In 1872, after 6 years since the enthronement of Carol I of Hohenzollern on the throne of the Romanian Principalities, they opened in Berlin the first Romanian Diplomatic Agency managed by Theodor Rosetti.
The official diplomatic relationships between Romania and Germany were established in 1880 after the acknowledgment of our country’s Independence at the Berlin Congress.
After decades in which the history of Europe was marked by numerous diplomatic and military conflicts, in 1967 Romania set up diplomatic relationships at embassy level with the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1992, in the context of operation of the new democratic institutions, they signed the Treaty between Romania and the Federal Republic of Germany on friendly cooperation and partnership in Europe.
After the signing of this Treaty, the political and commercial relationships between the two countries registered a visible ascending dynamics, Germany being the first commercial partner (both for export and import) and the third investor in Romania.
One year later since the issue of the joint stamp issue Romania-Germany “The Fortified Church of Biertan”, on the occasion of the two-decade anniversary since the signing of the Romanian-German Treaty, Romfilatelia is putting into circulation a postage stamps issue dedicated to this event.
To choose the stamp illustration of this philatelic issue, Romfilatelia together with the German Embassy in Bucharest organized in February this year a drawing contest on “Friendship” theme addressed to the pupils and students from all over the country. 1500 drawings were submitted to this contest, and after three selection stages, 19 drawings belonging to “5th – 8th grades” category, 11 drawings belonging to “9th – 12th grades” category and 4 drawings belonging to “students” category reached the finals. In May this year, they selected the winning drawing whose author is Iftichia Georgeta Stanciu from Bucharest, a 9th grader. The second and third places were occupied by the drawings of Gabriela Ioana and Alexandru Mihai Nenciu.
The appearance of this new postage stamps issue confirms once again the good relationships, which have already become a tradition, established between Romfilatelia and the German partner in the field of philately.
