Lot 20748 – ~1854 Crimean War Bucharest registered cover to Baden, Germany

Austrian Field Post in Romania (Levant): Crimean War, Austrian occupation in Wallachia and Moldavia. 9kr. blue & 6kr. brown, both fine examples with large margins all around on ~1854 registered military cover sent on 23/5 from Bucharest to Baden-Baden, Germany. The stamps were cancelled with « K.K. FELDPOSTAMT No. 1 » Field Post Office cds (Tchilinghirian Fig. 712), and the letter went via Jassy (26/5) as it bears « FELDPOST No.2 », and Baden (2 Jun.). According to Eichele’s 2010 Certificate, only two other registered covers are recorded to this destination. Very fine, rare exhibition item.