Romfilatelia, the company specialized in issuing and trading Romanian postage stamps, releases the postage stamp issue Anniversaries - Commemorations Personalities (II).
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) – a famous Genovese navigator. He is considered to be the discoverer of America. During the period between 1492 and 1504, he performed four voyages, discovering most of the islands of Central and South America (Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica). The 12th of October 1492, when he discovered the Watlings Island of the Bahamas Archipelago, is considered to be the date when America was discovered. His face is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 0.50.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) – a French painter who created an original art and aestheticism, based on stylizations and syntheses of the form, on a severe and solid construction of the volumes achieved through colour (“The Hanged Man’s House”, “The Card Players”, “Sea at l’Estaque”, “Still Life with Apples and Oranges”). He is considered to be the greatest innovator of painting at the end of the 19th century, and his work is the passage from impressionism to cubism. His face is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.00.
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) – a Norwegian playwright, he is considered to be the parent of modern drama. Within the world literature, he inaugurated the theatre of ideas. His work includes romantic plays (The Crown Pretenders), dramatic poems (Peer Gynt), social drama (Nora, The Ghosts), dramas of ideas (Hedda Gabler, The Solness Builder). Born and raised in Norway, Ibsen chose to live abroad for long periods of time. He spent more than 27 years in Germany and Italy. However, he never forgot his origins, choosing Norway as a setting for his plays. Ibsen’s dramas analyze and criticize the society, and the author masterly describes the existential and psychological conflicts. His face is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.20.
The issue is completed by 1 maxicard.
