Ashford states (page 107 of the handbook) that only 7 such covers are known | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1155 BATUM British Occupation. 1920 registered cover to Switzerland, franked with 12 diff. incl. 7 surcharges, fine-v.f., with Basel arrival pmk. A rare, albeit philatelic cover, with Rossica cert., also pictured in Ceresa's Book "A" (page 153), where he states that this is the only known cover with Scott's No.50 Catalog #16/20,24/50 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1156 BATUM British Occupation. 1920 50r on 15k perf., v.f., rare (SG 28) * Catalog #32 Catalog Value ^L450 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1157 BATUM British Occupation. 1923 registered cover with violet Batum registry hs, sent to Baku, franked on reverse with 15 Georgian handstamped surcharges (5 diff.), fine-v.f. | Unsold |
