388th Auction

JASSY: 1851, Russian PO printed Receipt for a registered letter, struck with oval negative seal handstamp inscribed "From the Post Office Abroad at Jassy" with Eagle above, struck in black. Very rare.

1860, “YASSI SEP. 9 1860”, Cyrillic datestamp mit fleuron (Tchilinghirian Type 9), fair strike in blue on entire letter to Bucharest, fine and scarce

1860, “YASSI SEP. 23 1860”, Cyrillic datestamp mit fleuron (Tchilinghirian Type 9), very good strike in blue on entire letter to Constantinople with adjacent manuscript “received 30 September”. Slightly soiled at left, still very fine and scarce

JASSY: 1862, Postal receipt issued by the “JASSY POST OFFICE" for a money letter with an insurance value of 74 roubles and 2 kopek, dated 15 January 1862; light vertical archival fold, still very fine. A rare example of the small format receipt used in Romania

JASSI INCOMING MAIL: 1817, entire letter with straight-line “KISHINEV” despatch on reverse and addressed to Jassi, intact wax seal, fine; Kishinev herself was ceded to the Russian Empire after the end of the Russo-Turkish War. An early and very scarce cover

JASSI INCOMING MAIL: 1842, lettersheet with two-line “KISHINEV 15 DECEMBER 1842” despatch marking on reverse and addressed to Jassi, fine. A scarce destination

SCULENI: 1856, Postal receipt issued by the “SKULYANI POST OFFICE" for a sending to St Petersburg. Lightly folded, with some minor faults and toning, otherwise fine. Following its cession to Russia under the Treaty of Bucharest, Skulyani was the principal border post and key locality for mail exchange between Bessarabia and the Danubian Principalities. Rare

TULCEA: 1883, “R.O.P.i.T TULCHINSK. AGENTSVO 28 II (83)” (Tchilinghirian Type1), two fine strikes in blue on Russian Levant 1 k. black/yellow and 7 k. carmine/green to small mourning envelope to Livorno, Italy, with reverse transit cds. “ALEXANDRIE” and arrival. Envelope with missing black flap, small reinforced tear at top and minor soiling of no significance; the 7 kopek with one round corner. Overall very fine and attractive. A truly extraordinary cover of great rarity, being one of only three recorded from the Russian Post Office in this small port of the Danube Delta  (Michel-Nr. 12x, 14x)

Provenance: `Kurt Adler´ (455th Robert Siegel auction, 1974)

`Cihangir´ (121th Corinphila auction, 2000)

1872/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including officials and postage dues, together with some souvenir sheets and doubles, mostly in good condition, in eight albums

1858/1978 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Parcel stamps, many duplicates throughout, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 2 stockbooks

1893/1997 (ca.), used and mostly mint never hinged collection with duplicates, including Postage Dues, strength after 1957, overall in very good quality, neatly housed in one stockbook

1875/1940 (ca.), over 100 postal stationery cards, mostly unused, overall in very good quality