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This set of six stamps were the low values for the issue celebrating the Opening of the New Post Office in Bucharest, Romania, two years previously in 1901.

Engraved by M. Thévenin.
Typo. French Government Printing Works, Paris

Stamps bearing the the printmaker’s watermark “JOHANNOT & Cie ANNONAY” are rare.

No wmk. Pink-surfaced paper. Perf 14 x 13½

Released May 1, 1903