371st Auction
24-28 September 2019 in Wiesbaden
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1917/18, interesting group of 9 cards and covers (including one front) with different markings, all carefully written up on pages, fine
1904/15, interesting group of 4 postcards with cancels of Alexandropol, Erivan, Novo-Bayater, Tiflis-Erivan 229 Railway TPO, the latter missing the franking, otherwise fine
1920, Chassepot Issue of Paris, interesting collection with 1-15r. with "SPECIMEN" overprint, four color trials on back, red, brown and blue, 5r. as horizontal strip of four with missing vertical perforation, in addition reprints with missing and double center, perforation varities etc.
1921, First Essayan Issue, interesting collection containing rare proofs on glazed paper in blocks of four, than specialized by printings on written up pages, also some forgeries and other multiples
1921, Second Essayan Issue, small collection of originals, reprints und forgeries on two pages
1922, The First Gold Kopeck Issue, excellent collection with over 100 stamps including 25 stamps with red overprint, narrow "15" on 250r. blue, "50" in red on 25000 brown imperforated, "20" on 500 rose etc., overall a careful, well above average, collection with 47 opinions Stefan Berger, all written up on 9 pages
Second Gold Kopeck Issue, interesting small mint und used collection with 15 stamps including 3 forgeries, some signed with reliable experts, all written up
1922/23, 1st. Erivan Pictorials, extensive collection multiples and the controversial "proofs" on a blank cover with fake cancellation, some written up on pages
60 PHOTOS
1920/23, large accumulation of Pictorial issues with thousands of stamps including originals, reprints and forgeries. Chasseport, First and Second Essayan and Erivan all present, mostly fine condition with the majority mint never hinged
1923, Revaluation Gold Kopeck surcharges on First Essayan Issue, an excellent collection of 21 scarce stamps, especially noteworthy "2" on 500 in the rose shade, 13 Stefan Berger opinions
The Erivan issue overprinted in Transcaucasian roubles, carefeully presented collection with over 100 stamps, plus some forgeries, better stamps include 6 rubber-handstamps in red/rose ink, all written up
43 PHOTOS
1922/2001, small collection with some fiscals, labels and a modern collection from 1992
58 PHOTOS
1919, 1st. Musavat Issue 10k.-50r. on white paper, large stockbook with many hundreds of stamps, most genuine. With some useful used material throughout, also some forgeries included, a interesting lot, varying condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1-10x)
43 PHOTOS
1920, Musavat Issue, accumulation with over 90 part and 1 complete sheet, somewhat mixed condition
1919-20, Musavat Issues in 18 complete sheet, rather poor condition
42 PHOTOS
1920, 2nd. Musavat Issue 10k.-50r. on gray or yellowish paper, large stockbook with many hundreds including multiple with gutters, few postally used stamps etc., some plating notes included, varying condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1-10y)
36 PHOTOS
1921, Hunger relief 500-100´r. and Pictorials 1-5000r., large stockbook with many hundreds, genuine and forged. Including some useful postally used and a few gutter blocks
28 PHOTOS
Postmaster Provisional Issues, extensive and very interesting collection organized by the different overprint types including some varities like
multiples, double overprints etc., one page ex Ashford collection, containing a total of over 160 stamps and two covers, the majority of material with reliable signatures like signed Mikulski, Prof. Winterstein, Az. Voka and some certificates Mikulski and Ceresa
62 PHOTOS
1919/22, extensive collection starting with a few forerunner cards and covers, than a lot of interesting varities like paper folds, private perforations, gutter pairs, multiples, some forgeries, small cancellation collection etc.
Fantasy Issues and Fiscals: Interesting group with stamps and covers, all written up on pages
1896/1916, interesting collection of 15 cards including picture postcards with view of Batum, Railway cancellations, many interesting items like
picture postcard with the rare oval "БАКУ ВОКЗАЛ" and adjacent violet "ДОПЛАТИТЬ БАТУМ", all written up on pages, mostly good condition
TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: 1918, interesting group of 11 pieces and stamps and one blank postcard with additional franking, all used with arabic cds. "BATUM" with numeral "1", "2" and "3", in addition postage due 1pia. with octogonal arabic cds. in blue etc., and ROPIT 10 pa. with part cds. of Batum, fine
1919, First Tree-type issue, interesting collection with singles and multples including a complete sheet 10k. with the first two upper rows being used, small tear at top and folded, one philatelic registered card, and also some forgeries, written up on pages
1919, 10r. surcharges on Arms Types, interesting group with 10 stamps including unused 10r. on 5k. signed Jem and Lissiuk, in addition some forgeries and bogus overprints, written up on pages (ex SG 7-9, Mi. 7-9)
1919, "British Occupation" First Tree-Type Issue, interesting, mostly mint collection with many multiples including some larger multiples of 2-5 r. and 5r. block of six including "missing O in Occupation", 25k. yellow with "Kiss print", the last two items depicted in "BATUM UNDER OCCUPATION the years 1917 – 1921", also some forgeries, good condition
1919, "British Occupation" First Tree-Type Issue, interesting group of five philatelic cards and covers plus one piece of a commercial letter, fine
1920, The large 25 and 50r. surcharges from Metalhandstamps, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used group of 29 stamps including 25r. on 5k. inverted surcharge and 25r. on 10 on 7k. as tête-bêche (somewhat seperated) ,mostly fine, in addition some clear forgeries, 11 stamps signed Mikulski or Holcombe
1920, The 25 and 50r. surcharges on the Tree-type issue, interesting group of 13 stamps and one block of four, mostly unused and mint never hinged, all written up on page, mostly fine
1920, The second "British Occupation" Tree-type issue, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection with multiples, paper folds, 10r. with heavily shifted overprint, 25r. as used block of four, one stamp with overprint error "BPITISH instead of BRITISH", three stamps with georgian script cds., also some forgeries, all written up on pages
SHIPMAIL: Line "Batum-Odessa", interesting collection with 20 cards with cancel "БАТУМ-ОДЕССА" including different types (Mandrovski Type Ч-IIIa-2, Ч-IVa-6, Ч-IVa-7) and better items like Russia postal stationery envelope 7k. with cds. with posthorn "БАТУМ-ОДЕССА 26 MAR 1896" (Mandrovski Type Ч-IIB-2), in addition some loose stamps and pieces, mostly written up on pages, mostly good condition
SHIPMAIL: Line "Odessa-Batum", interesting collection with 6 cards with cancel "ОДЕССА-БАТУМ", mostly good condition
(Mandrovski Type Ч-IV-5)
1920/59, small group of 10 cards and covers including Sovier advertisement postcard showing Batum stamps, cards with Georgian stamps and georgian script cds. "BATUM", some written up on pages
REVENUE AND MONEY STAMPS: 1919, interesting gropup of 24 stamps including two pairs, mostly unused, mixed condition
47 PHOTOS
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
86 PHOTOS
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