The March 1888 issue of the stamps of the Tenth Standard Issue was prompted by the fact that, under artificial lighting, the 2-kopeck stamp of the previous issue was difficult at first glance to distinguish from the 7-kopeck stamp.
The 1-kopeck and 3-kopeck stamps began to be printed in paler shades; this was also done so that the colors would be more easily distinguishable in both daylight and artificial lighting.
Unlike the previous issue, the stamps of this issue have relatively wide margins on all sides of the design, caused by the separation of the clichés in the printing plates. The stamps were printed on lightly chalk-coated paper with horizontal laid lines. Watermark: wavy lines.