Stamp 1968 Romania MiNr2706 pm B002

Stamp of Romania; 1968; commemorative stamp of the issue "Paintings of the National Galleries in Bucharest and Sibiu"; Meant is the town "Sibiu" (German: "Hermannstadt") in the region "Siebenbürgen" (German: "Nationalgalerie Bukarest" and "Brukenthalsche Gemäldesammlingen, Hermannstadt").; As stamp motive is depicted the painting "The awakening of the Romania" by the Romanian painter, muralist (German: "Wandmaler"), essayist and jounalist Georghe Tattarescu (1818-1894).; The "awakening scene" is an allusion to the 1848 revolutionary events in Romania.; The figure of the "Romania" has allegorical character and the depiction characterizes her re-birth (other title: "Romania's Renaissance").; She is synonymously to the "Germania" in Germany, to the "Helvetia" in Switzerland, to the "Italia turrita" in Italy, to the "Britannica" in Great Britain etc..; The depicted painting was created around of 1850 by Georghe Tattarescu in the style of the Neorenaissance; This painting was sent 1867 (together with other artworks of Tattarescu) to Paris to the "Universal Exhibition" (German: "Weltausstellung").; stamp postmarked by CTO
Stamp: Michel: No. 2706, Yvert & Tellier: No. 2408; Scott: No. 1994
Color: multicolored with gold
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 b (Bani)

Postage validity: from 28 September 1968 date QS:P,+1968-09-28T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1968-09-28T00:00:00Z/11,
other catalogue: from 9 September 1968 date QS:P,+1968-09-09T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1968-09-09T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 22.5 x 49.0 mm