BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k orange-yellow, SG43

BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k orange-yellow, SG43Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 25k orange yellow, type 7 surcharge in black, horizontal pair (transfer types DE), SG43. A fine mint pair with original gum. Couple of tiny inclusions but a fine and scarce multiple. A scarce surcharge stamp as only 2,792 were originally issued. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 100+. Batumi (formerly Batum) is a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.

India 1921 "NINE PIES" on 1a rose-carmine

type 5 overprint

There they'd captured a strategic sea fort (Diamond Rock) and headed home

to be paid back by France after the war

Very scarce to find in a used block

the cancellation removal trial of 1840

A very fine used example of a 2d Mulready uprated with 4 penny blacks to the 6d per 3oz rate representing one of the great rarities of British philately

Stoll was a movie producer and owner of the Cricklewood Studios in North London

A most attractive example of this key high value

Comes with a wonderful black and white photo of Castro wearing the hat in the field

Provenance: Ex Moorecroft

South Africa Postage due