''Zimbrul şi Vulturul'' (''"The Wisent and the Eagle"'') was a 19th-century
Romania
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n newspaper, published in the city of
Iași (Iassy), capital of the
Principality of Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Central ...
, and having readership in other parts of what was to become the
Kingdom of Romania
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.
A surviving copy of the paper, dated November 11, 1858, was placed for auction December 3, 2006 through the
David Feldman S.A. auction house of
Geneva
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Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
.
Several parties expressed interest in purchasing the copy, including the
Romanian Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.
The copy sold for
€
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700,000 (
US$
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927,000 in 2006) to London-based Israeli businessman
Joseph Hackmey (יוסי חכמי), a collector of Romanian stamps and memorabilia. Including fees and commissions, the total price was €829,500 (US$1.1 million in 2006), the highest ever paid for a copy of a newspaper.
Chahami told a ''
Yediot Aharonot
''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...
'' correspondent that this copy of the newspaper bears eight rare Romanian stamps - the famous
Cap de bour ("The Head of Aurochs") IASSY MOLDOVA - issued by
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...
in that same year (1858) and used as postage for sending the newspaper to a subscriber in the city of
Galaţi. "The combination of a rare newspaper and rare stamps have made this a unique item, well worth the price I paid for it" said Hackmey.
[Yediot Aharonot, July 14, 2008]
See also
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Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Moldova.
Moldova, officially the ''Republic of Moldova'' is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. It Mold ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Romania
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimbrul si Vulturul
Newspapers published in Iași
Philately of Romania
19th century in Moldavia