350 / September 2012

5 par. black, unused without gum, Sperati forgery, fine, signed in pencil

40 par. blue, tête-bêche with wide margins all around, unmounted mint, very fine, certificate Heimbüchler AIEP, ex collection Severin

40 par. blue, block of four with two tête-bêche, mint, very fine, opinion Heimbüchler, ex collection Severin

80 par. red, horizontal pair with good colour and wide margins all around, used with "FRANCO GALATZ", fine, certificate Heimbüchler AIEP, ex collection Severin

80 par. vermillion, unused without gum, Sperati forgery, fine, signed in pencil

1862, handstruck from single dies: 6 par. red and 2 copies carmine in different shades, used, one with almost complete clear "FRANCO FOLTICHENI", fine, all signed Heimbüchler BPP

1862, 30 par. blue, in shades from pale to deep, on white wove paper, a complete sheet of 32 subjects, the upper row with a very narrow "setting", thus two stamps with overlapping design, the central two rows in tête-bêche format (eight vertical pairs), some slight spotting but an excellent example of the drying process which left impression of variable colour, a scarce and very appealing sheet with most of the stamps unmounted mint, one hinge in the center of the sheet, otherwise only a few hinges in the margins, ex collection Severin

1865, Prince Cuza 5 par. blue, horizontal strip of three and a single value, all with wide margins and fresh colour, tied to piece by grill obliterator, exceptional and very scarce, signed Zoscsak and certificate Heimbüchler AIEP, ex collection Severin

2 par. on yellow, horizontal strip of 4, used with cds. of Bukuresti, the top margin added, otherwise good to wide margins, the right stamp some faint creasing; a rare multiple, signed Heimbüchler BPP

1866, Carol I. thick paper: 5 par. blue, horizontal strip of three with fresh colour and good margins on three sides, just touched at bottom, tied by blue cds. "IASSI 6/12" to almost complete folded cover to Galatz with arrival mark, extremely rare on cover, we have recorded this as the second largest used multiple, a strip of four on large part cover realized 75.540 CHF during the sale of the "Cornelia-Collection" at Corinphila 2007, ex collection Severin

thin paper: 2 par. on yellow and 5 par. on blue, all 6 transfer types each, unused, one stamp without gum, otherwise very fine

20 par. on rose, reconstructed transfer block of 6 incl. one horizontal pair, unused, fine/very fine

1868, Carol 3 b. violet with wide to very wide margins all around, at left with part of neighbour stamp, tied by clear small cds. "BUCURESCI 31.." to printed matter to the mayor of Calarasi with arrival mark, fine and rare franking, certificate Heimbüchler AIEP Provenance: collection Odor (1935)

18 b. dark-rose, good to wide margins all around, tied by clear grid to entire letter with adjacent date stamp "ORTENITA DIST. ILFONU 4 2" (1868) to Bucarest, very fine and scarce

18 b. rose, horizontal pair with good to wide margins, folded around edge of small opened out registered envelope (somewhat reduced in size) with blue date stamp "JASSI 13/12" to Piatra with arrival mark

1869, 50 b. blue-red, all 4 transfer types, used incl. 2 copies with brush retouches and 1 copy cancelled "P.D." (tiny thin), fine/very fine

50 b., unused without gum, Sperati forgery, fine

1871/72, Carl with beard: 5 b. red, all 10 transfer types, used, generally fine

5 b. carmine as single and 10 b. yellow-orange two single stamps and a vertical pair tied by cds. "GALATI 18 DEC 71" to folded lettersheet to London, despite some faults a very attractive and scarce cover, certificate Heimbüchler AIEP, ex collection Severin

25 b. brown with "CINEI" instead of "CINCI", unused without gum, fine

1872, Carol I. 5 b. red, horizontal pair tied by cds. "BUCURESCI 30 AUG 72" to folded letter to the prefecture of Braila with arrival mark, fine, certificate Heimbüchler AIEP, ex collection Severin

CANCELLATIONS: "BOLGRAD MOLDOVA", "ISMAIL MOLDOVA" (both in blue) and "CAHUL MOLDOVA", each on postal receipt of 1859

"K.K. AGENZIE STAROSTIE FOKSCHANI", blue seal on reverse of entire letter 1859

"PLOESCI AP. 11", double line in red, very clear on entire letter 1862 to Bukarest with red arrival mark (without "Walachei") on reverse, small note with city and date fixed on front, otherwise very fine, signed Zoscsak

1857, 10 k. light brown/blue, good margins, used with pen stroke, fine, ex collection Severin

1865, 10 k. as horizontal pair tied by cds. of Wilna to folded letter via Eydtkuhnen to Paris with several transit marks, right stamp with plate flaw "open corner at lower right", fine

1889,  5 k. brown-violett as block of four, tied by cds. as additional franking to registered 1889 postal stationary 10 k. blue to Malmo, Sweden, reverse with transit and arrival mark, fine

1908, 2 k., 4 k. and 20-35 k. imperforated, each as cpl. sheet of 100, 35 k. in two sheets with different shades,  mint never hinged, fine

20-25 k. and 50-70 k. perforated, each as cpl. sheet of 100, 25, 50 and 70 k. two sheets with different shades or plate numbers each,  mint never hinged, fine

35 k. tied by cds. "25.10.1917" - the day of the Octoberrevolution - to reverse of registered cover from the Kremenschug to Gomel, arrival mark on reverse, fine

1910, 1 r. as complete printing sheet with 60 mm gutter in between, to this a complete sheet with ukraine trident overprint, all mint never hinged, few wrinkles otherwise fine

3,50 r., block of 11 with empty spaces from the lower sheet margin, imperforated at bottom, unmounted mint

3,50 r. two sheets of 50 (one seperated) with vertical respectively horizontal chalk burelage, additionaly 7 r.  type II with horizontal chalk burelage as complete sheet, mint never hinged, fine

1914, War Charity stamps  1 k. perf. 12½, two complete sheets of 100 with margins, mint never hinged, with plate number 1 and 2, folded, few faults in the margin, otherwise fine

1922, October revolution 5 and 25 r. with heavily shifted background, mounted mint, fine

2001, Putin booklet in white, unmounted mint (Mi. 700,-)