BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, SG32a

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BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, SG32aBatum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG32a. A fine and fresh mint example with original gum. Small corner crease does not detract from fine appearance. A rare stamp as only 700 were originally issued. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 130. Batumi (formerly Batum) is a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The city was

The photographs are presented in frames and feature excellent provenance

Nine of the original prints were taken by Castro’s personal photographer Raul Corrales

comprising four panes of 80 (8x10) separated by vertical gutters with arabesques and horizontal gutters with inscriptions

but still fine for this

Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate horizontal pair

matching lower left corner blocks of 4

The 1s block is unmounted mint

each essay mounted on think card as they were presented to the Post Office and the Royal Arts Commission on the 7th September 1936

"Since summer was over the lights on the boardwalk dimmed and she got bored

lower right corner block of 4 from left pane with plate numbers "1 1" and athletes (part of surcharge) in margins

Some smudging to the ink

left hand marginal example of this scarce Bradbury Wilkinson variety