371st Auction

1923, Handstamped surcharges 80000r. on 3000r., block of six with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "BATUM 22 8 23" to reverse of registered cover to Berlin

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r. on 2000r. with additional franking, tied by cds. "ГУДАУТЫ СУХУМ 24 2 23" to registered cover to Leipzig, fine

1923, Handstamped surcharges 15000r on 2000r., two singles, one with straight edge, tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 16 3 23" to reverse of folded out parcel letter from the Department of Transcaucasian Railway to Moscow with arrival mark, minor imperfections, despite few imperfections an attractive and unusual cover

1923, Handstamped surcharges 20000r. on 500r. and 40000r. on 5000r. tied by georgian script cds. "BATUM 19 4 23" to reverse of registered cover to Baku with arrival mark

1923, Handstamped surcharges 40000r. on 5000r. with additional franking tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 23 4 23" to reverse of double weight registered cover via Moscow to Berlin with arrival mark, minor transport marks, a very attractive and scarce entire

1923, Handstamped surcharges 80000r. on 2000r. as block of four with additional franking including machine overprints and six Sovjet war invalieds 1r. charity stamps, all tied by georgian script cds. "TBILISI 10 8 23" to large  registered cover to Bremen, there redirected, one stamp with faults and minor imperfection due to transportation, a very attractive and rare entire

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 200000r. on 5k. as vertical pair tied by georgian script cds. "AKHALTSIKH 23 9 23" to reverse of cover Tiflis with arrival mark, small paper remnants on front, a scarce and attractive cover

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 200000r. on 5k. as vertical pair together with Transcaucasia Ararat 150000r. tied by  georgian script cds. "AKHALTSIKH 24 10 23" to reverse of registered cover sent from the Akhaltsikhe Sovjet to Tiflis with arrival mark, small paper remnants on front, a scarce and attractive cover

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 200000r. on 5k., two singles and 300000r. on 20k. black overprint tied by  georgian script cds. "TBILISI 9 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Batum with arrival mark, some paper remnants on front, otherwise fine

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 300000r. on 20k. black overprint with additional franking tied by  georgian script cds. "TELAVI 10 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, minor imperfections, an attractive and scarce cover

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 300000r. on 20k. blue overprint as horizontal pair with additional franking tied by blue georgian script cds. "SURAMI 14 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, vertical fold affecting the additional franking, otherwise fine, a very rare cover and to our knowledge the only cover bearing the blue overprint

1923, The July handstamped issue on Armenia basic stamps, 15.000 on 15k. on Armenia 5r. on 15 K., two copies used on piece, one with additional franking and two singles used (faults) and unused each, some minor faults, very scarce

1923, The July handstamped issue 10.000r. on 7k. together with Allegory handstamp 80.000 on 3000r. tied by cds. "TIFLIS 5-7-23" to piece, rare

1923, The July handstamped issue 15.000 on 15k., type 3, as block of 8 and two singles with inverted overprint tied by georgian script cds. "TBILIS 23 7 23" to reverse of cover to Petrograd with arrival mark, rare

INCOMING MAIL: 1879, Italy Umberto I 5c. green tied by. cds "ROMA " to small, folded out, envelope addressed to the Consul General of His Majesty the King if Italy to Tiflis, with Odessa transit , russian censor mark and Tiflis arrival mark, some faults, but a scarce incoming mail item

1921, unfranked cover from the Swiss consulate in Tiflif dispatched on "8.12.21" and addressed to the Swiss consulate agency in Baku, reverse with arrival mark und cachet of the Swiss consulate, little roughly opened at upper right, otherwise fine

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

Légation de Géorgie en France: 1920, Semeuse 25c. and Pasteur 50c. tied by cds. "PARIS 1 2 24" to pre-printed envelope "Légation de Géorgie" to Geneva, reverse with violet cachet "Légation de Géorgie en France ", some tears and small wrinkles, attractive and very rare

FISCAL: ZEMO-AVCHALIS, 1927, Personal registration Tax, Hydro-Electric Dam 1r. brown perforated, tied by boxed cachet to complete passport, fine and scarce (Barefoot Nr. 2)

FISCALSTAMPS: 1912/20s, very interesting and excellent assembly of fiscal and charity stamps, including about 40 documents from the 1919-20s period, including both Mensheviks and sovjet fiscal stamps

PREPHILATELY: 1844/48, interesting group of 6 covers, four with boxed and two with oval cyrillic "TIFLIS" dispatch mark, all written up on pages, fine

1860/1917, very interesting and extensive postal history collection with a wide range of Georgian cancellations including rare localties, total of 31 covers/ entire letters and over 50 post cards and other documents, mostly written up with detailed descriptions

1918/19, one card and one cover franked with Imperial coat of arms, one registered letter from Kutaisi, one registered from Batum and one postcard from Tiflis 

1919/21, St. George and Tamara, interesting collection with more than 20 cards and covers, including postage due marking, registered covers, printed matter, in addition St. George 60k. as block of nine with cds. "ARMY POST OFFICE 23 AGO 20", a small collection of cancellations etc., mostly on written up pages

1919/23, interesting unused, mint never hinged and used colection, containing some multiples of the first issue, but also an excellent assembly of over 200 handstamped surcharges including two copies of the scarce 10000 on 7 kop, some signed Romeko, Pohl, Jemtschoujin etc.

1919, St. George and Tamara, excellent and extensive collection of both printing with many varities, multiples, tête-bêche, covers, mis-perforated stamps and multiples, paper folds etc., all written up on pages

1922, Allegory, interesting group containing 2000r. as block of 10 with 3000r. brown printed on reverse with georgian overprint "sample", also some other varities, early cancellations etc.

1922, Famine Relief, interesting group starting with four overprint proofs on white paper with corner marks, also imperforated stamps without overprint, sheets and some minor varities, proofs hitherto unknown, mostly fine

1922, Allegory and Famine Relief, interesting group of 4 covers and one cards and some coverfronts, large pieces, some better cancellations, varying condition

1923, Handstamped surcharges, interesting collection of 14 covers, including registered, mixed franking with Famine Relief stamps, in addition some larger cover pieces and 3 money orders with RSFSR stamps, some on written up pages, varying condition 

1923, Handstamped surcharges on Allegory, highly interesting collection with more than 170 stamps, containing many multiples, overprint varities like double overprint, different local types, multiples with missing overprints etc., good condition

1923, Machine surcharges on Allegory, highly interesting collection with more than 100 stamps, containing imperforated stamps, multiples, several 20000 on 500 inverts including a tête-bêche block of four, 80000 on 3000r. double surcharge etc., partly on written up pages

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type, interesting collection with more than 220 stamps including multiples, gutter pairs, shifted and double overprints etc., mostly on Ashford pages, good condition

1923, The July handstamped issue, very interesting and mostly written up collection with more than 50 stamps and multiples, including different types, inverted overprints, pieces with mixed franking with different Allegory issues and also 5 cards and covers (some with faults) including one with TPO mark, one registered with a total of 20 stamps 15.000 on 15k., some material on Ashford pages

1913/94, small collection containing free frank seals and some modern material for more informations on these Free Frank Paper seals see also "The British Journal of Russian Philately, No. 105, page 86-90

1920/21, interesting group with Fiscal overprint "BANDEROLI FOR MATCHES * * * UP TO 75 LIGHTNINGS..." on strip of 7 St. George 50(2) and 60k., 1920 issue with varities, "Large Soviet Star Overprint" and Constantinople Consular issue and some phantasy and bogus issues, mostly written up on pages