Spain and Romania issue a joint series dedicated to a common animal species endemic of their own geographic areas. The stamps depict the Spanish Ibex and the Red Deer of the Carpathians.
published October 30th, 2012
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The dog, the first animal tamed by humans, is a carnivorous mammal belonging to canidae family.
Until recently they believed that the taming of this animal took place 14–15,000 years ago. Recent discoveries of some canidae skulls at Goyet (Belgium) andRazboinichyaCave(Siberia) attest that dogs were tamed by more than 33,000 years ago.
published September 17th, 2012
500 years ago, not far from the current Suceava town, on top of Bulai Hill, near a black wooden chapel, two Armenian brothers halted one night on their way toBudapestwhere they were going to sell their cattle.
published September 7th, 2012
In early 19th century, inEurope, international tourism was born.
The rich British who, before getting married, were in the habit of going on a trip on the continent for recreation and wishing to visit other countries, generalized the first manifestations of an organized tourism due to the frequency of these trips.
published April 14th, 2012
On the occasion of Easter holidays, Romfilatelia introduces into circulation the postage stamps issue HOLY EASTER 2012. The Resurrection of our Lord, this miracle that has been in the Christian mind for two millennia, has always made people become better to be able to properly receive the Light of Christ´s Resurrection.
The postage stamp of this issue illustrates the icon The Resurrection of Christ, made in 1876, which can be found in the patrimony of Saint Pantelimon Church inBucharest. 260 years ago, the ancient wooden church that laid on the location of the current Saint Pantelimon Church was mentioned for the first time in the testament of the ruler Grigore Ghica.
In 1790, Ioan de la Silvestru built a new holy place on the location of the former church; he painted the icon of Virgin Mary and of Jesus Christ. The builder of the holy place also painted the outline of the church on a wooden box containing 11 small icons depicting several holidays.
Seriously damaged by the earthquake in 1838, almost three decades later, the decision to (read more)
published April 6th, 2012
A set of special stamps on the theme of “Hong Kong, China – Romania Joint Issue on Handicraft” will be released for sale with associated philatelic products on 24 November 2011(Thursday).
Handicraft is the art of creating decorative and utility items completely by hand or with simple tools. The emphasis is on craftsmanship. The cultural significance of handicraft is the preservation of heritage and traditional techniques. Hongkong Post and Romfilatelia jointly issue a set of two stamps on handicrafts to showcase masterpieces from the two places, highlighting the vitality of the art form. This marks the eleventh joint stamp issue between Hongkong Post and other postal administrations. (read more)
published November 9th, 2011
The postage stamps of this issue will be present at the 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition (China), where Romfilatelia was invited to participate among other countries from Asia and from Non-Asian regions, in order to promote the international philatelic project dedicated to the above-mentioned theme.
The peach tree (Prunus persica) is a fruit tree of the Rosaceae family, able to reach eight meter in height; it has relatively straight branches, with few ramifications. Its flowers have a 2.5 – 3.5 cm in diameter and they are shaped as a dome having rosy to white colour. The spherical fruits are covered with hairs and their colour varies from light green to yellow and reddish. (read more)
published August 30th, 2011
On the 135th anniversary of the Romanian Red Cross, Romfilatelia introduces into circulation a postage stamps issue dedicated to this event.
The Romanian Red Cross was established on the 4th of July 1876 and has been continuously operating since then, fulfilling its role as auxiliary to the public authority on humanitarian matters.
Part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the Romanian Red Cross was recognised by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the year of its establishment. It became a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in 1919, and has been a member ever since.
Among the signatories of the act of establishment of the Romanian Red Cross, there were important names of that time: Nicolae Kretzulescu, C. A. Rosetti, Ion Ghica, Dimitrie Sturdza, Gr. G. Cantacuzino and Dr. Carol Davila.
The first president of the Romanian Red Cross was Prince Dimitrie Ghica, who developed the first Statute of the Romanian Red Cross. (read more)
published August 24th, 2011
In a European atmosphere conducive to revival of the boosting of the national conscience and advocating for rising the Romanian people through culture, in Sibiu, in November 1861, the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture of the Romanian People (ASTRA) was established based on the Constitutive Assembly’s decision.
An academic society, ASTRA militated from the very beginning against denationalisation and for the rights of the Romanians in Transylvania.
The most important mean for fulfilling the assumed role was maintaining the creative potential of the Romanian people, through knowledge and dissemination of the national-cultural patrimony.
“Therefore, the Romanian people’s intelligence managed to work on the most beautiful and life-giving field of literature and sciences and to restlessly seek not fantastic but real and honest means to enlighten, cultivate, enrich and bless the people.” (George Baritiu)
published August 22nd, 2011
The topic of the issue positively joins the list of events carried out within the manifestations dedicated to the International Year of Forests 2011 declared by the United Nations General Assembly.
Forests, the ecosystem harmonizing a complex vegetal environment, as a wide diversity of trees and plants, with numerous species belonging to what generically is called “fauna”, represent at the same time a first rank factor in terms of climate.
A real “lung” of the Earth, the forests ensure the carbon circuit in the nature by retaining the carbon dioxide through the photosynthesis process and releasing one of the vital elements, the oxygen.
published July 16th, 2011
On the 50th anniversary of the first man’s flight in Cosmos (Yuri Gagarin), on the 30th anniversary of the first Romanian’s flight in Cosmos (Dumitru Dorin Prunariu) and on the 50th anniversary of the first session of COPUOS (UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space), Romfilatelia introduces into circulation the postage stamps issue entitled COSMOS 2011.
On the postage stamp with the face value of lei 3.00 is reproduced the image of Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, the first Romanian cosmonaut.
Dumitru Dorin Prunariu was the first Romanian to ever take part in a space flight (Soyuz 40 mission) within the Intercosmos Program, aboard Salyut 6 station (14th – 22ndof May 1961).
published July 14th, 2011