371st Auction

Sovjet Issue Certificate with Allegory 500-5000r. and Famine Relief 1000-10000r. all tied by bilingual script cds. "TIFLIS 8-8 22", with cachet of the post and signatures of the post officer or Narkom, the chief of the department and the assistant, folded once horizontally, fine  (Translation from Russian available)

1922, Allegory 500-1000r. tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 11 2 22" to cover to Riga with transit and arrival mark, minor ageing, otherwise a fine and scarce cover being the earliest known cover with this issue

1922, Allegory 1000r. single and 5000r. as pair tied by georgian script cds. "ABAS-TUMANI 17 12 22" to reverse of censored cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, slight ageing, otherwise a fine and scarce entire

1922, Allegory 5000r. two singles with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 4 18 11 22" to front and reverse of censored to Columbus, Ohio, fine

1922, Allegory 5000r. as pair with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "BATUM 23 8 22" to reverse of censored cover via Moscow to Frankfurt, a fine and scarce entire

1922, Allegory 5000r. as pair with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "ABAS-TUMANI 22 12 22" to reverse of censored cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, a fine and scarce entire

1922, Allegory 5000r. as block of six with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILIS 7-7 22" to reverse of registered cover to Moscow, roughly opened otherwise fine

1922, Allegory 5000r. as strip of three with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 13 1 23" to reverse of censored to Tkvibuli with unrecorded arrival mark, roughly opened at right, otherwise fine, scarce

1922, Allegory 5000r. with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TIFLIS 23 8 22" to picture postcard to Morestel, France, fine

1922, Allegory 5000r.  with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "KOBULETI 6-10 22" to postcard to Batum, vertical folds and some imperfections, scarce cancellation

1922, Allegory 5000r. three singles with additional franking tied by cds. "ГАЛИ СУХУМ -4 1 23" to parcel card to Sukhumi with arrival mark, some ageing and imperfections, parcel cards are very scarce here in combination with a very rare cancellation

1922, Unissued stamps without Famine Relief overprint  25-250r., interesting group of 62 color proofs, many in multiples including some better like 50r. in blue and orange and 250r. in orange, greenish-blue and violet, each as single die proof on carton paper

1922, Famine Relief 25-250r. black, interesting group of 9 proofs on different papers, mostly single die proofs, 50 and 100r. togehter in blockform and 250r. as double print on writing paper, scarce

1922, Famine Relief 50-100r. together with unissued 500r. black together in block format on thick carton paper, a very attractive and rare item

Famine Relief 50r. blue as sheet of 15 on thin lined paper, scarce, fine

Unissued stamps without Famine Relief overprint 250r. red as single design approval die proof in block format on carton paper with handwritten "X" and  value indictation "250" at top right, attractive and scarce

Famine Relief 25r. red as full transfer block of 15 on thin lined paper, scarce, fine

Unissued 500r., color proofs in red, rose, orange, greenish-black, blue, violet and brown on thin resp. 500r. brown as single die proof on carton paper, attractive and scarce

Unadopted design 500r. black as single die proof on brownish paper, attractive and scarce, hitherto unknown

Unadopted design 25000r. black as single die proof on thin paper, tiny aging spots, attractive and scarce, hitherto unknown

10000r. black as larger sized single die proof with unissued value, trivial crease well away from design, attractive and scarce, hitherto unknown  

Famine Relief 1000r. as vertical pair and 3000r. as singel tied by georgian script cds. "BORZHOMI 24 11 22" to parcel card to Batum with arrival mark, 5000r. paid with stamps, 138.000r. paid cash, some minor wear, parcel cards are very scarce here in combination with a very rare cancellation

1922, Famine Relief 1000r. single and 10000r. strip of three tied by georgian script cds. "TETITSKHARO 31 1.23" to front and reverse of registered, openend out, cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, parts of enevlope missing, a rare "Famine" only usage

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r. with additional franking including machine overprint 80000r. on 3000r. block of four, tied by georgian script cds. "POTI  11 9 23" to reverse of  cover to Tiflis, small tears and roughly openend out left, otherwise fine

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r., two singles with additional franking including Famine Relief 1000r. pair and single tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 4 2 2 23" to reverse of registered cover to Paris, two stamps small defects, otherwise fine

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r. with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 23 4 23" to registered cover to Leipzig with arrival mark, part of the address overwritten, otherwise fine

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r. with additional franking including Famine Relief 3000r. tied by georgian script cds. "BATUM 12 3 23" to reverse of registered cover to Lichtenrade with arrival mark, an attractive cover  

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r. with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 18 4 23" to large format registered cover to Hamburg, few folds and one stamp applied over edge, a scarce entire

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r., two strips of three with additional franking, tied by georgian script cds. "BATUM 10 9 23" to registered cover to London, few stamps applied at edge thus small faults, an attractive cover

1923, Handstamped surcharges 10000r. on 1000r. with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 16 4 23" to reverse of cover via Moscow to Berlin with arrival mark, despite some small tears at top a very attractive cover

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r. on 2000r. with additional franking including Famine Relief 1000r., tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 5 10 3 23" to registered cover to Halle, vertical fold not affecting adhesives, fine

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r. on 2000r. as horizontal pair with additional franking including Famine Relief 3000r., tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 5 15 3 23" to front and reverse of registered cover to Anvers, Belgium, small abrasion at upper left, otherwise a fine and very attractive cover

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r. on 2000r. as horizontal pair with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 4 -4 7 23" to reverse of  cover to Braunschweig, few folds and small imperfections, signed Jem and Mikulski

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r. on 2000r., horizontal pair with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 21 6 23" to front and reverse of censored cover to Halle, Germanywith arrival mark, a fine and attractive cover

1923, Handstamped surcharges 20000r. on 500r. two pairs and three singles together with 80000r. on 3000r. block of six tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 12 7 23" to front and reverse of cover to Berlin and from there forwarded to Schlachtensee with arrival mark, folded out for display and some abhrasion, signed Mikulski  

1923, Handstamped surcharges 40000r on 5000r., two singles tied by georgian script cds. "KUTAISI 9 5 23" to reverse of cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, small paper remnant on front, fine