Lot 20048 – Irbit: 1880 8k black on yellow paper & rose, imper

Irbit: 1880 8k black on yellow paper & rose, imperforate, large part sheet of 60 (10 x 6 – issued without gum), bottom row inverted resulting in ten noticeably different vertical tete-beche pairs and all ten types and associated varieties, some filing folds between rows, two stamps thinned, otherwise very fine & an outstanding and rare positional multiple, ex. Herrick, Fabergé & Stibbe (Chuchin 4,4a, Schmidt 4,4T1,4T2,4S)