David Feldman Romania June 5, 2019

74 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Romania – Early Postal History & Classic Stamps – June 5, 2019 20132 H 3 81 Parale, deep bright blue on blue wove paper, good to large even margins, light print at top, a hardly noticeably, insignificant small sealed tear upper left outside of design, light blue GALATZ 9/9 ? cancel, showpiece, a wonderful example of this world rarity Rarity: Just 26 used examples from all post offices are recorded, eleven of which have faults and at lest three are in museum collections. This being earliest date of any 81 Parale from Galatz, where the 1st Moldavian issue was only delivered on September 1st, 1858 Expertise: Certificates: Hans Grobe, Robert Engel (1943), B.P.A. (1957), signed Champion, Grobe, Engel Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 372 (#372/1) Provenance: Edgar Mohrman & Co., 1943, sale # 49, lot # 1682; Hans Grobe, February 1953, sale # 94, lot # 2066; Hans Grobe, March 1963, sale # 123; Ernst Nygren Collection: Mathew Bennett Sale # 194, August 31, 1995, lot # 1794 16 - 20’000 20133 H 4 108 Parale, blue on rose-pink horizontally laid paper, large to huge margins at left, showing partial cancel of PIATRA in blue with inverted date error, a superb used single, showpiece Rarity: One of the only seven examples recorded from the town of Piatra Expertise: Certificates Friedl/Mueller (1946) (“… one of the finest copies we know of this stamp”), signed Friedl Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 408 (#408/7) 10 - 15’000 Reprints 20134 M 27 Parale, black on pale pink paper, coloured reprint of 1891, fresh shade and good margins all around, very fine and scarce Note: The origin of the colour reprints is unknown Provenance: Tulbendjian, Stanculescu, ‘Moldavitza Collection’ (Corinphila, December 2000, lot # 1090) 300 - 400