Lot 10063 – Romania. 1873 (?) (May 21). Cover from Jassy to New York, carried at 85 bani rate with 1872 25b perf. 12 1/2, irregular block of three

Romania. 1873 (?) (May 21). Cover from Jassy to New York, carried at 85 bani rate with 1872 25b perf. 12 1/2, irregular block of three, with 10b stamp missing, routed via Austria to Germany where it was struck with red « Franco » straight line and « 30x » blue crayon, carried by the Hapag « Hammonia II », red « Paid All » New York cds also tying the franking; an extremely rare transatlantic mail from Romania in this period -another cover from the same correspondence was described as « a unique and extraordinary transatlantic usage… » as part of the « Cornelia » collection and it was offered at CHF20’000 in 2007-.