ANNUAL COLLECTIONS
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 550 Years since Birth
On the occasion of the anniversary of a great personality of the Italian Renaissance, Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Thursday, February 20th, this year, the postage stamps issue ‘Michelangelo Buonarroti, 550 Years since Birth’, which includes a perforated souvenir sheet and a First Day Cover. Alongside Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the remarcable figures of the most flourishing period of the Italian Renaissance. His genius is reflected in works of inestimable value in the fields of painting, ...
Peleş National Museum, Stained Glass Windows
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, February 12th this year, a new postage stamps issue titled Peleș National Museum, Stained Glass Windows, showcasing artistic creations from a valuable collection of stained glass, part of the heritage of Peleș Castle. The issue consists of four postage stamps and a First Day Cover. The stained glass collection of Peleș Castle is practically unique in Romania and South-eastern Europe. Commissioned by King Carol I at the Zettler workshops in Munich, the stained glass ...
Centennial Year of the Romanian Patriarchate
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Tuesday, February 4th, this year, an anniversary issue dedicated to an event of major importance in the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church: the elevation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the rank of Patriarchate. Under the title Centennial Year of the Romanian Patriarchate, the issue consists of a postage stamp, a perforated souvenir sheet, a First Day Cover and a special philatelic folder with a special product in a limited run printing. Among the ...
CARDINAL IULIU HOSSU YEAR
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, January 29th this year, the anniversary issue Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Year, which also marks 140 years since the birth of the herald of the Great Union at the Great Assembly in Alba Iulia on December 1st, 1918. The issue consists of a postage stamp, a perforated souvenir sheet and a First Day Cover. The postage stamp (with the face value of LEI 8) reproduces a portrait of Bishop Iuliu Hossu, while the perforated souvenir ...
Year of the Wood Snake
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025, an issue dedicated to the Chinese Zodiac and New Year under the general name: Year of the Wood Snake, consisting of a postage stamp, a First Day Cover and a maxicard for the maximaphily enthusiasts. Used for over three thousand years, the Chinese Zodiac precedes European astrology. The concept of this zodiacal system has become a formidable concept compared to that of the West when it comes to defining people’s character ...
THE MORNING STAR OF THE ROMANIAN POETRY, MIHAI EMINESCU
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, January 15th of this year, a philatelic issue dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Mihai Eminescu’s birth, entitled The Morning Star of Romanian Poetry, Mihai Eminescu. The issue includes a postage stamp, a perforated souvenir sheet, two minisheets, a First Day Cover and a philatelic folder with a special block in a limited run printing. The birthday of the greatest national poet, January 15th, 1850, has, for a decade and a half, also become ...
Live healthy!
Romfilatelia will introduce into circulation on Friday, January 10th, 2025, a new issue of definitive postage stamps under the name of a traditional theme ‘Live Healthy!’, consisting of six postage stamps and a First Day Cover. The theme of the issue reflects the increasingly noticeable trend of returning to nature’s resources, with the vegetarian diet gaining more and more followers. In this context, vegetables and fruits take centre stage as important sources of a healthy diet. Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), featured ...
CELESTIAL FAUNA. CONSTELLATIONS
‘A stamp and a patch of sky above you’ Romfilatelia adds to its philatelic collectible themes a new issue entitled CELESTIAL FAUNA. CONSTELLATIONS – in which astronomy and postage stamps images come together to illustrate the deep connection between heaven and earth. The project explores the intersection between astronomy, mythology and natural cycles through four postage stamps, a philatelic block of four perforated stamps and a First Day Cover, featuring some of the constellations with the names of iconic animals ...
Passions of the Queens of Romania
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation on Wednesday, December 4, this year, a philatelic issue with a collectible topic, related to the Royalty of Romania: Passions of the Queens of Romania. The issue is composed of four postage stamps reproducing the portraits of the queens, Elisabeth, Marie, Queen Mother Helen and Anne, alongside images illustrating their passions for literature, painting and folk costume traditions, two First Day Covers, a philatelic folder with a special product in a limited edition and a set ...
CHRISTMAS 2024
The Great Feast of the Nativity, presented in the world of postage stamps, can be found in the Christmas 2024 philatelic issue that Romfilatelia will introduce into circulation on Friday, November 22nd, this year. It consists of two stamps, a perforated souvenir sheet, a First Day Cover and a special philatelic folder created in a limited run printing. More than two millennia ago, near the city of David, known as Bethlehem, shepherds tending their flocks received an unexpected visit from ...
Events
Romfilatelia Participated in the Jubilee of His Eminence Aurel Percă – Thanksgiving Holy Mass for 25 Years of Episcopacy
Bucharest, December 11th, 2024 Today, at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the capital, a solemn Holy Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated for the 25 years of episcopacy of the Shepherd of the Archdiocese, His Eminence Aurel Percă. Monsignor Aurel Percă was appointed on September 29th, 1999, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, as the Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Iași and titular of Mauriana, receiving episcopal consecration on December 8th, 1999, at the new Cathedral in Iași. On ...
The Romanian Stamp Celebrates the Semicentenary of the Romanian Nobel Prize in Iași
Iași, December 8th, 2024 The “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași (UMF Iași) is celebrating 145 years of higher medical education in Romania, from December 8th to 13th. On this occasion, the University today paid tribute to the great scientist George Emil Palade, marking 50 years since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, presented on December 10th, 1974. At the opening ceremony of the UMF Iași Days, held at the “George Emil ...
George Emil Palade, Honoured by Romanian Philately
‘Palade was to cellular biology what Einstein was to physics’. – Günter Blobel Bucharest, December 5th, 2024 Today, the Aula Magna Hall of the Romanian Academy hosted the Tribute Session ‘George E. Palade - 50 Years since the Nobel Prize Award. Tradition and Continuity’, organized by the Romanian Academy, the Biological Sciences Section, and the ‘Nicolae Simionescu’ Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology. The following speakers delivered speeches, recalling the remarkable activity of the Romanian-born scientist, Nobel Prize winner in ...
Beautiful Days, Full Days for Romfilatelia at the Gaudeamus Fair…
Bucharest, December 4th, 2024 On the first day of the Gaudeamus Fair, we were visited at our stand by collectors, partners, collaborators, friends, and many children eager to see the stamps issued by Romfilatelia. They admired and bought the philatelic novelties ‘Christmas 2024’ and ‘Passions of the Queens of Romania’, special products, true unique gifts for their loved ones. We enjoyed ourselves, exchanged impressions, and left with beautiful memories. We warmly invite you to visit us in the following days ...
Romfilatelia invites you to discover stand 93, Pavilion B2, at the Gaudeamus Fair
Romfilatelia invites you to discover at stand 93, Pavilion B2, at the Gaudeamus Fair, from December 4th to 8th, 2024, the wonderful world of stamps, philatelic collection items in limited edition, true refined gifts for your loved ones. Step into the winter holiday spirit with Romfilatelia and Romanian stamps, at Gaudeamus! We look forward to welcoming you! ...