Over the millennia, through the achievements left to posterity and humanity, residents of the current Romanian territory have demonstrated outstanding ingenuity and craftsmanship creating inventions that changed world history: the first rocket with staged combustion (Conrad Hass), the first fountain pen (Petrache Poenaru), the first jet airliner (Henri Coanda), cybernetics (Stefan Odobleja) or sonic drilling […]
The postage stamp issue “Flowers’ Alphabet (II) CU DRAG (With Love)” is dedicated this year to March 8th, the International Women’s Day. In different regions of the globe the March 8th festivities range from a general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for their economic, political and social achievements. International
Do we know our country? Do we know what records weve gathered over time to showcase the achievements of Romanians who have shown great ingenuity and craftsmanship? You may consider this issue as an invitation in the unique world of excellence and exceptionality. Bearing the title of Romanian curiosities and superlatives, Romfilatelia promotes on the
The first documentary attestation of Brasov is in 1235 under the name of Corona. In the Middle Ages, Brasov earned an unmatched reputation in South East Europe through its Transylvanian Saxon craftsmen. Coming as a continuation of what the city of Brasov stands for in terms of culture and architecture, Romfilatelia included it in the
We invite you to a journey into the unknown world of woodpeckers! We think we know them, but is it so? How many of us didnt hear in our childhood about the woodpeckers, the doctors of the forest? The woodpeckers family is ancient and spread to almost the entire planet, excepting Australia, New Guinea, New
70 million years ago, the territory that is today Tara Hategului was part of a tropical island in the Tethys Ocean, the ocean separating Eurasia from Gondwana, following the fragmentation of the single continent, Pangaea. The island was populated by an exotic association of prehistoric animals, whose remains are today preserved in the rocks of
The postage stamp issue Flowers of the Thorns presents flower species found in Romania, which combine the beauty of flowers with the armour of thorns. The stamp with the face value of lei 4.70 reproduces the image of the Dipsacus fullonum plant, known by the common name of wild teasel. It is native to Eurasia
Only twenty years after the inauguration of the Paris Louvre Museum, in Sibiu took place, in 1817, the opening of the Brukenthal National Museum, the oldest in Romania and one of the oldest in Europe. The museum, achieved through the will and testament of the former Governor of Transylvania (Samuel von Brukenthal – 1721-1803), became,
“A city and a world on the border of two universes that are so different: the Ottoman Empire and Europe. ” (Nicolae Ariton) “ (…) Tulcea. Here the Danube makes a wide curve towards the south and pushes the city into two dry, rocky hills, on whose back the windmills lay out one after another
Through its symbolic and cultural value acquired over time, the coin exceeded its initial role of exchange currency and hoarding. Both Greeks and Romans, forerunners of the European civilisation, transmitted the tradition of coining, which became over centuries part of the national heritage and symbol of the states’ sovereignty. Among the most valuable collections of
