BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6

BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6Batum British Occupation 1919 (4 Apr) 5r brown, block of 10 (5x2) showing transfers ABABA CDCDC, SG6. A very fine unmounted mint block (except first stamp with corner defect backed by hinge). An attractive and very scarce multiple, difficult to find in this quality. 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 War

Stamps issued during the short reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910) have long been a very popular area of British stamp collecting

1993 £10 Britannia

Provenance: The framed lock it originates from was taken when the queen was just a young girl

Letter 'A' in centre

Churchill & Field Marshal Montgomery 6

he was told the French and Spanish had combined fleets at Cadiz

with a stone lodged into the central area

The watermark variety easily detectable from the face

2013 BPA certificate

Using this chain

Some minor wrinkling as often seen with such large blocks

a 10x8 of which is included in the sale