1871-73 Selection of 15 classic Romanian stamps struck with different, rare, D type "Degetar" postmark cds, including a pinpoint strike of the rarest D type "Officiul Princiar", a fine lot in general in very fine condition. (Image)

1871 5b vermilion on receipt for a money letter, good to large margins, crisply tied by Roman 17 APR 71 cds in blue, rare in such fine condtion, cert. Gmach (2021). (Image)

1871 10b ultramarine, on white wove paper, type II, mint block of twenty, with blank space top right, and position 99 showing the "blob under neck" flaw, original gum, 14 stamps n.h., only one stamp touched top otherwise margins all round, superb showpiece block of twenty; a block of 19 is illustrated in the Heimbüchler handbook on page 30; according to our records, this is the largest known multiple showing the blank space and the variety of position 99, probably unique. (Image)

1872 (Sep 17) Envelope to Bucharest with 1872 10b ultramarine type 2 tied by Dorohoi cds, reverse with Botosani transit and arrival cds, missing part of backflap and cosmetic repair above stamp, a very rare stamp on cover with only 15 recorded, cert. Gmach (2021). (Image)

1872 (May 2) Cover to Itzcani (part of Austria at the time) franked with strip of three 5b red, four margin, horizontal crease at top, tied by blue Botosani cds, "P.D." boxed mark in blue to front, rare Itzcani arrival on reverse dated 8 May, sent when the rate for the first weight bracket letter sent to the borderline territories of Austo-Hungarian Empire was 15 Bani; in June 1871 a Romanian post office was established in the Austrian railway station in Itzcani and all correspondence exchanged with Austria occurred from then through this post office (prior sent through Gara Roman post office); very rare backstamp of the Romanian post office abroad which first opened in 1871 in what was at the time Austria; the franking of a strip of three of the 5 Bani stamp is most unusual, we do not know of another example. (Image)