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

1864: Plate printed 30 pa. blue, a used example with close margins all round, tied to underpaid 1864 cover to Fokschan, tied by "BRAILA" cds (Oct 31) in black (Kiriac fig. 368) and by sender's oval cachet in blue. Reverse with "FOKSCHANI" cds of arrival (Nov 3) in black (as Kiriac fig. 270). Presumably found to be double weight on arival and taxed "55" parale in blue crayon manuscript - the amount due being 30 pa. for the single rate letter and 25 pa. due as tax. A scarce cover that opens well for Exhibit display. Ex collection Sassower.rnNote: For further reading on Inter-Principalities Postage Due, see Gabby Sassower article in the London Philatelist, Volume 87, Sept-Oct 1987.