Beschreibung:

1858-78, a lovely collection in an album including Moldavia 1858-61 (bluish wove) 40p. (2, cancelled by single "JASSY" h.s.), (white wove) 5p. Type II, 40p. mint, (yellowish wove) 40p. used, 80p. unused; Roumania 1864 printed from plates 6p. mint or unused (120) with numerous shades including a complete sheet of forty and tête-bêche or sideways turned pairs, 30p. mint or unused (33) and used (6), with shades, plate varieties and positions, 1864 Prince Cuza range, 1865 (wove paper) 5p. blue unused (2) and used (5, with a strip of three on piece and a single cancelled by Austrian "BUCAREST" c.d.s.), 20p. mint or unused (7) and used (8), (vertically laid) 5p. mint (2); 1866-67 (thick paper) 2p. to 20p. mint, 20p. (4) used, (thin paper) 2p. and 20p. (3) blocks of four mint, 5p. (3) and 20p. strip of three mint, 20p. used (12, one used on 1867 entire from Zimnicea to Galatz), 1868-70 2b. mint (6, with a block of four of the yellow-orange) and used (13, with two pairs and a strip of three), 4b. blue mint and used (9), 18b. mint and used (18), a good range of types noted on this issue, 1869 (April) 5b. mint (2) and used (7, including a pair used on an 1870 entire from Berlad to Vienna - unfortunately a third stamp has been excised), 15b. mint (2) and used (16), 25b. mint and used (15), 50b. mint and used (16), 1871-72 new currency (white paper) imperforate 5b. mint (6) and used (10, with a pair on piece), 10b. orange-yellow used (10), blue (4, three used), 25b. (7, one mint), perforated 12½ 5b. mint (2) and used (4) including one on 1872 entire (fault), 10b. blue mint (3) and used (5) including one on entire cancelled "T.SEVERIN" in blue, 25b. mint (12, with two blocks of four) and used (5, one on 1872 entire to Pest cancelled "ALEXANDRIA" in blue); 1872 new stones (white paper) imperforate 10b. mint (8, with a block of four) and used, 50b. mint (4) and used (3), (vertically laid paper) 10b. used; 1872 (Oct.) Paris printing with imperforate colour proofs, issued values with shades, 5b. used on 1875 printed circular from Severin to Budapest, 1876-79 Bucharest printing range with 10b. affixed to 5b. stationery postal card, 1879 (April) new colours (perforated 11-11½) with shades, multiples and some perf. errors, together with a mass of later perforation types with cancels, multiples, plate varieties and shades. Much research has been undertaken in the formation of this collection with a good deal of attention focused on the plating and identification of the papers, shades and printing flaws prevalent on these issues. (hundreds)