1919/22, 1920 20k. rare variety black design printed on both sides (two examples lightly hinged), 1921 5000r. mint gutter bloc and 1922 100,000r. on 2r. dark brown used pair; very fine specialist group (Mi.-Nr. 2y, 12, 47)

1919/23, balance of a dealer ´s stock with hundreds of stamps, singles and multiples, many of them expertly identified on cardboards, dozens of blocs including some with gutter pairs, better items like Transcaucasia Mi. 1 in bloc of 25 MNH, some varieties such as colour shifts or printed on reverse, some postally used, ex Trevor Pateman; overall very fine condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/27)

1919, First Issue, 40k. multicolored, unobstrusive lower right corner wear, tied by cds. "ALZHIKABUL BAK. 17 10 19" to a postcard addressed to the head of the German consulate in Baku, arrival cds. "BAKU 19 10 19" alongside, correct 40 kopek postcard rate. Fine and very early usage of any Azerbaijan stamp, an important exhibition item, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1921, Famine Relief 1000r. dark brown/olive brown, horizontal pair, tied with cds. "BAKU", very scarce thus; very fine

1922, 500,000 on 2000r., horizontal strip of three tied by cds. "BAKU 28 11 22" to a registered envelope to Copenhagen, with adjacent arrival mark "KJOBENHAVN 15.12.22", fine