Russian Empire. Eighth issue. 1879

Russian Empire #33. 1875

Horizontal laid paper

Horizontal laid watermark

Vertical laid watermark

Vertical laid watermark

Horizontal hexagons watermark

# Value Description ** * used
33 7 kop. Typo, white horizontal laid paper, harrow perf. 14¼:15;, gray & carmine 20 5 0.5
33W 2 kop. Typo, white vertical laid paper, harrow perf. 14¼:15;, gray & carmine – 1000 40
33W2 8 kop. Typo, white paper with a horizontal hexagons watermark, harrow perf. 14¼:15;, gray & carmine – – –

Varieties

Inverted Center

1879 7k. carmine & grey on horizontally laid paper

1879 7k. carmine & grey on horizontally laid paper

Only two examples of this variety are recorded. Estimate: $50,000.00.

Proofs

1879 7kop. proofs in different colors

1879 7kop. proofs in different colors, horizontal laid watermark, glue.

The “Perm Provisional”

The "Perm Provisional"Only four copies of #33W2 with horizontal hexagons (cells) watermark are known. Printed in error on watermarked paper intended for fiscal usage and all used in Perm. On of them, ex-Ferrary, signed Friedl and Mikulski, with his certificate, was realized on Cherrystone auction in March 2007 for $95,000.00 (Previous sale – December 2004, $71,500).