Young Pioneers at the exhibition
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1980.ROU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 1st Romanian-Chinese Philatelic Exhibition
1980.ROU.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1980-09-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 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
- 300,000
- Size
- 34 × 49 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 980.71
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2971
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3744
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 3297
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4596
Notes
Two boys in white shirts and red Pioneer neckerchiefs stand before a framed exhibition board of stamps, looking together at an open album. Lettered PRIMA EXPOZIȚIE FILATELICĂ ROMÂNO-CHINEZĂ and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ; plate signed COTEANU RODICA; year 1980 in the margin. 1 leu.
Series history
Romania issued a 1 leu commemorative on 18 September 1980 for the first Romanian-Chinese philatelic exhibition, held in Bucharest. The stamp is lettered PRIMA EXPOZIȚIE FILATELICĂ ROMÂNO-CHINEZĂ and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ. Rodica Coteanu designed it — the plate is signed COTEANU RODICA — and Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 13½, 34 × 49 mm, without watermark, in a run of 300,000.
The design shows two boys in white shirts and red Pioneer neckerchiefs standing before an exhibition frame of stamps, looking together at an open album. They belong to the Pioneer organisations of Romania and China, not to Scouting.

