King Carol I 

King Carol I
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King Carol I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1226409
Area
Stamps
Title
King Carol I
Face value
1½
Country / area
Romania
Year
1891
Month
05
Day
10
Issue group
1891 King Carol I
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Red
Exact colour
Wine red
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
90
Yvert number
90 90a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
292 300
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
63.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 90 (lilac-red, line perforation 11½ or 13½ or 11½: 13½ or 13½: 11½); Yvert & Tellier: 90 (claret, perforation 13½) or 90a (claret, 11½: 13½); Stanley Gibbons: 292 (rose-lake, perforation 13½) or 300 (rose-lake, compound of 11½ and 13½). CMR: lilac-red or lilac-rose, line perforation 13½ or 11½:13½).