386th Auction

1869, unfranked folded envelope from WIEN 30/8/69 to Bucharest with taxe mark ‘50 Bani’ on front, arrival mark 3/9 on reverse. Vertical file folds and spot, otherwise fine
 

1887, two folded envelopes, Petroseny to Puj and Bukarest to Craiova, file folds, otherwise fine
 

1850 ca., Folded envelope to the Moldavian Medical Committee in Jassy with clear “HUSCH 7/2 MOLDOVA” (type M1, "7" upside down) and arrival cancellation “JASSY 9/2 MOLDOVA” on the reverse, minimal traces of transport, fine

1850, "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I KALAS" internal Tatar post document for carrying 35 covers and two registered covers from GALATZ to Deraliye (Constantinople) in 1850, usual file fold, an extraordinary clear all arabic cancellation, rarity and showpiece

1858, Handstruck 5 parale black on white paper, broken frame under “A”, large margins, unused, fine. Signed Grobe

1858, Handstruck 40 parale blue on thin blueish paper, clearly cancelled, signed Richter and Ebel

1858, Handstruck 40 parale blue on thin blueish paper, clearly cancelled FRANCO GALATZ, signed Kosack

1858, 40 parale blue, full to wide margins, an unused example with large part original gum, very fine

1858, Handstruck 40 parale blue on thin white paper, good margins, clearly cancelled part FRANCO GALATZ in red, signed Bühler

1858, 40 parale greenish blue, full to wide margins, an unused example with large part original gum, fine

1858, Handstruck 80 parale brown-red on thin white paper, wide margins, tied on piece clearly by framed "FRANCO / BERLAD" handstamp in red, signed Grobe and Heimbüchler BPP

1858, 80 parale pale red on thin yellowish paper, full to wide margins, with part cancellation JASSY in blue tied on piece, horizontal crease, otherwise fine

1858, 80 parale pale red on thin yellowish wove paper, oily Impression, on top tiny thin and touched, otherwise full to wide margins, an unused example with large part original gum, still fine

1862, Handstruck 3 parale yellow on thin white paper, clearly cancelled by complete  JASSY handstamp in blue. Cert. H. Grobe 1957

1862, Handstruck 3 parale yellow on thin white paper, clearly cancelled FRANCO PIATRA, signed Köhler and Grobe

1862, Handstruck 6 parale brownish red on thin white paper, full margins, clearly cancelled, fine

1864-65, six unaccepted designs for the Prince Cuza issue (commonly known as the ‘Duloz Essays’, as these pieces were designed by the French designer Pierre Edelestand Stanislas Dulos, who also designed the second Turkish stamp issue). 5 pa. in different colours on white paper, very different quality, mostly thin, Reinheimer Fig. 229

1865, Cuza 2 par. ochre, clear cancelled, tiny thin otherwise fine, signed Heimbüchler BPP

1865, Cuza 2 par. orange on vertically striped paper, well margins clear cancelled, signed Thier

1868, Prince Carol 18 b. carmine-rose and brick-red with very clear cancellations, one left margin touched, otherwise fine

1869, Prince Carol 15 b. red and 50 b. blue red with very clear cancellations Galati and Jsmail, both margins touched, otherwise fine

1871, Prince Carol 5 b. carmine and 10 b. yellow with very clear cancellations, two stamps margins touched, otherwise fine

1871, Prince Carol 5 b. red and carmine, 10 b. yellow-orange and 25 b. brown, six used stamps, tiny faults

1871, Prince Carol 10 b. yellow on normal paper, well margins on piece clear tied by complete ZIMNICEA 16/11 c.d.s., signed Heimbüchler BPP

1872, Prince Carol 1½ b. Paris and Bukarest printings, 11 colour trial proofs on different papers, imperf block of four and one „Decoupage" proof bicoloured, imperf and part perf., fine group

1872/85, Prince Carol group of 19 stamps with beautiful cancellations, incl. Botosani, Giurgiu Ismaila, Craiova etc., a visual treat

1872, Prince Carol Paris printing, complete set of seven values up to 50 b. rose in imperf pairs, all unused with o.g., very fine group

1872, Prince Carol Paris printing four unused blocks of four including 15 b. red-brown on yellowish paper, this regummed, still fine

1872, Prince Carol 5 b. Paris and Bukarest printings, six colour trial proofs on different papers and one „Decoupage" proof bicoloured, imperf and part perf., fine group

1872, Prince Carol 3 b., 10 b., 25 b. Paris and Bukarest printings, 9 colour trial proofs on different papers, imperf block of four 3b.  black, imperf and part perf., fine group
 

1872, Prince Carol Paris printing proof 15 b. red-brown on grey paper, printed on both sides, unused no gum, block of four, fine variety

1873/81, Prince Carol two 25 b. covers to Triest, one franked with 1879 25 b. blue, tied by clear BRAILA 10 FEB 81 c.d.s. (shortened at right); one with 25 b. orange tied by GALATZI 1/12/73 c.d.s. via Wien and boxed P.D. alongside, both on reverse with arrival mark, minor faults and crease, still fine pair

1872, Prince Carol 1½ b. Bukarest printing, colour trial proofs on rose and yellowish paper, imperf blocks of four and six, fine pair

1872/79, Prince Carol 50 b. Paris and Bukarest printings, three colour trial proofs on different papers, imperf block of four black on white paper, all imperf, fine group

1880, Prince Carol 25 b. blue on mourning cover with ms. cancellation Băicoi 5/9, on reverse transit mark PLOESTI 5/9/80, on front blue PARIS 9/9/ and on reverse arrival mark LA-NEUVE-LYRE 10/9/80, few short perfs, otherwise fine. A scarce cover from a very small town to a very small village.

1880, Prince Carol 50 b. olive-brown on registered cover tied by JASSY 22/AUG/82 c.d.s., red transit PARIS CHARGEMENTS 27/8/82 and on reverse PARIS 27/8 arrival mark, tiny staple punch at left, otherwise fine. A scarce single rate