BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 5k brown-lilac, SG29a Malaysia and Malaysian States stamps which has a watercolour miniature

which has a watercolour miniature of the Amalfi coast fitted into the lid

variety 'Cleft rock' (R5/1)

Entitled 'Le Cheval du Printemps' ("The Horse of Spring")

head and shoulders length black and white postcard photograph (approx 3

two unmounted original gum

BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 5k brown-lilac, SG29a Malaysia and Malaysian States stamps which has a watercolour miniatureBatum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 5k brown lilac, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG29a. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. A rare stamp as only 1,900 were issued. 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 I, but local unrest led to Turkey entering the city in April 1918,