Romania: Stamps

 

Prime target for all Romania collectors,

Sc 2569a 1975 (Monuments set) Imperf Romulus and Remus.

CV : $125 used or mint.

One of those odd fellows, where the issued quantity, does not match the scarcity value?
There is one on the internet now for $15

Romania
2010   15th October
Henri Coanda Jet Flight 1910

Designer : Mihai Vamasescu (MV)
14.5 Lei
Issued : 15,000 miniature sheets (Thanks to romaniastamps.com)

Sc 5213

CV : $8.50  (I would expect to see this rise)

Ever the innovator, Romania has produced a strange perf pattern on the stamp, (Block Perf) and included a circular divorced perforated tab.

Nice MS Ryan, not seen that one before.
Unfortunately could not see her run, my wireless was continually buffering
Will catch it later.
Good on her, I like those who try, remember Eddie the Eagle?

Doubtful Zuzu,
at a low 15,000 emissions, and CV currently at $8, very remote if many are seen on cover, and others damaged by separation.
Today with so many "marker monkeys" it is high risk to send covers with expensive miniature sheets.
No doubt some will join the failure rate, and maybe a little disk will appear at the back of someone's album  

In 50 years, someone on a forum somewhere will ask, "What's this"? 

Romania
1927

50th anniversary of Romania’s independence from Turkish suzerainty.
Some values exist imperf. All exist imperf and with value numerals omitted.
Printed in Paris by "Helio Vaugirard" after designs by G Chirovici
Lots of minor plate flaws exist, dots and frame thinness here and there, nothing major except missing 2 from 2 Lei



Unadopted essays exist, last set I saved to bid on jumped from $185 to over $400? in last 6 seconds.
Hence still looking.

Romania
1928

King Michael

10 Anniversary of the reunion of  Bessarabia with Romania.

King Michael  10 Lei Value.

Can be a bit tricky for new collectors.
Exists in the following varieties:

Sc328 10 Lei  A73 Photo No Wmk 18.5mm x 24.5mm  Perf 13.5
Sc345 10 Lei A73 Photo  Wavy Lines Wmk  Perf 13.5 x 14
Sc357 10 Lei A73 Photo No Wmk 18mm x 23mm   Perf 14.5 x 14
Sc362A 10 Lei A73 Photo No Wmk 18.5mm x 24.5mm Perf 14.5 x 14   Overprinted
Sc367 10 Lei A73 Photo No Wmk 18mm x 23mm Perf 14.5 x 14  Overprinted

Romania 1930
King Carol 2

Imperforate CV $250

Romania
TB Charity seals.
The very Lovely Crown Princess Marie
(Whom turned down a marriage proposal from King George V )

The "DAGUIN" Postmarks of Romania

wiki
The Daguin machine was one of the first cancelling machines used by the French postal administration. It was created by Eugène Daguin (1849-1888). Its first official use took place in June 1884 in Paris. It could cancel three thousand covers per hour.

Two datestamps were printed in one move by the postal clerk: the first cancelled the postage stamp and the second was a readable proof of date on the cover. Until 1949, the datestamp centers were 28 millimeters away from one another.

In the 1900s, more efficient machines replaced the Daguin. But it came back to service in the 1920s: the second datestamp was replaced by a commercial message inscribed in a round cornered quadrilateral. The official retirement of the Daguin machines was declared in the 1960s, with some exceptional use until the 1970s.



Philatelists discovered and studied the machine and its twin cancellations in the 1950s.


Romania
Daguin Postmark  Type 1,   St Andrews Cross Fleuron

GALATI

Thanks Ryan,   but really, not so spectacular, as it may at first seem,
It took some patience, and a dash of luck,  if memory serves paid $64  (once again 25% of cat, by accident)
my budget of $25 or so per week, was severely dented at the time,  so I went cycling for weeks after
without looking at auctions.

Froggie will attest the power of  tease by his recent foray into SPM  

Last week I bought a particular Romanian set,  CV of $1,100   for $85
I have no idea if they are genuine as yet, Romania is frought with Forgeries,  but will interesting when they arrive.

Meanwhile,  budget is fractured so back to penny lots, for three weeks.

PS:  there is some philatelic ledgerdemaine here also,   That CV is for mint unhinged,  mine are lightly hinged, therein lies a biggie for the gum fanatics.
so one has to assume "used" CV values.

also, Philately  always has some reassurance bouyancy,  if one observes reasonable husbandry of the collection,  one always assumes in cases of emergency,
you will get your money back, or close to it.

PPS:  I would be remiss, in not acknowledging Jack (The Administrator here)   he originally drew my attention to the lot,  eternally grateful.

Romania
1958
Radio Licence Revenues.

Romania 1930
CV : $50