Smolensk Government
DUKHOVSTSCHINA: 1874-81 comprising 1874 3k. black on dark blue (9, including a reconstructed sheet, one with manuscript cancellation), 6k. black on lilac-rose (18, with a complete sheet (2x4), ex Herrick and Fabergé), 1878 3k. black on blue (4 types) and 6k. black on lilac-rose (3), 1879 (Nov.) 3k. (4) and 6l. (4, including a pair and one with manuscript cancellation), 1880 (Dec.) 3K (6, including a tête-bêche pair) and 6k. block of four and 1881 3k. (19, with a remarkable block of seventeen showing couché and tête-bêche varieties, some creasing, ex Thompson) (74).
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DUKHOVSTSCHINA: 1874-81 comprising 1874 3k. black on dark blue (9, including a reconstructed sheet, one with manuscript cancellation), 6k. black on lilac-rose (18, with a complete sheet (2x4), ex Herrick and Fabergé), 1878 3k. black on blue (4 types) and 6k. black on lilac-rose (3), 1879 (Nov.) 3k. (4) and 6l. (4, including a pair and one with manuscript cancellation), 1880 (Dec.) 3K (6, including a tête-bêche pair) and 6k. block of four and 1881 3k. (19, with a remarkable block of seventeen showing couché and tête-bêche varieties, some creasing, ex Thompson) (74).