Zimbrul şi Vulturul

"Zimbrul şi Vulturul" ("The Aurochs and the Eagle") was a 19th Century Romanian newspaper, published in the city of Iaşi and having readership in other parts of what was to become the Kingdom of Romania.

A surviving copy of the paper, dated November 11, 1858, [cite web |url=http://www.telegrafonline.ro/pdf/cb44624f486f3c8a6abd633afe12647b.pdf |title=Cel mai scump ziar din lume valoreaza 830.000 de euro |accessdate=2008-08-01|author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2008-06-19 |format=Portable Document Format |work= |publisher= |language=Romanian |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] was placed for auction December 3, 2006 through the David Feldman S.A. auction house of Geneva.cite web |url=http://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/cms/site/z_is/news/timbre_rare_romanesti_scoase_la_licitatie_la_geneva_si_monte_carlo_136868.html |title=Timbre rare romanesti, scoase la licitatie la Geneva si Monte Carlo |accessdate=2008-07-16 |date=2006-11-15 |work=Ziarul de Iaşi |publisher=SC Grupul de Presa Medianet SA |pages= |language=Romanian |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] Several parties expressed interest in purchasing the copy, including the Romanian Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. The copy sold for €700,000 (US$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.Fact|date=August 2008

Chahami told a "Yediot Aharonot" correspondent that this copy of the newspaper bears eight rare Romanian stamps - the Cap de bour ("Bull's Head"), issued by the principality of Moldova, whose capital Iaşi was, in that same year of 1858 - as the postal rate for sending the paper 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] .

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