Lot 20069 – GIURGIU: 1853 (4.19) Entire letter addressed to Hristea

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Lot 20069 – GIURGIU: 1853 (4.19) Entire letter addressed to Hristea
Stamp of Romania » Postal History » Wallachian Bilinear Cyrillic Handstamps GIURGIU: 1853 (4.19) Entire letter addressed to Hristea

Lot 20069 – GIURGIU: 1853 (4.19) Entire letter addressed to Hristea

Romania » Postal History » Wallachian Bilinear Cyrillic Handstamps
Price realised
900 EUR
Estimate
1’000 – 1’500 EUR
Auction date
Wed 5 Jun 2019 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

GIURGIU: 1853 (4.19) Entire letter addressed to Hristea Georghiu in Bucharest, with bluish, Cyrillic bilinear date stamp “GIURGIU OCT 4”, very early use as the earliest date recorded is Sep 20, 1853 – see Heimbuchler, II, pg.53 (Dragomir type PV53 – 15R; see pg. 76-77), very fine and extremely rare as Giurgiu is one of the scarcest of the Cyrillic bilinear pre-stamp markings

Provenance: Moldavitza Collection, Corinphila Dec. 2000, lot # 1025

Auction
2019 June Summer Auction Series
Catalogue
Romania

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