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John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

An extraordinary assembly of Russian Cinderella stamps from the distinguished John McMahon Collection.

April 28 - 30, 2026

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Russian Cinderellas: Advertisement and Exhibitions

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Russian Cinderellas: Credit & Society Revenues

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Russian Cinderellas: Military Charity

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Russian Cinderellas: Non-Military Charity

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Auction 52

Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

The remarkable and most complete Collection of Ukrainian Tridents assembled by the famous philatelist Yevhen Vyrovyi.

May 26 - 28, 2026

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Ukrainian Tridents: Locals, Kharkov, Odessa, Poltava, Yekaterinoslav

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Ukrainian Tridents: Town Postmarks

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Ukrainian Tridents: Podolia

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9r Literary and Publishing Department of the People's Commissariat for Education, Credit Revenue, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$25

1913 October 18, Russian Memorial Church of Leipzig, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$9

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, High CV

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$20

Collection of Unions or Societies Credit Revenues Membership Fees, Soviet Russia

Current bid:

$30

Partnership of the Moscow Voznesenskaya Manufactory of M.T. Konstantinova in Moscow, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$30

Joint-Stock Company Kauchuk Riga. Rubber Carriage Tires, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$55

Bobrujsk Local Jewish Organization, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

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$45

25k MOPR International Society of Workers' Relief, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

Current bid:

$12

1913 Anniversary Regional Agricultural Industrial Ethnographic Exhibition, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

1913 Anniversary Regional Agricultural Industrial Ethnographic Exhibition, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$30

T II A, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$25

10k MOPR International Society of Workers' Relief, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

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$20

1910 May 15 - October 1 Exhibition in Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$60

Lenoblispolkom Lenobldortrans Labor Participation, Credit Revenue, Soviet Russia

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$20

Telephone Installation Bureau E.A. Englund Moscow, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$75

Collection of Unions or Societies Credit Revenues Membership Fees, Soviet Russia

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$65

10k OSOAVIAKHIM – Society’s Charities, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

Current bid:

$45

25r Osoaviakhim, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

Current bid:

$40

1914 10k Church, Scarce Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

Continental Tires, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

1914 20k Castle, Scarce Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$45

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$40

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$75

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

1925 January 2-6 International Collection Exhibition in Reval, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$50

1923 Labor Mark 1 Workday, Credit Revenue, Soviet Russia

Current bid:

$30

50k in Gold, MODVF PROOF, Rare, Society’s Charities, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

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$120

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$45

M.A. Ananova Naturally Fermented Champagne, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Twenty, LUCHYNETS MINSK Postmarks, Corner Margins, Orange Control Strip

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$25

Siberian Standard Chita Trademark, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$35

Collection of Unions or Societies Credit Revenues Membership Fees, Soviet Russia

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$60

1918 7r Kharkov (Kharkiv) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, INVERTED Overprints, Coupon, 3-x handstamp, Signed by Vyrovyi

Current bid:

$475

100r Osoaviakhim, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

Current bid:

$70

1925 January 2-6 International Collection Exhibition in Reval, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$35

Mail Label Seals Collection, Russian Empire

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$35

High-Quality Perfumery Partnership A. Rallet & Co. Moscow, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$40

10r Literary and Publishing Department of the People's Commissariat for Education, Credit Revenue, Russian Empire

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$12

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

Covers with Mail Label Seals Collection, Russian Empire

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$35

1913 Anniversary Regional Agricultural Industrial Ethnographic Exhibition, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$35

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$40

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

1910 Yekaterinoslav Exhibition, Second Issue, Russian Empire

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$60

Electric Lighting of Christmas Trees, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$35

1809-1909 Jubilee Stamp Gogol, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$40

Tula Workers' Mutual Aid Society, Credit Revenue, Russian Empire

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$35

1913 Ausstellung in Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

Sorabkop's Bookstore Kiev Khreshchatyk 22, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

Series: Composers. Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin 1834-1887. Einem, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$18

1914 Rostov-on-Don Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$18

1913 Exposition Kiev, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$50

Collection of Unions or Societies Credit Revenues Membership Fees, Soviet Russia

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$50

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$35

Court Baker D.I. Filippov. Moscow, s. St. Petersburg, Gatchina, and Tula, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$20

25k MOPR International Society of Workers' Relief, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

Current bid:

$18

1914 Rostov-on-Don Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

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$18

1905 5k Odessa Nationalist Party, Soviet Russia Society Credit Revenue

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$25

Bicycle Tires, Triangle, Advertisement, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$12

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

616

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$4,750

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Feb 17 - 20, 2026

Worldwide Proofs, Varieties, Rare Stamps & Postal History

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$550

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Dec 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

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Nov 25 - 28, 2025

Germany and Worldwide Propaganda

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$1,100

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Sep 29 - Oct 10, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

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$3,500

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Jun 16 - 27, 2025

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$3,500

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May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

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Mar 24 - 29, 2025

Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

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Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

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Russian Postal History

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1926-27 Weimar Republic, Germany, Blocks of Four (Mi. 385 - 397, 385 W OR - 388 W OR, 389 P OR, 390 W OR - 391 W OR, 392 P OR, 393 W OR, 394 P OR - 397 P OR, Sheet Inscriptions, Full Set, CV $7,500+, MNH)

$2,750

1922 RSFSR 1200 Germ Mark Consular Fee Stamp Airmail (Type III, CV $5400, MNH, Signed)

$1,600

1972 Unissued 10k 100th Anniversary of L.V. Sobinov's Birth, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, Corner Margin, Unissued Stamp, Rare, Сertificate)

$1,500

1938 'Odessa-Batum, Motorship Crimea Parohod' Steamship mail cover to Leningrad

$1,500

1915-19 20pf German Empire, Germany, Pair (Mi. 87 II U, Imperforate, Signed, Canceled, Rare, CV $9,000)

$1,600

1868-78 3k Demiansk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #1IS, Tete-beche, Rare, CV $1,500)

$1,400

1891 (16 Sep) Eastern Correspondence Offices in Levant, Disinfected Cover from Constantinople to Moscow via Odessa franked with 10k (Kr. 50, Perf. 14.25 x 14.75) with handstamp 'Очищено в Одесском карантине', Only few known

$2,000

1867 10k on 20k Saint-Petersburg Сity Public Telegraph, Russian Empire, Second Issue (Certificate, Rare)

$2,300

1950 (May 2) Overseas Chinese Remittance & Letter Office envelope sent from Amoy to Rangoon, Burma

$1,500

1924 1k Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union USSR (IMPERFORATE, Typo, Zv. 35b, Zag. 39Pa, Certificate, MNH)

$1,500

1913 3r Romanov Castle, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in slate, printed on cardboard paper

$1,400

1881 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #20I [ RR ], Imperforate, Certificate, Only 32 known, CV $2,500)

$2,200

1875-79 25pf German Empire, Germany (Mi. 35, Signed, CV $6,800, MNH)

$2,750

First Essayan, a pair of erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub imperf., cancelled with Alexandropol ‘и’ (with mistake in the year), Ex Artashes Taroumyan

$1,400

1924 3r Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Zag. 57C, Zv. 53A, Sc. 292a, Typography, Perf 10, Buchsbayew certificate, Rare, CV $5,500)

$2,500

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in dark green, printed on cardboard paper, without names of artist and engraver

$1,400

1882 (19 Oct) Urga, Mongolia cover addressed to Pekin, China, franked with 7k (Date-stamp Type 3b, Date EARLIER than the earliest recorded date, Rare)

$1,700

1946 Germany, Soviet zone, Reconstruction of German National Theater in Weimar, Sheet, Block (Michel 3 A XZ, Size 105 x 100mm, Rare, CV 20,000 EUR)

$2,200

1931 (17 Nov) Urga (Ulan Bator), Republic of Mongolia, Local cover franked with imperf 10m with INVERTED overprint

$1,500

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

1915 1k, Iron Brigade Communications Committee, Odessa, Russin Empire Cinderella, Ukraine

$4,000

Mute Postmark of Ostrov of the Warsaw Province, Advertising Postcard, Pharmacy, Censorship Ostrov #1 (Ostrov, Levin #544.01)

$1,400

First Essayan, erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub perf., cancelled Dilidjan. Ex Artashes Taroumyan collection. The picture of this stamp is shown in ARTAR, p.140. Extremely Rare

$1,600

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Final design complete die proof in dull red, printed on cardboard paper, with names of artist and engraver

$1,400

1924 3r Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Zv. 53E, Sc. 292 var, Typography, Perf 13.5x13.5x13.5x10, Buchsbayew and Diena certificates, Extremely Rare, CV $20,000, MNH)

$6,000

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in dark grey blue, printed on cardboard paper, without names of artist and engraver

$1,400

First Essayan, erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub imperf., NH. Mentioned in ARTAR, p.140. Ex Artashes Taroumyan collection. No more than 2-3 stamps exist. Extremely Rare

$1,600

1898 3k Soroki Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #10, INVERTED Background + Shifted Red, Sheet, Rare, CV $24,000+)

$3,000

1880 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #17 [ RR ], Certificate, Only 23 mint stamps known, Ex Faberge and Ferrari, CV $2,000)

$1,800

1881 20k Saint-Petersburg Сity Public Telegraph, Russian Empire, First Issue, Pair (Reprint, Margin, Certificate)

$1,900

1866 5k Plate Proof in black and lavender prepared for the Paris Exhibition, Horizontal watermark, Russian Empire, Russia (Scott 22P, Proof, Certificate, Rare)

$1,600

1858 30 kop Russian Empire, Mint, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, CV $30,000)

$2,100

1878 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #11 [ RRRR ], Certificate, Ex Faberge and Ferrari, Only 32 known)

$1,500

1924 3r Gold Definitive issue 'Gold Standard', Russia, USSR (Perf. 13.5:10:13.5:13.5, Sc. 292 var, Margin from the right side, Certificate, Rare)

$1,800

1879 10k Kherson Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #5M, INVERTED Center, Canceled '24 May 1883', Canceled stamp NOT recorded, Ex Faberge, Certificate)

$2,000

1927 Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union USSR (Zv. #190 Ia, `ПОТЧОВАЯ` instead `ПОЧТОВАЯ`, Print Error, CV $7500, MNH)

$3,750

1858 20 kop Russian Empire, Mint, Watermark ‘2’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 3, Zv. 3, CV $22,500)

$1,900

1858 30k Russian Empire, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, Certificate, CV $30,000)

$2,400

1945 Hela Submarine (U-Boot Hela), Military Mail Field Post Feldpost, Germany, Block of Four (Mi. 13 b, Corner Margin, Plate Numbers, Signed, CV $1,820+)

$1,800

1868 3k Melitopol Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #2, [ RR ], Only 10 Recorded, Certificate, CV $8,000)

$3,250

1858 10 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘1’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 2, Zv. 2, CV $11,000)

$3,750

1922 RSFSR 1200 Germ Mark Consular Fee Stamp, Airmail (Zv. C8, Type I, Signed, Certificate, CV $3,000)

$2,500

1897 Canada, Full Set (SG 121, 122, 125, 126, 128 - 133, 135 - 140, CV $7,800)

$1,500

1857 10k Russian Empire First Issue, Imperf (Sc. 1, Zv. 1, Watermark ‘1’, Signed)

$1,600

1874 6k Dukhovschina Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #5, COMPLETE Sheet, All 8 Types, Certificate, Rare, CV $20,000)

$2,300

1860 10k Poland Kingdom First Issue, Russian Empire (Mi. 1, Postmark '325', CV $300)

$1,600

1863 (24 Apr) Russian Empire Cover with letter, franked with 10k Poland Kingdom First Issue (1860) (Warsaw Postmark '1', red Cancellation 'WARSZAWA 24/4', Certificate)

$3,500

1875-79 25pf German Empire, Germany (Mi. 35 a, CV $7,800, MNH)

$1,400

1925 Odessa, International Letter, 6 Advertising Stamps of Salve Cigarettes, the Kremlin, More Than $2,000 According to the Catalogue

$2,100

1919, 40gr on 2k Grodno Military Communications Courier Post, Germany Occupation WWI (Block of Four, Certificate)

$2,750

Lebedin Zemstvo 1894 (20 Aug) Сombination cover of a letter sent from the village of Istorop (Исторопъ) in the Lebedin district (Kharkov province) to Moscow (Certificate)

$6,000

1919, 40gr on 3k Grodno Military Communications Courier Post, Germany Occupation WWI (Block of Four, Certificate)

$2,750

1916 Germany Submarine Mail, Berlin German Insurance Bank, 'Lighthouse and Ship', Corner Margins (Full set, Watermark, Only 200 issued, Rare, MNH)

$4,250

1905 (11 Apr) Urga, Mongolia cover addressed to Kalgan, China, franked with 7k (Date-stamp Type 4b)

$9,000

1858 30 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, CV $30,000)

$3,250

1899 2k on 5k Lebedin Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #9 [ RR ], Certificate, Used, Only 20 known, CV $4,000)

$3,000

1911 Odessa, Card cancelled Odessa Exhibition to Moravia Austria. The Exhibition opened again during 1911, Extremely Rare Exhibition Postmark, Illustrated Postcard, Russian Empire

$2,000

1858 20 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘2’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 3, Zv. 3, CV $22,500)

$3,250

1857 Russia Number One 10k (Sc. 1) brown & blue, cover from Fellini to Riga, dotted cancellation '395', RARE!

$2,500

1930 Airship 'Grov Zeppelin' in Moscow, Soviet Union, USSR (Zag. 0256, 0257, Imperforate, Full Set, Certificate, Signed, CV $13,500)

$1,500

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