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1872 (23 Jan) Lightly stained cover GALATI to Vienna bearing 25b brown with beard superb four margins neatly tied good strike of GALATI cds with P.D. boxed h/s in top right, stamp is lower left, partly stained lightly and evenly across half the cover, WIEN arrival backstamp with wax seal removed from the cover. Scarce.
1873 Attractive combination cover from British Vice Consulate to UK bearing 1872 10b blue (2) & 25b orange tied two JASI (IASI) cds cancels, red PD & black boxed P.D. with 34 crayon accounting mark, sent via ODERBURG with three line 14 March transit backstamp. Torn flap with Bournemouth arrival b/s. Addressed to Lady Shelley at Boscombe Place. She was a noted Diarist and friend of the Duke of Wellington and had tea with Queen Victoria.
1878 Entire Letter Roman to Galati bearing 1872 10b blue and 5b bistre tied neat ROMAN cds with arrival backstamp. Fine.
1896 Printed United States Consulate envelope from Bucharest to USA bearing 1893-99 25b lilac x 3 tied BUCORESCI No.5 cds cancels sent via Deutsche Seepost Bremen / New York oval datestamp on reverse along with two types of Recomandat h/s on obverse. Transit and arrival backstamps.
1901 Greetings Postcard to Cardiff bearing combination 1893-1903 1b pair, 3b & 5b tied BUCURESCI small cds cancels with arrival backstamp. Picture of Grand Buildings in the Capital.
1901-03 1b black pair and 3b on Postcard to Belgium of the Regal Palace tied BUCURESTI cds, 1908 5b green postal stationery card uprated with 3b brown pair to Trier in Germany similar cancels and additional Catholic cachet in violet. (2).
1903 Postcard Focsani to Soporon bearing 10b red neatly tied full FOSCANI cds, with arrival cds on obverse. Fine.
1915 10b red postal stationery card uprated with 25b blue sent registered Iasi I to Switzerland. Tied IASI I cds cancels with violet incomplete cachet also tied to cover with UBERPRUFT single line h/s in violet and transit / arrival cancels alongside. Nice regd etiquette No. 492.
1917 Military Post set of 17 to 4l on 4k tied 1918 / 12 IV / K.U.K. HAUPT FELDPOSTAMT on large envelope to Zurich. Fine. SG 1/17.
Danube Shipmail: 1889 Sulina - Tulcea handstamp on 5b blue postal stationery envelope dated 4 July from Galati with cds to Braila cancelled with illustrated Ship and SULINA - TULCEA partial datestamp. Fine and genuine use. Scarce.
Fournier Forgery: Album page from the original book showing examples of his work on 1869 Prince Carol in unused pairs for 5b, 10b, 15b, 25b, 50b, 1871 pairs for 5b, 10b (2 diff colours), 50b. Very fine and attractive album piece. (21 examples).
German Occupation: Postage Due MViR overprint in red on 1918 10b dark blue on grey-green tied to paper and expertised on reverse, fine, Michel 7.
