Sheet of stamps Carol I with beard 15 bani red, Poșta Română, 1872

Sheet of stamps Carol I with beard 15 bani red, Poșta Română, 1872 is held by National Museum of Romanian History, dated 1872. Museum description: Sheet composed of 100 imperforate stamps, red in colour, uncancelled, depicting the oval effigy of Prince Carol I.

Stamp 94 is missing. Inscriptions: top - CINCISPREDECE. Left side - POȘTA. Right side - ROMÂNĂ. Bottom - 15 bani 15. A stamp is missing from the last row (stamp 9); approximately 0.8 cm missing from the upper left corner. Irregular cuts along the lower edge. On the reverse, few traces of gum, and the upper corners show cuts and traces of pink material from the support to which it was attached. In the lower right corner, the sheet has been thinned from detachment.

Stamp 95 was completed, by sticking, with a hinge. It is one of the first Romanian postage stamps that had international franking power, as a first step on the path to the recognition of Romania's state independence. The museum record gives measurements width: 34; height: 21.3; maker recorded: Poșta Română. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.