Lot no. 570 °

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SMORGONY (Belarus): 10 kopeck brown and blue, ample to large margins, tied by pre-philatelic double line "SMORGON 1858/ AUGUST" with "20" added by hand,  to small envelope to Warsaw, with arrival marks. The envelope with small imperfections, otherwise fine. A rarity. Just one further No.1-entire recorded from this city and just 11 from Belarus soil. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

Provenance:  Fabergé (Harmer 1939)  ‘Pavlovsk’ (Corinphila 1996)