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  • Lot# : 5019 Romania

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    54 parale blue on bluish green horizontally laid paper, the magnificent appearing huge margined used example, neatly cancelled by two strikes of circular "Berlad / Moldova" datestamps (9/2) transposed in blue (Kiriac fig. 272); exceptional and extremely rare stamp with just 15 examples recorded used in Berlad (of which seven are repaired, one was stolen at Heathrow in 1984 and has never been located and one is in the Budapest Postal Museum). Truly exceptional example of this rare stamp, the finest Bulls' Head used from Berlad. Illustrated in Handbook I on page 309 and Edition D'Or on page 54. Signed A. Diena. Certificate A. Diena (1964), Heimbüchler (2010) Gi 2 = £ 6'500/Scott 2 = $ 10'000/Mi = EUR 6'000.
    Provenance: Köhler, April 1934; Collection John Lek, June 1959.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold