Lot no. 1682 •

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7 k. grey/carmine, vertical pair of fresh colours, tied by superb two-line “ST SHUMOVSKAYA MARCH 20 1879” to double weight step envelope to Simbirsk with reverse arrival cds on the same day, slight peripheral toning of no importance, fine. An exceptionally early use of the 7 kopek value issued a few days before