David Feldman's 21st Rarities of the World Auction - June 13, 2018

– 85 – Romania 40069 CC C H F J 1844-79, An attractive and diverse assembly of items from different collecting areas and periods including the Ottoman period, Austrian Field Post Offices, Austrian Levant, Bull’s Heads and other early classics with some useful postal history, plus a bisect usage, essay and rare postal stationery etc. Better items included are: • 1844 Stampless entire from Ibralia to Constantinople with boxed “PORT.PAYE” of the Austrian Post Offices, extremely scarce • 1852 Oval disinfected hs of Galatz in blue on 1852 stampless Constantinople • 1858 27 Parale, cut round with clear margins, tied on small fragment by Bakeu/8.10 cds, cert. Heimbüchler, only 8 known • 1858 108 Parale, unused with good to large margins, of the 20 recorded this is the only one with PART ORIGINAL GUM all the others are without gum, cert. Heimbüchler • 1858 108 Parale, used, with good to large even margins, red Jassy cancel, superb, cert. Heimbüchler • 1858 5 Parale, unused, close to large margins, from the original printing on white paper, only 32 recorded, cert. Heimbüchler • 1867 2 Parale, used, block of six on thin paper with good to large margins, LARGEST KNOWN USED MULTIPLE, cert. Heimbüchler • 1870 1 Leu red-brown, essay, only two known, cert. Heimbüchler • 1871 40 bani franking to Constantinople, superb • 1873 30 bani franking to Serbia, rare desitination • 1879 10 bani postal card printed on black on pink, extremely rare Awonderful opportunity to acquire an eclectic and varied group of Romanian rarities (37 items in totals, with 22 covers, 37 stamps including blocks and two essays) Estimate: €80’000 - €120’000