Petite Treasures – May 2026

1863, Folded envelope cancelled CONSTANTINOPLE 31/8 in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 387) and FRANCO alongside, endorsed 'via Kustendje' (Constanza), sender cachet ‘Freres Simoff Constantinople’. The route of the cover is very interesting, from Constantinople by Lloyd ship to Kustendje, per Danube and black sea railway DBSR to Cernowoda and by DDSG to Roustschouk, file folds and tiny toned, otherwise fine. Nice postal history.

1874,  5 Kr. red on envelope tied by WIEN 6/10/74, red crayon “12½” and black JNSUFFISAMENT AFFRANCHIE alongside, to Bucharest with taxe mark ‘40 Bani’ on front, arrival mark 9/10 on reverse. Flap tiny flaw, otherwise very fine

1877, BOTOSANI 18.NOV.77 cds. on 5 b. postal stationery card used uprated with pair 5 b. olive-brown, perf.11, to Berlin with arrival 23.11, tiny pin hole filled, otherwise fine. Perforation lines on three sides.

1877, GALATI 13.AUG.77 cds. in black on 5 b. postal stationery card used uprated with two 5 b. ochre, registration mark “Ra=17/77” in black and ms."R23/8" alongside, addressed to “Speditions Abteilung des Österr. Ungar. Lloyd in Triest”, transportet via Danube and black sea with Austrian ship, arrival mark TRIEST 16.8.77 on reverse, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and a very scarce registered usage

1893, Incoming Mail Galatz : 10 p. postal stationery card from Serbia cancelled NISH with arrival mark GALATI on reverse, a scarce destination

1914, "BALCIC" occupation of Bulgaria, 5 bani green on postcard "Romania Noua Balcic" to Bukarest, fine.

1914, PPC of Prisoners in teh ARAD Fortress and fieldpost card to the military prison Arad with pair 5 f. postage due tied by ARAD cds., two scarce cards, fine

1915/18, Two postcards from Arad and to Arad with several german, austrian and hungarian censor marks, one card with postage due 5 lei, fine pair

1917, Arad Airport first air force cancellations on Austrian fieldpost card: "K.u.K. Militärbauleitung am Flugfelde ARAD" in circle with coat of arms and twoliner with same text in violet. The airfield was based on the area where Aurel Vlaciu, a pioneer in Romanian aviation, constucted hanger and buildings with grass runways, vertical crease, otherwise fine. Unrecorded and important early aviation marks.

1917, Postcard ‘Greetings from Tulcha’ used with violet russian type military unit cachet ‘Independent Romanian Fieldpost Department’ in cyrillic alphabet, addressed to Sofia with message in russian, fine and very scarce mail from romanian front.

1917, “K.u.K. Rekonvaleszenten Abt. beim Ersatz Baon.8c. ARAD” red twoliner on fieldpost card ‘Arad.Kossuth Szobor’ to Congorad Megye, unrecorded, very fine.

1918, DOBRITCH 30.1.18 two military occupation cancellations in blue and black on fieldpost card to Orjachovo, tiny border faults, otherwise fine.

"BUDEU 10/2, clear cancellation on 30 par. blue, trimmed at bottom, otherwise fine

“FRANCO BOTOSCHANI”, clear cancel in black on 30 par. blue, plate printing, full margins on three sides, thin on top left, otherwise fine

“TURTUCAIA” Romanian occupation Bulgaria, 5 ba. green postcard to Bucharest, fine

1896, first issue 10 pa., 20 pa. and 1 pia. with violet overprints on 5 b. and 25 b., black overprint on 10 b. green. Romanian stamps for a postal Agency in the harbour of Constantinople tied by clear POSTA ROMANA COSPOLI 20 APR 96 cds. to cover. Sent to Ploesto, on reverse arrival mark 21 APR 1896, one stamp corner fault, otherwise fine and a scarce mix of black and violet overprints.
 

1914, Turkey pair 2 pa. violet, 5 pa. brown and 10 pa. green tied to postcard from Constantinople by "BUR. AMB. MARITIM ROMAN CONSTANTINOPOLI - CONSTANTA 22/JAN/914" ship cds., arrival mark Simava 23/JAN/914, very unusual and attractive, tiny spots, otherwise fine and very scarce.

Provenienz : C. Arsman (D. Feldman 2011)

1920, Konstantinopel complete set of five values plus Mi. 6 without overprint on registered stamp dealer envelope tied by POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 25.5.920, addressed to Germany with violet twoliner “Vom Auslande über Dresden” and threeliner “Zurück / Einfuhr von Briefmarken verboten 4”, on reverse torn German postal label for opening and control, retour to Turkey with arrival mark POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 20.8.920 on reverse, few crease, one stamp toned perfs, otherwise fine, a very scarce usage and destination of this issue, shipping to countries other than Romania is unrecorded in PROFI

1919, CITY POST : stampless cover addressed to the Romanian Consulate at arrival postage due 10 b. (faults) and 30 b. affixed and cancelled by "CONSTANTINOPL-POSTES ROUMAINES 10.JUL 1919", large tear on top, tiny toned, extremely scarce and very unusual local usage in Turkey!

1918, COTROCENI PALACE : Postcard 'Romanian Ottoman Military Governorate Fieldpost / 
The Peace Negotiations in Cotroceni (March 1918) The Turkish Delegates', unused, imprint in ottoman script ‘Romanya Osmanli Askeri Valiligi Sahra Postasi Bükreste Kotroceni Sulh Müzakerati Osmanli Mürahaslari’, fine and very scarce.

1917, Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope used uprated with 20 pa. blue and 10 pa green, performing 50 pa. rate plus 10 pa. violet war orphans issue from Istanbul, sent by German officer of ‘road construction special unit’, boxed censor Galata no.12 in black, bulgarian censor in violet, german censor ‘Geprüft Postüberwachungsstelle 23.X.1917’ in red, on reverse arrival mark of bulgarian occupation BUCAREST 24.X.917 cds. fine, attractive and very scarce.

1795, Entire written from St Petersburg on November 20th, addressed to Newburyport, with clear bishop mark 3 AP on obverse, rated 70, some paper splitting

1858, 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 12½ on entire letter from St. Petersburg to Wasa Finland, a fresh and fine adhesive, cancelled by numeral obliterator '1' of St. Petersburg with despatch datestamp in red alongside. An attractive cover

1858, Coat of arms 20 kop. blue orange, without wmk., unused, very fine and fresh. Signed Stolow and A.Diena

1864, 3 k. black/green, two singles, in combination with 1866 10k. brown/blue, fresh colors and good perforation, tied by cds. “ST. PETERBURG 28 JULY 1873” to folded lettersheet with adjacent straighline “AFF. INSUFF.” and Russian framed two-line “FRANKING UNDERPAID”, via “WIEN” and “TRIEST” to Athens, Greece, with arrival mark, fine and unusual underpaid mail via Triest

1917, Abdication of Tsar Nicholas, three blocks of eight, with "Izvestia" Proclamation overprints, unused, fine.

2007, WWF Animals: Leopard, Bison, Stork, complete set of three in imperforated margin pairs and normal set, very fine.

“PAQUEBOT ADEN 5.OCT.35”, clear strike on 20 k. on 14 k. deep blue carmine on maritime cover  to Aden with arrival postmark on reverse. Philatelic influenced, but an unusual ship cover, very fine

1887, 2 k. schwarzgrau/rot/grün und 2 k. grün/rot mit Federzug, nebengesetzt Stempel "WENDEN 30 DEZ 1887" auf großem Umschlag mit vollem Briefinhalt und rotem Siegel, gute Erhaltung.

"ПОЧТОВЫЙ СБОРЬ УПЛОЧЕНЪ" black straight-line cancel with adjacent cds. "JELGAWA 3 11 19" on folded postcard to Riga, scarce

1908/12, SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE cancellations on 19 stamps and pairs on piece, including margin stamps, fine lot

1914, two postal stationery envelope 10 k. with red overprint, cancelled "SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 4.3.14" and the other ‘SHANGHAI 29.6.08’, both to Germany, endorsed ‘via Sibirien’ on top left, flaw at flap, one toned, otherwise fine pair.

1900/10, Russia Levant stamps used in Palestine, Jaffa overprints and two pages with Ship Mail Cinderellas up to 100 pia., fine

1906, Offices in Turkey 10 pa. on 2 k. tied to ppc ‘Fortresse de Metelin’ by violet R.O.P.i.T./ Mytilene 9 febr 1906 cds., via R.O.P.i.T./Constantinople 10 feb 06 cds. to Beuthen Oberschlesien with arrival mark 26.2.06.   Very Fine

1865, ROPiT 2 pi. blue & rose without rose underlying below "R.O.P.iT.", fresh colour and large margins all round showing part of the cutting lines on three sides, fold in the upper part, tied by framed "P.P." in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 148) and two strikes of "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMYRNE" c.d.s. in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 150) to outer letter sheet to Mersina. The rare datestamp of Smyrna is described by Tchilinghirian to be used in blue and was thought to be used only on incoming mail to Smyrna which is here proved not to be the case. In spite of its faults a rare and appealing cover.