Stamps from Romania catalogue

9,988 items

-Already used stamps from: 1858 Moldova -Issuance of first own stamp 1862, as united principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (also called Little Romania) More

The Romanians are the easternmost Romanesque people; it is completely surrounded by non-Romanesque lands. In the nineteenth century this population was spread over Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania. The first two were under the Ottoman Empire, the last under the (Austrian) Hungarian Empire. After the Crimean War (1854-1856), the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia received a new status, followed by a personal union in 1859 (sometimes called Little Romania. In 1881 the Kingdom of Romania was formed.

At the end of World War I, from 1917 to 1918, Romania was largely occupied by the Axis Powers. Wallachia fell under the so-called Military Administration in Romania, represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. From 1917 the German Reich issued occupation stamps for the Military Administration in Romania (see German Reich occupation of Romania). After the First World War, in 1918, Transylvania was added to Romania.

Stamps already used from: 1858 Moldova
Issue of first own stamp 1862, as united principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (also called Little Romania)

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Ox Head with Post Horn (1858)