5k Dark Blue, unused with much original gum, good margins all around, small hinge thinning and light toning, a rare stamp and especially with gum, Facit quotation is for without gum, cert, Oesch
Provenance: Fabergé (Image)

5k Dark Blue, large margins all around, neat pen-cancel, very fine, cert. Oesch (Image)

5k Blue, good margins all around, used with pen-cross and HELSINGFORS cds, very fine (Image)

5k Blue, good to large margins, used with "GW" manuscript, tiny thin spot in outer left margin, rare cancel, cert. Oesch (Image)

5k Blue, good to large margins, used with pen-cross and low-boxed BRAHESTAD 11.12. 1857 datestamp, vertical crease, cert. Tuori (Image)

5k Blue, close to very large margins, tied by low-boxed LOVISA 4 NOV. 1856 datestamp on folded cover to Borgå, insignificant small stain at right, cert. Ossa (Image)

5k Blue, close to very large margins, tied by central pen-cross on reverse of cover from Fredrikshamn (30/12 1858) to Lovisa, cover reinforcement, fine (Image)

5k Blue, cut to shape, cancelled by pen cross and tied by HELSINGFORS 10/4 1858 cds on folded cover to Tavastehus (Image)

5k Blue, touched to close margins, tied by hi-boxed WIBORG 6/9 1858 datestamp on large part of 5k blue private lettersheet, scarce, cert. Tuori & Ossa (Image)

5k Light Blue, pair with good to large margins, cancelled by pen crosses, vertical crease in the middle away from designs, scarce, cert. Reinikainen (Image)

5k Light Blue, close to good margins, cancelled by central pen-stroke on small envelope to Wasa, low-boxed JAKOBSTAD 3 MAJ 1858 datestamp alongside, scarce Jakobstad usage, cert. Gummesson (Image)

USED TETE-BECHE PAIR

5k Blue, vertical TETE-BECHE pair, good to large margins all around, cancelled by low-boxed TAMMERFORS 1857 datestamp, some faults mainly at top including thin and tears, some manuscript annotations, cert. Ossa
Only 7 used tete-beche pairs of the small pearls 5k issue are recorded.

N°XV "Encyclopedia of Rare and Famous Stamps" by L & N Williams

Provenance: Leo Linder (Image)