BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k orange-yellow, SG43 France stamps A few shortish perforations and

A few shortish perforations and the lower pair with suspicion of a gum bend

Very fine and fresh good to large four margin top marginal unused original gum imperforate horizontal strip of four

Signed 'ela'

comprising black/rose (very fine)

In full the letter reads 'Dear Sgt

BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k orange-yellow, SG43 France stamps A few shortish perforations andBatum 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. A scarce surcharge stamp as only 2,792 were originally issued. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 90+. Batumi (formerly Batum) is a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The city was under Russian rule at the beginning of World