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  • Lot# : 5164 Romania

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    10 bani orange-yellow, vertically bisected example, right half of stamp, used on 1871 'Recepisa de priimire' form for registered letter to Bucharest, tied by bold strike of BOLGRAD datestamp (30/6) in black (Kiriac fig. 376). A superb and rare usage of the bisect to pay the 5 bani due for the registration receipt. In excellent quality and extremely rare, recorded in Heimbüchler II on page 298, being one of just 8 examples recorded on this form. Signed Pfenninger. Cert. Luder & Co. (1963), Heimbüchler (2014).

    Provenance: Collection Baron Rothschild, E. J. Leon (Oct 1966), lot 1636.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF