Lot 20018 – 1861 (27.4) Blanket (Post Ticket) to Nisporesti, showing

1861 (27.4) Post Ticket (Post Blanket): Long, decorative pre-printed form with the coat of arms of Moldavia atop and “Mircesti Station” in manuscript, ordering to the post captains of the Siretului Route (Drumul Siretului) to release a coach and two horses to Mr. Iancu Dinios Tinde for travel to Nisporesti. It bears a large circular seal ornated with the coat of arms of The United Principalities and reading “UNITED PRINCIPALITIES OF MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF MOLDAVIA”. On the reverse the document bears the names and the signatures and dates of all the post captains on the route – very fine, attractive and scarce

Note: full translation of the document may be viewed on line.

Translation: Post captains of the “Drumul Siretului” shall release a coach and two horses to Mr. Iancu Dinios Tinde for going to Nisporesti only, with the horse payment to be calculated at the Treasury rate of 90 parale, per horse per hour to be received from the passenger; for the post districts I, II, IV and V, and for the post district III, 60 each, in addition to the payment of ten parale per horse per hour owed to the state and which was received at the release of this ticket in the sum of (blank) lei (blank) parale again Treasury rate