BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, SG32a Bechuanaland stamps Mostly very fine (9p with

Mostly very fine (9p with minor imperfections) with a majority of clear dated cancels

dated September 15

In 1961 Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space

made payable to Peter A

BATUM BRIT OCC 1920 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, SG32a Bechuanaland stamps Mostly very fine (9p withBatum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, surcharge as type 6 in blue, cancelled by part boxed violet 'P T CONTROL' handstamp, SG32a. A very fine used example. Only 700 were originally issued, and particularly scarce with this marking. SG Catalogue Value: 160. 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