1872 Trial Proof of the 50b pale-blue, without the head-plate, void central vignette, imperforate, beautifully composed eve margins, small thin spot, very rare and attractive item (Heimbüchler handbook p.250). (Image)

1872 (May 14) Cover to Braila franked with 10b blue, Carol I with beard, perforated issue, tied by small single circle Calafat cds the rare "degetar" D type , with large double circle of Calafat alongside, "P.D." boxed mark in blue also to front, endorsed "Cu Vaporu" (by Steamboat) and delivered by exception on a Danube steamer, arrival cds to reverse dated 16 May; a rare cover carried by DDSG with the "Cu Vaporu" endorsement; signed Heimbüchler. (Image)

1872 (May 31) Cover to Bucharest franked with a 10b blue, Carol with beard, perforated, tied by "Jassy Sera" black cds, with boxed "P.D." alongside, with arrival on reverse dated 3 Jun, and attractive wafer seal "Leib Meyerhoffer 7 Jassy", horizontal filing crease centrally not affecting the stamp, a fine cover. (Image)

1872 (Nov 22) Cover to Braila franked with 10b blue, Paris issue, perforated 14: 13 1/2, tied by large double circle Calafat in blue, addressed to the Faranga brothers, endorsed "Cu Vaporu" (by Steamboat) and delivered by a Danube steamer as an exception from the regular overland postage; the cover is one of the latest recorded dates for the DDSG postal arrangement; while the Paris issue was first introduced in October 1872, the letter was sent on the 22nd November 1872, days before the expiration of the DDSG agreement; exceptional postal history item; signed Heimbüchler; ex Heimbüchler. (Image)