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1858, Bull's head 54 par. blue on green horizontally laid paper, fresh colours and wide margins, with green cds. "GALATZ 2/9”, a tiny paper break due to cancellation pressure near the "P” of "ПOPTO” and a faint corner crease at the bottom left in the wide outer margin not affecting the appearance, fresh and a very attractive example of this rarity, Cert. Philatelic Experts (2026)

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1858, Handstruck 40 parale blue on thin blueish paper, showing clear and rare "Double Print" of the entire design in an under-inked pale shade, cancelled FRANCO PIATRA in black, full margins, very fine and scarce

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1872, Paris print 10 b. blue, 15 b. deep brown and 25 b. yellowish bistre (2), tied to envelope from "BACAU 7 JUN 75", endorsed "via Varna", to Athens, paying the full tariff for mail to Greece of 75 bani (the cover was presumably held at the P.O. awaiting full payment, as the 10 b. is cancelled a day after the other three stamps). On reverse transit marks of Bucharest, Galatz, Constantinople and Piraeus. Charged for local delivery with postage due 1875, 40 l. tied by dotted "1". An exceptional and most unusual pre-UPU cover. Certificate Heimbüchler (2012).

Provenance: Fritz Heimbüchler (Corinphila 2013)

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1872/76,  Paris printing 50 b. rose together with 10 b. blue Bukarest printing (two bottom corners with short perfs) tied on envelope by clear ‘IASSY 21/OCT/77’ c.d.s. and boxed 'Recom.' blue numeral 9835 and violet ms. ‘1348’ alongside, additional German railway registration label ‘vom Ausland über B.-P.5 (Oswiecim-Breslau) Eingeschrieben', on reverse blue threeliner 'REGISTERED NOV/14/1877' New York P.O.' and on front ms. receiving date OK 28/11/77, addressed  to Cincinnati USA, cover shortened on all sides and some crease and flaw. Despite some flaws, a highly interesting postal history cover with an unusual franking, rate and destination

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1896, King Carol 5 b. blue postal stationery card used uprated with 5 b. blue, clear cancelled GALATI 31/JAN/96, red transit LONDON FE/4/96 and arrival mark ST. HELENA MR/10/96, all cancellations on front and full message for stamp exchange on reverse. A very early destination to Africa and to a British Colony, Romanian maritime mail service to Egypt began after 1899. In PROFI archive is no other mail from Romania to St. Helena recorded.

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1932, Contemporary Photographs from the Printer´s Record Books: The following 20 Air Mail Essays have been removed from the printer´s daily photographic record books, many being of hand-painted essays and unaccepted designs, and mounted on card. The date stated is the entry date into the archive record book "Romania 1932 (31 Oct.)” Aviation Fund 50 b. (6), 1 l. (8), 2l. (6), all different unadopted designs, very scarce.

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1931/32, CIDNA airmail post labels ‘PAR AVION’, two different booklets, one large size turkish-french bilingual, punched and without labels, with turkey revenues preprinted on reverse, the other small size containing 27 labels (missing 1) in french showing romanian air mail cover of 1931 imprint with tarifs for all countries on the route. The booklets advertise the 1 day flight from Paris, France to Turkey and retour. CIDNA was the name change from 1925 of CFRNA "The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport”. Fine and scarce.

1866, letter sheet with clear c.d.s. "GALATZ 2/5" and adjacent "FRANCO", to Corfu, franked upon arrival with 20 l. blue, clear to large margins, tied by Kerkyra cds. Vertical folds not affecting the stamps. A fine and rare entire.

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1875, unpaid letter sheet from "GALATZI 20 APR" via Vienna and Triest to Corfu, taxed "100" lepta and paid with postage due 1875, 1 dr., tied by dotted "106". The stamp stamp was lifted for inspection, otherwise very fine and fresh. A very rare and attractive pre-UPU cover. Certificate Simmermacher BPP (2004)

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1875, unpaid entire letter from "GALATI 18 JUL 75" via Bucarest and Syros  to Corfu, with circular "T" and Greek black handstamp "60", paid with postage due 1875, 60 l., tied by dotted "1". The stamp with very slight toning in the perforation, otherwise very fine and fresh. A scarce cover with the 1st postage due issue.

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1876, unpaid entire letter from Galatz via Triest  to Athens, with circular "T" and Greek black handstamp "60", paid with postage due 1876/90, 60 l., tied by dotted "1". Entire letter roughly opened, otherwise very fine and fresh. 

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1893/1997 (ca.), used and mostly mint never hinged collection with duplicates, including Postage Dues, strength after 1957, overall in very good quality, neatly housed in one stockbook

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1862, Prepaid cover from Constantinople to Paris with CONSTANTINOPLE wreathed datestamp (11/6), straight line FRANCO and VIA KUSTENDGE-VIENNA handstamps all in blue (Tchilinghirian figs. 385+384+113). Crossed to denote prepayment with reverse showing Vienna cds. (18/6) and Berlin 18/6 arrival mark, fine.

1863, Folded envelope cancelled CONSTANTINOPLE 31/8 in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 387) and FRANCO alongside, endorsed 'via Kustendje' (Constanza), sender cachet ‘Freres Simoff Constantinople’. The route of the cover is very interesting, from Constantinople by Lloyd ship to Kustendje, per Danube and black sea railway DBSR to Cernowoda and by DDSG to Roustschouk, file folds and tiny toned, otherwise fine. Nice postal history.

1877, GALATI 13.AUG.77 cds. in black on 5 b. postal stationery card used uprated with two 5 b. ochre, registration mark "Ra=17/77” in black and ms."R23/8" alongside, addressed to "Speditions Abteilung des Österr. Ungar. Lloyd in Triest”, transportet via Danube and black sea with Austrian ship, arrival mark TRIEST 16.8.77 on reverse, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and a very scarce registered usage

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1917, Arad Airport first air force cancellations on Austrian fieldpost card: "K.u.K. Militärbauleitung am Flugfelde ARAD" in circle with coat of arms and twoliner with same text in violet. The airfield was based on the area where Aurel Vlaciu, a pioneer in Romanian aviation, constucted hanger and buildings with grass runways, vertical crease, otherwise fine. Unrecorded and important early aviation marks.

1918, 5 st. postal stationery card Bulgaria used during occupation of Romania, cancelled SILISTRA 8.4.18, blue german censor mark ‘GEPRÜFT 12.4.18 Postüberwachungsstelle’, black "T” in circle for taxe and blue crayon "10” alongside, addressed at first in latin script than in ottoman to ‘Braila 6th turkish army 15th unit’, so that we can assume that it was transported by the Turkish field post. Text complete written in old ottoman script by a Turkish officer, vertical fold and border faults, otherwise fine. An extremely scarce item of occupation period with turkish and german fieldpost and of great interest to the postal history of Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and Turkey 

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