Romania - [România]

Romania - [România]

Capital: Bucharest
Languages: Romanian
Population: 21,504,442
Currency: Leu - RON
Internet code: .ro
Status: Unitary semi-presidential republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania


Poşta Română



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1991->

Official site: http://www.romfilatelia.ro
info: office@romfilatelia.ro

"As many other former communist countries, Romania issued their first Europa stamps in 1991. Since then they issue two stamps each year and many souvenir sheets."

Liechtenstein - Sepac 2009

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16 September 2009

one stamp (1.30 CHF)



this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of eight stamps

The stamp shows the well-known “Chapel of St. Mamerta, Triesen”, which is preserved as an ancient monument. The Chapel of St. Mamertus, which stands on a plateau above the village of Triesen and is named after St. Mamertus, the patron saint against earthquakes, conflagrations and landslides, dates in its original form from the 9th or early 10th century and is thus Liechtenstein’s oldest chapel. The distinctive tower is however of more recent origin. It is thought to have been erected only in the 15th century. The building fragments within the 90cm thick curtain wall suggest moreover that the original building may also have served as a dwelling. Possible occupants could have been the legendary “Noblemen of Trisun” (13th/14th century), who were in the service of the Counts of Montfort-Feldkirch and from whom the name of the village and the coat-of-arms also derive. The Chapel is also one of the most frequently pictured symbols of the Oberland (alongside Vaduz Castle and Gutenberg Castle). Like the SEPAC 2007 stamp this stamp is based on a photograph by Marco Nescher.

Gibraltar - Sepac 2009

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 2nd November 2009

one stamp (0.44 GBP) out of a set of five stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo) and one souvenir-sheet

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh 2009

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh

Date of Issue: 14th September 2009

three stamps (120.-, 350.- & 650.- AMD)


those stamps are published in mini-sheets of 10 stamps


NOTE : the stamps issued by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop.

Those stamps are listed in the most stamps catalogue (Gibbons, Yvert & Tellier, Michel) and most Europa stamps collectors collect those stamps anyway, I decided to publish them on my blog, from now on, even if they aren't official stamp issues.

Armenia 2009

Armenia

Date of Issue: 1st July 2009

one stamp (350.- AMD)


This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2009

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th September 2009

one stamp (10.- DKK)

Great Britain 2009

Great Britain

Date of Issue: 8th October 2009

one stamp (1st class value GBP) out of a set of ten (!) stamps issued in a se-tenant block (only this stamp is bearing the official Europa logo)

Sir Martin Ryle - In 1959 the Radio Astronomy Group at the University of Cambridge led by Professor Martin Ryle published the Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C) which led to the discovery of the first quasi-stellar object (quasar). It was a landmark map of stellar sources and Ryle’s work led to confirmation of the Big Bang Theory. Ryle was knighted in 1966 and awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in 1974.