Pioneers with a stamp album
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.ROU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Centenary of the UPU
1974.ROU.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1974-05-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3.60 L
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Quantity printed
- 400,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.35
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2491
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3199
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 2843
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4080
Notes
Three children in white shirts and red Pioneer neckerchiefs at a table, examining a stamp album with a magnifying glass. UPU monument in outline at left, lettered U.P.U. and 1874-1974. POȘTA ROMÂNĂ 3,60 L; plate signed E PALADE; year 1974 in the margin.
Series history
Romania issued a 3.60 lei commemorative on 15 May 1974 for the centenary of the Universal Postal Union, lettered U.P.U., 1874-1974 and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ. Eugen Palade designed it — the plate is signed E PALADE — and Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 13½, without watermark, in a run of 400,000.
The design shows three children in white shirts and red Pioneer neckerchiefs at a table, examining a stamp album with a magnifying glass. The UPU monument appears in outline at the left.
