King Carol I 

King Carol I
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King Carol I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1226363
Area
Stamps
Title
King Carol I
Face value
1½
Country / area
Romania
Year
1889
Month
10
Day
14
Issue group
1889 King Carol I
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Black
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Kings
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Carol I of Romania (1839-1914)
Item subject
Michel number
70
Yvert number
70
Scott number
88
Stanley Gibbons number
216 222 228
Romfilatelia number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Fabrica de Timbre [Bucuresti] (Government Printing Works [Romania])
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Dry imprint of Coat of Arms on the reverse side. Glassy hard paper. This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 70 (black, line perforation 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Yvert & Tellier: 70 (black, perforation 13½ or 11½ or 11½: 13½); ); Stanley Gibbons: 216 (black, perforation 13½) or 222 (black, perforation 11½) or 228 (black, perforation 11½: 13 ½ or 13½: 11½); CMR: 70 (black, line perforation 13½ or 11½ or 11½:13½ or 13½:11½).