Los 2605

1920, From Tbilisi to Paris, cover franked with block of (5) 2 kopeck orange-brown stamps depicting the Liberty statue of Tiflis (1919 first republic issue), tied by TBILISI 21.6.20 circular date stamps in Georgian script, address in Cyrillic to Georges Alex in Paris, returned to sender with boxed French markings INCONNU and RETOUR A L’ENVOYEUR, violet Georgian return instruction on reverse, various manuscript notations including postage due crossed out, rare international use from the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia prior to Soviet annexation in 1921, striking example of rejected international mail with full postal markings from both sides, XF! Estimate 1.000€.