2018Founders of the Great Union (II) - First Day Cover

The Centenary of state unity accomplishment represents an apogee moment of the Romanian nation’s development. One of the oldest people of this continent’s area has thus reached fulfilment. For centuries, Romanians had been living in different states and also under foreign reigns. In 1859, the two Romanian states, that had been formed in the 14th century, united through the double election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza and, at the same time, the process of integration in modernity had been emphasized.