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  • Lot# : 1129 Romania

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    81 parale deep blue on blue wove paper, a marvellous used example with enormous margins for this stamp, irregularly cut but with a fine heavy impression, cancelled by FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA datestamp (16/19) struck in blue (Kiriac fig. 275). Two small closed tears at right in margin only and thin spot not affecting the appearance of this classic rarity with just 709 stamps printed. The finest of all the known examples (just 7) recorded used at Fokschani. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 371. Cert. Heimbüchler (1983) Mi = EUR 48'000.

    Provenance: Heinrich Köhler documentation, circa 1935.
                            Paul Laptev collection, Köhler sale 300 (September 1998), lot 1194.
                           Corinphila sale 77 (September 1988), lot 2883.
                           'Cornelia' collection, Corinphila sale 149 (February 2007), lot 5006.
                           
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 22,000 CHF