Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 5

1865: Cuza 20 pa. red, two single examples, a separated pair with large margins all round, used on bilingually addressed 1865 entire letter to Jassy tied by two fine strikes of framed "FRANCO / TEKOUTCI" handstamp in black (Kiriac fig. 320) with "Tekutsch / Moldova" cds above (1/2). Clearly dated twice internally as January 20 with reverse showing Jassy arrival cds (3/2) in black. File fold well away from the adhesives, an extremely early usage for the Cuza issue.