27 Oct 2001

Princes of Moldavia (V)

INTRODUCTION

On 27 October 2001, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a series of postage stamps with the title Princes of Moldavia (V). The issue comprises seven stamps, one on a souvenir sheet, with associated cancellation (postmark) and first day covers (FDC). The designer was Simion Zamşa. The printing was performed by Bundesdruckerei, Germany.

ABOUT THE THEME

This is a List of rulers of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality. Read more..
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ISSUE DETAILS

POSTAGE STAMPS

Grigore Callimachi (1761-1764, 1767-1769)
№ 412 | Grigore Callimachi (1761-1764, 1767-1769)

Grigore Callimachi (1761-1764, 1767-1769)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 412
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 50,000
  
Nicolae Mavrocordat (1709-1710, 1711-1715)
№ 410 | Nicolae Mavrocordat (1709-1710, 1711-1715)

Nicolae Mavrocordat (1709-1710, 1711-1715)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 410
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 200,000
Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Greek: Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Nicolae Mavrocordat; Istambul, May 3, 1670 – September 3, 1730) was a Greek member of the Mavrocordatos family, Grand Dragoman to the Divan (1697), and consequently the first Phanariote Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities - Prince of Moldavia, and Prince of Wallachia (both on two separate occasions). He was succeeded as Grand Dragoman (1709) by his son John Mavrocordato (Ioan), who was for a short while hospodar in both Wallachia and Moldavia. Read more..
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Mihai Racoviţă (1703-1705, 1707-1709, 1716-1726)
№ 409 | Mihai Racoviţă (1703-1705, 1707-1709, 1716-1726)

Mihai Racoviţă (1703-1705, 1707-1709, 1716-1726)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 409
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 200,000
Mihai or Mihail Racoviţă (died July 1744) was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions (September 1703 – February 23, 1705; July 31, 1707 – October 28, 1709; January 5, 1716 – October 1726) and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions (between October 1730 and October 2, 1731, and from September 1741 until his death). His rules overlapped with the accession of Phanariotes in the Danubian Principalities – he is considered himself a Phanariote for the duration of his last rule in Moldavia and his rules over Wallachia. Read more..
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Constantin Mavrocordat (1733-1735, 1741-1743, 1748-1749, 1769)
№ 411 | Constantin Mavrocordat (1733-1735, 1741-1743, 1748-1749, 1769)

Constantin Mavrocordat (1733-1735, 1741-1743, 1748-1749, 1769)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 411
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 200,000
Constantine Mavrocordatos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Constantin Mavrocordat; February 27, 1711 – November 23, 1769) was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several intervals. As a ruler he issued reforms in the laws of each of the two Danubian Principalities, ensuring a more adequate taxation and a series of measures amounting to the emancipation of serfs. Read more..
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Grigore Alexandru Ghica (1764-1767, 1774-1777)
№ 413 | Grigore Alexandru Ghica (1764-1767, 1774-1777)

Grigore Alexandru Ghica (1764-1767, 1774-1777)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 413
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 50,000
Grigore III Ghica was twice the Prince of Moldavia between 29 March 1764 – 3 February 1767 and September 1774 – 10 October 1777 and of Wallachia: 28 October 1768 – November 1769. Read more..
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Antioh Cantemir (1695-1700, 1705-1707)
№ 414 | Antioh Cantemir (1695-1700, 1705-1707)

Antioh Cantemir (1695-1700, 1705-1707)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 414
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 3 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 50,000
Antioh Cantemir (d. 1726, Golia Monastery), son of Constantin Cantemir and older brother of Dimitrie Cantemir (not to be confused with Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir, Dimitrie's son), was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince) between December 18, 1695 and September 12, 1700, and again from February 23, 1705 to July 31, 1707. Read more..
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Dimitrie Cantemir (1710-1711)
№ 415 | Dimitrie Cantemir (1710-1711)

Dimitrie Cantemir (1710-1711)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 415
  • Perforation Type/Size: Frame 14.25
  • Size: 43.00 x 25.50 mm
  • Face Value: 5 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 50,000
Dimitrie Cantemir (Romanian: [diˈmitri.e kanteˈmir]; 1673–1723) was twice Prince of Moldavia (in March–April 1693 and in 1710–1711). He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer. His name is Дми́трий Константи́нович Кантеми́р (Dmitriy Konstantinovich Kantemir) in Russian, Dimitri Kantemiroğlu in Turkish, Dymitr Kantemir in Polish, and Δημήτριος Καντιμήρης (Dimitrios Kantimiris) in Greek. Read more..
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FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)

Cachet: Moldavian Royal Coat of Arms
№ 409-414 FDC | Moldavian Royal Coat of Arms
Cachet: Moldavian Royal Coat of Arms
№ Block 25 (415) FDC | Moldavian Royal Coat of Arms
 

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9 Oct 2001

United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations

INTRODUCTION

On 9 October 2001, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a series of postage stamps with the title United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations. The issue comprises two stamps, with associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Ivan Picev. The printing was performed by Bundesdruckerei, Germany.

ABOUT THE THEME

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami introduced the idea of Dialogue Among Civilizations as a response to Samuel P. Huntington’s theory of a Clash of Civilizations. The term was initially used by Austrian philosopher Hans Köchler who in 1972, in a letter to UNESCO, had suggested the idea of an international conference on the 'dialogue between different civilizations' (dialogue entre les différentes civilisations) and had organized, in 1974, a first international conference on the role of intercultural dialogue ('The Cultural Self-comprehension of Nations') with the support and under the auspices of Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Read more..
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ISSUE DETAILS

POSTAGE STAMPS

Prize of the National Contest «Dialogue Among Civilizations»
№ 407 | Prize of the National Contest «Dialogue Among Civilizations»

Prize of the National Contest «Dialogue Among Civilizations»

  • Michel Catalogue No: 407
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 43.00 x 25.50 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 200,000
  
Drawing: Winner of the International Competition «Dialogue Among Civilizations» by Ivan Pîcev
№ 408 | Drawing: Winner of the International Competition «Dialogue Among Civilizations» by Ivan Pîcev

Drawing: Winner of the International Competition «Dialogue Among Civilizations» by Ivan Pîcev

  • Michel Catalogue No: 408
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 3.6 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 100,000
  

FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)

Cachet: Stylized Globe
№ 407-408 FDC | Stylized Globe
 

6 Oct 2001

National Musical Instruments

INTRODUCTION

On 6 October 2001, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a series of postage stamps with the title National Musical Instruments. The issue comprises four stamps, with associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Ivan Picev. The printing was performed by Bundesdruckerei, Germany.

ISSUE DETAILS

POSTAGE STAMPS

Cimpoi (Bagpipes)
№ 403 | Cimpoi (Bagpipes)

Cimpoi (Bagpipes)

  • Michel Catalogue No: 403
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 0.4 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 200,000
Cimpoi, the Romanian bagpipe, has a single drone and straight bore chanter and is less strident than its Balkan relatives. Read more..
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Pipe
№ 404 | Pipe

Pipe

  • Michel Catalogue No: 404
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 100,000
Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind instruments. The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping. Read more..
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Pan Flute
№ 405 | Pan Flute

Pan Flute

  • Michel Catalogue No: 405
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1.8 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 100,000
The pan flute or pan pipe is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting usually of five or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth). The pan flute has long been popular as a folk instrument, and is considered the first mouth organ, ancestor of both the pipe organ and the harmonica. The pan flute is named for its association with the Greek god Pan. The pipes of the pan flute are typically made from bamboo or giant cane; other materials used include wood, plastic, metal and ivory. Read more..
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Tárogató
№ 406 | Tárogató

Tárogató

  • Michel Catalogue No: 406
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.25
  • Size: 25.50 x 43.00 mm
  • Face Value: 3 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 100,000
The tárogató (töröksíp, Turkish pipe; plural tárogatók or, anglicized, tárogatós; Romanian: taragot or torogoata) refers to two different woodwind instruments commonly used in both Hungarian and Romanian folk music. The modern tárogató was intended to be a recreation of the original tárogató, but the two instruments are thought to have little in common. Read more..
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FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)

Cachet: National Musical Instruments
№ 403-406 FDC | National Musical Instruments