1871 1/13 jan  BEARD  IMPERF (all values also on yellow paper) Numbers are Michel. T1, T2 means main subtype. P1, P2 means first edition, second edition. x means thick paper, y means thin paper, z means yellow paper

Essays Types Forgeries  (5B, 10B yellow, 25B) Forgeries (15B red)

5 BANI RED

P1 cinnober (red, brickred, pink) red, light red, dark red, blood red, brick red, dark brickred, light brickred, dark lilacred, red-lilac, vermillion brickred on yellow paper, dark lilacred on grey paper, brown red on grey paper P2 carmine carmine, dark carmine, pink, light pink, carmine-red, carmine-pink yellow-carmine carmine-red on light pink paper, carmine on pale pink paper   ( 5b also on  punctuated & thin paper)

Flaw: White dot in beard Flaw: Dot at left foot of A in BANI courtesy: Dusan Spála Flaw: Double print Mr Dan N Dobrescu:  Types   Colour study   Circulation stamps   Circulation stamps  Complete sheet link to Romanian National Philatelic Museum Roberto Sciaky collection covers P. Dica collection

10 BANI yellow/ orange

P1 yellow yellow, pale yellow, dark yellow P2 orange orange, dark orange, red orange, yellow orange, orange-yellow, ochre dark orange on yellow paper dark orange on ripped paper

Mr Dan N Dobrescu:  Types   Circulation stamps  Circulation stamps   Circulation stamps

25 BANI BROWN

P1 olive brown light brown, olive brown, pale yellow brown olive brown on grey-yellow paper P2 earth brown black-brown, sepia, dark sepia, brown, coffe yellow-brown, olive yellow-brown, dark olive brown

Flaw: Bald patch Dou_deci   courtesy: Corinphila Auktionen Mr Dan N Dobrescu:  Types   Varieties

10 BANI BLUE

T1 blue (shades) blue, light blue, bright blue, greenblue, cobolt blue, metallic blue, azur blue,   ultramarine (shades) ultramarine dark ultramarine   blue on yellow paper

Mr Dan N Dobrescu:  Types   Circulation stamps

15 BANI RED

P1 blood red red-carmine, blood red, red P2 geranium red dark brick red, dark carmine red, vermilion, deep red

Mr Dan N Dobrescu:  Types   Flaw: Dot in front of nose   courtesy: Corinphila Auktionen Sheet of 100 ( one missing) link to Romanian National Philatelic Museum Cover w 2x 15B red & 2x 10B yellow Cancelled Roman courtesy: Koehlers