1869: Unpaid entire letter to Bucharest struck with superb
"PLOESTI" circular datestamp (Oct 20) in blue (Kiriac fig. 427) and
handstruck
1869: Unpaid entire letter to Bucharest struck with superb
"PLOESTI" circular datestamp (Oct 20) in blue (Kiriac fig. 427) and
handstruck "28" bani due marking (18 bani postage + 10 bani due as
tax) also in blue. Reverse with "Bucuresti / Dim" arrival cds (Oct
21) in black. A very fine and rare cover, this procedure with a
special handstamp is only recorded from Ploesti. Illustrated in
"Stampilografie Postala" by Kiriac Dragomir on page 291 and
discussed and illustrated in Gabby Sassower's article in the London
Philatelist, Volume 87, Sept-Oct 1987, page 136