1831c: Postal Wax Seal reading "... Valach: Molda: ... 1831" (not listed in Kiriac) on reverse of cover to Galati struck solely with superb but erased impression of DDSG "ABONIRT" straight line "Subscriber" handstamp in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 826, see page 479). A rare entire, the Abonirt marking was only used by subscribing Companies who paid an annual fee to the DDSG for their mail to be carried. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1858 (July 21): Bull's Heads 27 parale black on rose laid paper, an example with fair to good margins, fresh colours, cancelled by two part strikes of "BERLAD / MOLDOVA ./8" datestamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 272). Only five examples of the 27 pa. are recorded in the Heimbüchler handbooks used from Berlad with this stamp being a new find. The stamp is obviously completely backed, still an attractive example of this desirable stamp due to its excellent colour and fresh appearance. Cert. Gmach (2016) Mi = EUR 15'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1858 (July 21): Bull's Heads 54 parale blue on greenish blue laid paper, an example with good to enormous margins all round, fresh colours, cancelled by nearly complete centric strike of "FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA 11/9" datestamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 275). This example is a new find and therefore unlisted in the Heimbüchler handbooks. An interesting example of this desirable stamp. Signed Fulpius, Mohrmann, Grobe; Cert. Grobe (1970) Mi = EUR 6'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1858 (Nov): Moldavia 5 pa. black type II with broken frame, 40 pa. green blue and 80 pa. brown red on yellowish wove paper, three fresh unused example with large to enormous margins on all sides, of good colour, large part og., 80 pa. with two minor thins, but an appealing trio Mi = € 1'900+. (Image 1) (Image)

1858 (Nov): Moldavia 40 pa. deep blue on white wove paper, an unused block of four with two vertical tête-bêche pairs, of intense deep colour, good to large margins all round, one insignificant age spot nearly invisible from front and with large part, lightly cracked og. A delightful and scarce multiple Mi = € 1'600. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1864: Plate printed, 6 pa. carmine rose and 30 pa. blue, both in complete mint sheet of 40, all showing the central tête-bêche variety and eight pairs with stamps turned sideways. Fresh and fine, unused or large part og., one cert. A. Brun (1939). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1865: Unadopted Essays (4) for the Cuza issue (although some may say these were produced for the 1865/66 Maximilan issue of Mexico), with vignette of Crowned Eagle design and blank surrounds in horizontal pairs, printed in brown, red, black and green. A fine and scarce group. (Image 1) (Image)

1865: Cuza 20 pa. red, a mint block of 36 (6 x 6), marginal from top right of sheet, types 1-2-1-2-1-2 repeated, showing the uneven spacing between the rows, good to fair margins, shaved at bottom right. Two stamps defective and file fold through the bottom of the 3rd row and between 4th and 5th row, minor toning on top, nevertheless an appealing multiple with fine colour, nine stamps mint, 27 stamps unmounted og. Mi = € 1'600+. (Image 1) (Image)

1866/67: 2 pa. black on yellow thin paper, a superb mint block of 26 with the four blank spaces at upper right of sheet, Stone B, marginal from top right of sheet. The multiple shows three times the regular Transfer Types 1-2-3/4-5-6 in blocks of six at right and two times the irregular Transfer Types 1-2/4-5 in blocks of four below the blank space. Folded horizontically between the 2nd and 3rd row without affecting the stamps, some toning at the lower right, one minor thin in the upper margin, but an interesting and attractive multiple of fresh colour and primarily very fine unmounted og., two stamps mint. Signed A. Diena Mi = € 2'300+. (Image 1) (Image)

1869: 15 b. carmine-red, a fine example with good margins, in a deep vivid shade (transfer type 4), tied by "JASSY 19 / 4 SERA" (1870) cds in black (Kiriac fig. 463) to entire letter to Itzkany, framed FRANCO alongside. An attractive cover in the Romanian Austrian border rate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1869: 25 b. orange & blue, a fine example with fair to good margins, in a vivid shade (transfer type 1), tied by "BRAILA 23 /4 " (1869) cds (Kiriac fig. 368) and grill obliterator in blue to entire letter to Vienna, framed "P.D." alongside, reverse with thimble Vienna arrival cds (Apr 27). Some toning, an early usage of the new 'international' stamps issued at the beginning of April 1869 after the closure of the Austrian consular offices in Romania. Signed Heimbüchler. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1870 (March 14): Letter sheet from Oltenitza to Syros, franked by Carol 'without beard' 50 b. blue & red, in vivid colour with good margins on three sides, shaved at base, tied by crisp and rare ".OLTENITZA DIST. ILFOVU" rural cds in blue (Kiriac fig. 885), straight line OLTENITZA of the telegraphic P.O. at the Danube port in blue and framed "P.D." alongside. The front shows an Austrian "P.P." which corrected the erroneously applied PD. Reverse with Austrian CONSTANTINOPEL and Constantinople Lloyd transit (March 20) as well as Syros arrival (March 15) cds's. Upon arrival, the cover was taxed with '20' lepta in blue crayon and a left marginal Large Hermes Head 20 lepta blue showing variety 'inverted 0' (Karamitsos 27 Nb) with ample to large margins was added and tied by the same datestamp. A very attractive cover full of character, a very rare mixed franking of Romanian and Greek stamps. Signed Tseriotis.rnProvenance: ​Ex collection Binos. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1871 (Jan): Carol 'with beard' 5 bani vermillion in a hor. pair, a fine multiple in a vivid shade with fair to large margins, shaved at left (Transfer Types 1-2), used on 1872 entire letter to Braila (Faranga correspondence), endorsed "Cu vaporu", carried by Danube Steamer, tied by CALAFAT / SERA datestamp (Feb 19) in blue with framed "P.D." alongside in blue (Kiriac fig. 447). Reverse with 'Braila / Dim' arrival cds in black. A fine and scarce franking, the cover displayed in Kiriac Dragomir on page 250.rnNote: For further information on Romanian DDSG covers from this correspondence see Gabriel Sassower's article in the London Philatelist (July/Aug 1978 and April 2003). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1871: 25 b. brown, two singles with fair to large margins, in fresh colour, tied by "BUCURESCI 4 OCT 71 " cds (Kiriac fig. 488) in black to entire letter to Genova, framed "P.D." alongside, reverse with Genova arrival cds (Oct 10). Correct franking of the 50 bani rate to Italy. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1872 (Feb): King Carol 'with beard' perforated, 5 bani vermillion in this vivid shade, perf. 12½, a fine unused example (Transfer Type 7). A very scarce stamp, fresh and fine, large part og. Cert. Bloch (1981) Mi = € 1'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1872: Paris Printing, single die proof with uncleared duty plate in black on thicker paper, a fresh and fine interesting item. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Carol Paris printing, complete set of seven colour proofs on toned paper in hor. pairs, four marginally, also 1½ b. black in a block of ten on green paper. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: 'Decoupage' Proofs for Carol I Paris printing by A. Hulot, a part set of five from 1½ to 50 bani in unissued colours, in addition four 1½ b. with the blue frame and King's head present and the green background absent, fine and most attractive group. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 3 b. green on greenish, a fresh example tied by "BUCURESTI 1 JAN .." cds (Kiriac fig. 603) to local wrapper sent within Bucharest, framed FRANCO in blue alongside. Stamp with pre-use fold, and wrapper with folds, an attractive and rare printed matter usage. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 5 b. brown on brownish, a fresh example tied by "T. SEVERIN 19 / 4 DIM" cds (Kiriac fig. 483) in blue to printed matter entire to Langnau, Switzerland, reverse with Orsova and Burgdorf (April 15, 1873) transit cds's. Entire with file fold well away from stamp and cancellation, some staining but a very rare printed matter usage abroad. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1872: Paris Printing, two single die colour proofs of the issued 10 bani blue, fresh and fine on bluish laid paper. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 10 b. blue on bluish, a fresh example tied by "BRAILA 1. DEC 72" cds (Kiriac fig. 487) to double rate printed matter entire dealing with grain market prices in Galatz and Braila, sent to Naples, framed "P.D." alongside. A delightful entire full of character, a very rare printed matter usage abroad. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 15 b. red brown on light brownish, a fresh and fine example tied by "CRAJOVA 11 OCT 76" cds (Kiriac type B2) in blue to entire letter sent to Orsova in Austria, reverse with arrival cds. Attractive and rare usage in the local border rate between Romania and Austria. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 25 b. orange on tinted paper, 2nd printrun, a fine example with minor traces of oxidation, tied by crisp "LEOVA 14 APR 76" cds (Kiriac type B1) to entire letter to Sulina, reverse with Bolgrad (Kiriac type B1) in blue green and Galati transit cds's as well as the arrival cds of the Austrian Consular P.O. in Sulina (Tchilinghirian fig. 840). A most interesting and attractive cover from Leova in Bessarabia via Bolgrad in Southern Bessarabia, nowadays part of the Ukraine, down to the Danube, where it was put in Galati on a vessel to be shipped to Sulina which was with the whole of the Danube estuary and the Dobrudja part of the Osman Empire until the 1877/78 war, delivered by the Austrian P.O. in that city. Cover opened up for display. (Image 1) (Image)

1872: Paris printing 25 b. orange on tinted paper, a fine and fresh hor. strip of three, tied by "GALATZI 24 OCT 74" cds (Kiriac fig. 633) to letter sheet to Marseille, French 'Autriche / Ambulant' entry cds in red and "A. / P.D." postal contract handstamp alongside, reverse with arrival cds (Oct 30). Attractive multiple on double rate cover to France. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)