Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

Ship Mail 1896: 20 pa. on 10 b. rose on buff postal stationery card, a used example to Bucharest cancelled by wreathed "Posta Romana / Cospoli" datestamps (April 20) in violet with oval framed Ship Mail handstamp "EXPRESS / CONSPOLI-OSTENDA / CONSPOLI-CONSTANTA-BUCURESCI" datestamp at left. Bucharest (April 21) arrival on reverse. Scarce and very fine - this is not an Orient Express usage: the Romanian Postal Agency was moored on an RSC vessel in Constantinople. Ex collection Sassower.