A postage stamps issue with a theme that represents a symbol of optimism and beauty, Flowers of Colours, will be released by Romfilatelia, on Wednesday, May 8th, this year. It consists of three postage stamps, a First Day Cover and three maximum postcards for the passionates of maximaphily.
Taking from the tradition of ancestral fairy tales the characters considered as female demi-divinities, popularly known as fairies, the chromatic and ideational concept of the graphic layouts renders in the images of the postage stamps a world of joy, optimism and beauty.
The “Princess of Flowers” (face value of Lei 5.00) presents a young woman dressed in an original wedding dress where the border and ruffles of the sleeves are covered with thousands of white flowers, a symbol of purity, newness, energy and peace. The traditional blouse (in Romanian: ie), flooded by the crowd of flowers, borrows in its stitches their patterns and colours.
The “Fairy of Spring” (face value of Lei 6.00) suggests the movement, in a gliding flight, over the beauties of enchanting views, of a fairy dressed in traditional blouse (ie) and garlands, as carrying the spirit of renewed nature, accompanied by the fragrance and incomparable beauty of flowers.
The “Fairy of Flowers” (face value of Lei 25.00) unfolds as a mistress of the Kingdom of flowers, in an attitude of relaxation, tranquillity and well-deserved gratitude for all the good things she has achieved: she has beautified the plains of a country and brought close to people’s souls the marvellous world and the delightful fragrance of flowers, solidly integrated in their lives and present in all moments, of joy and sometimes of sadness.
The blouse (ia), of special beauty, is intended to be the perennial symbol of Romanian tradition, the nobility of soul and character of Romanians who love their country and their fellow men. The tranquillity of the field of hyacinths and poppies under the blue of the sky in which this beautiful fairy stands is an image of a world of peace, desired more than ever.
