David Feldman Romania June 5, 2019

51 Romania – Early Postal History & Classic Stamps – June 5, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 20079 F RUSI DE VEDE: 1861 (4.2) Registered express cover in Cyrillic, addressed to Hristea Giorghiu in Bucharest, cancelled by bluish, Cyrillic bilinear ds “RUSI DE VEDE FEB 4” (departure) and “BUCHAREST FEB 7” (arrival), with “f: gravniku” (very urgent) hand notation on top right corner (Dragomir type PV53, fig. 251 – highest valuation “FF” + 0.3R; see pg. 76-77) , some cvr staining, very fine combination of two bilinear date stamps, showpiece Rarity: The rarest of all Wallachian bilinear handstamps: only three such covers are known Provenance: Moldavitza Collection, Corinphila Dec 2000, lot # 1030 2’000 - 3’000 20081 20080 20080 F SEVERINU: Registered cover with bluish, Cyrillic bilinear date stamp “SEVERINU NOV 6” (Dragomir type PV53 – 1.2R; see pg. 76-77) , very fine strike, scarce 150 - 200 20081 F SLATINA: Registered cover addressed to the Prefect of Dolj, with bluish, Cyrillic bilinear date stamp “SLATINA MAR 1” and a mirror-image of “KALAFATU MAR 03”, black, Cyrillic bilinear date stamp (Dragomir type PV53 – 1.7R + 0.2R; see pg. 76-77) , very fine combination of two Cyrillic bilinear date stamps 200 - 300