BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6 Brunei stamps with red "VIA/DI MARE/(E)" and

with red "VIA/DI MARE/(E)" and M/S rate marks

Great Britain 1936 11/2d Red-brown

upper right (Afrikaans) stamp showing variety "Stop after "OFFISIEEL"

An autograph from Michael X

certificateNumber=R20645

BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6 Brunei stamps with red "VIA/DI MARE/(E)" andBatum 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