U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 19-20, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1085 BATUM 1918 cover with special negative pmk, provisional handstamp indicating postage at "15k" (in pen), fine and scarce usage prior to the availability of postage stamps  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1086 BATUM 1919 35k on 3k postal card, additionally franked with 5k and 10k, cancelled Batum 23.8.19, used locally, v.f. | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1087 BATUM 1919 35k on 4k carmine, light postmark, well centered, v.f., a rarity, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc. This surcharge was intended for stationery cards, only 46 known (SG P1) Catalog #11 Catalog Value ^L4,500+ | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1088 BATUM 1920 50r on 1k yellow, imperf. single, surcharge inverted, tied on piece by "Batum 16.1.20" pmk, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc., very rare, catalogue value for normal stamp (SG 21var) Catalog #25var Catalog Value ^L425+ | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1089 BATUM 1919-20 surcharged 50r on imperf. 2k green, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Romeko, Diena (SG 22) ** Catalog #26 Catalog Value ^L500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1090 BATUM 1919-20 surcharged 50r on 4k carmine, l.h., fine, signed Champion (SG 25) * Catalog #29 Catalog Value ^L750 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1091 BATUM 1920 50r on 4k red, vertical pair, top stamp surcharge inverted, both cancelled on piece by 16.1.20 Batum pmk, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc., rare (SG 25,25var) Catalog #29var Catalog Value ^L1,600+ | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1092 BATUM 1919-20 surcharged 50r on 15k brown & blue, h.r., v.f., signed Champion (SG 28) * Catalog #32 Catalog Value ^L500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1093 BATUM 1920 50r on 3k red, imperf. vertical pair, top stamp with surcharge inverted, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc., very rare, catalogue value for normal pair (SG 39,39var) * Catalog #48var Catalog Value ^L800+ | Price Realized $1,250.00 |
 | Lot #1094 BATUM 1920 cover to London, franked with 1p George V, tied by "Received From H.M. Ship No Charge to be Raised", London March 13, 20, also "British Consulate Batoum" hs at bottom, filing fold away from the markings, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1095 BATUM 1920 registered cover franked with 12 diff. surcharges or overprints, all tied by 19.30.20 Batum cds, sent to Switzerland, with Basel arrival | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1096 BATUM Turkish Occupation. 1918 registered cover from Batum to Kiziltopak (an Asian district in Istanbul), franked with two diff. adhesives and showing 2 October, 1918 arrival pmk in Istanbul and the next day at Kiziltopak, some toning, otherwise fine and scarce Turkish Occupation cover, used about ten days before the British Army occupied the city | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1097 BATUM Turkish Occupation. 1919 free-frank cover (backflap missing) to War Office, London, with Army Post Office cds and violet "Passed by Censor No.73" (Batum) hs with crown, fine cover from the British Occupation Forces in Batum | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1098 BATUM Turkish Occupation. 1919 provisional handstamp on cover, 15k paid in cash, acknowledged and signed by a postal employee, negative Russian Arms seal at left, used immediately after the withdrawal of the Turkish Army and just before the beginning of the BritishOccupation, v.f. and scarce cover | Price Realized $300.00 |
