Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1858: Bull's Heads 27 parale black on rose horizontally laid paper, a fine and fresh used example in a deep shade with fair to large margins, lightly tied by part strike of "FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA" datestamp (5/9) in blue (Kiriac fig. 275). A perfect example of this extremely rare adhesive of which just 20 examples are known used from Fokschani. Signed Thier & Pfenninger; cert. Heimbüchler (2002) Mi = € 25'000.rnReference: Illustrated in Handbook III on page 17, pos. 10.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 133 (June 2002), lot 1779.