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Philatelic forerunner of Lithuania; piece of cover with Lithuania forerunner stamp from 1862 (Russian Empire)
Stamp: definitive stamp of the 2nd issue of the Russian Empire from 1858
Michel: No. 5 (RUS): Yvert & Tellier: No. 5 (RU)
Color: brown / blue
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 Kopeks

Postage validity: from 19 September 1858 until 10 July 1864
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1858-09-19T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1864-07-10T00:00:00Z/11

Sender postmark: Russian Empire, postmark "Numerical dot cancels" - round, No. 19 (= Kaunas)

Postmark of the transit or receiver post office: Kaunas (Kowno)
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Author Russian Empire - Postal Department
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Picture description Coat of Arms of Russian Empire Postal Department with mantle + crowns and coronets
First day of issue
Publisher Russian Empire - Postal Department
Design F.M.Kepler
Printer Preußische Staatsdruckerei, Berlin
Printing technique letterpress printing
Circulation 60,000,000
Perforation frame perforation, 12 : 12½
MICHEL Nr. Russland, Nr. 5

Notice: Round numeral dot postmarks of the Russian Empire (a number (3 to 60) surrounded by points in the form of three concentric circles) were used only in the capitals of a so-called "guberniya" (= administrative districts or military districts). The then number 19 belongs to Kovno, as capital of the Kovno guberniya. (Kovno, Kowno, Kovna, Kauen = Kaunas)

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