MINISTRY OF FINANCE 1940 - |
All really good imagescourtesy:Nicolaide Matache |
1940. Accession to the throne of King Michael I
Former stamps overprinted in black
130. 10B Orange 131. 30B Green 132. 50B Purple 133. 1L Greyish-Violet 134. 2L Blue 135. 3L Greyish-Blue 136. 5L Red 137. 7L Light Purple 138. 8L Greygreen 139. 9L Violet 140. 10L Carmine/Purple (thin paper) 141. 20L Green/Orange (thin paper) 142. 50L Grey/ Blue (thin paper) |
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1941 Crown No wm
143. 10B Green 144. 20B Red 145. 30B Brownish-Violet 146. 40B violet 147. 50B dark olive 148. 80B blue 149. 1L olive 150. 2L orange |
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1942. King Michael. Perf 14
151. 1L Purple 152. 2L Dark Violet 153. 3L Red 154. 5L Grey-Brown 155. 7L Olive-Green 156. 8L Green 157. 9L Grey-Blue 158. 10L Purple 159. 15L Brown-Violet 160. 20L Brick Red 161. 30L Olive Green 162. 40L Greenish Blue 5L imperforated |
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1941. King Michael I. Thin paper.
163. 10L Dark Blue/Blue 164. 20L Olive/Red 165. 50L Brown/Orange 166. 70L Dark Blue/Blue 167. 100L Olive/Red |
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1941 Michael (nr 151 -162) perforated horizontally in the middle. Thick paper. Perf 14. No wm.
168. 1L violet 169. 2L red brown 170. 5L dark sepia |
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1942 Double stamp - text left, Michael right, perforated vertically in the middle
On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR, left image : letters for value
171. 1L olive green 172. 2L red 173. 5L sepia 174. 10L blue |
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1942. King Michael I. Background wavy lines. No wmk. Perf 14 1/2: 14
175. 5L Brown 176. 10L Violet 177. 20L Orange 178 40L Blue Green 178E 40L light Olive 179. 60L Violet red 180. 80L Green |
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1943. King Michael I. Black on coloured thin paper. Perf 14 1/2: 14
181. 60L Green 182. 100L Orange 183. 200L Blue |
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1944 Double stamp - MF in circle left, Michael right, perforated vertically in
the middle
On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR Perf 14.
184. 2L red 185. 4L lilac pink 186. 8L green 187. 10L dark blue 188. 20L brown |
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1944 Michael Fiscal - Postal
189. 50B orange 190. 1L carmine 191. 2L brown 192. 4L blue 193. 5L violet 194. 8L green 195. 10L dark olive |
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1945 King Michael I. Black on ordinary coloured paper. Wmk 3. Perf 14 1/2:14
196. 100L Bluish 197. 200L Light Brick red 198. 400L Greenish 199. 1000L Rose 200. 2000L Bluish 201. 5000L Light brick red 202. 10000L Bluish 203. 20000L olive |
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1945. King Michael I. Background wavy lines. Wmk 3. Perf 14 1/2:14
204a. 100L Orange white paper b. grey paper 205a. 200L Dark Blue white paper b. grey paper 206a. 500L Dark Brown white paper b. grey paper 207. 1000L Green 208. 2000L Violet red |
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1947. Crown.
209. 10B Red 210. 20B Olive 211. 50B Brown 212. 1L Blue 213. 2L Green |
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1947. King Michael I. Background wavy lines. Wmk MI. Perf 14
214. 5L Brown 215. 5L Blue 216. 8L Light Violet 217. 10L Light Violet 218. 10L Red 219. 16L Light Brown 220. 20L Olive 221. 40L Orange |
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1947. King Michael I. Former stamps overprinted in black "1947"
222. 20L Orange 223. 40L Bluish green 224. 100L Purple |
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1948. Former stamps (double stamps (1781-3+184) overprinted Republica Populara Romana (in red)
225. 1L olive green (171) 226. 2L red (172) 227. 2L red (184) 228. 5L sepia (173) |
1948 Crown overprinted Republica Populara Romana
229. 1L Blue 230. 2L Green |
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1948. Former stamps (215-21) overprinted Republica Populara Romana
231. 5L Blue 232. 8L Dark violet 232 E w inverted overprint 233. 10L Red 234. 16L Light brown 235. 20L Olive 236. 40L Orange |
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1948. Coat of Arms RPR. Wmk3 Perf 14 Low values in other design
237. 0.10L red violet 238. 0.20L olive 239. 0.50L dark blue 240. 1L violet 241. 2L Blue 242. 5L Orange 243. 8L Emerald 244. 10L Olive 245. 16L Purple 246. 20L Violet 247. 30L Blue 248. 40L Brick-Red 249. 100L Yellow All values also imperforated (rare) |
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1948. Coat of Arms RPR. Wmk4 Perf 14
250. 0.10L red violet 251. 0.20L olive 252. 0.50L dark blue 253. 1L Brown 254. 2L Blue 255. 5L Yellow 256. 8L Emerald 257. 10L Green 258. 16L Purple 259. 20L Violet 260. 30L Blue 261. 40L Brick-Red 262. 100L Yellow |
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1952. Monetary reform
Overprint with new denominations in Red (R) or Black (B)
263. 5B / 1L Brown 264. 10B / 2L Blue 265. 25B / 5L Yellow 266. 40B / 8L Green 267. 50B / 10L Green 268. 80B / 16L Purple 269. 1L / 20L Violet 270. 1.50L / 30L blue 271. 2L / 40L Brick-Red 272. 5L / 100L Yellow Imperf |
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1952. Coat of Arms RPR. Wmk 4 Perf 14
273. 5B Purple 274. 10B Red 275. 25B Red orange 276. 50B Blue violet 277. 1L Blue 278. 2L Green 279. 5L blue The set imperf |
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1952. Taxa locala
280. 25L violet | ![]() |
1952. Coat of Arms RPR with star. Wmk 4 Perf 14
281. 5B Orange 282. 25B Red 283. 50B Blue |
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1952. Coat of Arms RPR with star. Larger size. Wmk 4 Perf 14
284. 1L Brown 285. 2L Brownish-Violet 286. 5L Ultrmarine 287. 10L Red 288. 20L Green 5B - 20L imperf |
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1953. Taxa Locala. Sfatul Popular.
289. 25L Violet | ![]() |
1955. Coat of Arms RPR. Double stamp. Wmk 4. Perf 13 1/2
290. 3L Grey-Violet | ![]() |
1957. Coat of Arms RPR in oval. Double stamp. Wmk 4. Perf 13 1/2
On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
291. 25B green / greenish 292. 50B Violet/Greenish 293. 1L Purple/Reddish Violet 294. 3L Brown/Light Brown 295. 5L Grey/Light Grey 296. 10L Reddish Brown/Light Brown 297. 20L Brown/Yellow |
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1965. Coat of Arms with inscription RPR in circle. Double stamp. Wmk 5-7. Perf 14
Underprint net. On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
![]() 298. 50B Brown-Violet/Greenish 299. 1L Brown-Violet/Greenish 300. 3L Brown-Olive/Grey 301. 5L Grey/Light Grey 302. 10L Reddish Brown/Brown 303. 20L Brown-Olive/Yellow The set, incl 25B, imperf |
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1965. Coat of Arms with inscription ROMANIA in circle. Double stamp. Wmk 5-7. Perf 14
Underprint net. On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
Inscription ROMANIA faint
304. 50B Brown-Violet/Greenish 305. 1L Brown-Violet/Greenish 306. 3L Brown-Olive/Grey 307. 5L Grey/Light Grey 308. 10L Reddish Brown/Brown 309. 20L Brown-Olive/Yellow |
1990. Folklore Ornament. Wmk 8. Underprint net. On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
310. 1L Brown-Violet/Purple 311. 3L Brown-Olive/Grey 312. 5L Grey/Light Grey 313. 10L Reddish Brown/Brown 314. 20L Brown-Olive/Yellow |
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1990. Folklore Ornament. No wmk.. Underprint net.+ FT
On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
315. 5L Grey/Light Grey 316. 10L Reddish Brown/Brown 317. 20L Brown-Olive/Yellow 318. 50L Greenish-Grey/Green 319. 100L Greyish-Brown/Grey |
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1996. Folklore Ornament. No wmk.. Underprint net.+ FT
On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
As 1990 issue but 5 lines text at left
320. 25L Black/Orange 321. 40L Brown Violet/Reddish Yellow 322. 50L Dark Green/Yellow 323. 100L Olive Green/Vernil? 324. 200L Red 325. 500L Dark Blue/Blue 326. 1000L Dark Orange/Yellow 327. 2000L Violet/Yellow 328. 5000L Blue/Sepia 329. 10000L Red/Violet |
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1998. Folklore Ornament. No wmk.. On the gutter MINISTERUL FINANTELOR
330. 25L Black/Orange 331. 40L Brown Violet/Reddish Yellow 332. 50L Dark Green/Yellow 333. 100L Olive Green/Vernil? 334. 200L Red/Pink 335. 500L Dark Blue/Blue 336. 1000L Dark Orange/Yellow 337. 2000L Violet/Yellow 338. 5000L Blue/Sepia 339. 10000L Red/Violet 340. 20000L orange / black (1999)?? Or dark brown as shown 341. 30000L redyellow/brownviolet (1999) |
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2002 Folklore ornament. as 1998 but MATCA over text
342. 50L yellow/ light green 343. 100L vernil / olivegreen 344. 200L red 345 500L blue 346 1000L grey/orange 347. 2000L yellow/violet 348. 5000L sepia/blue 349. 10000L violet/red 350. 20000L orange/black 351 30000L yellowred/brownviolet |
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2005? Folklore ornament.
352. 10B violet 353. 20B light grey 354. 50B blue 355 1L dark grey 356 2L yellow 357. 3L red |
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