Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, Philatelic Rarities of the World, Part 2

Russian Zemstvo (Rural Post) - Novgorod - Arms in Oval

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1882, 5k black on yellow paper, complete set of 36 (6×6), arranged on page from the Bianchi Collection, stamp on position 13 with black (at bottom) and white (at top) spots over ”Ze” in ”Zemskaya”, stamp on position 22 placed upside down and formed tete-beche pair, full OG with minor creases and inclusions, mostly NH, F/VF, only 4 such sheets known, C.v. is well over $2,000, Est. $2,500-$3,000, Schmidt #11, M, S