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PERNAU (Estonia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, tied by clear boxed "PERNOV 20 MAI 1858" to lettersheet (2 side flaps missing) to Dorpat, with arrival mark. Very fine and fresh. The only recorded cover with this cancellation. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

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POGAR: 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, used by light but clear strike of dotted rectangular "576”. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew.
 

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POLANGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, ample to mostly large margins, tied by clear boxed "POLANGEN 20 MAI 1858" to lettersheet to Libau. Very fine and fresh; on front 2 collector's handstamps. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

Provenance: Robert W. Baughman (Siegel 1971)    Lea 

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PSKOV: 10 kopeck brown & blue, large even margins, cancelled by almost complete strike of pre-philatelic double line handstamp. Very fine. Signed Mikulski and Buchsbayew 

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PUCHEZHSKY POSAD: 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice  even margins, tied by complete and clear strike of pre-philatelic double line to envelope to Moscow. Very fine and rare; the only recorded entire from this small village. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

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REVAL (Estonia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice large even margins, tied by boxed pre-philatelic "REVAL 26 APR. 1858" to letter sheet to Borga in Finland. Very fine and exceedingly rare. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance: Eppstein

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RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, horizontal pair with good to large margins, tied by pen crosses to letter sheet to Pernau with reverse side dispatch mark "RIGA 10 FEB. 1858" and bilingual arrival mark. The right stamp with very minor and unobtrusive diagonal bend, still very fine and most attractive. An extremely rare franking. Certificates Mikulski (1995) and Citerne BPP (2026)

 

Provenance: Liphschutz (Craveri, 1994) Paolo Bianchi  (Investphila, 2008)

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RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, tied by clear dotted numeral "38" to letter sheet to Libau with reverse side dispatch mark "RIGA 9 SEP. 1858". Some minor staining, otherwise very fine and attractive. 1 of just 2 entires recorded with this cancellation. Certificates Eisold (2001), Mandrovsky (2003) and Buchsbayew (2016)

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RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, tied by clear c.d.s. "RIGA 7 MAY. 1858", to letter sheet to Twer, with arrival mark. Lettersheet at base with light staining, otherwise very fine and attractive. Certificate Buchsbayew (2017)

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SARANSK: 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large even margins, with central dotted rectangular "326" and adjacent dry strike of straight line "SARANSK", used on opened out envelope to Moscow. Very fine and fresh. The only recorded No.1-cover with this cancellation and one of just 2 recorded from the village of Saransk. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

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SCHRUNDEN (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, tied by dotted rectangular "244", with adjacent pre-philatelic bilingual double circle with manuscript date "7/IX" to letter sheet to Sessilen. Very fine and attractive. The only recorded number 1 cover from this small village. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014) 

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SLUTSK (BELARUS): 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice large margins, used with clear and almost complete strike of pre-philatelic straight line. Very fine and rare; the only recorded No.1 used in this small city. Signed Buchsbayew and Georg Bühler

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SMOLENSK: 10 kopeck brown & blue, ample to large  margins, tied by large fancy double circle "SMOLENSK FEB.19 1858" to letter sheet to Twer. Some minor ink erosion in the address, otherwise very fine. 1 of just 2 entires recorded from Smolensk. Certificate Buchsbayew (2015)
 

Provenance: Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone 2006)

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ST.PETERSBURG: 10 kopeck brown & blue, large even margins, used with central dotted circle "1". Very fine and fresh. Only very few stamps of the 'Provisional Issue' have been used in the capital. Signed Buchsbayew

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SVENTSIANY (LITHUANIA): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large  margins, tied by boxed pre-philatelic "SVIENTSIANY" with matching double line despatch mark, to small cover to Warzaw, with both red arrival mark and boxed "1/P"(offset on front). Very rare and attractive.  Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)
 

Provenance:  A. Fabergé (Harmer 1939) Z.S.Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006)

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TALSEN (LATVIA): 10 kopeck brown & blue, clear to large  margins, tied by pen cross to small entire letter (dated inside "Pastensens (?) 22 März 58") with adjacent pre-philatelic double line "TALISIEN 22 MAR 1858", to Mitau with bilingual arrival mark. Some very minor toning, otherwise very fine. A very rare and attractive No.1-usage from a tiny village.  Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

 

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TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown & blue, large margins, tied by boxed  "TAUROGEN 28 MAR 1858" to lettersheet with reverse side oval handstamp "SPEDITIONS-GESCHÄFT JOHN G. KNIEP/TAUROGGEN", to Riga, with arrival mark. Supposed to origin from (most likely) German soil and forwarded. Just four similar entires with the Kniep handstamp have been recorded. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

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TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, tied by boxed  "TAUROGEN 21 MAY 1858" and oval sender's mark to lettersheet to St. Petersburg, with "Saint Petersburg 24 May 1858” arrival mark. Very fine and most attractive. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

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TELSHI (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown & blue, slightly touched at upper right, otherwise good to large margins, tied by dotted rectangular "183" to envelope with matching dispatch c.d.s. on reverse, to Wilno (Vilnius). Tiny parts of ink removed in the lower left margin of the stamp, otherwise fine. Very rare; just 2 other No.1-entires have been recorded from Telshi. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance:  Liphschutz (Craveri 1994)  

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TEMNIKOV: 10 kopeck brown & blue, large margins used by upright clear strike of dotted rectangular "477”. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew.

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