Stamp Desk / Emperors and queens
Romania, 1872 (25 bani)
A bearded prince in profile, under a large round postmark.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ROMANIA across the top (under the postmark) and POSTA with bani at the bottom.
- 1ROMANIA, under the postmark
- 225 B. POSTA 25 B.
- Inscription
- ROMANIA · 25 B. POSTA 25 B.
- Meaning
- POSTA is Romanian for post; B. is bani, the small coin of the Romanian leu.
- Issued by
- Principality of Romania
- Today
- Romania Flag of Romania
- Year
- 1872. Issued 1872 (the “Paris” printing).
- Made by
- Désiré-Albert Barré (designer and original die engraver, died 1878); Anatole Hulot (steel printing-plate engraver/producer, died 1891)
One fact
The 1872 stamps of Prince Carol I were made in Paris: original dies by Désiré-Albert Barré, printing plates by Anatole Hulot.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Every named creator died more than 70 years ago: Désiré-Albert Barré (died 1878), Anatole Hulot (died 1891). Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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