Lot no. 6634

1919, The 35k. postcard issue, 35k on 4k Arms tied by surcharge to unused Imperial postal stationery card, slight crease at lower left of card, otherwise very fine copy of this rarity of which only 46 stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards, ​with significantly fewer still affixed. One of the great rarities of Batum and British Occupation issues, signed Bloch with Friedl Expert Committee certificate (1983)

depicted in "BATUM UNDER OCCUPATION the years 1917 – 1921", page 82 (by Hans G. Grigoleit & Edward Klempka)

Provenance: David Feldman June 2015, Lot 50435