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Romanian issues

Austro-Hungarian Military Post · 50 stamps

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1917

1917 Emperor Karl I

Issued
1. November
Watermark
None
Perforation
12½

Romania entered the war in August 1916 and Bucharest fell on 6 December 1916. In the occupied territory the Austro-Hungarian field post used Karl I stamps whose bottom panel was left blank for the value in Romanian bani and lei to be printed in. The 1917 issue had 17 values from 3 bani to 4 lei; in 1918 the same values came out again in an almost identical design, with a separate box for the value so that it read more clearly.

Sources

Sources: Dead Country Stamps: Romania, Austrian Occupation – WW1, MegaMinistore: Romania – Austrian occupation stamps

No. 1
1
No. 2
2
No. 3
3
No. 4
4
No. 5
5
No. 6
6
No. 7
7
No. 8
8
No. 9
9
No. 10
10
No. 11
11
No. 12
12
No. 13
13
No. 14
14
No. 15
15
No. 16
16
No. 17
17
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
1A3Bblackish olive/red
2A15Byellowish green/red
3A26Bviolet/red
4A310Breddish brown/red
5A412Bblue/red
6A515Brose/red
7A620Bpurple brown/red
8A725Bultramarine/red
9A830Bgreenish slate/red
10A940Byellowish olive/red
11A1050Bdark green/red
12A1160Bpurple red/red
13A1280Bslate blue/red
14A1390Bdark purple/red
15A142Lcarmine/black
16A153Ldark green/black
17A164Lcarmine/black
1‑17

1918

1918 Emperor Karl I

Issued
1. March
Watermark
None
Perforation
12½

Romania entered the war in August 1916 and Bucharest fell on 6 December 1916. In the occupied territory the Austro-Hungarian field post used Karl I stamps whose bottom panel was left blank for the value in Romanian bani and lei to be printed in. The 1917 issue had 17 values from 3 bani to 4 lei; in 1918 the same values came out again in an almost identical design, with a separate box for the value so that it read more clearly.

Sources

Sources: Dead Country Stamps: Romania, Austrian Occupation – WW1, MegaMinistore: Romania – Austrian occupation stamps

No. 18
18
No. 19
19
No. 20
20
No. 21
21
No. 22
22
No. 23
23
No. 24
24
No. 25
25
No. 26
26
No. 27
27
No. 28
28
No. 29
29
No. 30
30
No. 31
31
No. 32
32
No. 33
33
No. 34
34
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
18B3Bblackish olive/black
19B15Byellowish green/black
20B26Bviolet/black
21B310Breddish brown/black
22B412Bblue/black
23B515Brose/black
24B620Bviolet brown/black
25B725Bultramarine/black
26B830Bgreenish slate/black
27B940Byellowish olive/black
28B1050Bdark green/black
29B1160Bpurple red/black
30B1280Bslate blue/black
31B1390Bdark purple/black
32B142Lcarmine/black
33B153Ldark green/black
34B164Lcarmine/black
18‑34

1918 Austro Hungary Military Post Stamps Overprinted "BANI"

Watermark
None
Perforation
12½
No. 35
35
No. 36
36
No. 37
37
No. 38
38
No. 39
39
No. 40
40
No. 41
41
No. 42
42
No. 43
43
No. 44
44
No. 46
46
No. 47
47
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
35C1/1B/Hgreen
36C12/2B/Horange
37C22/3B/Hslate-grey
38C35/5B/Hgreen
39C410/10B/Hpurple brown
40C520/20B/Hcinnabar
41C625/25B/Hultramarine
42C730/30B/Holive
43C845/45B/Hblackish slate
44C950/50B/Hgreyish green
45C1060/60B/Hviolet
46C1180/80B/Hrose
47C1290/90B/Hdark purple
35‑47