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238769 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
(23) [(1875) 32 penni 4-Numeral] Perforation 12.5 Official Reprint with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (diagonal lower left to upper right, reading up from right). Mint with VF centering and full original gum. Extremely scarce. Both 500 unoverprinted and 500 specimen-overprinted reprints (supplies of the original stamps were exhausted) were ordered in 1892; the specimens were sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs. ACTUAL item. |
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238765 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
25 [1882 2 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading down from left). Mint with VF centering and full original gum, but ink stain on reverse. Wonderful appearance. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs. ACTUAL item. |
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238766 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
27 [1882 10 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading up from right). Mint with VF centering and full original gum, but slight paper aging and very small thin spot. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs. ACTUAL item. |
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238767 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28 [1882 20 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading up from right). Mint with F-VF+ centering and full original gum. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs. ACTUAL item. |
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238768 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
29 Aniline Red [1882 25 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading up from right). Mint with SUPERB centering, JUMBO MARGINS and full original gum. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs. ACTUAL item. |
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236627 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
38 [1890 2 penni 3-Numeral, perf 12.5] with typographed "SPECIMEN" overprint. Mint VF, lightly hinged, upper left corner margin example. Though the denominations were supposedly overprinted in equal quantities, in my experience, this denomination seems to be scarcer. Wonderfully fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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236628 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
39 [1890 5 penni 3-Numeral, perf 12.5] with typographed "SPECIMEN" overprint. Mint VF, left margin example. Wonderfully fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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236629 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
40 [1890 10 penni 3-Numeral, perf 12.5] with typographed "SPECIMEN" overprint. Mint F-VF+, left margin example. Wonderfully fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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236630 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
41 [1890 20 penni 3-Numeral, perf 12.5] with typographed "SPECIMEN" overprint. Mint VF, left margin example. Wonderfully fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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236631 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
42 [1890 25 penni 3-Numeral, perf 12.5] with typographed "SPECIMEN" overprint. Mint VF, left margin example. Wonderfully fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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