8'th classicphil Auction - Day 1

1879, 10 kr, green, rare Type II, a desirable neatly strike of OREAVA/7/V (Orekhovo/Bulgaria) cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 909), on folded letter to Galatz in the last year of this privat postal transport, on reverse with Galati 11 MAI 79 arrival cds in black, blue crayon m/s tax with an additional of 10 bani for going abroad from the Ottoman Empire to Romania, a very rare cancellation on a fare more rare late subtype of this stamp, this combination is for the true connoisseur, ex Provera, who paid 3,000 CHF in 1976 (m/s note on reverse), ex Provera and J. P. Steindler, Robson Lowe, Basel 1972, # 301, XF! Schätzpreis 8.000€.