Romania/Romana

Well done Nigel
I am glad there are intelligent folks around,
I would have never got that.

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Here is a thing for budding Romania collectors,
the early stuff is just "Pot Luck" from ebay,
The scans are never clear enough to establish authenticity,
so one buys on a whim.

I just bought this one from ebay, inc ship was $6
so about 30% to 50% of scott CV
The aust vendor had it at 1864 30 parales plate print.

It was bang on, so I am happy, I post this as a guide for others
this is Scott 1864 #21

There were 5 rows of 8 stamps in the print,
This is "subtype 2" (with dot in posthorn loop)

This stamp lived in ROW 1 stamp #7
(kudos to the collectors who went before and plated these)

39 stamps to go

Can anyone tell me about these please?
Any advice as to an approximate value?
Currently on ebay at $32
Are they really scarce?

Danube navigation

ROD-----Those D.D.S.G. don't look like forgeries ,I would need a larger scan to be sure .Most of the forged stamps show the small "f" with a rounded head,whereas the 1866-68 stamps all have the "f" with a flattened head.Another point of identification is that the genuine stamps have two small dots in the network of lines below the oval.-----just a interesting note for you ,the D.D.S.G. became the official carriers for the Austrian State Post Office and established important agencies at towns as Galatz{Galati } in Romania.

Excellent FT, thank you very much.
Amazing knowledge there :)
I had not seen these before, I knew of the Czernowoda issues(sp?)
with the little train on them, but not these.
$32 is a bit heavy for the budget at the Mo.

I knew this type (don`t know if reprint/ forgery, put it long time ago aside):



-edit: this tipe is listed (mine is a reprint/forgery- still checking- heads of `f` round ??). Cancellation- Romanian

Still checking, but this set has Hungarian inscription too... so these can`t be 1866-68. Before 1867 no Hungarian inscription would appear on stamps. Probably for use in the Hungarian Kingdom (?), and a much later date...

Here's a bit of info on this issue (without the currency mentioned):

http://www.philateria.com/html/gene...rance_i.html

Wow! what a brotherhood / sisterhood we have on SCF !
Fantastic!
Thanks all.

I believe WADMALATZ is right,those stamps ROD shown were later D.D.S.G. stamps{used up until the 1920's} and not the 1866-68 stamps that I described .

Recommended reading for DDSG
(sorry, I don't know how to lift a web link address from a *.pdf download)

A beautifully designed Stamp
Love the curtain.

Date of Issue unknown Circa 1904
Revenue
Casa Corpuli Didactic Tax 5% (A form of educational tax?)
Red Overprint
1/4 on 6 bani Blue

"6" (in black) is possibly a control number (on reverse as well)

Pentru Sinistrati (Disaster Assistance)
Not listed anywhere
CV on ebay $5
1 Leu

Anyone have any info? Date of issue?

I have never seen those but the blue one is really beautiful!

Sometimes something is lost in the translation

Just to add more about the D.D.S.G. stamps shown above the signle green stamp with the 10 in the oval was used as postage on the Danube....but those colorful group shown earlier were not postage stamps ,because the Danubian countries gradually started their own postal systems.These later private fiscal adhesives for such purposes as private insurance,bill receipting ,manifests and bills of lading ,and used up until 1920's.