David Feldman Romania June 5, 2019

73 Romania – Early Postal History & Classic Stamps – June 5, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 20131 C 3 81 Parale, bright blue on blue wove paper, large even margins on all sides, of a very fresh colour and sharp impression, unused, full original gum, attractive and extremely rare Rarity: Only 35 mint examples recorded, with one cut round, more than 15 with major faults and at least 5 in museum collections. This is the finest of the only two known examples with full original gum and hence, a major world rarity! Note: Our 2006 specialised Romania catalogue mentions: “equal or superior to the Ferrary stamp which sold for more than a “Post Office” Mauritius!’’. The Ferrary stamp was in fact the same stamp he was describing and which was previously part of the Caspary collection. There is a minuscule colour dot to the right of the bullhead, somewhere above the I and C, of “CKPICOPI” and which is present in the image depicted in all three catalogues. (the Caspary catalogue mentions: “negligible traces of thinnings at top and corner crease extreme top left far from design” - subsequent to the sale, a very narrow portion of the top was removed, thus eliminating the thinnings and the corner crease. Consequently, the top of the item in the Tomasini/Feldman sales is slightly narrower than in the Caspary and the Ferrary sales). Expertise: cert. Heimbuchler (1983), signed Alberto Diena Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 365 (#355/5) Provenance: Ferrary Collection: Gilbert, Sale # 11, November 19-21, 1924, lot 594; Caspary Collection: H. R. Harmer, Sale # 11, November 18-21, 1957, lot 370; Tomasini Collection, 1969; Tomasini-Kunzi Collection: Rapp, November 1983, lot 6010; Tomasini Collection: D. Feldman, December 2006, lot 20015 160 - 200’000