U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
September 16-18, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2017 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue (first printing), margins all around, used on FL written 24 March, 1858 (received 2 April), stamp cancelled by straight-line "Illukst" handstamp (Kurland), with additional "Illukst Otprav. 29 March 1858" datestamp at bottom, addressed to Muhlendorff, with boxed "Riga" Polucheno 1 April datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamp, some usual ageing affecting the lettersheet, fine and extremely rare usage with the rare pre-philatelic marking from a small village in the Baltic region, with Mikulski cert.  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
