Lot 60361 – 1858, Moldavia, 54 parale, blue on greenish blue horizontally

1858, Moldavia, 54 parale blue, on greenish blue horizontally laid paper, crisp bright colour, superb used, large to very large margins all round with complete red cds of Jassy dated 30-9 (this cancel in used between Aug 28th and Oct 18th 1858), a beautiful example of this iconic issue, one of the finest known in existence; only a handful exist in this premium condition; cert. Balasse (1974) and Gmach (2022) and signed A. Diena; illustrated in Heimbüchler p.342-3; ex Mohrmann, Kohler and Steltzer; (Mi €5’500).