BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6 Brunei stamps with small corner fault

with small corner fault

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

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

the arrival of which in the Cape on 6th April 1652 marked the beginning of permanent European settlement in the region

BATUM BRIT OCC 1919 5r brown, SG6 Brunei stamps with small corner faultBatum 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