Nurse bandaging a Pioneer
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.ROU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Centenary of the Romanian Red Cross
1976.ROU.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1976-04-20
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2.20 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
- 1,000,000
- Size
- 33 × 49 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2619
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3338
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 2958
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4213
Notes
Nurse in a dark uniform with a Red Cross armband bandaging the wrist of a child in a white shirt and red Pioneer neckerchief, beside a first-aid tent. Lettered SOCIETATEA DE CRUCE ROȘIE DIN ROMÂNIA 1876–1976 and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ 2,20 L; plate signed D. DĂNILĂ; year 1976 in the margin.
Series history
Romania issued a 2.20 lei commemorative on 20 April 1976 for the centenary of the Romanian Red Cross, lettered SOCIETATEA DE CRUCE ROȘIE DIN ROMÂNIA 1876–1976 and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ. Dumitru Dănilă designed it — the plate is signed D. DĂNILĂ — and Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 13½, 33 × 49 mm, without watermark, in a run of 1,000,000.
The design shows a nurse in a dark uniform with a Red Cross armband bandaging the wrist of a child in a white shirt and red Pioneer neckerchief, beside a first-aid tent.