U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 9-10, 2015
| Images | Description | Current 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  | 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 | 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) 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) * 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)  **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) * 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) 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) * 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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) * 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) * 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) ** 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) * 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) ** 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 | 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) **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) * 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) * 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) * 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) * 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) **Catalog #57-65,var Catalog Value £1,613 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
