Los-Nr. 6812

Légation de Géorgie en France: 1920, Semeuse 50c. strip  tied by cds. "PARIS 24 11 25" to pre-printed envelope "Légation de Géorgie" to Geneva, reverse with violet cachet "Légation de Géorgie en France CHANCELLERIE", some tears and small wrinkles, attractive and very rare  Finally, on 27th of January 1921 amongst other countries, France and England fully recognized de jure the Georgian Democratic Republic as an state and on 25 February 1921 Akaki Chenkheli presented his credentials at the Elysée Palace as Georgia's Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. That same day Tiflis was occupied by the Bolshevik Red Army and the Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic was installed. The government exiled via Batum and Constantinople to Paris and the "Légation de Géorgie en France" (diplomatic representation of the Georgian Democratic Republic in France) was established. Khariton Chavichvili represented the "Légation de Géorgie en France" at the United Nations in Geneva and only a few covers of the correspondence between the parties were accessible. All known covers sent from Paris, addressed to Monsieur Chavichvili at the same address in Geneva, from 1923 to 1925. Some bear a chachet on revers