Russia 1905 Double Eagle wove paper

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Description

  • Issue Date : 1905
  • Designed by : F. M. Kepler
  • Printed by : State Printing Works (St. Petersburg)
  • Print Process : Typo on wove paper
  • Perforations : 14²*15
  • Watermark: none
  • Catalogue Michel N°s 56-57, Yvert 46&48.

Posthorns with thunderbolts. Only vertically laid paper. Not to be confused with the 1909 (chalk paper) issue.

Used stamps

15 K brown-lilac (plum) and blue.
25 K green and violet.