334 / September 2008

15 bani red and 25 bani orange & blue tied by "Galati" cds in black to small piece(Kiriac fig. 394). Signed Heimbüchler.

15 bani red and 25 bani orange & blue, fine used on piece cancelled by neat strikes of "Ismail" cds´s in blue (Kiriac fig. 401). Signed Heimbüchler.

15 bani red (5, with single example slightly overlapping a fine margined strip of four) used on piece and cancelled by framed "Franco" handstamps in blue and by French entry marking in blue. Rare and attractive. Signed Heimbüchler.

15 bani red used on small piece with 1868, 3 bani pale violet sharing "Piatra" cds (20/8) well struck in black (Kiriac fig. 406). A fine and scarce mixed issue franking. Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, a fine mint horizontal strip of three (Transfer Types 3-4-1). Fine colour, fresh large part original gum. Signed Bühler.

25 bani orange & blue, a fresh mint block of six of very fine vibrant colour (Transfer Types 3-4-1/3-4-1), first stamp with Plate Flaw on top outer frame line. A Superb block with fine large part original gum. Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, a mint block of nine (Transfer Types 1-2-3/1-2-3/1-2-3), creased both vertically and horizontally but a scarce multiple nevertheless. Fine colour, fresh large part original gum. Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, the reconstruction of the transfer types (4), both mint (all with large part original gum) and fine used.

25 bani orange & blue, cancelled by extremely rare "Sculeni-Romania" well struck in blue (10/7). Exceptional for this (Kiriac fig. 599).

25 bani orange & blue, two fine used examples each cancelled by large part strikes of "Recommandee/N./Galatz" handstamps in black (Kiriac fig. 1596).

25 bani orange & blue tied to small piece by straight line "Calafat" handstamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 1516). Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, fine example on 1870 cover to Vienna cancelled by Bucharest thimble cds in black. A scarce and attractive cover. Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, four margins, tied to Nov. 1869 cover to Vienna by "Bucuresti-Sera" cds in black (Kiriac fig. 442) with framed ´P.D.´ at right and Vienna arrival on reverse. Signed Heimbüchler.

25 bani orange & blue, an album page study of the Retouches made with stylus or needle, most especially noticeable on the back of the King´s head. A superb study with five used examples and two further pieces with the 25 b. in combination with 15 b. red. Exceptional and interesting selection, see Heimbüchler II, page 231.

50 b. blue & red mint, the reconstruction of the Transfer Types (4) with fine large margined examples in both shades. An attractive group.

50 b. blue & red used, the reconstruction of the Transfer Types (4) with 12 fine large margined examples in very differing shades. A scarce and very attractive group.

50 bani indigo & red, a fine four margined example (Transfer Type 1) on an 1871 registered letter to Vienna tied by neat "T. Severin-Dim" datestamp (Kiriac fig. 483) in black. Framed "Recomandat" alongside in blue-green and boxed ´´P.D." below in black. A splendid and rare entire for the connisseur. Signed A. Diena. Certificate Heimbüchler.

Album page with choice mint selection with 5 b. orange (2), 10 b. blue, 15 b. red (4, shades), 25 b. orange & blue (3) and 50 b. blue & red (3, shades, two signed Heimbüchler). A fresh and generally very fine assembly.

Cancellations Collection with 5 b. orange (10), 10 b. blue (12 and pair used on part cover with 5 b.), 15 b. red (21 incl. on piece and pairs), 25 b. orange & blue (19) and 50 b. (12, incl. used on part cover), a fine and scarce assembly.

1871, King Carol with beard 5 bani carmine, mint block of four (Transfer Types 2-1/4-3), of fresh colour and fine large part original gum, slight diagonal gum crease not apparent on face; a magnificent and very rare multiple. Signed Brun. Certificate Heimbüchler.

5 bani carmine (shades), album page with both fresh mint and fine used reconstructions of the eight Transfer Types (16 stamps). Most stamps in outstanding quality, a scarce complete set.

5 bani red (two different shades) and 25 bani brown, all three cancelled by framed or unframed "Franco" handstamps in blue. Fine strikes.

5 bani very deep carmine used on 1871 ´Recepisa de priimire´printed form (registered receipt for letter to Galatz), tied by Bucuresti datestamp (10/8) in black. Repeated strike of cds at right, slight fault to form at upper left, otherwise extremely fine. Signed Heimbüchler.

5 bani carmine used on 1871 ´Recepisa de priimire´printed form (registered receipt for letter to Dresden), tied by Bucuresti datestamp (2/3) in black. Repeated strike of cds at right, extremely fine. Signed Heimbüchler.

5 bani carmine used on 1871 ´Recepisa de priimire´printed form (registered receipt for letter to Spalato), tied by Braila datestamp (14 July). Signed Heimbüchler.

5 bani red (Transfer Type 3), fine example used on 1871 ´Recepisa de priimire´ printed form (registered receipt) tied by Bucuresci (20/9) datestamp in black with repeated strike at right. A fine and scarce usage.

10 bani orange yellow, a superb mint block of four (Transfer Types 7-8/9-10) of excellent colour and large part original gum. A rare multiple. Certificate Heimbüchler.

10 bani orange, album page with both fresh mint and fine used reconstructions of the eight Transfer Types (16 stamps), the mint reconstruction including a block of four (signed Heimbüchler).Most stamps very fine and a scarce complete set.

10 b. orange (2) used on 1871 registered cover front and part back with 1869 no Beard 15 bani red (2) all tied by "Roman" thimble datestamps (Kiriac fig. 507) with further strike at upper right (20 June) and framed "Recomandat" above. Bucharest arrival cds on reverse of a rare and attractive mixed issue franking.

25 b. brown and 1869, 15 bani red used on May 1871 registered cover addressed to King Carol I himself, tied by "Botosani" thimble datestamp (Kiriac fig. 486) with framed "Recomandat" above. Bucharest arrival cds (3 June) on reverse. A remarkable and extremely rare cover for the connisseur. Certificate Heimbüchler.

25 bani brown (shades), album page with both fresh mint and fine used reconstructions of the eight Transfer Types (16 stamps), the mint reconstruction with 8 mint examples and two used, the used being a complete set. Scarce and appealing lot.

10 bani blue, a very fine mint block of four (Transfer Types 9-9/1-2 ?, top right stamp with large dot between ´N´of ´Bani´) and therefore from the base or right hand side of sheet. Fine attractive appearance and of bright fresh colour, large part original gum. Mint multiples of this stamp are scarce, more so with Mixed Transfer Types. Certificate Heimbüchler.

10 bani blue, mint selection (5) including three single og examples (Types 3,4,6) and an unused horizontal pair (Transfer Types 10-9).

10 bani blue, fine used group showing the complete set of the Transfer Types (10). Scarce and very difficult to assemble.

10 bani blue, used on small piece cancelled by "Moinesti" cds in black (Kiriac fig. 405). A rare cancellation and very fine. Signed Heimbüchler.

10 bani blue, horizontal pair with large margins, used by central strike of rare black "GAESTI", very fine, signed Heimbüchler.