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  • Lot# : 1414 Romania

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    1866: 5 pa. black on blue thick paper, a used with three large margins and imperceptibly shaved at right (Transfer Type 6), used on locaql drop letter with Bucharest, tied by BUCURESCI datestamp (26/5) in black (Kiriac fig. 379). Large part of red wax seal on reverse, a splendid and extremely rare franking with very few, three perhaps four, recorded - a further example is illustrated in Heimbüchler on page 187 with the notation 'one of the very few to survive'. Rare and most appealing usage. Cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 40,000 CHF