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Lot# 1517 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 1517 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6ay var + 6ay
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    1858: 40 pa. blue on white wove paper, showing clear and rare "Double Print" of the entire design in an under-inked pale shade, used with a further 40 pa. blue without this rare variety, on 1860 double rate entire letter to Jassy, this latter example imperceptibly shaved at top, each tied by framed FRANCO / KAHUL handstamp (Kiriac fig. 314) with KAHUL / MOLDOVA circular datestamp (10/4) in blue-black adjacent (fig. 295). Reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds in red (7/10). File fold well away from the adhesives, a rare and most unusual entire: in this combination no other letter recorded. Cert. Heimbüchler (2019).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,500 CHF