Bessarabia Germans - 200th Anniversary of Their Establishment

INTRODUCTION

On 13 May 2014, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a postage stamp with the title Bessarabia Germans - 200th Anniversary of Their Establishment. The issue comprises one stamp, with an associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Vitaliu Pogolşa. The printing was performed by Nova Imprim, Chişinău.

ABOUT THE THEME

The Bessarabia Germans (German: Bessarabiendeutsche, Romanian: Germani basarabeni) are an ethnic group who lived in Bessarabia (today part of Moldova and Ukraine) between 1814 and 1940. Between 1814 and 1842, 9000 of them immigrated from the German areas Baden, Württemberg, Alsace, Bavaria and some Prussian areas of modern-day Poland, to the Russian government of Bessarabia at the Black Sea. The area, bordering on the Black Sea, was part of the Russian Empire, in the form of Novorossiya; it later became the Bessarabia Governorate. In their 125-year history, the Bessarabia Germans were an overwhelmingly rural population. Until their moving to the Greater Germany (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), they were a minority consisting of 93,000 people who made up some 3% of the population. They are distinguished from the Black Sea Germans who settled to the east of Odessa. Read more..

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ISSUE DETAILS

Original Date of Issue: May 13, 2014 Michel Catalogue Number: 869 Artist/Designer: Vitaliu Pogolşa Printer: Nova Imprim, Chişinău You can see the full details of this series here.

POSTAGE STAMPS
№ 869 | Farm of a Bessarabia German Family	Farm of a Bessarabia German Family Michel Catalogue No: 869 Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14:14.50 Size: 46.00 x 27.50 mm Face Value: 1.75 Lei Quantity Printed: 100,000

FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)

№ 869 FDC | Collage: Bessarabia Germans