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Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...
(formerly Batum) is a city on the Black Sea
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coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia
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. The city was under Russian rule at the beginning of World War I
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, but local unrest led to Turkey
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entering the city in April 1918, followed by the British
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in December, who stayed until July 1920.
History
During the British occupation, the stock ofpostage stamp
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s started to run out, and so in February 1919 the administration produced its own stamps. These were imperforate
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# perforation: cutting rows and columns of small holes
# rouletting: small horizontal and vert ...
, depicted an aloe tree and were inscribed ''БАТУМСКАЯ ПОЧТА'' (BATUMSKAYA POCHTA), or "Batum Post."
The British later overprint
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ed these with "BRITISH OCCUPATION", and surcharged the remaining Russia
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n stamps in a variety of styles. Inflation also took hold, and by 1920, the tree stamps, which had been as little as 5 kopecks, had to be reprinted in denominations up to 50 rubles.
Despite the short period of British rule, the tree stamps exist in large numbers, but the overprinted Russian stamps are not common, and in 2003 some commanded prices of over US$500.
Numerous philatelic forgeries exist of both the basic stamps and the overprints.
See also
*Revenue stamps of Batum
The city of Batum (now Batumi) in modern-day Georgia issued revenue stamps in 1918 while under British occupation. A set of 7 from 20k to 30R was originally issued, and this was later overprinted BRITISH OCCUPATION. The 20k was later also surcharge ...
References
Sources
* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues * Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. ''The Stamp Atlas''. London: Macdonald, 1986. *Barefoot, John & Andrew Hall, Georgia. European Philately 11. York (Barefoot) 1983. Batum British Occupation pp. 44–51. - ISBN 090684519X.Further reading
*W. E. Hughes, ''Postage Stamps of Batum.'' *Dr.R.J. Ceresa, "Forgery Guide No.11, Batum-British Occupation-The Aloe Tree Types" August 2007. *Dr.R.J. Ceresa, "Forgery Guide No.17/18, "Batum-British Occupation-Overprinted Russian stamps' August 2008.External links
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Batum
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...
Postal system of Georgia (country)
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