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KUSTENDJE: "5139", GC in blue, clear and central on Siege  40 c. orange. Some short perfs, and "5087" IBRAILA in blue on 40 c. Napoleon laure

 

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1868, lettersheet with manuscript "v Galatz" without further dispatch mark, via Vienna and Triest (transit marks on reverse) to Corfu, here franked with 1868/69, cleaned plates 10 l. and 80 l., tied by Kerkyra c.d.s. Very scarce.

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1875, cover with blue c.d.s. "CALAFAT 15 FEB 75", via Orsova and Triest to Athens, here franked with 1868/69, 80 l. carmine and 20 l. blue (small corner fault), tied by dotted "1". lower backflap missing, otherwise fine and scarce.

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1879, cover with c.d.s. "JASSY 12 MAY 79", via Triest to Athens, here taxed with "60" lepta and postage due stamp 1876/90, 60 l. applied, tied by dotted "1". Little cleaned.

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"IBRAILA (BΛAXIA) 11 JUIN 60" clear c.d.s. in blue on entire letter to Syra, with arrival mark, taxed on front with "100" lepta. Very fine and rare

"BUKAREST 23 JUNI 1842” Cyrillic straight-line, a fine strike applied on transit on reverse of an entire letter addressed to Jassy, endorsed on the inside "Quarantain Guirgevo” (present-day Giurgiu); some minor surface aging, still fine. A scarce entire

"V GALATZ 1846 NOV. 22”, Cyrillic two-line (Tchilinghinrian Type 2, Dobin-Nr. 1.01), a fine strike in red on the reverse of a lettersheet to Bucharest, red crayon "30” rate marking; on front some negligible tears due to the fragility of the paper, still a very fine Russian abroad mail from this Moldavian port on the Danube. A very rare handstamp with only a few recorded

JASSY: 1850, Postal receipt from "JASSY POST OFFICE" for a letter sent to Bucharest, dated 9 March 1850, alongside black negative official seal. The receipt lightly folded as usual, and a small part excised at upper left, otherwise fine and rare; together with a smaller format 1862 postal receipt from Jassy for a sending to St Petersburg, and the larger format used in 1859 for a sending to Odessa. Mostly fine, an exceptionnally scarce trio

JASSI INCOMING MAIL: 1844, lettersheet with two-line framed "KISHINEV 28 JUNE 1844” despatch marking on reverse and addressed to Jassi, very fine. A scarce destination

KALAS (GALATZ), "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I KALAS", blue negative seal cancel, nice strike on tatar postal document from Shumnu, Bulgaria, to Galatz. Very rare.

"MECIDIYE", all arabic double-circle on 1875, 20 pa. green in horizontal pair on piece. Stamps with small faults. Extremely rare. Certificate Nakri AIEP(2019). Ex Kuyas. 

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"TULCA", all arabic double-circle, clear and almost complete strike in blue on 187, 20 pa. Extremely rare. 

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1832/1868, selection of 7 covers, showing a fine range of scarce usages with 1868 entire to Odessa bearing Russian Levant 10 k. carmine/green (Mi.-Nr. 5) tied on transit by dotted diamond, on reverse despatch cds "GALATZ 18 JULY 1868” (strong horizontal crease affecting the adhesive), 1832 envelope to Bucharest with reverse consulate red seal, 1862 entire to Kishiniev bearing on reverse scarce cds "YASSY DEC 10 1862” (day slug inverted), some incoming mail with 1858 entire form Odessa to Bucharest, etc., together with two postal receipts, including a small format one from Jassy for a sending to Odessa in 1860. Slightly mixed condition, a delightful specialist group