386th Auction

1866/1980, mostly used collection  with much older material, in 3 stockbooks and album

1872/79, Karl I. colour trial proofs on two album pages, 40 singles, 5 pairs and one strip of three on different papers, imperf or part perf., fine group

1872/79, Collection Karl I. Paris and Bukarest printings in large album containing many complete used sets of all three printings, mostly fine

1913, Silistra issue part sheets mint never hinged, including 2 L. block of 50 (Mi.236), scarce

1932/2000 mostly mint never hinged extensive collection of miniature sheets, with better sheets (incl. duplicates) in thick stockbook

1837/1945 (ca.), over 80 covers, including postage dues, many interesting usages with 1 b. single franking on a 1912 complete booklet from the Romanian Sky Society, fine range of usages with parcel cards and money transfer orders, multiple and combination frankings, foreign incoming mail, etc., mixed condition

1840-1941, 61 covers & cards with interesting postage, used complete reply cards, Turkish Tatar post with Galatz negative cancellation and Turkish field post, censorship marks, postage due, postcards, incoming mail from Japan 1914, highly interesting collection

1874/80 (ca.), group of about 15 taxed entires and envelopes, including a fine selection of postage due markings with framed 20, 28 and 28 Bani, mail from Caracal, Pitesci, Berlad, Giurgiu, Zimnicea, etc., mixed condition, in one album

1874-1960, 52 covers/cards including registered and express mail, attractive company imprints, parcel card, uprated used postal stationerys including 5x wrapper, censors and nice cancellations

1876/1947, 37 covers/cards with interesting frankings, 1924 registered mail 20x1 leu from Piatra-Neamt to Halle, wax seal from the Finnish Legation in Bucharest 1922, Turkey field post WWI, censorship marks, postage due, postal stationery used uprated, etc.

1892/1960, collection "postal stationeries" including cards with additional franking, used parcel cards and money orders, interesting postmarks and other special items, in two albums

1906/22, small group of 7 covers, including one with transit-r-label “Vom Ausland über..”, registered covers, postage due, good quality

1896, collection on three album leaves including violet and black overprinted sets and uprated postal stationery card unused and used, ship mail 1908 BUCURESCI-CONSTANTA-CONSPOLI

1857/89, mostly used collection starting with three singles Mi.-Nr. 1, furthermore Mi.-Nr. 2-3y, somewhat different condition

1858/1923 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, some better values throughout with Mi.-Nr. 2, 5-7 and 22y-23y used, a few forgeries and dubius postmarks noted, slightly mixed condition, a useful lot, neatly housed in one stockbook

1858/1991, mostly used collection, nicely arranged with better items, some back of the book in 9 Lindner albums in 2 large boxes

1858/1966, used collection with some beter material in  2 Schaubek albums

1859/83 (ca.), collection of over 70 covers and cards, encompassing many rates and franking combinations, starting with a fine group of early numeral cancels with rectangular dotted “235” VINDAVA", “243” FRIEDRICHSTADT", “390” WENDEN, circular dotted “1” ST PETERSBURG", “2” MOSCOW, “24” MITAVA, “38” RIGA, oval dotted “9” TAUROGGEN, Polish four-ring cancel “182” LODZ, etc. many better items with Mi.-Nr. 6 tied by dotted circular “2” MOSCOW on double weight step lettersheet to St Petersburg, Mi.-Nr. 19xF as additional franking tied by cds. “LIBAVA 9 JUIL. 1870” to lettersheet to Amsterdam, postal station cancellations with 8 kopek stationery envelope used with scarce framed three-line “St: KLOMNITSY CENTR. G. 1878”, Mi.-Nr. 18x and 23x tied by cds “SLONIM 19 FEV. 1876” to registered envelope to Grodno (certificate Mikulski), some multiple rates to foreign destinations including 43 kopek (1869 lettersheet to Genova), 18 kopek (1871 lettersheet to Switzerland), 35 kopek (1870 lettersheet to Genova with the 5 kopek scarcer greyish-blue shade Mi.-Nr. 20xb), 7 kopek (1879 envelope to Heidelberg), 2 kopek (1883 international printed matter rate to Württemberg), local rates with1 kopek and 5 kopek (Mi.-Nr. 18x five times used with geometrical numeral “4” ST PETERSBURG), 63 kopek (1878 6th weight steps registered cover), some attractive three- and four-colour frankings including 39 kopek franking tied by two-line “SOSTRORITZ SPB GOV. MAY 30 1877” to registered envelope to St Petersburg, etc. Some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in good condition, a stunning assembly

1860/1990 (ca.), used, unused and mint never hinged lot in 10 albums/stockbooks and small box with glassines 

1860/2000 mostly used collection and stock in 14 albums/stockbooks in large box

1861/2001 (ca.), balance of the collection with covers, strength before 1918 with many better items with Zemstvo Cherdyn 1906 cover, Sakhalin with “RUKOVSKOE NA OSTR. SAKH. 18 12 12 ” on envelope from the Herzog correspondence, Chinese Eastern railway with “SHANGHAIKWAN 1902”, etc., together with some Imperial private vignettes and tickets, etc., mixed condition as to be expected, a most interesting and ecclectic specialist lot