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Lot no.COUNTRYDescriptionDescription1Description2Starting price EurImages
1RomaniaQuarantines1832 (May, 16), document sent from Galatz to Bucharest, bearing the first negative seal of the quarantine of Galatz. Very rare. Very fine.-240image
2RomaniaPrephilately Moldavia1848, "Inam" (High order from the government) for the postal administration of Moldavia, for allowing a carriage with four horses for a course between Vaslui - Putna and retour. A rare document.-550image
3RomaniaPrephilately WallachiaFolded letter from 1857, sent from BRAILA DEK. 9 (light blue, two lines cyrillic postmark) to Bucuresti. A clean and beautiful item. Very fine.-150image
4RomaniaPrephilately Wallachia1858, folded letter sent to Bucharest, clear strike of the linear, cyrillic postmark BRAILA OKT. 10 and another cancel as heading. Very fine, a clean item.-70image
5RomaniaPrephilately Wallachia1860, cover sent from Wallachia to Moldavia before the unification of the two postal services. Departure postmark BUCAREST WALACHEI 28/8 in blue, together with KU RECEPIS and franco paid fee of 4 Lei (manuscript annotation with blue crayon on front, also in black ink on upper right corner). Transit postmark cyrillic FOCSANI AVG. 29 in blue on the back flap, and Moldavian postmark FOKSCHANI MOLDOVA 30/8, also in blue on reverse. Arrival postmark ROMAN MOLDOVA 1 (inversed)/9 in blue. 650image
6RomaniaGeneral Issues1860 (November 21), official journey order for a postal wag between Jassi and Galati, with various annotations made during the journey. Very interesting. A rare document.-350image
7RomaniaGeneral Issues1861, Postal invoice for money sendings and parcels, sent from BAKEU MOLDOVA 7/11 (red ink) to JASSY 8/11/61 (large "drapery" type of postmark in blue). Fine.-150image
8RomaniaGeneral Issues1862, Stampless letter sent franco from GALATZ MOLDOVA 29/3 to Craiova. Paid fee of "30" Parale is mentioned by hand, with blue crayon. Very fine.-100image
9RomaniaGeneral Issues1858, Bull Heads, second issue, 40 Parale blue, a nice mint, never hinged single. Fine.-80image
10RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 80 Parale red, a nice used single, black, centered FOKSCHANI MOLDOVA 8/5 postmark. Fine.-100image
11RomaniaGeneral Issues1862, 6 parale red on wove paper, used, partial red FRANCO JASSY pmk., very fine.-40image
12RomaniaGeneral IssuesOfficial stampless folded letter sent to Buzau, with two clear strikes of the rural "Librecht" type of the postmarks PLAIUL SLANICU DIST. BUZEU 20/2 (inverted date) and PLASA SARATA DIST. BUZEU 21/2. Unusual and fine.-50image
13RomaniaGeneral1864, small study of unissued Cuza stamps, arranged on three exhibition sheets. There are: 2 par. (a large block of 49 pcs. plus a single with error), 5 par. (a large block of 63 pcs. plus 5 singles with errors) and 20 par. (a large block of 44 pcs. and 3 singles with errors). A very nice lot, difficult to assembly. Very fine.900image
14RomaniaGeneral1864, unissued 5 parale Cuza, lot of two complete, original sheets, one in light blue, the other in dark blue shade, both with unhinged, original gum and full margins. Very fine.-900image
15RomaniaGeneral Issues1864-65. large die proof in green on india, with watermark. Rare. Very fine.-120image
16RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a second design, rejected. Proof for a 2 Parale stamp, in grey-lilac. Rare.-50image
17RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, proof in red for a rejected "Lyon" type stamp. Rare. Very fine.-50image
18RomaniaGeneral Issues1867, Prince Charles, two complete mint sets on thin paper. Fresh colors and good to wide margins for all items. Full original gum. Excellent quality. CV min. 145 euro.-100image
19RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 20 Par. black on pale rose, mint block of six stamps from the lower sheet margin. Fine.-180image
20RomaniaGeneral Issues1868, 2 Bani orange-yellow, used horizontal pair, clear, centered postmark IASSI 8/8. The right stamp has no margin on the right side, but the frame is uncut. Fine.-70image
21RomaniaGeneral Issues1868, 18 bani red, single on small piece, black boxed RECOMANDAT pmk. Fine.-25image
22RomaniaGeneral Issues15 bani red, vertical pair on small piece, bearing a clear and beautiful blue strike RIMNIC SARAT 21/6. Fine.-40image
23RomaniaGeneral Issues1869, 15 Bani red Prince Charles (three wide margins, but lower frame cut), on folded letter sent from JASSY DIM 30/1 (1872) to ITZKANY BAHNHOF 31/1/72. A fine appearance.-80image
24RomaniaGeneral IssuesStampless folded letter accompanying a parcel, sent from CRAJOVA 18 MAR (18)72 (blue, "small" postmark on front) to CALAFAT SERA 19/3 (arrival postmark in blue on reverse). Interesting registration label of Craiova post office. Very fine.-20image
25RomaniaGeneral Issues1872, 10 bani ultramarine Prince Carol with beard, provisional printing, unused block of 15 stamps, some stain spots, fold between stamps, fine. Michel CV 750++ euro.-250image
26RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp, used single, black (BRA)ILA 3 SEP 72 postmark. Withou margin in the lower left corner, but the frame is uncut.-80image
27RomaniaGeneral Issues1872, 50 Bani Prince Charles with Beard, proof of the frame only. Very rare. Medium to large margins on three sides, clear-cut on the left side. Fine.-100image
28RomaniaGeneral Issues1872, 50 Bani blue and red, used single with balanced margins, clear, black, thimble postmark BUCUREScI 11 OCT 72 (last but one day of use of this stamp). Fine.-80image
29RomaniaGeneral Issues5 Bani blue postcard written in Jewish, uprated with one 5 Bani yellow-brown single, Paris issue (upper left corner damaged) sent from BOTOSANI 23 SEP (18)74 ("small" blue postmark) to "Hern M. Zuker" in JTZKANY (Austrian arrival postmark on front). A beautiful and rare postal history item.100image
30RomaniaGeneral IssuesLarge part of a cover front with a vertical pair of 5 Bani ochre Paris issue, sent from JASSY DIM 5/6 (old, classical postmark) to Bacau. Boxed, black PD cancel. Fine.-100image
31RomaniaGeneral Issues30 Bani franking (one 5 Bani and one 25 Bani stamp, both Paris issue) on cover sent to Carlsbad, Bohemia. Excellent blue thimble postmark TIRGU-FRUMOS 16 JUL (18)77. A beautiful item. Very fine.-250image
32RomaniaGeneral IssuesSingle franking, folded letter with one 10 Bani blue Paris issue, sent from BUCUREStI 26 DEC (18)73 to Slatina. Black PD cancel on front. Fine.-50image
33RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 10 Bani blue on cover sent from CRAJOVA (blue postmark) to BUCURESCI (year is unreadable). Fine.-70image
34RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 10 Bani on cover sent from a rural village, pale postmark DIST. R. SARAT PL. MARGIN. DE SUS (date unreadable), via RIMNICU-SARAT 12 AUG (18)76 (blue-black thimble postmark), to TIRGUL FRUMOS 5/8 ("brooch" type postmark).An interesting postal history item.-220image
35RomaniaGeneral IssuesMultiple franking. Registered folded letter with a strip of three of 10 Bani blue Paris issue on front and a single of the same stamp on reverse (damaged during opening the letter), sent from CALAFAT 28/10 (old, classical 'brooch" postmark in blue) to PLOESTI 29 OKT (18)75 (also in blue, on reverse). Uncommon franking. Fine.200image
36RomaniaGeneral IssuesFolded letter with a pair of 10 Bani blue and a single of 25 Bani yellow-orange, paris issue, sent from CALAFAT 31 OCT (18)76 to Craiova. Blue boxed cancels FRANCO and RECOMANDAT. Very fine.-150image
37RomaniaGeneral IssuesFolded letter with one 10 Bani blue Paris issue (with constant plate flaw "broken upper left corner") and one 5 Bani bistre Bucharest II issue, sent from JASSY 26/12 (old, classical "brooch", two-circle postmark in black) to Austrian small town Itzkany, near the border. Very fine appearance with clean surface. Some small stain spots which do not affect the beauty of this item. Very fine.120image
38RomaniaGeneral IssuesA similar folded letter sent from FOCSANI 21 MAR (18)77 to JTZKANY 23 MAR (18)77 (arrival postmark on reverse). A clean and beautiful item. Very fine.-100image
39RomaniaGeneral Issues15 Bani red-brown Paris issue, single franking on folded letter sent from BUCURESCI 18 MAR (1873) to NAGY SZEBEN 20/3/73 in Transylvania (black arrival postmark on reverse). Black PD cancel on front. Very fine.-125image
40RomaniaGeneral Issues15 bani red-brown, Paris issue, imperforated and printed on both sides. Without gum, as always known for this variety. Very fine.-80image
41RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with one 25 Bani orange and one 50 Bani red, both Paris issue, sent from BUCURESCI 26 MAI (18)73 (black thimble postmark) to Paris, via Wien. Black boxed PD cancel and French A cancel, both on front, also a two circle AUTRICHE AVRICOURT in blue. Fine.-200image
42RomaniaGeneral IssuesRegistered cover with a horizontal pair of 10 Bani blue Bucharest issue, plus one 25 Bani orange Paris issue, sent from FOCSANI 10 NOV (18)77 to Starostie, Kimpolung (Austrian Bucovina at that time). Unusual franking and destination. Fine.-150image
43RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of eight imperforated proofs in unadopted colors for the first Bucharest issue: 1« Bani orange-red (a strip of three and two singles, one cancelled with pen and the other with ANULAT cancel), one 5 Bani pale green single, two 10 Bani pale green singles (one with ANULAT cancel), one 30 Bani blue (fake, for reference) and a pair of 30 Bani red. A rare lot, very fine.350image
44RomaniaGeneral IssuesFolded letter with three stamps of 5 Bani olive-yellow, first Bucharest issue (single and vertical pair, the lower stamp is damaged) sent to Curtea de Argesiu. Rare rural double circle postmark POST. RUR. PL. COTMENA J. ARGESU 30 JUL (18)79. Very fine.-100image
45RomaniaGeneral Issues1878 5 bani blue postcard (Mi. P13) uprated with 5 bani ochre Bucharest I issue, sent from BOTOSANI 27 APR (18)79 to Mnchen. Very fine.-35image
46RomaniaGeneral Issues5 bani olive-yellow, horizontal strip of 3 on cover sent from GALATI 14 OCT (18)78 to FOCSANI 15 OCT (18)78 (arrival pmk. on reverse). Large yellowish spot on one corner of the cover, else fine.-150image
47RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with 2 singles of 5 Bani bistre and a pair of 10 Bani blue, both Bucharest issue, sent from BUCURESCI 25 MAR (18)78 to Paris. Irregular opened at top. Fine.-150image
48RomaniaGeneral IssuesSmall die proof in blue of the 10 Bani Paris clich‚ on laid paper. The die shows signs of wear, but the original secret signs are visible yet. Extremely rare. Very fine.-2000image
49RomaniaGeneral IssuesPostal receipt for a parcel with declared value of 1,000 Lei, sent from Buhusi to Wiesbaden, Germany. Intead of the name of the departure post office, the postal clerk put a thimble postmark, BUHUSI 16 JAN (18)76, with light, oily ink. Fine.-100image
50RomaniaGeneral Issues5 bani brown 1877 postcard (Mi. P11 II) uprated with 10 bani deep blue Bucharest I issue, very early printing (damaged), sent from ROMAN ? SEP (18)77 to Leipzig, Germany. On reverse, Judaica text in proper language. Fine, interesting.-70image
51RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover sent to Vien, Austria. Two singles of 15 Bani red-brown Bucharest I issue on cover sent from BUCURESCI (unreadable date, probably 1877). Nice blue cancel of a commercial society on front. Very fine.-120image
52RomaniaGeneral Issues15 Bani Bucharest I issue, single franking on folded letter sent from JASSY 16/4 (old, classical "brooch" postmark) to BUCURESCI 17 APR (18)77. The stamp is perforated 13« (uncommon on letter). Fine.-100image
53RomaniaGeneral Issues30 Bani brick-red, Bucharest issue, single used with rare, blue, rural postmark CALNISTEA 23 FEB. Fine.-50image
54RomaniaGeneral Issues1879, Bucharest II issue, lot of final plate proofs in black: 1«, 3, 5, 15 and 25 Bani singles and 5, 10 and 50 Bani in blocks of four. Very fine. Rare.-400image
55RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of six imperforated final proofs (five singles and a horizontal pair) for 5, 10 and 50 Bani. Fine.-150image
56RomaniaGeneral Issues5 Bani pale green on bluish, Bucharest IInd issue, used single with rare, blue, rural thimble postmark STOLNICI 17 ? (18)80. Rare. Very fine.-50image
57RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with three 5 Bani deep green Bucharest II issue (pair and single), sent from RIM. SARAT ?? ??? (18)85 (in pale violet) to BUCURESCI CURSA 2 22 APR (18)85 (in black on reverse, early usage of this tipe of postmark). Very fine.-140image
58RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with two singles, 5 and 10 Bani, sent from SLATINA to CRAJOVA. The cover was sent and has arrived in the same day, 27 SEP (18)83. The back flap is missing, but is a fine item.-80image
59RomaniaGeneral IssuesRegistered folded letter with four 10 Bani red singles, Bucharest II issue, sent by rural post, from JUD. DOLJIU PLASA BALTA 14 DEC (18)80 to Craiova. Blue boxed RECOMANDAT cancel on front. Very fine and rare.-150image
60RomaniaGeneral IssuesPearls issue, 15 Bani brown on cover sent from CRAJOVA 17 JUN (18)81 to Bucharest (arrival postmark on reverse). Fine.-40image
61RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 25 Bani blue, single franking on cover sent to Kolozsvar in Hungary (actually Cluj, Romania). Rare, blue rural postmark JUD. R. SARAT PL. RIMNICU DE SUS 15 AUG (1883). Transit and arrival postmarks on reverse: violet R. SARAT, rare black K.K. POSTAHIVATAL PREDEAL (19)83 AUG 18 and black KOLOZSVAR. Fine.100image
62RomaniaGeneral IssuesEagles, 3 Bani violet in mint vertical pair imperforated between. A scarce perforation error for this issue, only few pieces known. Fine.-100image
63RomaniaGeneral Issues3 Bani violet, white paper (damaged), single franking on cover sent from a rural village, very late usage of the old, rural "Librecht" type postmark DIST. PRAHOVA PL. CAMPU 7/5, to BUCURESCI CURSA 5 - 7 MAI (18)88. A rare item, despite its quality.-100image
64RomaniaGeneral Issues15 Bani pale red-brown, single (some damages) with rare, blue, rural thimble postmark J. MUSCEL PL. PODGORIA 25 FEB. Unusual postmark.-20image
65RomaniaGeneral Issues1890, 1« Ban wine red, used single with major printing error, printed on both sides. Rare. Very fine.-150image
66RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp in mint horizontal pair, imperforated between. Very fine.-150image
67RomaniaGeneral Issues1890, 5 Bani light green definitive without watermark, mint vertical pair imperforated between. Very fine.-150image
68RomaniaGeneral Issues55 Bani franking on registered cover. One 10 Bani pale red and a strip of three of 15 Bani pale brown, 1890 definitives without watermark, on cover sent from GALATI 6 MAR (18)92 to Jassy. Very fine.-90image
69RomaniaGeneral Issues25 Bani franking to Germany. Cover with one 10 Bani red and one 15 Bani brown without watermark, sent from BRAILA 7 AUG (1)891 to Munchen (arrival postmark on reverse). Fine.-60image
70RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 25 Bani light ultramarine on simple cover sent from BRAILA 13 JUN (18)90 to London (arrival postmark on reverse). Part of the back flap is missing, but a very clean item. Fine.-50image
71RomaniaGeneral IssuesA similar cover with one 25 Bani ultramarine, sent from rural village JUD. TELEORMAN COM. BRAGADIRU 6 JUN (18)92 (inverted date in postmark), via Alexandria and Pitesti, to Zurich, Switzerland. Fine.-50image
72RomaniaGeneral IssuesRegistered cover with a 50 Bani yellow-orange stamp, without watermark, sent from BUCURESCI 28 JAN (18)92 to Leipzig. Boxed cancel RECOMANDAT on front. Very fine.-100image
73RomaniaGeneral Issues25 Years of Reign, complete set of five stamps on cover (opened for display) sent loco in Bucharest. Fine.-100image
74RomaniaGeneral Issues25 Years of Reign, 5 and 10 Bani on cover sent from BUDESTI 24 MAI (18)91 (blue postmark). On reverse, black postmark BUCURESCI CURSA (missing the number) 25 MAI (18)91. Very fine.-100image
75RomaniaGeneral Issues1 BANI brown Wheat Ear (PR watermarked), initial plate, mint, vertical pair imperforated between. Very fine.-50image
76RomaniaGeneral Issues1« Bani Wheat Ear, imperforated plate proof in dark green on cream, horizontal pair from the upper sheet margin. Very fine.-50image
77RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 1« Bani black on complete newspaper "Istoria dreptei", sent from Bucharest to Piatra. Arrival postmark on front. Very fine.-40image
78RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 3 Bani black, imperforated plate proof (horizontal pair) on yellowish-white thick paper. Fine.-35image
79RomaniaGeneral Issues3 bani brown-red, plate II, PR watermark, unused horizontal pair imperforated between. Fine.-60image
80RomaniaGeneral Issues15 Bani red plate I, Wheat Ear issue with PR watermark, mint horizontal pair imperforated between. Fine.-50image
81RomaniaGeneral IssuesWheat Ear, 1 Leu red and pale brown, imperforate proof in adopted color. Upper sheet margin. Very fine. Rare.-50image
82RomaniaGeneral Issues1 Leu Wheat Ear, imperforate plate proof of the frame only, bloc of 4 from the left bottom sheet corner. Light hinged. Very fine.-350image
83RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, single on cream thick paper. Fine.-50image
84RomaniaGeneral Issues1901, private wrapper from the "Timpul" newspaper, franked with one 5 Bani smarald-green Wheat Ear stamp with PR watermark, sent from BUCURESTI GARA DE NORD to Blaj, in Transylvania. Manuscript annotation of the due tax, "4 fil(ler)". Very fine.-20image
85RomaniaGeneral Issues1 Ban black Wheat Ear on complete revue sent in 1908 from Craiova to rural agency Dobridor, Dolj district. All postmarks on front. Fine.-15image
86RomaniaGeneral Issues5 Bani emerald-green Wheat-Ear (without watermark), used horizontal strip of three with postmark of the fluvial postal ambulance Sulina-Tulcea. Fine.-30image
87RomaniaGeneral IssuesA very nice litography - picture postcard (Railway station Craiova) with a 5 bani stamp, sent from Craiova to Calafat in 1907. Fine.-70image
88RomaniaGeneral Issues5 bani olive-green, plate 3, a vertical pair (lower stamp with constant plate flaw - lower frame broken) on nice embossed picture postcard, with maritime pmk SMYRNE-CONSTANTINOPOL-CONSTANTA 4 AUG (1)906, sent to T. Neamtu. Rare. Fine40image
89RomaniaGeneral Issues5 Bani light green, single on private made wrapper for a printed matter sent from BUCURESTI EXPED. SCRIS. 1 JUN (19)07 to a Romanian teacher in Nagyszeben, Hungary (today Sibiu, in Romania). Fine.-10image
90RomaniaGeneral Issues1907, 55 Bani mixed franking. Registered cover sent from Tulcea to Bucharest, to the Ministry of Finance, Bureau for Stamps and Registry. Very fine.-40image
91RomaniaGeneral Issues1908, illustrated postcard sent from Bucharest to Paris, bearing two 5 Bani stamps from different issues. Uncommon for Bucharest post office. Fine.-20image
92RomaniaGeneral Issues1904-1907, lot of two covers with perfins. Covers sent from Craiova by "Commerce Bank" to Stefanesti village, both with Dragasani arrival postmark on reverse. All stamps on both covers have "B C" perfin. Uncommon and very fine.-60image
93RomaniaGeneral Issues1903, commercial registered cover sent from Bucharest to Anvers, the addressee was not found and the cover was sent back to Bucharest, finally being "rejected". Excellent "REBUT" cancel on front, by our knowledge this is the earliest recorded . Very fine.-100image
94RomaniaGeneral Issues1907, registered cover (opened for display) with 1.90 Lei mixed franking, sent from Braila to Bucharest. Uncommon. Fine.-50image
95RomaniaGeneral Issues1903, Post Office Building, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine. CV 120 euro.-80image
96RomaniaGeneral Issues1903, Post Office Building, 1 Ban pale brown, mint block of four, part of JOHANNOT watermark. Very fine.-120image
97RomaniaGeneral Issues1903, Opening of the Central Post Office, complete mint, never hinged set, including the 2 Lei orange color error and two further stamps of 15 and 25 Bani. Very fine. CV 600 euro.-400image
98RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, "Spinster" semipostal issue, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine. CV 80 euro.-15image
99RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, Registered cover with nine different semi-postals (62 instead of 50 Bani franking, not counting the surtaxes), sent from CONSTANTA 30 NOV (1)906 to BURDUJENI GARA 1 DEC (1)906. A beautiful cover with an exceptional franking.-100image
100RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, "Weaver" semipostal issue, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine. CV 80 euro.-15image
101RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, "The Mother of the Wounded" semipostal issue, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine. CV 80 euro.-15image
102RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, Angels, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine.-15image
103RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, Angels semipostal set, complete on cover with TAMNA GARA 19 OCT (1)906 postmark. Uncommon.-40image
104RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, registered cover with heavy 2 Lei and 43 bani franking (it seems to be overfranked) sent from BUCURESTI 23 DEC (1)906 to Haida in Bohemia, to a glass manufacturer. Highly uncommon, the 2 Lei commemorative is hard to find on mail.-60image
105RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with 15 and 25 Bani commemoratives, 1906 issue, sent from a small rural village, BENGESTI 18 JAN (1)907, via a small postal agency (pale, blue postmark on reverse), to BUCURESTI CURSA 2 20 JAN (1)907. Unusual postal route. Fine.-50image
106RomaniaGeneral IssuesCommercial cover with five color franking, sent from BUCURESCI No.5 INDEPENDANCE ROUMAINE (branch post office) 25 AUG (1)906 to Craiova (arrival postmark on reverse). Small damage when opening the cover, but a beautiful item.-100image
107RomaniaGeneral Issues5 Bani 1906 commemorative, single franking on printed matter sent to Croatia. The private postcard belongs to the German philatelic trader Albert Friedemann in Leipzig. A nice item, uncommon.-100image
108RomaniaGeneral IssuesTwo colors franking on cover sent from PIATRA NEAMT 5 MAI (1)907 to Montreaux, Switzerland. Very fine.-50image
109RomaniaGeneral Issues1906, General Exhibition, complete, mint, never hinged set. Very fine. CV 260 euro for hinged.-110image
110RomaniaGeneral Issues1907, "Contribution" semipostal issue, complete mint, never hinged set. Very fine.-10image
111RomaniaGeneral Issues1907, Artist drawing for the 15 Bani "Contribution" semipostal issue, made by hand with black ink.. Extremely rare.-200image
112RomaniaGeneral Issues1908, King Charles definitives, line engraved, complete mint set. Fresh colors, fine. CV 30 euro for hinged.-10image
113RomaniaGeneral IssuesGreek illustrated postcard with one Romanian 10 Bani red, line engraved King Charles definitive, sent to Targu Jiu. Rare naval TPO postmark BIR. AMB. MARITIM CONSTANTINOPOL-CONSTANTA. Fine.-100image
114RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 10 Bani red single on a beautiful illustrated postcard, sent from Bucuresti to Switzerland. The sender went beyond the message space and the postcard was taxed as letter on arrival, with 30 Rappen postage due. Interesting and unusual.-30image
115RomaniaGeneral Issues1913, cover sent from Galati to Boston, Mas., USA, franked only with two 10 Bani red definitives. Taxed on arrival in the USA with one 2 Cents American postage due stamp. A rare combination.-50image
116RomaniaGeneral Issues10 bani red recess-printed and 15 bani olive typo Carol I definitives, on rare postal receipt imprint, sent from BUCURESTI-FINANCE 6 FEB 913 to Targu-Jiu. Rare and very fine.-200image
117RomaniaGeneral IssuesColoured and multiple franking. 5 Bani green postal money order with 7 King Charles definitives, sent from a rural agency in Ialomita district, to Bucharest. Taxed with a 10 Bani green postage due stamp (applied on reverse) on arrival. Fine.-50image
118RomaniaGeneral Issues1908, 25 Bani King Charles lines engraved definitive, used imperforated single. Fine.-40image
119RomaniaGeneral Issues1908 King Charles line engraved definitives, 1 Leu sepia brown in mint, vertical pair, imperforated between. The lower stamp has a small glitch on face, but a rare item.-150image
120RomaniaGeneral Issues1909 King Charles definitives, 1 Ban black in horizontal strip of four, the middle pair is imperforated between. Very fine.-150image
121RomaniaGeneral IssuesLetter with declared value ("Value three hundred Lei"), paid in cash (but franked with one compulsory postal tax 5 Bani stamp), sent from BUCURESTI GARA DE NORD to Perisani village, Arges district, via Caineni railway station (on reverse, arrival postmark of TITESTI special postal agency, in violet). On reverse, the covered is sealed with red wax, as the regulation states. Uncommon. Fine.50image
122RomaniaGeneral IssuesStationery for parcel sendings (preprinted revenue stamp of 10 Bani brown) uprated with 21 King Charles definitives and one overprinted postal tax stamp, sent from GARLENI GARA 7 FEB (1)916 to BUCURESTI MESAGERII 8 FEB (1)916. On arrival, three postage due were added, for a due tax of 50 Bani. Uncommon, rare.125image
123RomaniaGeneral Issues1916, 5 Bani green postcard with one 5 Bani black postal tax, sent to Bucharest from the camp for foreign interned in BUCU, Ialomita district. Censor marking on front. Very rare.-125image
124RomaniaGeneral IssuesBeautiful preprinted cover with interesting advertising of a preserves factory (named "Peles" and illustrated with the Peles Royal castle), sent as printed matter from Bucuresti to Caracal. One 3 Bani brown definitive as single franking. Very fine.-30image
125RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar cover with an advertising of the Grand Hotel in Slanic, sent from Iasi to Caracal. Very fine.-30image
126RomaniaGeneral IssuesMultiple franking. Cover sent from ADJUD to Bucuresti, bearing a 45 bani franking (9pcs of 5 bani), fee for the 3rd weight step for domestic letters. Rare and fine.-60image
127RomaniaGeneral IssuesIllustrated postcard (Corabia, Carol Street) wi th one 5 Bani yellow-green definitive, sent to Bucharest. Blue, three-lines postmark CORABIA GARA (Train no. 180). Fine.-20image
128RomaniaGeneral Issues10 Bani blue postcard, uprated with one 10 Bani red definitive, sent in September, 1918, by an officer in the79th Infantry Regiment "Bender", via Iasi, to Bucsani in Vlasca district, through Obedeni post office. Very interesting.-50image
129RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with one 15 Bani olive, 1909 definitive, sent to Craiova (aarival postmark on reverse). Complete, beautiful, blue TPO postmark, Station Campulung. Fine.-15image
130RomaniaGeneral Issues1913, Silistra issue, complete mint, never hinged set of 10 stamps. Very fine. CV 120 euro for hinged.-60image
131RomaniaGeneral Issues1920, illustrated postcard with a pair of 5 Bani provisional PTT-FF overprint, sent to Sibiu. Nice censor marking from Brasov. Fine.-25image
132RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, March 26. Emergency usage of Hungarian stamp in New Romania. Illustrated postcard (Bucegi Mountains) with one Hungarian 10 Filler Karl definitive, sent from BRASSO (old, Hungarian, unmodified postmark) to Hermannstadt (today, Sibiu). Romanian military censor. Very fine, uncommon.20image
133RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, stampless judicial form in Hungarian, sent from Arad to Ineu. Old, Hungarian, unmodified postmark BOROSJENO. French censor cancel from Arad. Very fine.-40image
134RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Cluj issue, 2 Bani Harvester type, horizontal mint pair, the right stamp with constant eroor of the surcharge, B from BANI missing. Signed Cserni. Very fine.-30image
135RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Cluj issue, 15 Bani Harvester type (white numbers) and 50 Bani postage due (black numbers), mint singles. Very fine. Signed Dr. A. Szalay. CV 85 euro ++.-30image
136RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of five stamps, 1919 provisional Cluj issue, all with displaced surcharge. Signed Cserni. Very fine.-25image
137RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Oradea issue. Registered cover with a pair of 2 Lei Parliament stamp, sent from Oradea to Budapest, Hungary. Romanian censor cancel from Oradea. Real postally used item. Fine.-60image
138RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Cluj issue. Registered cover sent from SIMERIA GARA to Bucharest, with six 20 Bani provisional surcharge on Hungarian type Carol, plus one 10 Bani postal tax stamp. Real postal use of the provisional stamps is rare.-150image
139RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Oradea issue, 50 Bani Zita with KOSTARSASAG overprint, mint block of four with inverted Romanian surcharge. Very fine. Signed Cserni. CV 100 euro ++.-40image
140RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Oradea issue, lot of six stamps (two pairs and two singles), all with misplaced surcharge. Very fine. Signed Cseni.-30image
141RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, same issue, similar lot of seven mint singles with misplaced surcharge. Very fine.-35image
142RomaniaGeneral Issues1919, provisional Cluj and/or Oradea, seven mint singles without the word "Bani" or "Lei" in surcharge. Very interesting, hard to assemble such group. Signed Cserni, Bodor, Flasch. Very fine.-50image
143RomaniaGeneral Issues1920, cover sent loco in Cluj, with a single 40 Bani brown provisional Moldova issue, cancelled with special postmark commemorating the opening of the Cluj University. Fine.-70image
144RomaniaGeneral Issues1918, 2 Lei Moldavia provisional issue, mint never hinged horizontal pair with color variety, frame printed in reddish orange, center printed in yellow-orange. Uncommon. Very fine.-15image
145RomaniaGeneral Issues1920, King Ferdinand definitives, large head type, lot of errors compound of: 1 Ban black, a mint imperforated horizontal pair and a mint vertical pair, imperforated between; 5 Bani green, a mint horizontal, imperforated pair and a used imperforated single; 10 Bani red, a mint imperforated horizontal pair, and 15 Bani brown, a mint imperforated horizontal pair, a mint horizontal pair imperforated vertically, and a mint block of four with uncommon perforation 10x11«. Fine.300image
146RomaniaGeneral Issues1920, 1 Ban black King Ferdinand definitive, mint pair (without gum), one stamp with major plate damage. Rare, as the plate was withdrawn. The normal stamp is damaged. Fine.-30image
147RomaniaGeneral Issues1920, lot of two censored items, one illustrated postcard sent from Timisoara (Hungarian, modified postmark) to Saliste, French censor cancel, and a stampless form sent from Hungary to Ineu, in Romania, with Romanian censor cancel in Arad. Fine.-25image
148RomaniaGeneral IssuesKing Ferdinand, 10 Bani wine-red, mint never hinged block of 20 stamps with constant plate flaws: "cut head" (stamp no. 6) and "nail heads" (three times). Highly uncommon, a beautiful item for the collector of the Ferdinand definitives. Very fine.-30image
149RomaniaGeneral IssuesKing Ferdinand, 10 Bani pale green, mint block of nine stamps, the middle one with printing error, broken B in BANI. Fine.-50image
150RomaniaGeneral Issues1925, registered commercial cover (with nice heading on front), sent from Oradea to Austria, with four colors franking, King Ferdinand definitives. A damaged corner on front, but a fine item.-50image
151RomaniaGeneral Issues1926, registered and AR cover with massive franking, sent from Ocna (Bucovina) to Austria. Two 25 Bani red and 27 1 Leu violet King Ferdinand definitives. Uncommon. Very fine.-100image
152RomaniaGeneral Issues50 Bani orange King Ferdinand, used block of four, the upper left stamp has the rare, major "diagonally cut cliche" constant error. Very rare, we have met this error only several times in the last twenty years. One of the King Ferdinand rarities. Fine.-50image
153RomaniaGeneral Issues1924, cover sent from Sibiu to Austria, with multiple franking (9 pcs.) of 50 Bani orange King Ferdinand definitive. On reverse, preprinted advertising in German language, for various merchants in Sibiu.-100image
154RomaniaGeneral Issues1925, cover with 16 Lei franking (three colors King Ferdinand definitives) sent by Polish air post from BUCURESTI-AVION to WARSZAWA 1 (arrival postmark and Polish violet air post cancel on reverse). Fine.-60image
155RomaniaGeneral Issues1923, cover with seven King Ferdinand definitives, sent by air mail from Bucharest to Poland. Arrival postmark on reverse. Fine.-100image
156RomaniaGeneral Issues1924, commercial cover with two 3 Lei brown King Ferdinand definitives, sent from Cernauti to Switzerland. Taxed on arrival with one 25 and one 50 Rappen Swiss postage due stamps. Fine.-35image
157RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 20 essays in the designs of 5, 25 and 50 Bani stamps (16 singles and 4 pairs). Excellent lot, very fine.-100image
158RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of three errors, one used vertical pair of 5 Bani black, imperforated between and two mint pairs (horizontal and vertical) of 50 Bani green, imperforated between. Very fine. Rare. Unpriced in any catalog.-60image
159RomaniaGeneral Issues1922, King Ferdinand's Coronation in Alba Iulia, complete mint set in blocks of four. Very fine. Some gum disturbances which are usual for this issue. CV 76 euro for four mint hinged sets.-20image
160RomaniaGeneral IssuesSame issue, private commemorative first day booklet with complete set, nice hand writting on front page and stamps arranged inside like a Christian cross. Very fine.-30image
161RomaniaGeneral IssuesSame issue, complete set on philatelic cover with first day of issue GALATI POSTA 15 OCT 1922. Very fine.-100image
162RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, cover with massive franking. Cover with 25, 50 Bani and 1 Leu stamps on front, and with a block of 25 of 5 Bani on reverse, sent from Alba Iulia to Bucharest in the first day of use of the issue. The 5 Bani stamp no. 12 in the block has constant flaw "flag on building". Uncommon. Fine.100image
163RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 19 essays in the design of the 25 Bani and 3 Lei stamps (16 singles and 3 pairs), all imperforated but one, which has double vertical lines of perforations. A beautiful lot.-100image
164RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 13 essays (one in the adopted design of the 1 Leu stamp, the others in unadopted designs), 12 singles and one pair. A nice lot.-60image
165RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 17 essays in the design of the 1Leu stamp or in a similar, but unadopted design (11 singles and 6 pairs). Very fine.-100image
166RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 13 unadopted imperforated essays with the design of the 2 Lei stamp (11 singles and two blocks of four), different colors. A beautiful lot, hard to find in this variety. A very good start price. Very fine.-100image
167RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, lot of 14 unadopted imperforated essays with the theme of the 6 Lei stamp (12 singles and two pairs, different colors. A beautiful lot.-80image
168RomaniaGeneral Issues1926, 3 Lei carmine-red, a mint imperforated single with printing variety, vertical coloured lines on front. Very fine, unusual.-30image
169RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, mint block of six stamps imperforated horizontally. The right stamps have double perforation ("diamond") on the right side. A beautiful variety. Fine.-150image
170RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, mint block of four stamps imperforated between, both horizontal and vertical. Some rounded teeth, but a fine perforation error.-100image
171RomaniaGeneral Issues1926, 5 Lei brown, mint vertical pair, imperforated horizontally. Fine.-40image
172RomaniaGeneral Issues1926, 10 Lei blue, mint horizontal strip of six stamps from the right sheet margin, al stamp are imperforated vertically. Very fine. A rare item.-200image
173RomaniaGeneral Issues1926/1927, King Ferdinand, lot of six unadopted proofs. Fine.-30image
174RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar lot of six proofs, another unadopted design. Fine.-30image
175RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar lot of six proofs. Fine.-30image
176RomaniaGeneral Issues1927, 1+9 Lei violet semipostal for the Romanian Society of Geography, single franking on small cover sent loco in Cernauti. Rare on mail. Fine.-25image
177RomaniaGeneral Issues1927, Anniversary of the Independence, eleven stamps of the set on registered cover sent in town, postmark SIBIU 23 JUL 27 (all catalogues state that the date of issue for this stamps is August the 1st). Fine.-100image
178RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover sent from CERNAUTI 25 IUL 927 to Warsaw, Poland, coloured and multiple franking, 25 Lei, with 17 stamps, Anniversary of the Independence issue. Unusual.-50image
179RomaniaGeneral Issues1927, Anniversary of the Independence, four mint values with face value, but imperforated. All have wide margins and beautiful, fresh colors. Unlisted in Michel, very rare. Very fine.-200image
180RomaniaGeneral Issues1929-30, lot of three items: two covers with three colors franking , and one newspaper ("The Christian Messenger") with 25 Bani single franking. Very fine.-25image
181RomaniaGeneral Issues1929, illustrated postcard (Timisoara - Temesvar) with a 2 Lei green King Michael definitive on front, sent to Constantinople by maritime ambulant post, clear strike of BIR. AMB. MARITIM CONSTANTA - ALEXANDRIA 11 FEB 929. Rare and very fine.-50image
182RomaniaGeneral IssuesAir post. July 1929 flight Cluj-Bucuresti-Cernauti. Air post stamps and one definitive, plus one postal tax stamp on illustrated postcard with all appropiate postmarks. Very fine.-80image
183RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover sent by air mail from Cernauti to Bucharest, bearing a complete set of air stamp issue "C. Raiu", vertical watrmark, plus one 25 Bani black postal tax stamp. Fine.-350image
184RomaniaGeneral IssuesMassive air mail franking. Registered cover with four complete C. Raiu air stamps sets, sent from Bucharest to Lyon, France. Arrival postmark and interesting private label on reverse. Very fine. Rare.-250image
185RomaniaGeneral IssuesMassive franking. Registered cover with complete commemorative Dubrudja set on front, and two complete air stamps C. Raiu sets on reverse, sent by air mail from Bucharest to Austria. Uncommon. Fine.-100image
186RomaniaGeneral Issues1930, King Michael definitives with "8 IUNIE 1930" overprint, short set on philatelic cover sent from BUCURESTI RECOMANDATE 21 IUL (1)930 to Germany. The stamps are numbered on the front of the cover. Interesting and uncommon.-50image
187RomaniaGeneral Issues1931, registered cover (opened for display) with mixed franking, King Michael and King Charles definitives, sent from Bacau to Iasi, to a known Romanian politician. Fine.-40image
188RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of 13 unadopted proofs for a definitive issue similar to the design of the 1930 King Charles definitive issue. Uncommon. Very fine.-60image
189RomaniaGeneral Issues1931, Line engraved high values definitives, complete set of three in mint, never hinged blocks of four. Very fine. CV 52 euro as four hinged sets.-20image
190RomaniaGeneral Issues1932, Zeppelin, the 3rd South America Flight. Postcard sent from BUCURESTI PAR AVION 12 APR (1)932 to Recife, Brasil, via FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Bodensee) 18.4.32. Very fine.-100image
191RomaniaGeneral Issues1932, ditto, the 4th South America Flight, sent from BUCURESTI PAR AVION 25 APR (1)932 to Recife, Brasil, via FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Bodensee) 2.5.32. Very fine.-130image
192RomaniaGeneral Issues1937, mixed franking Romania-Argentina. Coloured Romanian franking on cover sent in 1937 by air mail from Bucharest to Buenos Ayres, Argentina. A further 10 C. red applied on front. A beautiful and clean item.-100image
193RomaniaGeneral Issues1933, 10 Lei blue air stamp on receipt for international registered mail, used from Bucharest to Tighina (but with Bolgrad arrival postmark on reverse). Fine, an unusual item.-25image
194RomaniaGeneral Issues1931, Romanian Kingdom - 50 Years, complete set of five stamps on registered cover sent by air mail from BUCURESTI AVION to Quedlinburg, Germany. All appropiate postmarks on front and reverse. Very fine.-50image
195RomaniaGeneral Issues1931, 50 Years Romanian Navy, complete set on cover sent from CAMPINA to Brasov (arrival postmark on reverse). Some small stain spots. Uncommon item.-70image
196RomaniaGeneral Issues1937, registered cover with five colors franking, sent from Bucharest to Austria. Uncommon. Fine.-40image
197RomaniaGeneral Issues1933-35, lot of four covers with various coloured frankings, with King Charles definitives. Very fine.-20image
198RomaniaGeneral Issues1934, cover sent from Bucharest to London, with one 10 Lei blue definitive. The cover has the heading of the Royal Palace of the King Charles the Iind on front, and the official seal on the reverse. Uncommon. The back flap is partially missing, but it is a fine item.-50image
199RomaniaGeneral Issues1933, Turnu Severin issue on complete newspaper sent from Turda to Bucuresti. Very fine.-20image
200RomaniaGeneral Issues1933, cover sent from Bucharest to Brasov, with Turnu Severin commemorative and two postal tax stamps. Fine.-25image
201RomaniaGeneral Issues1934 definitives "without Postage", complete set of four on three different items, in combination with definitives from other issues. Very fine.-20image
202RomaniaGeneral Issues1935, registered cover sent from Comanesti to Paris, France, with complete set of five stamps, Scouts. Official violet cancel on front. Rare.-250image
203RomaniaGeneral Issues1935, 1 Leu violet, King Charles the Iind definitive, mint single with offset printing on reverse. Very fine.-25image
204RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp, a mint single from the right sheet margin, with major displacement of the perforation, probably due to the paper sheet folding. Fine.-30image
205RomaniaGeneral IssuesAir post cover with 6 stamps, sent from BANEASA AEROGARA 25 MAI 39 (Baneasa Airport, near Bucharest) to Berlin. Very fine.-30image
206RomaniaGeneral IssuesRegisterd cover sent from Timisoara to Germany by air post. Four colors franking (55 Lei) on front, German censor on reverse. Uncommon, fine.-30image
207RomaniaGeneral Issues1938, special postcard for the Philatelic Exhibition in Sibiu, with one 6 Lei carmine-brown definitive, sent to Germany. Fine.-30image
208RomaniaGeneral Issues1937, Sport, 4+1 Lei orange-red, mint single with imperforated right sheet margin. Some short teeth, but a rare perforation error. Fine.-50image
209RomaniaGeneral Issues1937, Balcan Games, complete set on registere cover sent in town, special postmark of the Games. The cover was sent by a known collector of that time, to an other personality of the philately, the well known stamp trader Lupovici. Very fine.-50image
210RomaniaGeneral Issues1937, miniature sheet commemorating King Michael's raising in rank as lieutenant, on express, registered cover sent from Arad to Wien. Rare on real postally used mail.-50image
211RomaniaGeneral Issues1938, cover with insufficient franking, sent from Sibiu, Romania, to Belgrade. Taxed on arrival with one postage due stamp. Uncommon and veyr fine.-50image
212RomaniaGeneral Issues1938, special postcard for the Philatelic Exhibition in Sibiu, with complete Constitution set, cancelled with the official postmark of the event. Very fine.-30image
213RomaniaGeneral IssuesRegistered, with reimbursement cover, multiple franking (8 pcs Bucharest Festival, 1938, one with constant cylinder flaw) sent by the well-known philatelic trater Nathanson from Bucuresti to Petrosani. Some paper rests on three stamps, but a very beautiful item.50image
214RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of two registered covers sent from Bucharest to Germany, with nine different stamps from the "Romanian Leaders", 1938 issue. Fine. Uncommon. Due to the surtax in the face value, these stamps are hard to find on covers.-45image
215RomaniaGeneral Issues1938, 100 Years from Painter Grigorescu's Birth, complete imperforated set, mint never hinged, all stamps with wide margins. CV 300 euro, but an undervalued set. Very fine.-225image
216RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, complete perforated set (plus a postal tax stamp), on registered cover sent from Bucuresti to Balti (arrival postmark on reverse). Very fine.-50image
217RomaniaGeneral IssuesLot of two covers, both with multicoloured franking, with various stamps of the King Carol Birth's Centenary issue, both with interesting railway postmarks. Uncommon. Very fine.-30image
218RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, lot of five covers with all values of the commemorative issue, postally used loco in Bucharest. Fine.-100image
219RomaniaGeneral Issues1939, 50 bani (2 singles) and 15 lei King Carol Ist Centenary of Birth, on cover sent from PRUNDUL BARGAULUI 4 IUL 940 to Oxford, UK, redirected. Opened by British censor. Very fine.-40image
220RomaniaGeneral Issues1940, King Charles' Birth Centenary, 7 Lei black, mint vertical pair, imperforated between. Very fine.-100image
221RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp in mint horizontal pair, the right stamp has imperforated sheet margin. Very fine.-15image
222RomaniaGeneral Issues1939, registere cover sent by air mail from Bucharest to France, with pair of blocks of four of the World Exhibition New York issue. Fine.-100image
223RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, registered cover with seven colors franking, sent from Gura Sadului to Pilsen. Double censo markings, both Romanian and German. Very fine.-10image
224RomaniaGeneral Issues1942-46, lot of three uprated postcards with various King Michael definitives. Two of them are censored. Very fine.-25image
225RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, registered cover sent from Dragasani to Geneve, Switzerland. Multiple franking on reverse. Censored. Very fine.-15image
226RomaniaGeneral Issues1942, registered cover sent from Adjud to Bucharest, to the Romanian National Defence Minister. Rare cancel "Oprint a se cenzura" (Do not censor).Fine.-50image
227RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, registered cover sent from Boroaia, Baia district, to Geneve, Switzerland, for the International Commitee of the Red Cross. Censored (cancel on reverse). Very fine.-25image
228RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, special postcard for the Philatelic Exhibition in Sibiu (Hermannstadt) with special postmark of the event. Red censor marking on front. Very fine.-20image
229RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, 1 Leu violet postcard, uprated with current definitives and censored, sent from Ploiesti to Timisoara. Fine.-10image
230RomaniaGeneral Issues1940, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, 7+30 Lei green, together with other King Michael definitives, on registered cover sent from Brasoc to Ramnicu-Valcea. Very rare stamp on real postally used mail.-100image
231RomaniaGeneral Issues1940, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, 20+6 Lei green air stamp and one compulsory postal tax stamp on registered cover sent in February, 1941 from Bucharest to Iasi (arrival postmark on reverse), by a known stamp dealer, W. Nathansohn. A very rare stamp on real postally used mail. Much undervalued by all catalogues in this state.100image
232RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, Ion Mota on registered cover sent loco in Iasi. Arrival postmark on reverse. Very rare as real postally used.Besides, many items were destroyed during the comunist era. Very fine.-100image
233RomaniaGeneral Issues1941 Transnistria, complete set of three imperforated miniature sheets. Very fine. CV 50 euro, but undervalued.-35image
234RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, Transnistria, 2 pcs. of 6 Lei Prince Duca on cober sent in November, from Razdelnaia to Bucharest. Censored. Tear at top caused by opening. A rare item, seldom met.-100image
235RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, Transnistria, Prince Duca complete set of three stamps on philatelic cover sent from TIRASPOL 27 OCT 1941 to Sibiu. Arrival postmark and censor marking on front. Unusual. Fine.-100image
236RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar cover sent from Odesa to Bucharest. Censored. Fine.-50image
237RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, cover sent from Tiraspol to Sibiu. Very fine.-50image
238RomaniaGeneral IssuesTransnistria. Millitary postcard, uprated with two 6 Lei Prince Duca stamps, sent from Tiraspol to Bucharest. Censored. Very fine.-50image
239RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar item (only one 6 Lei stamp), sent from Odesa to Bucharest. Censored. Very fine.-50image
240RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover with a single 12 Lei violet stamp, sent from Tiraspol to Buzau. Violet cancel of the Tiraspol censor on front, Very fine.-50image
241RomaniaGeneral IssuesIllustrated postcard (Odesa railway station) with one 24 Lei stamps, sent from Odesa to Orlat, Sibiu district. A very clear strike of the Odesa censor in violet. Very fine.-50image
242RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar item (Odesa theater) sent from Odesa to Bucharest, red Odesa censor cancel. Fine.-50image
243RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, Brotherhood in arms between Romania and Germany, complete set, plus two miniature sheets, on two censored covers sent loco in Bucharest. Very rare on mail. Very fine.-100image
244RomaniaGeneral Issues0,25 Lei carmine, 1941 definitive, single on newspaper piece. Rare as single franking. Very fine.-15image
245RomaniaGeneral IssuesMultiple franking. 11 stamps (26+1 lei total ammount) on registered, domestic, censored cover from Braila to Bucuresti. Three stamps damaged, but a rare item. Fine.-25image
246RomaniaGeneral IssuesSpecial private postcard, made for "The Day of the Stamp", Sibiu, franked with three definitives (official postmark of the event is present) and sent registered, loco in Sibiu. The original receipt of the sending is attached on reverse. Censored. Very fine.-30image
247RomaniaGeneral Issues1941, 6.50 Lei postcard uprated with three "Monasteries" definitives, posted in 1942 on the "Day of the Stamp", sent registered loco in Sibiu. Special postmark of the event was applied. Censored. On reverse there is attached the original receipt of the sending. Fine.30image
248RomaniaGeneral IssuesSpecial private postcard, made for "The Day of the Stamp", Sibiu, franked with three definitives (official postmark of the event is present) and sent registered, loco in Sibiu. The original receipt of the sending is attached on reverse. Censored. Very fine.-30image
249RomaniaGeneral Issues1942, 1 Year from Bucovina and Bessarabia Liberation, each issue on an express cover sent from Cernauti, and from Chisinau (censored), to Bucharest. Each cover has the special postmark in use for the event. Very fine. Rare.-50image
250RomaniaGeneral Issues1942, lot of two covers sent loco in Iasi, each bearing a stamp from semipostal issue commemorating 1 Year from Bucovina's Liberation. Very rare on mail. Very fine.-50image
251RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, Two Years of War, miniature sheet with printing variety, the red-orange color sifted upwards. Very fine.-25image
252RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, Transnistria, Prince Duca complet set of four on philatelic cover with MPO no. 3232 postmark, both on front and on rreverse. Unusual. Fine.-70image
253RomaniaGeneral Issues1943 commemorative semipostals, two blocks of four on express, registered cover sent by air mail from Bucharest to Prag, Bohemia (at that time, part of The Third Reich). Romanian and German censor markings on reverse. These stamps are hard to find on real postally used mail.-70image
254RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, a similar cover sent registered to Prag, with a block of four of the semipostal stamp commemorating two years of war. Romanian and German censor marking. A rare stamp on real postally used mail. Fine.-100image
255RomaniaGeneral Issues1943, Centenary of Romanian artillery, complete issue on registered, censored cover sent from Cernauti to Iasi. Rare as real postally used. Very fine.-30image
256RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, massive franking on cover sent from Lacu Sarat to Orsova, with four 16 Lei and 32 stamps (!) of 50 Bani. Uncommon.-30image
257RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, lot of three censored covers with coloured franking, various King Michael definitives. Very fine.-30image
258RomaniaGeneral Issues1944, 5 Lei King Michael definitive, mint single with major displacement of perforation. Very fine.-15image
259RomaniaGeneral Issues1944-1945, lot of four King Michael definitives with offset print on the back. Fine.-60image
260RomaniaGeneral Issues1944, Postal Services Anniversary issue, complete set on philatelic cover. These stamps are hard to find with genuine postmarks.-30image
261RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, same issue, perforated and imperforated miniature sheet, each on a large piece with additional definitives. Uncommon.-30image
262RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, For the Post Workers, complete set in mint minisheets of 4, some gum disturbance at a low value. CV 140 euro.-55image
263RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, Popular Sport, 20+180 Lei violet, block of six stamps with whole margins on three sides. Printing error: the color of the red frame shifted to the left, overprinting the right hand stamps. Very fine. Rare.-100image
264RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, Victory issue complete set in mint blocks of four (as issued), both on white and on grey paper (24 blocks). A very rare set, only 5500 were printed (many being cut away from blocks). CV 1,700 euro. Very fine.-420image
265RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, The 16th Congress of the Association of Engineurs, complete imperforated set on cover, with special postmark of the event. Very fine. Uncommon.-50image
266RomaniaGeneral Issues1945, World Trade Union Congress in Paris, 160+1840 Lei brown, mint single with defective perforation comb, partially imperforated on the right side. Fine.-35image
267RomaniaGeneral Issues1946, 3 Lei violet military postcard, uprated with one 137 Lei green King Michael definitive, with comunist propaganda for the elections, "VOTE THE SUN"-40image
268RomaniaGeneral Issues1947, inflation mail. 24 pcs. of 1500 Lei blue-green King Michael definitive, on registered cover sent from Timisoara to USA. Uncommon and fine.-80image
269RomaniaGeneral Issues1948, lot of three covers with mixed frankings. King Michael "Landscapes" definitives without and with overprint "RPR" (Popular Republic of Romania). Very fine.-40image
270RomaniaGeneral Issues1947, Congress of the Engineers, complete set on large size, register cover (together with four more King Michael definitives and one postal tax stamp), sent in town. Uncommon BUCURESTI - UNIVERSUL postmark of the branch post office with the same name of the well-known newspaper.30image
271RomaniaGeneral Issues1948-51, lot of 9 blocks of four, various issues, all with first day postmarks. Very fine.-15image
272RomaniaGeneral Issues1948, Soviet-Romanian Friendship, the two air stamps each in block of four with First Day Postmark. Very fine.-20image
273RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamps, each in mint minisheet of nine stamps. Very rare, only 4500 of each were issued, but many were cut away, much less have remained. Very fine. CV 400 euro.-120image
274RomaniaGeneral Issues1948, Friendship Association with Soviet Union, 20+20 Lei air stamp in minisheet of eight, with labels. Only 5,000 minisheet were issue, meny being broken. Rare. Very fine. CV 250 euro.-65image
275RomaniaGeneral Issues1950, beautiful registered cover with three colors franking, sent by air mail from Bucharest to Miami, Florida, United States. All appropiate postmarks. Very fine.-10image
276RomaniaGeneral Issues1950, First Day Cover with additional franking, postally used from Bucharest to New York. Uncommon. Very fine.-15image
277RomaniaGeneral Issues1948, 20 Lei red Balcescu, block of six stamps with first day of issue postmark, one stamp with constant error BAICESCU instead of BALCESCU. Very fine.-30image
278RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp, used block of ten stamps (first day of issue postmark) with major printing variety, coloured spots along the design. Very fine. Uncommon for this era.-20image
279RomaniaGeneral Issues1948, Popular Sport Organization, complete set (perforated and imperforated, plus air stamps) in mint minisheet of four, with margins. Rare. Very fine. CV 360 euro.-110image
280RomaniaGeneral IssuesCover sent to Milan, Italy, with multiple franking, pair and block of four of surcharged stamps for monetary reform. Very fine.-50image
281RomaniaGeneral Issues1952-54, lot of two items with mixed frankings, stamps surcharged for the monetary reform and stamps without surcharge. Very fine.-40image
282RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, registered cover with mixed franking, good surcharged stamps for currency reform and one stamp without surcharge. Special postmark for the International Festival for Youth. Very fine.-50image
283RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, example of reconstruction of the sheets of stamps, after currency reform: blockf of five stamps of surcharged 3 Bani on 10 Lei brown, coat of arms, the two lower right stamps (having misplaced surcharge) being added in the sheet for completion. Few pieces like this have survived.20image
284RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, Currency reform, judicial form with mixed franking, surcharged stamp and two definitive 1 Leu stamps, sent from Cluj to Hida. Fine-25image
285RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, 55 Bani on 31 Lei surcharge, with error, "a" reversed in "Bani". Rare. Very fine.-30image
286RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, Currency reform, judicial form with surcharged stamps (2 Lei and 55 Bani) sent from Cluj to a small village in the same district. Fine.-25image
287RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar franking on a judicial form, sent from Cluj to Cojocna. Fine.-25image
288RomaniaGeneral Issues1952, Lot of two used stamps with inverted surcharges. Rare. Very fine.-20image
289RomaniaGeneral Issues1953, 30 Bani postcard uprated with one surcharged stamp, "Five Years Plan", 35 Bani in red on 4 Lei yellow-brown. Uncommon.-40image
290RomaniaGeneral Issues1953, Popular motives, 35 Bani purple-violet, two used singles with plate flaw, coloured spot in fromt of the face value. Unrecorded. Fine.-10image
291RomaniaGeneral Issues1955, Agriculture, 10 Bani green, used single with imperforated upper sheet margin. Rare. Very fine.-35image
292RomaniaGeneral Issues1955, Writers, 1,75 Lei violet-black on piece, constant plate flaw "WHIFMAN". Unpriced by Michel.-10image
293RomaniaGeneral Issues1958, 10 Years since Emil Racovita's Death, lot of two proofs of the background of the 55 Bani. Rare and very fine.-30image
294RomaniaGeneral Issues1958, Centenary of the first Romanian postage stamps, 35 Bani in imperforate single with interesting print on the sheet margin. Very fine.-20image
295RomaniaGeneral Issues1959, wild flowers, 40 BAN instead of BANI error, single used. Very fine. CV 60 euro.-15image
296RomaniaGeneral Issues1960, 5 Bani olive-brown definitive, mint block of four stamps with interesting partial print on the margin of the sheet. Very fine.-20image
297RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, a similar variety on the same stamp in mint block of six. Fine.-60image
298RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, 1 Leu red, mint single with interesting partial printing on the margin of the sheet. Very fine.-30image
299RomaniaGeneral Issues1962, Cosmos, 1,60 Lei blue, mint single with constant plate flaw, broken O in DOUA. Very fine.-20image
300RomaniaGeneral IssuesDitto, the same error in pair with normal stamp. Very fine.-20image
301RomaniaGeneral Issues1982, 2 Lei definitive with uncommon watermark RSR (used for revenue stamps) in mint block of nine. Catalogued by Michel but much undervalued as mint, almost all stamps printed on watermarked paper being used in postal service. Very fine.-15image
302RomaniaGeneral Issues1991, 25 Lei light cyan-blue Hotels definitive, mint block of six stamps from the lower light sheet corner, first stamp with constant cylinder flaw, missing small ornament on the top of the building. Very fine.-10image
303RomaniaGeneral Issues1993, Easter, mint stamp in block of four, the lower left stamp has the constant cylinder flaw "cross" instead of T in PASTI. Very fine.-10image
304RomaniaGeneral Issues1993, Birds, 90 Lei definitive in mint block of four, the lower right stamp with constant cylinder flaw "missing wall". Very fine.-10image
305RomaniaGeneral Issues1993, Fauna definitives, 20 Lei in mint block of four stamps from the lower right sheet corner, one stamps with constant error, C instead of O in ROMANA. Very fine.-10image
306RomaniaTelegraph StampsLot of 15 telegraph stamps (one pair and 13 singles) with various cancels and various perforation varieties. Very interesting. Fine to very fine.-120image
307RomaniaOfficial Stamps1906, General Exhibition with "S. E." overprint, complete mint, never hinged set. Rare in this state. Only 1,200 set were issued. Very fine. CV 650 euro.-210image
308RomaniaPostage Due1869, stampless folded letter sent from BRAILA SERA 6/12 to Bucharest. Manuscript annotation "28" with blue crayon and blue boxed due cancel "28 BANI" on front. Very fine.-100image
309RomaniaPostage DueFolded letter sent unfranked from RAMNICUL-SARAT 16 SEP (18)76, via BUZEU 17 SEP 76, to BUCURESCI 18 SEP 76 (transit and arrival postmarks on reverse. Due cancel T in circle, also boxed 30 BANI, both in black on front. Fine.-100image
310RomaniaPostage DueFolded letter without stamp, sent from TIRGU-JIU 23 FEB (18)79 to BUCURESCI (arrival postmark on reverse). Due cancel T in circle, in blue ink, manuscript annotation "60" and two black boxed due cancels 30BANI on front. Fine.-100image
311RomaniaPostage DueFolded letter sent without stamps from PITESCI 9 AUG (18)79 to Bucuresci. T in single circle postage due postmark, manuscript "90" (bani) with blue crayon and boxed "30 BANI" cancel aplied three times (corresponding to the 90 Bani due tax). Uncommon. Very fine.-100image
312RomaniaPostage DueSimilar folded letter without stamps, sent from PITESCI 14 JUN (18)80 to Bucharest, manuscript "60" in blue crayon and boxed "30 BANI" cancel aplied twice. Very fine.-70image
313RomaniaPostage DueLetter front sent without stamps from PITESTI 27 DEC (18)80 to Bucharest. T in single circle postage due postmark, "30 BANI" boxed cancel, all in black. Fine.-50image
314RomaniaPostage Due1897, cover sent from Berlin to Galati, taxed on arrival with 25 Bani, two postage due stamps of 10 Bani and one of 5 Bani (all with small coat of arms watermark) being applied. Fine.-250image
315RomaniaPostage DueIllustrated postcard (Calarasi, Administrative Palace) sent unfranket from Calarasi to Husi. Taxed with one 10 Bani green postage due stamp on arrival. Clear strikes of the postmarks. Fine.-40image
316RomaniaPostage DueDitto, old Turkish illustrated postcard (millitary parade) sent without stamps, in 1903, from Constantinople Pera - French post office, to Bucharest. Taxed on arrival with 10 Bani green postage due stamp. Very fine.-70image
317RomaniaPostage DueHungarian millitary postcard sent from a hospital, by the Hungarian FPO 28, to Bucharest, in October, 1916. Taxed on arrival with one 20 Bani due stamp, 1911 issue. Very fine.-50image
318RomaniaPostage Due1933-1949, lot of three items with various postage due frankings. Fine.-30image
319RomaniaPostage Due1952, 20 Bani on 5 Lei stamp, mint link half with clear double surcharge. Known only as left half, unrecorder by any catalogue. Very fine.-20image
320RomaniaPostal Tax Stamps1915, optional postal tax stamp for mobilized soldiers, mint imperforate single with clear offset printing on gummed side. Very fine.-10image
321RomaniaPostal Tax Stamps1915, Large size 5 Lei red revenue stamp with black overprint "Timbru de ajutor", mint block of four. Very fine.-10image
322RomaniaPostal Tax Stamps1918, provisional 5 Bani postal tax stamp with red "1918" overprint, as compulsory uprate on a 10 Bani black postcard, sent from Bender to Obedeni. This provisional stamp had a short time usage, being replaced in 1918 by the definitive issue of the postal tax stamps. Very fine.20image
323RomaniaPostal Tax Stamps1918, 5 Bani black with double "1918" red overprint, in mint block of four. Spectacular and uncommon. Veyr fine.-30image
324RomaniaPostal Tax Stamps50 Bani orange King Ferdinand postcard, uprated as compulsory franking with one half of the 50 Bani postal tax, 1921 issue (instead of one 25 Bani stamp, as stated in the postal regulation), because of the lack of the normal stamp. Sent in 1924 from Timisoara to Lipova. Fine.50image
325RomaniaPostage Due Postal Tax Stamps1918, lot of two blocks of four with vertical overprint TAXA DE PLATA, one 5 Bani black with red overprint, the other 10 Bani brown with vertical blue overprint, known as proof (two stamps are hinged). Rare. Very fine.-40image
326RomaniaPostage Due Postal Tax Stamps1918, 10 Bani brown with displaced black overprint TAXA DE PLATA over two stamps. Mint block of four. Very fine.-20image
327RomaniaPostage Due Postal Tax Stamps1931, lot of two items. 1 Leu, mint block of 16 stamps with overprint variety, misplaces overprint between columns no. 5 and 6. Also, 2 Lei, mint single with additional horizontal thick line in the overprint. Very fine.-10image
328RomaniaPostal Stationery1871, Wrapper for newspapers, 1« Bani blue on yellow, complete, mint. Fine.-50image
329RomaniaPostal StationeryDitto, the same wrapper in unused vertical strip of three. Fine.-150image
330RomaniaPostal Stationery1875, 5 Bani blue postcard, sent from Iasi to Galati. Uncommon railway station postmark JASSY GARA 4 MAI (18)76. Arrival postmark on reverse. Fine.-50image
331RomaniaPostal Stationery1879, 5 Bani black postcard sent in 1881 from DOLHASCA GARA (date is unreadable, a rare postmark) to Jassy. The message on back is partly written in Jewish. Fine.-60image
332RomaniaPostal Stationery1891, the first Romanian postal money order, 50 Bani orange on grey, mint. Very fine. Rare.-100image
333RomaniaPostal Stationery1899, Special Winter Holydays 5 Bani green "Wheat Ear" postcard, used from BALS 12 JAN (1)900 to CARACAL 13 JAN (1)900. Fine.-30image
334RomaniaPostal Stationery1903, 5 Bani green postcard sent from Bucharest to Sinaia. Beautiful ink sketch drawed on reverse (signed D. Stoicescu) depicting a view from Bucharest. Uncommon and fine.-30image
335RomaniaPostal Stationery1906, private postcard made from plywood (as a souvenir commemorating the Romanian General Exhibition in 1906), postally used (without stamps), sent from BRAILA 26 OCT (1)906 to TECUCI 27 OCT (1)906. Only few such items known to exist. Rare. Very fine.-100image
336RomaniaPostal Stationery1906 5 Bani special postal card, uprated with a German definitive and used in 1918 in Germany, from Buhlau, Dresden to Coeln. Interesting usage of a Romanian postal stationery outside Romania only. Fine.-100image
337RomaniaPostal Stationery1911, Parcel sending stationery with preprinted 10 Bani revenue stamp, sent from ULMENI GARA (rare postmark of this railway station agency, in blue) to CONSTANTA MESAGERII. Uncommon and fine.-50image
338RomaniaPostal Stationery1915, parcel sending stationery sent from Bucharest to Constanta. One 10 Bani red postal tax stamp as compulsory franking. On arrival, one 20 Bani postage due stamp was added on reverse. Fine.-15image
339RomaniaPostal Stationery1916, millitary postcard sent from Hermannstadt (Sibiu) on October 23, to Coeln, Germany, by one German inspector of the German army (violet cancel present both on front and on reverse). Very interesting message on reverse relating to the postcard. Very fine.-50image
340RomaniaPostal Stationery1917, special stationery for prisoners of war, sent by French Red Cross (Romanian section) to a Romanian prisoner in Germany, to Helmstedt camp, Braunschweig. Unusual. Fine.-50image
341RomaniaPostal Stationery1918, 10 Bani olive postcard, Bucharest issue, uprated with one 5 Bani compulsry postal tax stamp, sent from Bucharest to Bucsani village, via the small Obedeni post office (blue postmark) in August, 1919. Black, negative censor seal on front. Fine.-30image
342RomaniaPostal Stationery1924, 4 Lei carmine King Ferdinand postcard, sent on December 27, 1924 from Timisoara to Switzerland, without necessary uprating. Taxed on arrival with one Swiss 20 Rappen stamp. Fine.-25image
343RomaniaPostal Stationery1934, 6 Lei brown on cream semi-illustrated postcard, used in 1938 from Bucharest to Marienbad, Czechoslovakia without necessary uprating, taxed on arrival with one 50 Haller postage due stamp. Fine.-25image
344RomaniaPostal Stationery1941, lot of two postcards (military 1 Leu violet, and 4 Lei blue), posted by the FPO's no. 77 and 176, placed at that time in Transnistria. Rare. Priced by Scherrer for 108 euro. Fine.-30image
345RomaniaPostal Stationery4 Lei blue postcard, sent from FPO No. 32 (in Transnistria) in December, 1941, to Ghioroc. Priced by Scherres for 100 euro. Very fine.-30image
346RomaniaPostal Stationery1941, 6.50 Lei blue postcard, sent from Buzau to Bucharest. Red cancel of the censor in Buzau. Very fine.-10image
347RomaniaPostal Stationery1952, Historical document. 30 Bani blue postcard sent to Bucharest, from the special camp for political interned in Cernavoda. Rare.-50image
348RomaniaPostal Stationery1956, The Month of the Forests, lot of two mint postcards. Rare, they are undervalued by Michel. Very fine.-45image
349RomaniaPostal StationeryLot of five Lilliputian postal stationeries, some with preprinted congratulations for Winter Holydays. Fine.-20image
350RomaniaLocal Post1867, Kustendje and Czernawoda railway, small lot of 14 singles (reference material), mint (one used), one is imperforated. Quality varies. Interesting. Please, check-50image
351RomaniaLocal PostHohe Rinne (Paltinis), lot of eleven beautiful illustrated postcards with landscapes from the small holyday resort (seven unused, four used with various frankings). Seven of them have red or violet cancel "Hohe Rhinne" on reverse, and one has a brown local stamp on front. Quality varies, but a fine and a hard to collect lot.150image
352RomaniaRomanian Occupation of Debreczen1919, registered cover with five different overprinted stamp (Iind issue, four stamps on front and one on reverse) sent from Debreczen to Pallag-Puszta. Romanian censor marking and arrival postmark on reverse. Rare.-50image
353RomaniaRomanian Occupation of Debreczen1920, cover with seven different overprinted stamps (second issue) sent in town. Nice appearance. Fine.-100image
354RomaniaRomanian Post in Ucraine - KolomeaCMT black overprint on Austrian postage due stamps, two values similar to those issued and two values on other stamps, all in mint blocks of four. May be proofs or reprints. Fine.-35image
355RomaniaRomanian Post in Ucraine - KolomeaCMT black overprint on Austrian postage due stamps, three values in mint blocks of four. May be proofs or reprints. Fine.-35image
356RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian PrincipalitiesFolded letter dated 1840, sent from BUKUREST (black, linear postmark of the Austrian consular post) to France (red, arrival postmark on front). The postal fee was paid only for Austrian zone (manuscript "18" Kreuzer on front, also only one diagonally ink line). Passed through the quarantine in Turnu Rosu ("Netto di fuora e sporco di dentro" seal in black). On arrival in France, a black boxed "IA. P" (Inssufisant Affranchissement) cancel was applied. A beautiful postal history item.220image
357RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian PrincipalitiesPrephilatelic letter dated 1841, sent from Austrian consular post office in JASSY (large blue-black linear postmark) to Genova. Disinfected. Red Italian postmarks on front. A rare item in very good condition. Very fine.-400image
358RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian Principalities1858 incoming letter sent from Wien to Jassy, in "Moldavie", arrival blue pmk. JASSY 4/4. Very fine.-90image
359RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian PrincipalitiesFolded letter sent from BUKAREST 20/9 (1859) to Gallatz. Black FRANCO in oval frame, RECOM and NACH ABANG DER POST. Some stain spots, but a nice item. Fine.-80image
360RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian PrincipalitiesFranco (paid) folded letter sent from GALLATZ 8/12 (1863), additional FRANCO pmk., to Constantinopol (LLOYD AGENTIE OCNSTANTINOPOL 12/12 blue arrival pmk. on reverse). Very fine.-100image
361RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian Principalities1866, incoming letter from France. FL sent from Marseille, 10 DEC., via Strassbourg and Wien, arrival in BUCAREST 18/12 (Austrian post office). Interesting and fine.-80image
362RomaniaAustrian Post in Romanian Principalities1867, incoming letter from France. Folded letter with 20 C. blue and 80 C. red Napoleon, perforated, sent from Paris to Bucharest, via Wien. Arrival postmark BUCAREST 28/10 in black on reverse. Unusual destination for a French mail.-100image
363RomaniaDDSG1868, Insurance statement for a sending from Wien to Calafat, in Romania. Unusual. Fine.-150image
364RomaniaDDSG1869, stampless folded letter (unlocalized) sent to Wien. Manuscript "20" with blue crayon and black, linear PER DAMPFSCHIFF cancelation on front. Arrival postmark on reverse, in red. Very fine.-150image
365RomaniaDDSG1874, bill of consignment sent from Pest to Calafat with one 5 Kreuzer revenue stamp (damaged). Various cancels on the document, interesting.-150image
366RomaniaGerman Post during WWI1918, Third Germania type issue (surcharge "Rumanien" and new value), 5 Bani on 5 Pfg. green in used block of eight stamps with manuscript cancellation "Gara Breaza 13/9/918". Very unusual and rare. Fine.-20image
367RomaniaGerman Post during WWI1918, 10 Bani postage due stamps without watermark, two mint singles (without gum), both with unmentioned variety, watermark horizontal line (similar to the same watermark met on Romanian Ferdinand definitives). Very interesting. Fine.-30image
368RomaniaGerman Post during WWI1918, postage due stamps with PR watermark, 5 and 10 Bani used singles (the late in two perforation varieties), plus one 5 Bani fake (for reference). Fine.-30image
369RomaniaGerman Post during WWIUnstamped postcard sent on January 12, 1918 from Quarantine Hospital Filantropia in Craiova, to Bucharest. German censor marking on front. A very rare item.-125image
370RomaniaGerman Post during WWI10 Bani black postcard, sent from Botosani to Bucharest on October 4, 1918, without the compulsory postal tax stamp. Taxed on arrival with one overprinted postal tax postage due stamp. Censored. Very fine.-100image
371RomaniaRevenuesOld selling agreement written with cyrillic alphabet, made on official Moldavian paper, with preprinted revenue stamp of 25 Lei. Some wear signs and spots, but a rare document.-150image
372RomaniaRevenuesDitto, a similar document, with preprinted revenue stamp of 150 Lei. Rare.-250image
373RomaniaRevenuesDitto, official passport for two children, with beautiful heading, and with preprinted revenue stamp of 5 Lei. Fine.-100image
374RomaniaRevenues1898, Austrian stationery for international parcels sendings, sent from Wien to Vaslui, Romania. On arrival, a 10 Bani "rhombus" type revenue stamp was applied, cancelled with a very interesting seal, VASLUI - STATIA TELEGRAFO-POSTALA (Vaslui - station for post and telegraph). Some wear signs, but an interesting postal history item.110image
375RomaniaOther collectibles1930, advertising for a lottery, but with interesting official annotations on two pages, regarding foreign citizens entering Romania. Interesting.-100image
376RomaniaLots and collectionsLot of covers with coloured and multiple frankings, various destinations. Please, check this lot.-100image
377RomaniaLots and collectionsStockbook containing various stamps from Kings Charles and Ferdinand era, also with errors and varieties. Please, check this lot to see all items.-300image
378Andorra (French Post)General Issues1932-39 definitive issue, various landscapes. Complete mint, lightly hinged set of 25 stamps. CV 600 euro. Very fine.-50image
379AustriaPrephilatelyFolded letter sent in 1817 from the port of Durazzo (actually Durres, in Albania) to Triest. Desinfected, black circular cancel MAG. DI SANITA MARITTIMA DI VENEZIA. Rare. Fine.-120image
380AustriaPrephilatelyUndated folded letter without postmark, sent to "Mr. Tripcovich" in Trieste, through Rothenthurn (were the letter was desinfected, red wax seal on reverse). Hand annotation "x6" (kreuzer) on front. Intersting.-350image
381AustriaPostal tax Stamps for Newspapers1891, large piece from a wrapper, sent from Germany to Marienbad, Bohemia. Two 1 Kreuzer brown postal tax stamps added on arrival (both cut in desing). Interesting.-100image
382AustriaPostal Stationery1915, 5 Heller green Franz Joseph postcard, sent from Marburg, Austria, to Capraia, Italy. Austrian and Italian censor marking, also Italian Red Cross cancel. Very fine.-15image
383AustriaPost Offices in Levant1897, UPU postcard (20 Para on 5 Kreuzer) sent from Beirut (Austrian office in Lebanon) to Bucharest. Very unusual destination. Very fine.-50image
384CzechoslovakiaGeneral IssuesComplete 1930 air post issue, on registered cover sent by air post from Prag to Zurich. All appropiate postmarks. Very fine.-20image
385FinlandPostal Stationery14 Kop. blue stationery posted in 1892 to Wasa. Black postmark of a traveling post office and arrival postmark on reverse. Fine.-50image
386FranceGeneral Issues1877, 1 Franc olive type II, Sage model, mint, never hinged single. CV 140++ euro.-30image
387FranceGeneral Issues1900, ditto, 2 Francs brown on bluish, mint, never hinged single. Fine. CV 90++ euro.-20image
388FranceGeneral Issues1917-19, semipostals, two mint, never hinged stamps. Very fine. CV 240 euro.-45image
389FranceGeneral Issues1918, semipostal for the Red Cross, mint, never hinged single. Fine. CV 150++ euro.-30image
390FranceGeneral Issues1922, surcharged semipostals for war widows, the last four big face values, all mint never hinged. Very fine. CV 370 euro.-60image
391FranceGeneral Issues1925-26, type Merson definitives, high values, mint, never hinged. Very fine. CV 700 euro.-120image
392FranceGeneral Issues1929-31, Landscapes, high value definitives, 5 Fr. And 20 Fr. (two perforation varieties), mint, never hinged singles. Very fine. CV 975 euro.-150image
393FranceGeneral Issues1936, Flying over Atlantic Ocean, mint, never hinged set of two. Very fine. CV 675 euro.-110image
394FranceGeneral IssuesDitto, the same issue, 10 Fr. Mint, never hinged single. Very fine. CV 650 euro.-100image
395FranceGeneral Issues1946, registered cover with printed heading (Mission of Romania for the Conference for Peace) sent to Bucharest, Romania. Very fine.-100image
396FranceGeneral IssuesLot of three special booklets for the French Red Cross (1962, 1965 and 1969). Very fine.-10image
397FranceLots and collectionsBeautiful lot of mint, never hinged stamps, '20-'50 era. Very fine. High catalog value. Please, check.-150image
398GermanyBavariaMint 3 Pfg. Green complete wrapper, coat of arms type. Fine.-30image
399GermanyReich1872, 18 Kr. Grey-brown Large Shield, used single, pmk. FRANKFURT a.M. POST-EXP. 2. Nice for this rare stamp. Photo cert. Martin Wolfgang Sommer. CV 2,800 euro.-350image
400GermanyReich1896, Form for parcel sending with one 20 Pfg. blue stamp, sent franco from Dornach to Craiova, Romania (arrival on reverse), via Orsova. Fine.-80image
401GermanyPost Offices in Levant1904, Turkish illustrated postcard (Constantinople, Vue de San Stefano) with one 20 Para on 10 Pfg. Germania type, sent from Constantinople to Tulcea, Romania. Unusual destination. Fine.-70image
402Great BritainGeneral Issues1931, beautiful cover with two 2 Pence GV stamps, sent by air mail to Bucharest. Red air post cancel on front, transit postmark Berlin and arrival postmark on reverse. Fine. Very unusual destination.-20image
403Great BritainPostal Stationery1931, GV Halfpenny green envelope sent to Ploesti, Romania (arrival postmark on reverse). The Victoria stamp was added later. Unusual destination. Fine.-10image
404Great BritainPostal StationeryLot of two mint postcards, one from Nevis, with black Specimen overprint. Fine.-70image
405HungaryPrephilately1813, "Magyar Kurir" newspaper with "signette" on front. Fine.-200image
406HungaryPrephilatelyLot of two receipts, one from 1859, with linear black postmark HERRMANSTADT, the other from 1871, with black boxed NAGY SZEBEN postmark. Very fine.-15image
407HungaryGeneral Issues1916, 10 Filler Turul on complete revue printed in Romanian language, sent probably from Blaj (Balazsfalva) to Bucharest. The Hungarian stamp was cancelled on arrival. Fine.-15image
408HungaryPostage Due1918, postcard sent locally in Sopron, with one 5 Filler, "Harvester" type stamp, and with other three stamps cancelled with "P" in circle, used as provisional postage due stamps. Fine.-50image
409HungaryPostal tax Stamps for Newspapers1869-70, lot of two newspapers, "Die Gartenlaube", one with "signette", the other with one 1 Kreuzer blue postal tax stamp for newspapers. Fine.-100image
410HungaryGeneral Issues1892, complete newspaper with wrapper, usual 1 Kr. orange franking, sent from Budapest to Selystie (today Saliste, in Transylvania). Fine.-100image
411RussiaGeneral Issues1857, the first Russian stamp, choise used single with linear town postmark. Fresh colors and good margins. A difficult stamp for this grade of quality. Very fine. CV 1,000 euro.-200image
412RussiaGeneral Issues1858, 10, 20 and 30 Kop., used singles, all with black numeral postmarks, good centering and fresh colors. Very fine. CV 400 euro.-90image
413RussiaGeneral IssuesDitto, complete used set, all with black town postmark. Fresh colors. Very fine. CV 400 euro.-100image
414RussiaGeneral Issues1864, 1, 3 and 5 Kop. used singles. Two stamps have each one short tooth, but otherwise the stamps are fine. CV 580 euro.-110image
415RussiaGeneral Issues1865, complete used set on normal paper. Fresh colors, good appearance. CV 220 euro.-30image
416RussiaGeneral Issues1866, 20 Kop., a single with fresh colors on small blue piece, clear postmark Odessa 10 Iul. 1878, toghether with a black PD cancel. Very fine. CV 25 euro.-10image
417RussiaGeneral Issues1875, Low values in used set of singles, fresh colors. Vertical laid paper. Fine. CV 355 euro.-60image
418RussiaGeneral Issues1884, 3.50 R. black and grey, choice used single. Fine. CV 700 euro.-120image
419RussiaGeneral IssuesDitto, 7 R black and yellow, an used single with fresh colors. CV 1,000 euro.-120image
420Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1922, overprinted 45 R. air post stamp, used single with large margins. Very fine. CV 60 euro.-15image
421RussiaGeneral Issues1917, 1 R in pair with blind gutter, fine used.-10image
422RussiaGeneral Issues1914 semipostals, (coloured paper), complete set on registered cover sent from Petrograd to Zurich. Very fine.-25image
423RussiaGeneral Issues1914 semipostals, (coloured paper) on registered cover sent from Moscou to the philatelic trading house Zumstein, in Bern, Switzerland. Violet boxed censor cancel on reverse. Very fine.-20image
424RussiaGeneral Issues1915, 15 Kop. money stamp, block of 12 with printed part of the "Izvestia" newspaper, no. 5 from March 4, 1917. Without gum, as issued.-10image
425RussiaGeneral Issues1911-16, lot of three items sent to or from Bessarabia, with postmarks from Kishinev, Ismail and Bolgrad. Fine.-15image
426RussiaPostage DueIncoming mail. Stampless cover with preprinted addressee, sent from CATALOI JUD. TULCEA 22 APR 901 to Odessa, Aphon monastery. Romanian black cancel T in circle (due marking) applied in Cataloi. Transit postmarks MORUGHIOL JUD. TULCEA 22 APR 901 (in violet, on front) and TULCEA 23 APR 901 (on reverse). Arrival postmark ROPIT - AFON 29 APR 1901. Due cancel "Doplatit" and "20" on front. An excellent example of mail carried 100image
427Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1921, 250 Rub. violet, used strip of four with a gutter pair in the middle. Fine.-10image
428Soviet UnionGeneral IssuesDitto, the same stamp in used block of 20. Fine.-10image
429Soviet UnionGeneral Issues5000 Rub. deep violet, 1922 definitive in irregular block of six on cover sent from Petrograd to Pernov. Postage due marking on fron. Fine.-70image
430Soviet UnionGeneral Issues7500 Rub. blue, 1922 definitive, block of four on registered cover sent from Staraia Rusa to Pernov, Estonia. Very fine.-50image
431Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1922, 7500 on 250 Rub. surcharge, large used block of 18 stamps, two pairs have gutters. Fine.-10image
432Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1922, 100,000 Rub. on 250 Rub. Violet in block of six on registered cover. Fine.-50image
433Soviet UnionGeneral Issues100 Rub. provisional surcharged definitive in multiple franking, on registered cover from Petrograd to New York. Fine.-100image
434Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1923, three color franking on registered cover sent from Odesa to Bern, Switzerland. Fine.-50image
435Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1922, 70 R. error of color, red-orange, in used horizontal pair with the 100 R. stamp. Very fine. CV 80 euro for single.-50image
436Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1922, 100 R. orange-red definitive, imperforated used single with wide margin to the left. Fine.-10image
437Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1923 Moscou Exhibition, two imperforated sets on registered cover (additional franking with two definitives) sent from Petrograd to Reval. Fine.-50image
438Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1930, Zeppelin, South America Flight. Cover sent from Taganrog, via Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Recife/Pernambuco, Brasil. Very fine.-30image
439Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, registered cover with four colors franking (1929 definitives) sent from Moscou to Berlin by German air post. Fine.-30image
440Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1930, Zeppelin flight Moscou-Friedrichshafen. 3 Kop. postcard, uprated with one 7 Kop. definitive and one 40 Kop. blue special 1930 Zeppelin issue. Very fine.-50image
441Soviet UnionGeneral IssuesDitto, Illustrated postcard (Graf Zeppelin's landing in Friedrichshafen) with one 10 Kop. definitive and one 40 Kop. blue special 1930 issue, sent from Moscou to Leipzig. Very fine.-30image
442Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1930, Cover with one definitive and two 20 Kop. stamps, special 1930 Zeppelin issue, sent from Moscou to Berlin by German air post. Very fine.-50image
443Soviet UnionGeneral Issues15 Kop. postal stationery (with advertising) uprated, sent from Moscou to Berlin by German air post. Very fine.-50image
444Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, 50 Kop. brown, 1931 definitive, on cover sent by German air post, from Moscou to Nurnberg, Germany. All appropiate postmarks are present. Very fine.-50image
445Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, Zeppelin special issue, 15 Kop. blue-green in used block of four stamps, fine. CV ___-10image
446Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, Zeppelin Polarfahrt. North Pole air stamps, 30 K. and 1 R, both imperforated, on beautiful illustated postcard (Winter Palace in Leningrad) sent from Malygin ice breaker to Moscou. Fine.-100image
447Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, North Pole special issue in blocks of four stamps with first day of issue postmarks. Very fine. CV 320 euro ++.-100image
448Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1931, Zeppelin Polarfahrt. North Pole air stamps, 35 K. and 2 R, both imperforated, on card sent from Malygin ice breaker to Moscou. Fine.-100image
449Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1932, Expedition to North Pole, Francisc Joseph Flight. Nice postcard sent to Plymouth, England. Very fine.-30image
450Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1934, registered cover sent from Moscou to Switzerland, with two commemoratives on front and one control stamp on reverse. Very fine.-20image
451Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1935, registered cover sent from Moscou to Switzerland, two commemoratives on front and four stamps for control of thephilatelic exchange on reverse. Very fine.-30image
452Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1935, Cheliushin special air stamps issue, complete set of ten stamps, in used blocks of four. Uncommon. Very fine. CV 200+ euro.-40image
453Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1935, Commemorative stamp for Lewanewski's flight to San Francisco, red overprint, mint hinged single. A rare stamp, only 11,000 issued. Fine. CV 650 euro.-130image
454Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1935, registered cover sent to Switzerland, with three commemoratives on front and two control stamps on reverse. Some stain spots, but a fine item.-20image
455Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1937, Airplanes, complete issue on registered, censored cover sent from Moscou to Tel Aviv, Palestine. Very fine.-50image
456Soviet UnionGeneral Issues1938, Special air mail issue for North Pole, complete set on preprinted special cover, sent from Moscou to Switzerland. Very fine.-30image
457Soviet UnionControl Stamps1928, surcharge 5 Kop. on 100 R. orange, perforated only on three sides (imperforated on upper side), on small piece from a philatelic exchange cover. Fine.-10image
458Soviet UnionLotsAlbum page with used stamps from 1930-1931, including Mi. 394B-396B and 397C-401C. CV 350+ euro.-80image
459Soviet UnionLotsAlbum page with used good stamps from 1932, such as Mi.392U (imperforated), 398 in three perforation varieties, 424-426 (Marx) and 427-428 (Philatelic Exhibition in Leningrad, surcharge). Very fine. CV 300+ euro.-80image
460SerbiaPrephilately1855, standing certificate in the Serbian desinfection station Deexinatz for one day, for a Turkish traveller (provisional document before getting a passport). Desinfection marking and red wax seal on reverse. Intersting.-400image
461OverseasBritish GuyanaMint 1 Cent green postal stationery. Fine.-60image
462OverseasBritish GuyanaDitto, mint 2 Cents red postal stationery. Fine.-60image
463OverseasChina1932, 2« c. red-lilac (single) and 40 c. orange (block of 4) definitives on registered cover sent in 1939 from Shanghai to Ploiesti, Romania. Very unusual destination, rare.-150image
464OverseasEgyptIllustrated postcard sent to Constantza, Romania through maritime TPO ALEXANDRIA-CONSTANTA 10 APR 908. One Egyptian stamp of 1 Millieme brown on the front. Rare.-50image
465OverseasEgypt - SuezSuez, lot of 11 singles and one block of four, reference material. Fine.-15image
466OverseasUnited States1967, mint 6 Cents postal stationery, World Jamboree, Idaho. Very fine.-10image
467LiteratureRomaniaAl. Emanoil Savoiu - Collection of documents regarding the printing of postage stamps in Paris, in the 19th century, found in the archive of Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry and in the archive of French Postal Museum, new issue, Bucharest, 2010. Documents presented in their original language, French and Romanian.50image