"Philatelia" Magasine

Selections from summary issue 4/2002 (552)

Between the 30th -31st of March took place, at the famous exposition hall World Trade Plaza from within the World Trade Center Bucharest, the second edition of the International Collectors' Fair organized by the Romanian Philatelic Federation.
This great collector's event of the year had the participation of over 400 private persons or profile firms, from the country and from abroad who had transacted postal stamps, illustrated cards, medals, coins, decorations, value titles, rare books, jewelry, paintings, statues and collector's weapons.
The new edition, with certainty was, the collector's event most awaited, raising a great interest...

About a series of illustrated postal cards (i.p.c.) less known due to its rarity; the enigma of the pair of numbers mentioned on each one.

The destiny of these i.p.c. was less fortunate for collectors because they have survived after three quarters of a century in very small numbers, this and due to the fact that they had practically a one way circulation, Romania - Germany, very few of them returning to our country. The interest for these is all the greater since they reveal subjects such as street scenes, marginal neighborhood corners, many long gone and other subjects that reveal precious information over the image of the city of Bucharest of long ago.
These i.p.c. have attracted my attention a long time ago, but it was very difficult for me to collect a more important quantity...

...The patch is a "piece with which you can mend broken or torn objects". I chose the term "patched" to characterize the rare stamps that have been printed on a portion of paper with which have been mended some defected sheets that were to be printed, over -printed or fringed. The Romanian post, known at least for the modern period as being very stingy, not throwing anything that could have been used, even if the results are al least controversial. Going over to examples, which we have named "patched"...

...Study pages (the underlining has its purpose) of Romanian philately, namely SPECIALIZED ROMANIA COLLECTORS PAGE!!, presented on the Web by mister Mats Bluckert from Sweden (e-mail: mats.bluckert@swipnet.se). The page address is: http://user.tninet.se/"yep690c/rom/rom/htm, this being the one through which you reach most specialized sections. Also, some of the sections can be accessed separately on other addresses, which will be indicated at the respective places. First from the main page (last update taking place on the 22nd of January 2002), can be accessed a short study section over the heroes of the wheat stalk stamps, that tries to establish, with the collectors' help, the cliché errors (with fixed position on the sheet). The greater part of the materials from this site is structured on many sections, as follows...

For many of our peers, the postage stamps are small pieces of sticky paper, that have to be applied on correspondence, face up mandatory! It was sufficient the appearance of the first philatelist for things to get complicated. That's how it was discovered that the postage stamp is fringed! Fringes that appeared somewhat later, as well as the imprinting in many colors or on different supports, not to mention the paper, which in itself is of tens and tens of different types: white, gray, colored, with specks, with silk threads, coated, fluorescent, war type, with filigree, etc., etc. But, not to confuse you completely, lets treat in this lecture some of the secrets of the postage stamp paper. The paper on which are printed most of the stamps...