50th Auction Anniversary Auction - Day 8

Russland: 1884, The very rare 3 r 50 k. on HORIZONTALLY LAID PAPER, mint with original gum, tiny rep
1884, The very rare 3 r 50 k. on HORIZONTALLY LAID PAPER, mint with original gum, tiny repair on one perf as usual but still one of finest of the 5 copies known unused. This variety ranks (after the first stamp) as the rarest unused stamp of Imperial Russia. Ex A. Faberge coll. (signed). (Sc. 39 a: $175,000, Russ. Cat. (2010) $350,000,-; Mikulski certificate.).