File talk:Stamp Batum 1919 50r on 2k.jpg

This is one of many forgeries of Scott no. 43. As R. J. Ceresa notes, "This is the most highly forged of all Batum issues ..." The Postage Stamps of Russia, 1917-1923, Vol. 4, Transcaucasia, Parts 13-16, British Occupation of Batum, Section A, page 142. Genuine overprints have (among other characteristics) stops (or periods) after БАТУМ and after ОБЛ and also have dots over the letter "i" in the English text, which reads "BRiTiSH OCCUPATiON". Ceresa, supra, page 142. This has none of these and is clearly one of the common forgeries. 70.114.21.19 13:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Heh, that's right. I must have found it in an old album, don't remember buying this one. Stan Shebs 13:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)