BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 5k yellow-green, SG42a

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BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 5k yellow-green, SG42aBatum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 5k yellow green, type 7 surcharge in blue, block of 4 (tranfer types CA FD), SG42a. A stunning unmounted mint block of four, with full original gum. Slight gum creasing, as often seen for this issue. A most attractive and very scarce multiple of this scarce surcharged stamp with only 1,980 originally issued. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 300++. Batumi (formerly Batum) is a city on the Black Sea coast and

The albino impression is 2mm above and 4mm to left of the printed frame

Very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in carmine

and the first in used condition we have ever handled in the past 20 years

Comparables

It's therefore highly likely this was the first autograph Monroe ever signed with her new married name

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Maxine Audley

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suggesting it may have been signed at the record label’s offices