Press releases

POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMIȘOARA, ONE CENTURY OF EDUCATION AND INNOVATION

Romfilatelia welcomes science enthusiasts, by introducing into circulation, on Tuesday, February 18th, current year, the postage stamps issue Politehnica University Timișoara, one century of education and innovation. The postage stamps issue, that contains a stamp and a perforated souvenir sheet, is dedicated to the anniversary of the Politehnica University Timișoara, which celebrates, this year, a century since its establishment and marks the Centenary of…

100 YEARS SINCE THE PASSING INTO ETERNITY OF THE SAINT HIERARCH NECTARIE FROM EGHINA

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Friday, February 14th, current year, the postage stamps issue entitled 100 years since the passing into eternity of the Saint Hierarch Nectarie from Eghina. Saint Hierarch Nectarie was born in 1846, in the Thracian Silivria (locality near Constantinople), from poor but very god-fearing parents, Dimos and Maria Kefalas, receiving the baptism name of Anastasie. At the age of 14…

CATS

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Friday, February 7th, current year, the postage stamps issue Cats, an occasion for joy for both pet lovers and philatelists. The domestic cat (Felis catus) is a small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the Felidae family. Cats can be of three types: domestic cat, farm cat or wild cat. Unlike wild cats that live in…

POLAR FAUNA

Romfilatelia dedicates to the pasionates of Fauna, a new postage stamps issue entitled Polar fauna that will be introduced into circulation, on Tuesday, 28th of January, current year. The Fauna topic is at the top of the postage stamps collectors preferences, which will complete their collections with 4 polar species. The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), presented on the postage stamp with the face…

THE CHINESE ZODIAC. YEAR OF THE METAL RAT

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation, as a premiere, on Thursday, January 23rd, current year, the postage stamps issue The Chinese Zodiac. Year of the metal rat, a philatelic theme beloved by collectors around the world. One of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac is designated for each Chinese New Year. 2020 is the Year of the Metal Rat. Other years of the Rat zodiac…

ROMANIA’S CITIES, BOTOSANI

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Tuesday, January 21st, current year, the thematic postage stamps issue, belonging to the series Romania’s Cities, dedicated to the city of Botosani. Historically certified as a “fair”, the name of the city is found in a chronicle in 1439, when the common reign of Alexander the Good’s descendants to the throne was threatened by the invasion of Tatar hordes.…

FAMOUS COUPLES. POEM OF LOVE

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Tuesday, January 15th, current year, the postage stamps issue “Famous couples. Poem of love to mark National Culture Day”. January 15th, 1850 – a day and a year mentioned in a document kept at the Uspenia Church in Botosani, which attests the birth of the poet Mihai Eminescu. January 15th became National Culture Day through a presidential decree signed…

FLOWERS

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Tuesday, January 7th 2020, the definitive postage stamps issue Flowers. The postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.80 presents the Tulip, which is part of the Liliaceae family. The plant is native to Central Asia and Turkey. It was introduced in Europe in the mid-16th century, when tulip bulbs from Turkey were brought to the Netherlands, quickly…

ROMANIAN COLLECTIONS GRAMOPHONES

Romfilatelia continues the series of Romanian Collections postage stamp issues, this time with the topic Gramophones. The issue, which will be introduced into circulation on Thursday, 12th of December, current year, consists of six stamps and an imperforated souvenir sheet, on which Gramophones of different types and historical periods meant to illustrate the development of phonic reproduction technology. These exhibits belong to a prestigious…

DESIGN 50

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, December 11th, current year, the postage stamps issue entitled Design 50, to mark the jubilee of establishing the higher education design system in Romania. “Design has become the most powerful tool with which man shapes his tools and environments (and, by extension, society and himself).” Victor Papanek – “Design for real world” In 1969, “Nicolae Grigorescu” Fine Arts…