King Carol I 

King Carol I
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King Carol I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1226411
Area
Stamps
Title
King Carol I
Face value
3
Country / area
Romania
Year
1891
Month
05
Day
10
Issue group
1891 King Carol I
Order Number in Issue
2
Basic colour
Purple
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Anniversary, Heads of State, Kings
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Carol I of Romania (1839-1914)
Item subject
Michel number
91
Yvert number
91 91a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
293 297 301
Romfilatelia number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Fabrica de Timbre [Bucuresti] (Government Printing Works [Romania])
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
White paper
Gum
Print run
292 300
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 91 (violet, line perforation 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Yvert & Tellier: 91 (violet, perforation 13½) of 91a (violet, perforation 11½: 13½); Stanley Gibbons: 293 (mauve, perforation 13½) or 297 (mauve, perforation 11½) or 301 (mauve, compound of 11½ and 13 ½); CMR: light or pale violet, line perforation 13½ or 11½ or 11½:13½ or 13½:11½).