Auction 224 - Romania

1868/70: 3 bani violet on yellowish paper, a four margined example, used on 1871 Printed Matter cover to Focshani tied by neat BUCURESCI thimble datestamp (June 1) in black (Kirac fig. 520). Reverse with 'Focsani / Dim' datestamp (1/6) of receipt in green (Kiriac fig. 391). File fold well away from the adhesive, a scarce and attractive franking.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1868/70: 3 bani violet, a fine four margined example, (Transfer Type 6), used on 1870 cover to Bucharest in combination with four margined 1869 15 b. bright red (Transfer Type 2) neatly tied by small format CRAJOVA / SERA datestamps (25/8) in blue (Kiriac fig. 450). A fine mixed issue usage to make up the 18 bani single rate.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1868: 4 bani blue, a used example (Transfer Type 8), with good margins all round, showing the major Retouch at lower right of the central vignette with dots instead of lines with retouched 'I' in 'Bani' and the figure '4'. Slight closed tear repair at base but a fine appearing example of this variety, recorded only from the very first printings from Plate A, lightly cancelled in black and leaving the retouched area clear. The flaw was first...

1868: 4 bani blue, a fine large margined example showing evidence of a major retouch in the SE 'meander' and below the central vignette, used on cover front mailed within Bucharest and tied by BUCURESCI / DUP' AMIADI datestamp (25/2) in black with two further strikes at right (Kiriac fig. 431). An extremely fine example of the rare local 'drop letter' rate. Cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1868: 18 bani vermilion on yellowish, a fine large margined example used on 1870 cover to Tirgovistea struck with CÂMPU-LUNG datestamp (Aug 26) with framed DUPÂ / PLECARE (Too Late) marking alongside, the adhesive cancelled on the following day with CÂMPU-LUNG cds, all in blue (Kiriac fig. 494). Reverse with Ploesti transit in blue (29/8), 'Bucuresti / Dim' cds in black (31/8), 'Ploesti / Dim' cds in blue (1/9) and eventual Tirgovistea...

1868/70: The remarkable balance of the Edouard Cohen collection with 2 bani orange or yellow unused (34) incl. blocks of four (5) and six, 2 b. with a sensational selection of used examples (170) incl. blocks of four (9), six and nine; 3 b. mauve (shades) unused (128) incl. blocks of four, six, eight, ten, twelve and twenty, 3 b mauve used (46) incl. a block of four and large pieces with combination usages and two with pre-printing paper...

1869: 5 bani yellow-orange, a good used example on 1869 entire letter paying the local 'drop letter' rate within Bucharest, neatly tied by BUCURESTI / DIM datestamp (18/8) in black with same datestamp applied the following day (19/8) above (Kiriac fig. 443). One or two very minor imperfections to the cover but an extremely scarce usage.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1869: 10 bani blue & 10 b. ultramarine, two fine unused blocks of four (Transfer Types 1-2/1-2 and 2-3/2-3 respectively, the latter showing horizontal dividing lines), each with large margins all round, of fine colour and superb og.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1869: 10 b. blue, used example with close to fine margins all round, showing clear "Double Transfer" variety, most especially noticeable in BANI at base, lightly cancelled at Bucharest (Nov 1870) in black and thus leaving the variety clear. Minor thins but exceptional and of great scarcity: Heimbüchler records just 5 examples, all used, in the Handbook on page 226. A rarity.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1869: 10 bani blue, a fine four margined example (Transfer Type 2), used on 1871 entire letter to Bucharest tied by BRAILA / DIM datestamp (10/2) in black (Kiriac fig. 439). Couple of hinge remnants on obverse otherwise a fine and attractive entire.
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1869 (March/April): 10 bani indigo, the left half of a vertically bisected example to pay the 5 bani rate, used on 1871 'Quitanta' printed form (manuscript #14) for a gold sending of 82 grams declared at 180 lei, neatly tied by BOLGRAD datestamp (6/5) in black (Kiriac fig. 376). Very scarce bisect, especially so for this stamp in the indigo shade. Rare. Cert. Heimbüchler (2014).
Catalogue 224: ROMANIA

1869 (April): 10 bani blue (Transfer Type 4) used with 1868 4 bani blue, two single examples (Transfer Types 1 and 5) used on entire letter to Itzkhany (Zucker correspondence) tied by JASSY / DIM datestamps (24/1) in black (Kiriac fig. 465). Reverse with 'Itzkhany / Bahnhof' arrival cds (Jan 25). The adhesives with touched to large margins all round, the 10 b. crossed by negligible file fold, but a most attractive entire with an extraordinary...