Los-Nr. 6625

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: "BATUM 4" all arabic cds., two partial strikes on picture postcard "Hotel d'Orient Tiflis" to Constantinople with light boxed Istanbul censor mark, arrival mark Istanbul on reverse and Kadiköy on front, heavily toned, stamps missing with one 1pia. stamp added later, vertical crease, a great cancellation rarity of Batum with only 2 known (Isfila no.6, RRR*), certificate Nakri (2011) depicted in "BATUM UNDER OCCUPATION the years 1917 – 1921", page 21 (by Hans G. Grigoleit & Edward Klempka)