Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

1858 108 Parale blue on pink, extremely fine example, sharp impression in deep black, good to large margins all around, neatly tied by crisp "JASSY / MOLDOVA / 29.10" small double-circle cds in blue to complete registered entire addressed to Galatz, showing straight line blue "RECEPISSE" alongside, smearing of original registered number corrected, a stunningly colourful & beautiful example of this rarity on cover

Expertise: Signed Giulio Bolaffi, A.Bolaffi, A.Diena & S.Sorani
Certificates Giulio Bolaffi, A.Diena & Heimbüchler

Background: Heimbüchler census no. 404/10; of 30 recorded covers or fronts with this value, 14 have not been seen since 1950 and another one is in a museum

Provenance: John Lek, 1959
Tomasini, 1969

Estimate: ? 50'000 - ? 60'000