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Lot 20125 – Bull’s Head 27pa used on cover

Lot 20125 – Bull’s Head 27pa used on cover
Romania » 1858 Moldavian Bull’s (21 July) Handstruck at Jassy on wove paper (81pa.) or laid paper (other values).
Price realised
38’000 EUR
Estimate
20’000 – 24’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 5 Jun 2019 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

27 Parale, black on rose-pink horizontally laid paper, cut-round, with clear full margins all around, fresh colour, superbly tied by crisp readable bluish-greenish “Bakeu 1/9” cancel, on 1858 folded letter with full content; red “Jassy 2/9” transit cancel on reverse

One of only fourteen examples recorded in private hands from the town of Bakeu, two additional examples are in museums

A major Romanian postal history rarity, a unique usage which passed through three different routes

Note: The letter is addressed to the “Honorable Municipal Police Council of (the city of) Ismail”. It thus must have followed “Drumul Siretului” from Bakeu to Jassy, “Drumul Mare” from Jassy to Husi and “Drumul Basarabiei” from Husi to the very small city of Ismail (see: Kiriak Dragomir “The Monograph of the Romanian Post Stamps”, pg. 42-42). The content of the letter indicates that it was received by the addressee on September 10, 1858.

Routing and Rate: Unusual franking for such a route: postal zone 2 (more than 8 “poste” – approx. 12.5 Km) and the 1st weight category (up to 2.5 “dramuri” – approx. 8g): correct franking would have been 54 Parale. The postal clerk in Bakeu mistakenly applied only one 27 Parale stamp (and drew the Andrew’s Cross indicating pre-paid status) although the route from Bakeu to Ismail well exceeded 8 “poste” and thus had to be franked 54 Parale. The post office in Jassy applied the “Jassy 2/9” transit cancel on the back, noticed the discrepancy and made the manuscript notation “N 3 To draw porto 27 Parale more”, to the right of the stamp. “N 3” part of the notation perhaps indicates the 3rd letter (or bundle of letters?) directed to Ismail. The arrival stamp at Ismail is missing, as its post office only received stamp in April 1859. Unknown why the Husi transit stamp is missing.

Expertise: Heimbuchler (2010) certificate states “.. in very fine and perfect condition, no repairs” “This is the only recorded cover of the 1st Issue of Moldavia to Ismail/Bessarabia and the only one which traveled the three postal routes Drumul Mare, Drumul Siretului and Drumul Bessarabiei” , signed Kosack, Kohler

Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 268 (#268/6)

Provenance: Ernst Nygren (1995, lot #1790)

N 1078 Received on 10 Sept. 1858

Municipal Council (to the) Honorable Municipal Council of Ismail Police 226

of Bakeu

1858 August 29 Because in spite of the requests addressed under No. 198 and

406 the honorable Municipality has not until now received the

amount of 666 lei which was used by the Council to facilitate

Mr. cashier will be the bringing of D. Vasali in the position of architector (?) of

ordered to remit the that police. This is also to add to the honorable police the

money immediately need to please urgently send the money which is immediately

(signature) needed be sent to the Council in which regard the ministry of

the interior was also notified.

Catalogue ref: 1

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