My Frustrating Romanian Souvenir Sheets

May I introduce you to new article that refers to some souvenir sheets
issued by the Romanian Post over a decade, starting by the year 1971.

Before 1971 the stately owned State Commercial Enterprise Philately (ICS
Filatelia) strongly limited the number of issues to be sold over their face
value to collectors, like the Olympic Games in Innsbruck (1963), Olympic
Games in Tokyo and World Cosmonauts (1964). The situation changed radically
on July 23, 1971, the day that was and will remain a black one for the
Romanian philately, the day when was issued the imperforated souvenir sheet
named Soyuz 11, dedicated to the death during their mission of three Soviet
cosmonauts. Unlike whatever happened before, this souvenir sheet, followed
by others, most of them covering high-interest topics such as the conquest
of the outer space and Olympic games, could not be purchased legally in
Romania , the country on whose behalf it was issued.

More he
http://www.marci-postale.com/History...ion-sheets.htm

--
Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP

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