5p Lilac-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette II, mint block of six, some short teeth, fresh colour and fresh gum, cert. Ossa (Image)

5p Lilac-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette II, marginal mint pair showing clichés 11 and 12 in phase I positions of the sheet, cliché 11 was then substituted by cliché 31 in phase II, one short tooth o/w very fine and extremely fresh, ex Fabergé, cert. Tuori (Image)

5p Lilac-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette II, some short teeth, tied by boxed RAUMO 18 DEC 1867 datestamp on folded cover with contents to Helsingfors, interesting "Lösen 15 penni" manuscript marking at top, 5p corresponded to the printed matter rate, cert. Ossa (Image)

5p Reddish brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette III, four examples tied by ÅBO 20/5 70 cds on folded cover with contents to Salo, some nibbled teeth as can be expected, boxed arrival ANK 20/5 (Image)

5p Lilac-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette III, mint BLOCK OF SIX, fresh deep shade, some short teeth and the usual hinge reinforcements in-between stamps, a fine and scarce multiple, ex Fabergé (Image)

5p Brown, pale lilac laid paper, mint & used selection on five exhibition pages, roulettes I, II or III, comprising three mint/unused singles, 15 used singles showing a range of cancellation plus two covers, gen. fine (Image)

5p Reddish lilac-brown, ordinary paper, roulette I, tied by boxed ANK 27/2 postmark in blue on folded cover with contents from Tavastehus to Wasa, decorative inland printed matter, very fine (Image)

5p Reddish lilac-brown, ordinary paper, roulette II, tied by TAMMERFORS 15/7 1875 cds on 8p stationery card to Brahestad, boxed ANK 19/7 postmark alongside, 5p used provisionally as 2p complementary franking to pay the new 10p postcard rate from 1/7 1875. The 2p adhesives only reached the post offices on the 6th of September 1875, an interesting item (Image)

5p Reddish lilac-brown, ordinary paper, roulette III, used with very clear TURENGI straightline cancel in blue, superb, cert. Tuori (Image)

5p Reddish lilac-brown, ordinary paper, roulette III, tied by JÄÄSKIS 5/5 1875 cds on beautiful "Lady"-type embossed folded cover to Kuopio, printed matter rate, a few short teeth, decorative item, cert Ossa (Image)

5p Reddish lilac-brown, laid, pale lilac blue paper, roulette II, balance group on two exhibition pages comprising two singles, one pair, two pairs on piece and one cover, fine (Image)

5p Lilac-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette III, two pairs together with 20p blue, also roulette III, tied by POSTKUPE Nr. 5 cds on small piece, some irregular rouletting, fine, cert. Schwenson (Image)

EXTREMELY RARE TETE-BECHE

5p Carmine-brown, pale lilac laid paper, roulette III, tête-bêche pair of positions 21 and 22 (third row of the sheet), tied by HELSINGFORS 8/5 1868 cds on small piece, very fine and an important highlight of this wonderful collection, cert. Tuori and RPS

Provenance: Nyman (Image)

5p Carmine-brown, roulette III, ERROR OF COLOUR, neatly used by WIBORG 18/7 1870 cds, one slightly hinged-reinforced corner tooth a teeth at left slightly nibbled, a very nice example, rare, cert. Gummesson (Image)

5p Carmine-brown, roulette III, ERROR OF COLOUR, cancelled by pen cross, one short tooth, fresh and fine, cert. Salmenkylä (Image)

5p Carmine-brown, roulette III, ERROR OF COLOUR, cancelled by HELSINGFORS 8/5 cds, one short tooth, fresh and fine, cert. Gummesson (Image)

8p Black on green ordinary paper, roulette III, centrally cancelled by ECKERÖ 9/6 1872 cds, very fine and scarce (Image)

8p Black on green ordinary paper, roulette III, cancelled by "3 JAN" railway station cancel, very fine (Image)

8p Black on green ordinary paper, roulette III, two singles together with 40p carmine tied by HELSINGFORS 16/3 1869 cds on envelope to Altona/Holstein, some irregular rouletting, cert.Ossa (Image)

THE VERY RARE ROULETTE V

8p Black on green ordinary paper, roulette V, lightly cancelled by TPO cancel in black, two teeth at top are supported by small hinge "à la mode Fabergé", one of the best examples known of this very difficult stamp, cert. Ossa (Image)

8p Black on greyish green coarse paper, roulette III, trio comprising two singles and a pair, all used, very good rouletting overall, each item with certificate (Image)

8p Black on yellow-green, roulette II, strip of three plus 20p pair tied by NICOLAISTAD 21/7 1874 cds on folded cover to London, arrival cds in red alongside and St.Petersburg transit cds on reverse, some teeth have been improved, correct rate for letter to England 1872-75, cert. Schwenson (Image)

8p Black on yellow-green, roulette III, two pairs tied by low-boxed KARIS 5/7 1875 datestamp on folded cover with contents to Copenhagen, filing bend through one stamp plus some irregular rouletting, nice 32p foreign letter rate cover, cert. Gummesson (Image)

THE EXTREMELY RARE ROULETTE IV

8p Black on yellow-green ordinary paper, roulette IV, lightly cancelled, very fine, ONLY FIVE examples recorded, cert. Tuori,

Provenance: Nyman (Image)

8p Black on ribbed yellow-green paper, roulette II, tied by blue HELSINGFORS 15/3 1874 cds on printed matter to Köln/Germany, reverse bears St.Petersburg transit cds, very fine and very rare single franking, cert. Ossa (Image)