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Lot# 1784 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 1784 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 19
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    4 bani dark-blue in a fine strip of 2½ stamps, the leftmost stamp bisected vertically (Transfer types 4-1-2), vivid colour and ample to large margins, tied by "ISMAIL 20/2" cds in blue on entire to Galatz, reverse with "GALATZI 21/2" arrival cds. Insignificant fold through the bisected stamp, but an exceedingly rare usage of a bisected 4 bani, no other such usage to match the 10 bani letter rate of October 1870 is known to exist. The cover is shown and described in Heimbüchler II, pp. 293-294. Overfranked covers with three or even four examples of the 4 bani blue were sold with the 'Cornelia' and 'Moldau' collections, compare Heimbüchler II, p. 206; cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
    Starting bid : 30,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 50,000 CHF