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1979.ROU.03International Year of the Child — children's paintings
Romania·1979
International Year of the Child — children's drawings, Pioneer festival
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1979.ROU.03- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Romania (ROU)
- Year
- 1979-03-01
- Event
- International Year of the Child — children's drawings, Pioneer festival
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Sorin Petrusel
- Printer
- Fabrica de Timbre, Bucharest
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¼
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.6
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2821
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3578
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 3154
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4441
History
Romania issued a six-value commemorative set on 1 March 1979 reproducing children's drawings, for the International Year of the Child. Sorin Petrusel designed the stamps; Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed them by photogravure, comb perforated 13¼, without watermark. The 4.80 lei (250,000 printed), 48 × 33 mm, is lettered SERBARE PIONIEREASCĂ and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ. The drawing shows a crowd of children at a Pioneer festival, with Romanian flags and a sun at the top.
The other five values of the set reproduce drawings of the heroes of Vaslui, a building site, Tică's folk band, an industrial landscape and winter customs; those subjects are not Pioneer designs.
