Lot 17
Batum 1919-20 four Postal History items





Stamps of Asia & The Middle East including The Sura Collection Part III | S26007
Auction: 31 March 2026 10:30 GMT
Description
Postal History. 1919 35k on 3k red postcard, locally addressed (in Russian), CTO'd, with added 5k green and 10k ultramarine, tied by 26 8 19 CDSs. No message as usual, a little toned, but scarce and interesting. SG 1, 2. 1920 card with 1919 50k and British Occupation set of eight, SG 3, 11-18; 1920 piece (severed and rejoined) with vertical pairs of 25r on 25k and 25r on 50k surcharge in blue, SG 32a and 33a; and ppc with Esperanto printed ‘stamp’, 1920 50r on 5k SG 37 alongside. An unusual group
Footnote
The 1919 card is addressed to the main Batum Post Office 'until called for'. The cards were only returned to the addressee only after the payment of the extra 15k, the rate having increased





