Catalogued by Chuchin Cat. unless otherwise noted

Bobrov

1874, 3k black, printed on lilac rose narrow laid paper, pen-crossed cancellation, balanced margins, very fresh and a beautiful exemplar, VF and a great zemstvo rarity, Schmidt recorded only a single copy of the stamp (used on cover), no any evidences of selling this stamp to the public were found, T. Page opinion, rank "RRRR"

Cherdyn

1902, Coat of Arms, greenish blue handstamped surcharge 2(k) on 10k rose, a part of black circular and three-line violet zemstvo cancellation, fresh condition with intact perforation, VF and extremely rare, according to Schmidt only two copies recorded, rank "RRRR"

Lubny

1883, "Annual Subscription", no value indicated, light yellow brown, printed on vertically laid paper, bottom sheet margin copy, full OG, previously hinged, VF and very rare, Poltava Cat. #6P, C.v. $25,000

Soroki

1898, 3k multicolored, printed on thin paper, light blue color is inverted, imperforated block of four, full OG, NH or LH (top stamps), VF and rare multiple

2500.00

Tver

1871, 2k rose and dark violet blue, block of six (3x2), incorrectly placed "2k" forming two tete-beche pairs of inner handstamp, full OG, NH or LH, VF and scarce item

1500.00

Yelets

1882, blue violet handstamp 3k on watermarked "wavy lines" paper (space between lines 1mm), rouletted, pen cross cancellation, fresh condition, VF and rare unrecorded stamp

Consignment Group

1868-1915, 91 mostly mint stamps (nine - used), representing 54 different zemstvo districts, arranged by alphabetical order on a stock and album pages, including some valuable stamps, such as Gdov No.3, Yelets No.6 (both ranked 'R'), Borisoglebsk No.3 ($100), Kharkov No.2a ($80) and several others. Condition is a little mixed, we note some perforation defects, thins and toned gum, nevertheless mainly fine quality material, C.v. is over $2,500, Est. $600-$750
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500.00