Lot 20122 – Bull’s Head 27pa used

Stamp of Romania » 1858 Moldavian Bull's (21 July) Handstruck at Jassy on wove paper (81pa.) or laid paper (other values). Bull's Head 27pa used

Lot 20122 – Bull’s Head 27pa used

Romania » 1858 Moldavian Bull’s (21 July) Handstruck at Jassy on wove paper (81pa.) or laid paper (other values).
Price realised
11’000 EUR
Estimate
12’000 – 15’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 5 Jun 2019 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
27 Parale, black on rose-pink, horizontally laid paper, fresh colour, strong clear impression, good to large margins all around especially at right, showing clear partial cancel from DOROHOJ in blue, thin, but not repaired, very fine and one of the best example from this town marking, showpiece

One of only four examples recorded in private hands from the town of Dorohoj

Expertise: British Philatelic Association (1955), signed Freidel

Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 270 (#270/7)

Provenance: Ernst Nygren (1995, lot #1789)
Catalogue ref: 1

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