Romania's classic Prince Carol stamps

ROMANIA - 1858 SPERATI FORGERY. 5par black Moldavian Bull (as Michel 5) imperf die proof printed on ungummed white paper, signed Jean de Sperati, with "Sperati Reproduction" handstamp on reverse, overall siz approx 50 x 65mm. Attractive & scarce.

ROMANIA - 1858 SPERATI FORGERY. 80par red Moldavian Bull (as Michel 7) imperf die proof printed on ungummed white paper, signed Jean de Sperati, with "Sperati Reproduction" handstamp on reverse, overall siz approx 50 x 65mm. Attractive & scarce.

ROMANIA - 1858-61 MOLDAVIA FORGERIES. A mint/unused & 'used' group of forgeries & reprints on a stock card, comprising 5p (x8 inc a pair on piece), 40p (x4) & 80p (x2). Fine & fresh condition. (14 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1862-1864 MINT COLLECTION on two stock cards with a good range of different shades, paper types & printings, includes the 1862-64 3p (x4) with one on laid paper (small thin), 6p (x14) inc tete-beche pair (no gum) and 30p (x8). Some without gum as usual, a few with small faults, all with four margins and fresh (26 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1862-64 30par USED SELECTION on a stock card, comprising six examples with different shades & paper types, one on piece, four with four margins and two with three margins. (6 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1862-64 3p yellow handstruck on wove paper (SG 29, Michel 8 Ix), fine used with part "Bucuresti" cds cancel, four large margins.

ROMANIA - 1862-64 6p vermilion handstruck on wove paper (SG 30, Michel 9 Ixa), used with "Franco / Galata" boxed cancel, four clear to good margins.

ROMANIA - 1865 2p orange white vert laid paper (Michel 11ay, SG 49a), fine used with grill cancel, four good to large margins, very fresh.

ROMANIA - 1865 5p blue wove paper (Michel 12x, SG 46), fine mint BLOCK of 4, small tear at top right, light bends & gum cracks, four large margins, fresh colour. (4 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1866-67 20p black on rose thin paper Greek border with dot type Aa, SG 63, very fine used, four good to large margins, scarce.

ROMANIA - 1866-67 Thin papers complete set (Michel 14y/16y, SG 60/62), fine mint part gum, all with four margins, fresh. (3 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1872 5b,SG 106,used PAIR,full "SLATINA" thimble cds,short perfs,2

ROMANIA - 1903-30 CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE COLLECTION A mint and used collection on album pages which includes 1903 New Post Office (vertical design) set of seven mint, 1906 Weaving set mint, 1906 Nursing set used, 1906 25th Anniv set mint (the 25b used), 1906 Jubilee Exhibition set mint, 1907 Welfare set mint, 1913 Southern Dobruja (two sets) mint, 1927 Geographical and Independence sets mint, 1928 Dobruja and Bessarabia sets mint, 1929 Transylvania set mint etc. A few with faults, but mostly fine and fresh. (approx 275 stamps)

ROMANIA - 1941 Marin and Mota imperf mini-sheets (Michel Block 15, SG MS1487a), superb cds used, very fresh.

ROMANIA - 1958 Brussels Exhibition set with OVERPRINTS INVERTED, Mi 1717/1720, as two NHM se-tenant strips with labels (4 stamps + 2 labels)

ROMANIA - 1958 Brussels International Exhibition set, Mi 1717/20, SG 2593a/96a, in se-tenant strips of 3 with inverted overprints plus ultramarine values in strip of three with opt upright (Mi 1718 & 1720, SG 2595/6). Never hinged mint (3 strips)

ROMANIA - 1971 Apollo 15 IMPERF mini-sheet, Michel Block 89, vfm

ROMANIA - 1972 Apollo IMPERF mini-sheet, Michel Block 103, NHM

ROMANIA - TRANSYLVANIA CLUJ 1919 10b rose-red overprint (Michel 30 I, SG 764), used with cds cancel, fresh, with a 2010 Sorani photo-certificate.