BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 5k brown-lilac, SG29aBatum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 5k brown lilac, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG29a. A fine used example with part circular date stamp. A rare stamp as only 1,900 were issued and scarcer in used condition, especially so in such fine condition. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 80. 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