David Feldman Romania June 5, 2019

31 Romania – Early Postal History & Classic Stamps – June 5, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 20028 20029 20028 F RIMNIKU SARAT: 1842 Postal manuscript (16.8) bearing a very clear decorative negative seal depicting postal coach pulled by two horses, coachman cracking the whip and the year 1839 underneath, surrounded by Cyrillic inscription indicating Rimniku Sarat postal station ( on the postal road # 1, Bucharest – Foksani; see Dragomir, page 25 ), rare Note: Wallachian post station seals before 1841 are not yet described in the philatelic literature and are seldom seen on the philatelic market. The seal has the following inscription: “Sat Nemoiu, p(lasa) Oltu, j(udetul) Valcea” = “Nemoiu village, Oltu district, Vilcea county” sat = village plasa = an administrative unit comrising several citie and villages, equivalent to “district” judet = an administrative unit roughly equivalent to “county”. The document confirms receipt from the government of three hundred lei and is signed by five epitropi (church administrators: Petru Capitan, Gheorghe Popescu, Dudu Mihalcea, Sandu Renghea, Dumitru Angheri) and trei vatafi (county administrators: Sandu Piele, Marin Renghea, Sandu Diaconescu). 300 - 400 20029 F RIMNIKU SARAT: 1842 Postal manuscript (12.8) bearing on both sides a clear negative seal depicting postal coach pulled by two horses, coachman cracking the whip and the year 1839 underneath, surrounded by Cyrillic inscription indicating Rimniku Sarat postal station ( on the postal road # 1, Bucharest – Foksani; see Dragomir, page 25 ) Note: Wallachian post station seals before 1841 are not yet described in the philatelic literature and are seldom seen on the philatelic market 300 - 400