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 (Image)

Est.$250

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 (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (19 Jan) Greek 10L stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with "Passed by Censor No.52" in violet, v.f. (Image)

Est.$250

1919 (20 Feb) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with faint "Passed by Censor" in violet, v.f. (Image)

Est.$250

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 (Image)

Est.$250

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) cat. £630 (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Cat. £630, Est.$400

1919 35k on 4k Arms, unused and affixed on unaddressed postal stationery card, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1983 Friedl certificate. Only 46 (!) stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards; some were used, others were generally removed from cards. A significantly undercatalogued rarity, illustrated on page 82 in "Batum under British Occupation the years 1917-1921" by H.G. Grigoleit & E. Klempka (SG P1, œ12,000 for unused stamp off card) (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Est.$10,000

1919 35k on 4k Arms, used, v.f., signed Romeko, with 2016 Robineau and Scheller certificates. Only 46 (!) stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards; some were used and subsequently removed from cards. A significantly undercatalogued rarity (SG P1, œ12,000) (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Est.$10,000

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) (Cat No. 21,22) (Image)

Est.$500

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) (Cat No. 21a) (Image)

Est.$1,000

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) cat. £440 (Cat No. 33,34) (Image)

Cat. £440, Est.$300

1920 20k green, 3r orange imperforate strips of three, also single 30k yellow; plus overprinted "British Occupation" 30k, 6r and 10r strips of three, also additional pair and strip of four of 6r, minor creases, occasional toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$500