1896, 2k black and slight olive green, background with word "KOPEIKI" is inverted, a part of violet zemstvo cancellation, clear four-side margins, fresh and nice example, VF and extremely rare, only four stamps recoded, ex-Ferrari, Chuchin #9a, Schmidt #10M 1, rank "RRRR", C.v. $25,000, Large Zemstvo C.v. $50,000, Est. $20,000-$25,000

1883, Annual Subscription, no value indicated, light yellow brown, printed on vertically laid paper (!), bottom sheet margin single, full OG, previously hinged, VF and until now the only known stamp printed on watermarked paper, Schmidt #6 var, Chuchin #2b var, Large Zemstvo Cat. #6P, C.v. $25,000, Est. $6,000-$7,000

1910, Swan with legs down, 2k green, full OG, previously hinged, VF, Schmidt #10, Chuchin #9, C.v. $140, Est. $80-$100

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1880-1910'c, 71 mostly mint stamps (8 - used), representing stamps from Arzamas to Zolotonosha, most valuable Byezhetsk, Poltava, Pskov and Ustsysolsk, the last one presented by several nicely cancelled stamps, practically flawless condition (one used stamp has thin), almost all have full OG, LH, VF, C.v. is over $600, Est. $300-$350
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