13 April 1919. The second issue consisted of a rubber-stamp overprint on old stamps of the Russian Empire: "Batum. Obl. Rub 10 Rub.". The overprints were applied to standard Russian Empire stamps with denominations of 1 kopek (unwmk), 3 kopeks (unwmk), 5 kopeks (wmk), and 7 kopeks (wmk), confiscated from commercial establishments in Batum.
The British Post in Batum was a postal service organized by the United Kingdom's military administration during the occupation of the Georgian port of Batumi; in 1918β1920 it issued its own postage stamps.
At the beginning of World War I, Batum was part of the Russian Empire and served as the administrative center of the Batum Oblast. In April 1918, troops of the Ottoman Empire entered the city, and on 15 December of the same year, after the defeat of the Central Powers, British troops arrived and remained until July 1920.
From 27 November 1919 to 10 March 1920, various overprints of new denominations, the oblast name, and an indication of the British occupation were applied to the remaining stocks of Russian stamps from the 17th, 18th, and 21st issues.