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Romfilatelia: Postage stamp issue dedicated to Metropolitan-Primate Calinic Miclescu, 200 years since his birth

Romfilatelia adds to the theme of spirituality and history of the Romanian Orthodox Church with an anniversary issue dedicated to a leading hierarch: “Metropolitan-Primate Calinic Miclescu, 200 years since his birth”. The issue, with a postage stamp having the face value of Lei 10.00, was introduced into circulation on Tuesday, April 5th. The images reproduced on the…

Apr 5, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

2022 Romfilatelia Easter stamps show Kretzulescu Church icons of crucified and risen Jesus Christ

Special stamps have been issued by Romfilatelia for Easter this year, with the design telling the story of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection painted at the beginning of the eighteenth century by Romanian iconographers. The stamps see Christ on the cross and rising from the tomb in icons of the patrimony of Kretzulescu Church in Bucharest…

Mar 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

2020 Romfilatelia Christmas stamps show National Cathedral mosaic of Virgin Mary

Two special stamps have been issued by Romfilatelia for Christmas this year, with the designs telling the story of the Annunciation of the Theotokos and the Nativity of the Lord through mosaic icons. The stamps see Virgin Mary receiving the good news of Christ’s incarnation from the Archangel Gabriel and Mary cradling the new-born Jesus…

Nov 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romfilatelia: Postage stamp issue dedicated to Holy Easter 2020

Romfilatelia has launched its 2020 Holy Easter stamp collection. The perforated souvenir sheet with the face value of Lei 29 illustrates the Palm Sunday scene, Romfilatelia reports. The two postage stamps of the issue (with a face value of Lei 1.90 each) reproduce the images of the “The Last Supper” and “The Holy Myrrhbearing Women at the Holy Grave” icons, which are…

Mar 5, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romfilatelia includes saintly ruler princes in new stamp issue entitled “Romanian rulers in painting”

Romfilatelia introduced in circulation on Friday, October 11, the postage stamps issue entitled “Romanian rulers in painting”, illustrating portraits of the Romanian rulers on canvas, including the portraits of Saints Constantine Brâncoveanu and Stephen the Great. The first postage stamps of the issue shows the portrait of St Constantine Brancoveanu, made by an anonymous painter…

Oct 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu