III. Propositions of 1 january 1865

Towards the end of 1864 the governement of the united principalities decided to reduce the postal tariffes and to replace older issues with an issue printed with more modern methods

3A.    First proposition
This project carries no inscription. In the centre an eagle with the emblems of Moldavia and Valachia. In the bottom right corner three letters: MRF.  Believed to have been rejected because the Wallachian Eagle had been given a more prominent position than the Moldavian auroch.
(According to Ingham these were proposed by a Belgian printer for the 1866-67 Maximilian issue in Mexico,
 I have a note from somewhere saying: Engraved by Martin Rister.   Printed by de la Rue,
watermark on A1 nr 2 points towards the La Croix Freres as printers)
In the latest Corniphilia auction there is a sheet of six - which divides these into those printed as singles (my guess 1 - 5)
and those printed in sheets of 6 (my guess 6 - 12)


A1  Single format proofs , printed on big fragments of papier de Chine
(two red examples found with part of (probably) La Croix Freres watermark)
Corinphila states this as issued in these colours: Black, red, green, brown, blue.

1. Rose




2. Carmine




3. Light Blue
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4. Blue  
5. Green
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A2  Printed on white wove paper, no watermark 

6. Red
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7.Black
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8. S�pia
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9.Dark blue  (big image) 10. Olive green 11. Green
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A3 Printed on bluish paper

12. Blue
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3B. Second proposition  

A star with a bulls head in the middle. In top triangle the number 2 and in the bottom triangle the word PAR.
Heraldic motives in the other 4 triangles. Some of these essays have a black PROBE overprint.

Printed in black on coloured, smooth, even paper. Colours indicated are paper colours. 2 Parale all.

1.  Bright Yellow 2.  Yellow
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3.  Yellowish brown
4. Blue
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5. Green 6. Grey-green
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7. Carmine
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8. Rose
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9. Brown
10. Orange    

Printed on coloured paper, smooth & even

11.  Green on Rose 12. Brown on Yellow 13. Brown on Grey

Printed on coloured, ripped paper

14. Rose on Brown 15. Green on Brown 16. Brown on Clear brown

Printed on grey wove paper

17. Black 18. Grey
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19. Bright yellow
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20. Yellow 21. Rose 22. Brick red
23. Dull red 24. Brown 25. Violet
26. Lilac-carmine
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27. Green
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28. Blue
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29. Clear blue    

Printed on grey, laid paper

30. Brown
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31. Dark brown 32. Rose
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33. Carmine    

Prestamped envelope essays
Envelopes 13 x 7 mm with embossed essay printed in relief in top right corner

Courtesy Heinrich Koehler

A. Blue. white paper B. Dark brown, white paper C. Carmine-lilac, white paper
D. Blue, bluish paper E. Yellow, white paper  

3C. Third proposition  

These are the first projects carrying the words ROMANIA. Some of these has beeen found with a black PROBE overprint.
Nr 1 - 32 Circles as frame, 33 - 42 lines as frame

 Coloured paper, coarse printing (doubtful status)

1. Orange on Rose 2. Brown on Dark green 3. Brown on Yellowish green
4. Green on Olive green
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5. Ultramarine on Azur
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6. Black on Grey
Blue on bluish
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Grey wove paper, coarse printing (doubtful status)

7. Grey 8. Rose
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9. Red
10. Brick red
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11. Carmine 12. Yellow
13. Olive-yellow 14. Orange 15. Blue
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16. Ultramarine 17. Dark blue
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18. Blue-grey
19. Green
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20. Dark green 21. Violet
22. Brown
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23. Red-brown  

Grey laid paper, coarse printing (doubtful status)

24. Yellow
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25. Orange 26. Brown
27. Dark blue 28. Yellowish green 29. Dark green
30. Rose
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31. Red 32. Carmine

White, smooth & even paper, fine impression

33. Grey 34.Rose
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35. Red
36. Carmine 37. Green 38. Yellow
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39. Orange 40. Blue 41. Light blue
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42. Ultramarine