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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 this stamp printed on watermarked paper, Schmidt #6 var, Chuchin #2b var, Large Zemstvo Cat. #6P, $25,000, Est. $5,000-$6,000
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals lubny |
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1869, 5k red, error instead of 25k, fresh, unused, no gum, VF, Schmidt #3, rank ''RR'', Chuchin #2, C.v. $700, Est. $500-$600
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals novaya ladoga |
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1898, 3k bronze, perforate single with inverted ''3'' at top left, large part of OG, VF, Schmidt #35 var, Chuchin #36 var, Est.$75-$100
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals zienkov |
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1875, 3k in black and various colors, complete set of five with labels at left, no gum as produced, VF, Schmidt #10- 14, Chuchin #10-14, C.v. $300
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals kotelnich |
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BEAUTIFUL SELECTION ON STOCKCARD: 1881-1903, 26 mint stamps, including three stamps of 5k in black on rose or lilac rose paper of 1881, five stamps of 5k in black on colored paper of 1884-87 and multicolored stamps of later issues, most mounted on gray pieces, full/part of OG, VF, Schmidt #18-42, Chuchin #15, a,b, 16-35, C.v. $451
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals tikhvin |
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1889, 3k red on gray paper with ''18'' and ''89'' at top value tablets, part of OG, VF, Schmidt #20 var, Chuchin #14a, C.v. $400
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals shatsk |
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1913-14, 3k carmine red, complete sheet of 25 values, some separation at the 3rd vertical row, marginal thins, still full OG, stamps are NH and VF, Chuchin #7, Schmidt #7, C.v. $175 as hinged singles, Est. $100-$150
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals konstantinograd |
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NICE SELECTION: 1870-75, 5 stamps, including diamond- shaped 3k black, two shades of round-shaped 3k blue and two shades of 3k violet (one has thin on margin), full/part of OG, VF, Schmidt #3, 4, 5, var, Chuchin #3-5, a, C.v. $340
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals kassimov |
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1870, 5k black on red lilac paper, nice margins all around, full OG, previously hinged, VF, Schmidt #2, Chuchin #2, C.v. $200
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals novgorod |
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1898, 3k bronze, two perforate and two imperforate singles, one perf and one imperf stamp without the value at top right, full OG, LH or unused, no gum (1), Schmidt #36, imp, var, Chuchin 36 var, C.v. $205, Est. $100-$150
russian zemstvo (rural post) locals zienkov |
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