Romania/Romana

Looks more like a fire.

It`s really hard to translate. I guess it`s from latin `sinister` - meaning `left`. Left side being associated in past times with the `wrong` side (see Bible for ex. - Matthew 25,32-33: `He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his LEFT.`). Singular `SINISTRAT`, plural `SINISTRATI` - suffering any CALAMITY (earthquake, flood, fire, landslide etc.) I found no such english word in my dictionary as `CALAMIT-ED` :)

in English it would be ----DISASTER,.....A calamitous event,esp. one occurring suddenly and cause great damage.

I belive ROD222 got it right with his translation.

Interesting discussion
It shows collectors do stuff offline like drop
words into translators, I am constantly doing this.

I cheated and took the wording from the ebay listing,
but Sinistrati kinda made sense ("Calamity" as Daniel suggested)

I was surprised Romaniastamps.com did not have it listed,
it makes one wonder how it was used.

The "6" on the blue, obviously on the front of the stamp
is a transfer from the sheet above it, subsequent to printing.
I think the Romanians have a word for this.

1928 posts removed and replaced in dedicated 1928 thread.

Pentru sinistrati- listed on Romanian online auctions year of issue 1930. Some postally used(??)

1930 it is then. Thanks.
Mine has a fiscal marking you would think.
I would expect them to be used as a seal perhaps.

Romanian online auctions?
I'll have to look for that one.
Not that I need anymore temptations to spend

Possibly a first:

1965 Water Lily. Printed on "creased paper"

1945
King Mihai
wmk M1
Bill of exchange revenue with Moire background.
20,000 Lei
(Part of) RHS strip of 3 MNH.

Romania / Hungary : Local : Salaj
Salajului

Salaj (also known as Land of Silvania, silva, -ae means "forest") is a county (judet) of Romania, in the historical regions of Crisana and Transylvania, with the capital city at Zalau.



1945 March
Printed sheets of 2 x 30
or 2 x 25
Rudimentary perfs.
(acknowledgement romaniastamps.com)

50 filler
1 Pengo
2 Pengo

Cancelled on piece (3 Pengo) seen $90
Exist in blocks of 4 and some imperforate.

Short validity- from 09.03.1945 till cca. 30.04.1945. Besides nowadays Sãlaj (the former hungarian `Szilágy`) county is one of the smallest county in Romania. Many forged letters.
note- The denomination is still hungarian- `fillér` and `pengõ`.

So do you think it has a valid place in Romanian philately?
Or does it belong in an Hungary Album?
Thanks.

I`d say in both. In fact it is listed in Hungarian and Romanian catalogues too.

Romania : 1958
Romanian Stamp Centenary :
(Updated and moved from earlier post)

Romania : Stamp Centenary
Posthorn Design.
12th > 22 July 1958

Exist:
Blocks of 4
Blue Violet (perf/imperf)
Red Violet (perf/imperf)
Blue (perf only)

WANT LIST : Brace pair stamp in Blue / violet
Posthorn Block of 4 (perf and imperf) in red /violet

Brace Pair stamp
Red violet



Mailcoach
Imperf
WANT LIST " mail coach blue (perf)
Mailcoach perf and imperf violet / yellow



POSTHORNS
Official Postmark as shown on sheets / Blocks
(also on covers where used)