Day 2- Europe & Overseas, Austrian Levant

1871: International Issue, King Carol 'with beard' 5 b. carmine, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins all round, on printed matter postcard from Bucharest to Vienna, cancelled by part BUCURESCI despatch cds with framed "P.D.", both in black alongside, reverse with "WIEN 12 / 12 8 A." arrival cds. This item shows the reduced printed matter 5 bani rate, in this case on a presumably unique announcement card for an representative, at a time when postcards were not yet introduced in Romania, cert. Heimbüchler (2016).
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas