3 Kop black/green, 5 Kop black/grey-blue (5 singles), perforation 14 1/2 : 15, horizontally striped paper, state arms 1866 on mourning letter to Paris. Oval dotted "SPB" (= St. Petersburg city post), double-circle S. PETERSBURG 19 OKT 1869 I. EXPEDITSYA (front), S. PETERSBURG 19 OKT 1869 WARSCHAWSKAYA ZHELEZNAYA DOROGA (= St. Petersburg Warsaw Station) reverse, red Prussian border transit double-circle AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO 1 VII II 69 über BUR VI. EDK BRG (= Eydtkuhnen-Bromberg), blue French border transit single-circle PRUSSE 3 JUL 69 ERQUELINES, manuscript "5 1/2" (= 5 1/2 Sgr onward postage to Prussia). One 5 Kop with blunt perforations, in no way reducing value of rare franking, especially with rare shade in multiple examples, Paul Buchsbayew AIEP (2004) and Hovest BPP (2004) photo certificates