Lot no. 1343

1856, "FRANKO", framed handstamp in blue-black ink, superb strike on entire letter from Bakeu, unusually written in German (and the only recorded thus), to the Central Telegraph Office in Jassy, with interesting content "die hochverehrte Direktion möge ihm die längst fälligen 35 Galben (Gold Ducats) für seine ausgeführten Aufträge ausbezahlen". Rare and very fine document. Certificate Heimbüchler BPP (2010).

Provenance: Fritz Heimbüchler (Corinphila 2011)

Reference: illustrated in “Edition d’Or, volume XII”, page 47