U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 9-10, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #690
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1918 cover bearing a provisional handstamp, negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" hs, also framed 6-line cachet indicating payment is to be made in cash, endorsed "15k" in pen, v.f. and rare usage during the time when stamps in Batum were not available, with 1980 BPA certificate
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #691
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1918 cover bearing a provisional handstamp, negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" hs, also framed 6-line cachet indicating payment is to be made in cash, endorsed "15k" in pen, v.f. and rare usage during the time when stamps in Batum were not available
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #692
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 3k carmine red (imperf.), tied by Batum 19.12.19 cds on cover addressed to Switzerland, v.f., with Bern (3.1.20) arrival pmk on back (SG 8)
Envelope
Catalog #8
Catalog Value £600
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #693
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 5k brown lilac (perforated), l.h., v.f., signed Bloch (SG 9)
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Catalog #9
Catalog Value £425
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #694
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 35k on 4k dull red, well centered, unused without gum as always, well centered, with all perforations intact, fresh and v.f., with 1966 BPA and 1994 APS certificates. Only 78 stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards. A rarity in any condition, let alone completely sound, ex-Samos (SG P2)
(*)
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £16,000
Price Realized
$14,500.00

Lot #695
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 Aloe Tree, 2r (180), 3r (100), 5r (100), imperforate panes, folded between stamps, creases and other faults, scarce multiples (SG 15-17)
Box **
Catalog #17-19
Catalog Value £400
Unsold
Lot #696
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 Aloe Tree, 5r brown, upper left sheet corner margin vertical strip of five, bottom stamp missing first "O" and reading "CCUPATION", the stamp above it showing vanishing "O", folded between stamps, v.f., with 2003 Sismondo certificate (SG 17,17a)
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Catalog #19,19a
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #697
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 3k and 15r on 1k (red surcharge), imperforate singles, used on registered, locally addressed cover, filing fold away from the stamps, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, Romeko, Rosselevitch (SG 19,20a)
Envelope
Catalog #21,22
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #698
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 10k carmine red imperforate, inverted overprint, h.r., v.f., with photocopy of a Holcombe certificate for a block of four from which this copy originated. A rare stamp (SG 19var)
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Catalog #21a
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #699
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (11 Jan) Field Post Office 80, cover to London, with "Passed by Censor No.465" in violet; also a picture postcard with similar FPO marking, addressed to Sussex, with censor cachet, little toning, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #700
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (19 Jan) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with "Passed by Censor No.52" in violet, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #701
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (20 Feb) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with faint "Passed by Censor" in violet, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #702
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (26 Feb) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with "Passed by Censor" in violet alongside, v.f., with 24 March arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #703
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 1k orange imperforate, upper left sheet corner margin single, used, v.f., with 2004 BPA certificate (SG 21)
O
Catalog #25
Catalog Value £750
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #704
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 2k green, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Bloch, with 1983 Friedl certificate (SG 22)
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Catalog #26
Catalog Value £850
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #705
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 3k carmine red, l.h., v.f., signed Bloch (SG 24)
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Catalog #28
Catalog Value £1,400
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #706
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 4k red, n.h., v.f., with 1992 BPA certificate (SG 25, catalogue value for hinged)
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Catalog #29
Catalog Value £850
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #707
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 5k claret, l.h., fine, signed Holcombe, with 2004 BPA certificate (SG 26)
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Catalog #30
Catalog Value £425
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #708
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 50r on 15k blue & red brown, horizontal pair with part gutter at top, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., signed Bloch, with 1983 Friedl certificate. A rare multiple (SG 28, catalogue value for hinged singles)
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Catalog #32
Catalog Value £1,600
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #709
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 (15 May) O.A.S. cover addressed to England, with F.P.O. No.406 datestamp, some wrinkling, officer's endorsement at bottom, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #710
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 25r on 5k claret, surcharged in blue and black, blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Holcombe (SG 29,29a, catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #33,34
Catalog Value £440
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #711
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 25r on 5k-50k, surcharged in black and in blue, also 50r on 2k and 50r on 4k, group of twelve different vertical pairs, tete-beche surcharges, one in each pair inverted, l.h. or n.h., mostly fine-v.f., few signed Bloch, Dr.P.Jemchouhin and others (SG 29-33a,34,35var, catalogue value for ordinary pairs)
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Catalog #33-43,45var
Catalog Value £2,690
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #712
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 25r on 5k-25k, surcharged in black and in blue, group of eight different vertical pairs, tete-beche surcharges, one in each pair inverted, l.h. or n.h., mostly fine-v.f., few signed Bloch, Dr.P.Jemchouhin and others (SG 29-32a, catalogue value for ordinary pairs)
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Catalog #33-40var
Catalog Value £1,700
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #713
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 25r on 25k green & deep violet, black surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., with BPA certificate (SG 32var)
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Catalog #41a
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #714
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 50r on 2k green, 50r on 3k carmine red, imperforate singles, l.h., v.f., signed Holcombe etc. (SG 38,39)
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Catalog #47,48
Catalog Value £925
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #715
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 Color Changes, complete set of nine, top sheet margin blocks of eight, each se-tenant with "BPITISH" (for "British") error, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Mikulski etc. An extremely rare complete set of errors in matching blocks (SG 45-53,45a-53a, catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #57-65,var
Catalog Value £1,613
Price Realized
$1,300.00

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