The first postage stamps were printed in 1840, in England and they were destined for the payment of postal services. As time went by, their simple purpose became more diversified. Still, their main function stayed the same. The first Romanian postage stamps were printed in Moldavia, on July 15th, 1858. They were the now famous first philatelic issue entitled “Auroch’s Head”, formed of four stamps.
After the end of the First World War, the Romanian territory reunited progressed in all fields – cultural, political, economical. The development influenced the philatelic environment, which lead to major philatelic exhibitions. Therefore, between the 3rd and 5th of October 1924, Bucharest hosted a major philatelic exhibition. As a passionate philatelist, King Ferdinand personally attended the opening of the exhibition which he also patronaged.
The philatelic movement in Romania developed even more, involving new, well-known members by enriching the collections that cam to contain great Romanian and foreign philatelic rarities. Nowadays, passionate philatelists are part of numerous associations and clubs all over the country. They attend specific national and international events exhibiting various items and achieving numerous prizes and appreciations worldwide.
Romfilatelia, the specialized company in issuing and trading postage stamps and philatelic items in Romania, celebrates the Romanian Postage Stamp Day by releasing a philatelic issue of one postage stamp and label, designed into a block of four identical stamps, with the face value of ROL 21,000 each and four identical labels of ROL 10,000 each. The postage stamp reproduces a poster of the philatelic exhibition held in 1924. The label depicts the portrait of King Ferdinand.
