Romania Moldavia 1848 – INAM Official Postal Order for Four Post Horses to Botoșani – Princely Seal – Pre-Stamp Postal History
€ 150,00
Official Moldavian postal document dated 1848, issued to the Postal Administration (Casa Poștelor) authorizing the provision of four post horses for travel to Botoșani. Numbered 218, with manuscript administrative endorsements, signatures of officials and a prominent red princely/administrative seal. A pre-stamp document from the postal system of the Principality of Moldavia.
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Official postal order („INAM.”) issued in the Principality of Moldavia in 1848, before the introduction of Moldavia’s adhesive postage stamps.
The printed and manuscript document is addressed to the Casa Poștelor and authorizes the provision of four post horses for a journey to Botoșani. It is numbered 218 and dated 1848, with the relevant details completed by hand.
The document bears a prominent red heraldic seal, together with several manuscript endorsements and signatures of contemporary officials. Its printed Cyrillic text and handwritten administrative annotations document the organization and operation of Moldavian postal transport during the pre-stamp period.
Preserved as an original administrative postal document with visible folds and handling traces consistent with its historical use.
| Postal History By Country | Romania |
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| Postal History By Period | Prephilatelic (Before Stamps) |
| Postal History By Region | Europe |
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