Carol I 

Carol I
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Carol I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1226313
Area
Stamps
Title
Carol I
Face value
1½
Country / area
Romania
Year
1879
Month
Day
Issue group
1879 Carol I
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Black
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Monarchs/Royalty
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Carol I of Romania (1839-1914)
Item subject
Michel number
48
Yvert number
48
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
124 133 138
Romfilatelia number
Designer/Engraver
Barre, Désiré-Albert (1818-1878)
Printing office
Fabrica de Timbre [Bucuresti] (Government Printing Works [Romania])
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Coloured paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 48 (black on yellowish paper, line perforation 11 or 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Yvert & Tellier: 48 (black, perforation 11½-13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Stanley Gibbons: 124 (black, perforation 11 or 11½) or 133 (black, perforation 13½) or 138 (black, perforation 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); CMR: 48a (black, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½) or 48b (grey-black, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 48c (light grey, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 48d (black on bluish paper, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½) or 48e (deep shiny black, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½).