Romfilatelia marks on Romanian stamps another prestigious institution of our country, the Senate of Romania, on the anniversary of a century and a half of its existence. The Senate is considered a genuine authoritarian forum of parliamentary debate, whose principles such as maintaining the balance between the political structures, defending the democratic rights and freedoms and promoting the national ideals have led the institution’s activity over time.
The 150 years of existence meant fundamental historical decisions, such as the Proclamation of State Independence (1877) and the consecration of the Great Union of 1918, but also an evolutionary process, presenting today the Senate as a fundamental institution of modern Romania, which develops the traditions of the Romanian democratic system and actively participates in strengthening our country’s position among states with advanced democracy.
Nowadays, the Senate, developing the traditions of the Romanian democratic system, participates actively in strengthening Romania’s position among advanced democratic states.
The postage stamp of the issue The Senate of Romania, 150 years, having the face value of lei 1,00, reproduces the emblem of the Senate of Romania and respectively, the building of the Parliament Palace, which hosts the actual headquarters of the Senate.
On the stamp of the perforated souvenir sheet, having the face value of lei 14,50, the emblem of the Senate of Romania is enframed in a double perforation; the background of the souvenir sheet illustrates a fragment from the Official Bulletin, in which was reproduced the speech of Ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the opening of the first session of the Romanian Senate, the image of the first seal of the Senate, next to an overview of the Parliament Palace.
The stars reproduced on the margin of the souvenir sheet refer to the European Union, organism to which Romania is part of since January 2007.
One of the minisheets of the issue illustrates in TABS, next to the postage stamps, the reconstituted image of the first headquarters of the Senate of Romania, together with the obverse and the reverse of the 100 lei anniversary coin, issued by the National Bank of Romania. Made of gold, the coin was introduced into circulation in a runprining of 150 pcs.
