Lot 60362 – 1858, Moldavia, 54 parale blue, on greenish blue horizontally laid paper, fresh vibrant colour, superb used

1858, Moldavia, 54 parale blue, on greenish blue horizontally laid paper, fresh vibrant colour, superb used very lightly cancelled, probably the lightest cancelled example of the Moldavia first issue in existence; as such a very unusual stamp, extremely attractive and rare in this condition; cert. BPA (1957), A. Diena (1958), and Heimbüchler (2002); illustrated in Heimbüchler p.303-8 (described as unused); (Mi €5’500).