Lot no. 555 °

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ODESSA: 10 kopeck brown and blue, horizontal strip of 3, nice fresh colour and clear to good margins, used with central strike of boxed "ODESSA .. JUNE 1858". Very fine. A great rarity; just six No.1 strips of three (off cover) have been recorded, of which only another 3 are used with a postmark. Signed Köhler, Gilbert and Alberto Diena, certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

 

Note: Just 1 larger multiple of Russia No.1 has been recorded in private hands.

Provenance: Liphschutz (Craveri 1993) Paolo Bianchi (Craveri 2008)