Carol I 

Carol I
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Carol I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1226317
Area
Stamps
Title
Carol I
Face value
5
Country / area
Romania
Year
1879
Month
Day
Issue group
1879 Carol I
Order Number in Issue
3
Basic colour
Green
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
50 a 50 b
Yvert number
50 50a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
126 126a 140
Romfilatelia number
Designer/Engraver
Barre, Désiré-Albert (1818-1878)
Printing office
Fabrica de Timbre [Bucuresti] (Government Printing Works [Romania])
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 50 a (green on greenish paper, line perforation 11 or 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 50 b (Russian green on greenish paper, line perforation 11½); Yvert & Tellier: 50 (green, perforation 11½-13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 50a (deep green, perforation 11½-13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Stanley Gibbons: 126 (emerald-green, perforation 11 or 11½) or 126a (blue-green, perforation 11 or 11½) or 140 (blue-green, perforation 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); CMR: 50a (light green, perforation 11 or 11½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 50c (blue-green, perforation 11 or 11½ ) or 50d (pale bleu-green, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½ or 13½: 11½) or 50e (light blue-green, perforation 11 or 11½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 50f (deep blue-green, perforation 13½ or 11½).