| XVI.
Efiigi Second Postal building Issue |
A/ Not adopted projects
These 4 projects were printed together, forming a block of 4 stamps. The first row
contained the values 3 Bani and 15 Bani, the second row the values 5 Bani and 1 Bani. If
someone knows more about this issue, we would be very thankful for that information.
Printed on thick, glaced paper
| 1. 1 B Black |
2. 3 B Black |
3. 5 B Black |
4. 15 B Black |
Three propositions from Gabriel Popescu in 1899
B/
Essay adopted with several modifications, amongst them:
* simplified ornamentation
*lighter engraving
* MCMI instead of MCM
* ROMANIA instead of POSTA ROMANA
* head, circular inscription and duty figures on plain background
Printed on carton
| 1. 15 B Black |
2. 15 B Violet |
3. 15 B Orange-red |
4. 15 B Dark green |
Proofs of the original die (MCM)
C/ Adopted project
Corrected undenominated die (MCMI)
Printed on a big piece of (carton)( 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm). Engraved in Bucharest by G.
Popescu
Die Proofs | 15 B Black | 40 B Black | 2L Black | 5L Black |
Plate proofs
Printed on very rough (carton)
A nice display in block of 4
| 2. 15 B Black |
3. 25 B Black |
4. 40 B Black |
| 5. 50 B Black |
6. 5 L Black |
5 L Brown |
Colour proofs
in the issued colours (on very thick paper)
Colour
proof
on the paper used for the issued stamps
The
so-called
imperforate error of colour
