377th Auction

40 par. blue on bluish paper, horizontal pair with large margins all around, with blue cds. "MICHALENI MOLDOVA 22/5" on large piece with adjacent "RECEPISSE"; light vertical fold between the stamps and in the piece at right (not affecting the stamps). A very fine pair with rare cancellation; sign. Heimbüchler

40 par. blue on white paper, fresh colour and nice margins, tied by clear oval "FRANCO VASLUI" to small piece, small shrinkle at top, otherwise very fine. Opinion Dr. Gmach BPP (2015)

40 par. blue on white paper, horizontal pair with good to large margins, cancelled by central oval "FRANCO JASSY", very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

40 par. blue on white paper, horizontal pair with good to large margins, cancelled by central blue "FRANCO BERLAD", very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

40 par. blue on yellowish paper, horizontal pair, just touched at left, otherwise good margins, tied by clear blue "FRANCO FOKSCHANY" to small piece, very fine, sign. Heimbüchler

40 par. greenish blue on yellowish paper, good margins all round, tied by fancy "FRANCO KAHUL" to large piece with adjacent "KAHUL MOLDOVA", fine and scarce, opinion Dr. Gmach BPP

40 par. greenish-blue on yellow-white paper with good margins, tied by oval "FRANCO VASLUI" to small entire letter to Jassy with adjacent double circle "WASLUI MOLDOVA" with manuscript date "28/9". A very fine entire with scarce cancellation. Opinion Heimbüchler (2015)

80 par. vermilion on white paper, good to very large margins, tied by clear "FRANCO TEKOUTCI" to piece, small corner crease not affecting the design, very fine, sign. Heimbüchler and opinion Dr. Gmach BPP (2012)

80 par. vermilion, 2 copies, one with small but clear margins, the other one with good to large margins, tied by clear green oval "FRANCO JASSY" to small piece. Small thin in the piece only, stamps very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

80 par. vermilion on white paper, horizontal pair with clear to mostly large margins, tied by greenish blue "FRANCO DOROEHOI" to piece with adjacent "DOROEHOI MOLDOVA 12/5" and "RECEPISSE"; vertical folds not affecting the pair, very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

ROMANIA-GREECE, 1865, Unpaid lettersheet from "GALATZ 22/12" to Corfu with transit marks of Vienna and Trieste on reverse. The letter taxed with "45" new kreuzer plus Greek inland postage of 20 lepta, so charged with a total of "155" lepta in red crayon and franked with 2nd Athens printing 5 lepta green, 10 lepta orange, 20 lepta blue, 40 lepta mauve and 80 lepta carmine (mostly with visible full margins), tied by clear cds. "KERKYRA 20 DECE. 65" (Julian calendar). The cover was desinfected on the way, showing 2 chisel slits. The 5 lepta affected by vertical cover crease, but of only minor importance. A highly attractive and rare letter with a 5 colour franking. Signed Heimbüchler BPP Provenance: Fritz Heimbüchler (171. Corinphila-auction, 2011)

ROMANIA (DDSG)-GREECE, 1869, Lettersheet from Oltenitza to Syros, franked on reverse with DDSG 10 kreuzer green, type I, tied by blue oval "AGENTIE DDSG OLTENITZA" for the transport to Giurgevo with frontside cds. of 5.3. here taxed in blue with "5/30" (5 kreuzer for an unpaid letter till the Hungarian border, 10 kreuzer Austrian postage, 8 kreuzer sea post postage for the Austrian Lloyd and 7 kreuzer Greek share), noted in Greece with "90" lepta in red crayon and franked with 1862/68, 80 lepta carmine and 1868, 10 lepta orange (both with full margins), tied by cds. "SYROS 6 MAR 69" (Julian calendar). The DDSG stamp had been torn when the letter was opened and has been re-joined, otherwise very fine. One of the most important letters of DDSG, the only recorded combination of DDSG and Greek stamps. Signed Tseriotis, certificate Puschmann (2003)