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...

“SAHRA MENZIL POSTASI 1” black all arabic censorship of Turkish fieldpost in Bukarest on bank letter from the “BANK OF ROUMANIA LIMITED-BUCAREST”, bearing Germania 25 B. on 20 Pf single fine cancelled “BUKAREST 4.Jul.18” with triple censorship to the Banque Imperiale Ottoman Constantinople with arrival mark on reverse dated 23.7.18. Turkish and German censors together on cover from Bukarest are extremely scarce, in PROFI archive is only one...

1916, German cancellation FELDPOSTSTATION Nr.185 18/12/16 c.d.s. on officer mail from Bukarest with violet “T” in circle for Taxe, only soldiers mail was free, two different Istanbul censor marks and arrival mark on front. Sender was an officer of the commanding minister of war Enver Pacha, addressed to Djemil Bey Director ‘Nationale Verteidigung Konstantinopel’. Extremely scarce mix of German and Turkish Fieldpost in Romania during WWI

1865, Coat of Arms 5 k. black/reddish-violet, together with 1866 10 k. brown/blue and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, tied by two-line “BORCHAGOVA P(ostal). S(tation). 6 JANUAR 1877” (Kiev province, Skvira county) repeated on reverse with framed “ZAKAZNOE” alongside to registered envelope to Nechanitz in Böhmen, from there re-addressed with final arrival cds. “PRAG 24 1”. Two adhesives with minor imperfections, still very fine and attractive. A...

1866, Coat of Arms 1 k.- 30 k. complete set, vidiv colours and excellent embossing, the 30 k. with a small tone spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, signed Mikulski

1 k. black/yellow, 3 k. black/green and 10 k. brown/blue horizontal pair, fresh colours, tied by cds “ODESSA 23 OCT. 1872” to envelope to Marseilles, France with two-line Austrian mark “A.P.D” and blue cds "AUTR. AVRICOURT" 9 NOV 72", reverse transit Wien, Paris and arrival cds “MARSEILLES 10 NOV 72”, very fine. An interesting mail having taken the Southern Route via Austria, correctly franked at the special 24 kopek rate (incl. an additional...

3 k. black/green, 5 k. black/grey-blue and 20 k. blue/orange, tied by dotted oval “S.P.B” to envelope to Paris, France with adjacent red “P.D.”, red “AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO” and transit via Prussia, reverse cds “S. PETERBURG VARSAWA STATION SEPT. 1869”, the envelope with minor faults, still fine three-colour franking, signed Maslowski

5 k. black/lilac and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, the former in horizontal strip of three and the later as a pair, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds “DYLITSK P(ostal) S(tation) 4 OCT. 1878” to registered envelope to Prag, framed “ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse departure and arrival cds, three intact wax seals, 5 k. at top with insignificant corner damage, still very fine. A delightful and most unusual...

5 k. black/lilac and 1875 2k. black/red used with cds “ST PETERSBOURG 13 FEV. 1884” to 7 k. on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope registered to Montevideo, Uruguay, adjacent red registration marks “R N° St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and “R / R.O DEL URUGUAY”, arrival cds “OFICINA DEL RECOMENDADAS MONTEVIDEO 27 MARZ (8)4”. The 2 k. with trivial corner crease, otherwise very fine. A most appealing Breitfuss mail to a rare destination

30 k. rose/green and 1 k. black/yellow, tied by cds “ODESSA 19 JUL. 1875” to small registered envelope addressed to a post director in Genova with framed “ZAKAZNOE” alongside, reverse cds “POSTAL WAGON N°47-48” 20 JUIL. 1875", 30 k. minor peripheral ink stain, still fine and scarce double weight step cover

30 k. rose/green and 3 k. black/deep green (three singles), tied by cds “SLOBODSK 17 DEC 1877” to registered envelope to the Vyatka Court with reverse arrival cds “VYATKA 18 DEC 1877”, correct 39 kopek rate (third weight step 24 k. plus registration and receipt 15 k.), fine

1875, 2 k. black/red and 1884 2 k. olive green, together with additional franking paying the correct 14 kopek rate and tied by cds “ST PETERSBURG 27 APR. 1884” to reverse of registered envelope to Braunschweig, red framed registration mark “R St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and reverse arrival cds “BRAUNSCHWEIG 11 5”, minor imperfections of no importance, still fine. A rare mixed franking of the same facial value from two different issues, enhanced...