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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
1226321
Area
Stamps
Title
Carol I
Face value
15
Country / area
Year
1879
Month
Day
Issue group
Order Number in Issue group
5
Usage
Type
Basic colour
Exact colour
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
52 a 52 b 52 c
Yvert number
52 52a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
128 128a 135 136 142 143
Romfilatelia number
Designer/Engraver
Perforation type
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
20.5 x 24 mm
Details
This item has two types:
Type I: figure “1” of “10” without serif (Paris plate).
Type II: figure “1” of “10” with serif (Bucharest plate).
It is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers:
Michel: 52 a (dull rose on yellowish paper, type I) or 52 b (brick red on yellowish paper, types I and II) or 52 c (fleshcoloured on yellowish paper, types I and II) (line perforation 11 or 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½);
Yvert & Tellier: 52 (brown-red, type I, perforation 11½-13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 52a (red, type II, perforation 11½-13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½);
Stanley Gibbons: 128 (orange-red, type I, perforation 11 or 11½) or 128a (pale red, type I, perforation 11 or 11½) or 135 (pale red, type I, perforation 13½) or 136 (rosine, type II, perforation 13½) or 142 (pale red, type I, perforation 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½) or 143 (rosine, type II, perforation 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½);
CMR:
Type I: 52Ia (red, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½: 13½) or 52Ib (Venetian red, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½ or 111½: 13½) or 52Ic (pale brick red, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½:13½) or 52Id (brick red, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½ or 111½: 13½);
Type II: 52IIa (carmine-rose, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½: 13½) or 52IIb (orange-rose, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½: 13½) or 52IIc (fleshcoloured, perforation 13½ or 11 or 11½).
