Lot no. 568 °

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SAMARA: 10 kopeck brown and blue, clear to large margins, tied by pencross to letter sheet with reverse side dispatch mark "SAMARA 25 JAN. 1858", to Saratov, the stamp additionally tied by arrival mark "RECEIVED IN SARATOV 1858 JAN. 28 ". Very fine. Very rare entire; just 4 No.1-entires recorded from Samara. Certificates Dobin (2008) and  Buchsbayew (2021)

Provenance: Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006)