Lot 20136 – Bull’s Head Reprints: No. 8

1858/1891 First Issue composite sheet of 32 subjects, in greyish black on laid paper without watermark, original sheet numbered “8” on top right corner, containing eight vertical rows of four values of the original dies from the first “Bulls Head” issue, showing 54 parale, 27 parale, 81 parale and 108 parale, bearing on reverse part of red seal as well as blue seal mark “Directiunea Generala A Arhivelor Statului” (The General Directorate of the State Archives) and the signature in manuscript of the General Director (Dimitrie Onciu), important exhibition showpiece

Note: Very important historic document described by Fritz Heimbuchler in “Der Rumaniensammler” (No. 103, page 11) and by Mircea Stanculescu in “Filatelia” (No. 12/1997 page 6-10)

Expertise: Heimbuchler (1999)