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  • Lot# : 6079 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 18+19+23
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    1868/70: 4 bani blue, 3 bani violet in a horizontal pair and 1869 15 bani red in a horizontal pair, all with four margins and used on 1871 entire letter from Theologo Frères to Constantinople endorsed "via Varna" at left; the adhesives tied by "Bucuresti / Sera" datestamps (11/6) in black (Kiriac fig. 443) and by framed "PD" in black; reverse with Austrian P.O. in Constantinople arrival datestamp (14/6). A remarkable and fresh mixed issue franking to an unusual destination. Illustrated in Edition d'Or on page 134 and in Handbook II on page 252. Cert. Heimbüchler (2010).
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 48,000 CHF