Lot 20053 – TURNU SEVERIN: 1839 (4.5) Hand-written Cyrillic postal

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Prix réalisé

900 EUR

Estimation

1’000 – 1’500 EUR

Date de vente

mer. 5 juin 2019 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)

Description

TURNU SEVERIN: 1839 (4.5) Hand-written Cyrillic postal document detailing the receipt of various private mail distributed through the Turnu Severin quarantine station and signed by the Director of the station, John Strimbeanu, bearing 1838 type negative black seal of the TURNU SEVERIN quarantine station (Dragomir type K38 – 8R; see # 3 on page 38), a superb strike and extremely rare in this condition

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

Back:

S-au afumat la carantina noul Severin

Direc(tor) ………………

Front:

A package with No. 11, 12, …

Which came to Bucharest for Mr. Consul Vascetco who is in our country,

we welcomed him through the honorable management of the New (Turnu)

Severin quarantine which will without delay direct (him) to the address to

which end we issued this receipt on February 28, 1839

I Gorghi coachman (chirigiul) Sent for the captain of ….. in Craiova

I Sandu coachman (chirigiul)

I Iovan Serbu confirm (the above)

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2019 June Summer Auction Series

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