380th Auction

1919, First Issue, 40k. multicolored, unobstrusive lower right corner wear, tied by cds. "ALZHIKABUL BAK. 17 10 19" to a postcard addressed to the head of the German consulate in Baku, arrival cds. "BAKU 19 10 19" alongside, correct 40 kopek postcard rate. Fine and very early usage of any Azerbaijan stamp, an important exhibition item, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1921, Famine Relief 1000r. dark brown/olive brown, horizontal pair, tied with cds. "BAKU", very scarce thus; very fine

1922, 50000r. on 3000r. blue/brown, vertical tete-beche pair, natural paper crease and upper stamp cut into the design, used with cds. "GEOKCHAJ BAKIN", still fine and scarce, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1922, 50000r. on 3000r. blue/brown, horizontal tete-beche pair, unobstrusive tiny thin, used with cds. "KAZAHR ELISAV.", fine and scarce

1922, 50000r. on 3000r. blue/brown, vertical tete-beche pair, used, very fine and scarce, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1922, 50000r. on 3000r. blue/brown, block of four with lower pair tete-beche, used with cds. "ELISAVETPOL 16 9 22", very fine and scarce, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1922, 500,000 on 2000r., horizontal strip of three tied by cds. "BAKU 28 11 22" to a registered envelope to Copenhagen, with adjacent arrival mark "KJOBENHAVN 15.12.22", fine

1922, 500,000r. on 66,000r on 2,000r. blue/slate, rubber handstamp overprint, horizontal pair, good to large margins, used with cds. "AGDASH ELISAV.", very fine and rare, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022) (Mi. 1000,-)

1922, 500,000r. on 66,000r on 2,000r. blue/slate, machine overprint, horizontal block of eight with sheet margin, one stamp with faults, used with cds. "AGDASH ELISAV.", very fine and rare, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022) (Mi. 4000,-)

1923, 5000r. and 5002r on 2000r. blue/slate, horizontal pair, used with cds. "ZAKATALY 24 2 23", overprinted "5002" by mistake, later corrected by the clerk with an additional "5000" metal handstamp strike, very fine and most unusual, with certificate  Stefan Berger (2022)

1923, 5000r. and 5001r on 2000r. blue/slate, horizontal pair, used, metal handstamp "5001" applied by mistake and se-tenant with normal, very fine and most unusual

1923, 5000r. on 2000r. blue/slate, horizontal block of eight, one adhesive creased, used with cds. "ZAKATALY 24 2 23", two stamps at the left overprinted "5001" and "5002" by mistake, later corrected by the clerk with two "5000" metal handstamp strikes alongside, very fine and most unusual, with certificate Stefan Berger (2022)

1919/22, 1920 20k. rare variety black design printed on both sides (two examples lightly hinged), 1921 5000r. mint gutter bloc and 1922 100,000r. on 2r. dark brown used pair; very fine specialist group (Mi.-Nr. 2y, 12, 47)

1919/23, balance of a dealer ´s stock with hundreds of stamps, singles and multiples, many of them expertly identified on cardboards, dozens of blocs including some with gutter pairs, better items like Transcaucasia Mi. 1 in bloc of 25 MNH, some varieties such as colour shifts or printed on reverse, some postally used, ex Trevor Pateman; overall very fine condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/27)