Lot 40976 – 1851, 20 c. azzurro, molto bel esemplare su lettera del 29 dicembre da Torino per Roma, tassata in arrivo con 12 bajocchi, rara combinazione di affrancatura e destinazione prima della convenzione postale austro-pontifici

Document Translation:

Ispravnicia (administration) of the Botosani County

Numbered: “105”

To his lordship the captain of the Botosani Post

In order to transport the sumci (the bags with letters and money) of the local treasury from here to the State Treasury on the basis of report No. 1797 of the Ispravnicie, I write to you that tomorrow morning you must send to the headquarters of the Ispravnicie three coaches with four horses each and the necessary coachmen. The payment for the progon (coaches, horses, coachmen) will be the responsibility of the Treasury.

(signature) M. Branisianu, cupbearer

No. 1799, 1840 March 18

(seal) Ispravnicia of the Botosani County. Principality of Moldavia, 1834