70r Red Army Soldier error

The 70r Red Army Soldier error or RSFSR 70r error of 1922 is one of the rarest postage stamps issued by Soviet Russia. Due to the double printing error, one cliché of the imperforate 25-stamp sheet has a 70-ruble value instead of the correct 100-ruble. Only four intact complete sheets are known.

70r Red Army Soldier error
Sheet of the RSFSR 100-ruble Red Army Soldier imperforate stamps, with the 70-ruble error, 1922
Country of productionSoviet Russia
Location of productionMoscow
Date of productionDecember 1922 (1922-12) – January 1923 (1923-01)
DesignerIvan Shadr (sculpture)
A. G. Yakimchenko (ornamental frame)
EngraverA. I. Troitsky
Perforationnone
DepictsRed Army soldier
Nature of raritydouble printing error (imperforate, with a 70-ruble stamp)
No. in existenceonly 4 sheets exist
Face value70 rubles
Estimated value$126,500 (February 2014)
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