Lot 40974 – French Post Office in Ibraila 1867: France laureated 40 c. orange used on 1870 entire letter from Braila to Paris

French Post Office in Ibraila 1867: France laureated 40 c. orange used on 1870 entire letter from Braila to Paris, tied by « 5087 » gros chiffres with superb strike of the pearled « IBRAILA / VALACHIE » cds (Sept 17) alongside, both in an unusual shade of violet-blue. Reverse with French P.O. in Constantinople cds (Sept 20) and Marseille cds (Sept 27) and thereafter with two further TPO cds’s applied on the way to beseiged Paris. A remarkable cover with a rare postmark in blue-violet shade. Cert. Roumet (2018) « Exceptionnelle frappe violette. -SUP.-RR. »Maury = € 2’000++.