Booklets of the World; U.S. and Worldwide; Russia
April 6-7, 2011 and April 11-12, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3634 RUSSIAN AREA BATUM 1919 stampless cover with negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" Imperial Arms cachet, bearing a six-line handstamp indicating stamps not available and "15k" inserted in pen, fine and scarce provisional usage  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3635 RUSSIAN AREA BATUM 1919 35k on 4k Arms, unused without gum as always, slight pulled perf. and tiny thin, otherwise v.f., signed "Rossica". Only 46 (!) stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards. The few known unused examples were in fact removed from cards. A significantly undercatalogued rarity (SG P1) (*) Catalog #11 Catalog Value £ 5,000 | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
