2012150 Years – Bucharest, Capital of Romania - First Day Cover

“Bucharest has been for centuries destined to be the capital of Romania. Then, being close to the main artery of trade, of the United Principalities wealth, the Danube – on the long way of the West towards the East – having a numerous, compact and mostly Romanian population, Bucharest is the only city including the most powerful element of a country – the middle class. There is nowhere else in Romania a larger light centre, a population with more national and liberal aspiration and an independent public spirit. Nowhere else could the public opinion have developed and reign longer than in Bucharest.” (Mihail Kogalniceanu, 1859)