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Lot# 1741 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 1741 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 12x+13x
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    Registered entire letter with full content to Tirgovistea, franked with 5 pa. blue, a single and a strip of three as well as hor. left marginal pair of 20 pa. red, type I on left and type II at right on wove paper with ample to large margins all round, all tied by crisp "BUCURESCI 17 / 12" (1865) in black (Kiriac S62 fig. 340) with "RECOM:" handstamp (Kiriac C7 fig. 1582) alongside, reverse with "TIRGOVISTEA 12/12" cds in black. Double weight cover rate of 40 pa. with additional registration fee of 20 pa., a delightful and scarce item. A key item of the Lithographed issues, bi-coloured frankings of the Cuza definitives are exceedingly rare, just one other comparable usage of the first weight rate is shown and described in Heimbüchler II, p. 165, cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
    Starting bid : 30,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 36,000 CHF