Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1882 (Dec 2): 15 stotinki reddish violet & pale lilac, album pages with the original printing in a very deep shade with pale background, single and block of four with mixed Type I and Type II, second order of June 26, 1884 in paler shades unused (4, incl. a Type II on thin paper), third order of May 25, 1885 in the more usually encountered shade of reddish violet in a complete pane of 25 from upper right of sheet unused (all stamps are Type I), and a complete pane in the same shade with mixed Types I and II from lower left of sheet and thus from a new plate - together with a single example with 'Obrasetz' (Specimen) overprint in blue; fourth order of Aug 26, 1886 in a dull shade with unused (6) incl. a block of four with mixed Types; also three covers to Austria, Turkey and USA (16 items).
Provenance: Collection Earl Galitz, Corinphila sale 207, June 2016, lot 4109.