Romania – Global Postcard Sales

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Sighisoara, The tower with clock
Kruger card 1141/7 issued by the Romanian National Tourism Office during the Cold War era. Card has serrated edges, and was mailed in Bucharest in 1969 with two stamps but not really a legible postmark. Some postal creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 20544005
Price: $9.50
Bucharest, Savings and Deposit Bank
Kruger card 1134/6 was issued by the Romanian National Tourism Office during the Cold War era, and mailed in Bucharest in 1969 with two stamps and most of a postmark. Card has serrated edges, and has a little bit of postal creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 20544006
Price: $6.50
Casa Domneasca de la Brebu
Mailed in 2010, this card has three stamps (including one large one of orchids), blue bilingual “Prioritar” label affixed, and multiple Bucharest postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 20544009
Price: $2.00
Mangalia, lighthouse, greetings
Superb lighthouse card, explained not only in the printed caption but also by the writer in the message. The card was mailed in 2011 with two stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20544010
Price: $2.00
Constanta, casino
Mailed in 2011, the card has two stamps and a faint postmark. The building was, and has been, more than just a casino–and the history dates back to 1880. Grade: 1

Code: 20544011
Price: $6.00
The Danube Delta (Delta Dunării)
Mailed in 2011, two stamps and two postmarks. Some postal crunching on lower left corner. Grade: 2

Code: 20544012
Price: $5.00
Salutari din Mangalia
Mailed in 2011, with two stamps and two partial postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 20544013
Price: $5.00
Cluj-Napoca, multiple views
The views are identified on the back of this card mailed in 2011, with three stamps, two postmarks, and Prioritar label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20544014
Price: $4.00
Bucuresti – Metro Network Map
This looks like an unattributed internet card: the caption is only in English. But it was mailed in 2012 with a very large stamp, two postmarks, and blue Prioritar label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20544015
Price: $3.00
Greetings from Bucharest, The National Savings House
And what better symbol of greetings could there be? This 4-5/8″ x 7-1/4″ card was mailed in 2012 with stamp, partial postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20544016
Price: $3.00
Constanta, lighthouse and statue
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and two postmarks. Minor postal bumping on lower left corner. Grade: 2

Code: 20544017
Price: $4.00
Sinaia Casino
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20544018
Price: $4.00
Acipenser sturio (Common Sturgeon) 635L (Maximum Card)
Official, unused maximum card from the World Wide Fund, issued in 1994. Grade: 1

Code: 20544019
Price: $8.00
Acipenser stellatus (Sevruga Sturgeon) (Maximum Card)
Official maximum card from the World Wide Fund, issued in 1994. Right there with the best of fish postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20544020
Price: $8.00
Acipenser gueldenstaedti 280L (Russian Sturgeon) (Maximum Card)
Official, unused maximum card from the World Wide Fund, issued in 1994. Grade: 1

Code: 20544021
Price: $8.00
Acipenser ruthenus 150L (Sterlate Sturgeon) (Maximum Card)
Official maximum card from the World Wide Fund, issued in 1994. Grade: 1

Code: 20544022
Price: $8.00
Ecaterina Szabo at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Prematurely aging, fading card mailed in 2014 with two different stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 3

Code: 20544023
Price: $2.00
Regia Autonoma de Transport Bucuresti – Iarna 1954
In Romanian, Iarna means Winter, and so it is on this card mailed in 2014 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20544024
Price: $3.00
Moldovita Monastery
Mailed in 2014, this card has three stamps, three postmarks, bilingual blue Prioritar label, and an address label. The views on the front are captioned in three languages, including English. Grade: 3

Code: 20544025
Price: $2.00
Mamaia, multiple views
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20544026
Price: $2.00
European Union (Maximum Card)
Issued in May, 2000, this otherwise unused maximum card has the same postmark in the unstamped postage area on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20544027
Price: $4.00
Constanta, Microrezervatie
Our good friend Tatiana mailed this nice card in 2018. Two stamps, two postmarks, and almost like being there. Grade: 1

Code: 20544028
Price: $2.00
Mangalia
A dear friend mailed this in 2018, with stamp and two postmarks. At first glance it might seem the decorations in gold were applied by hand, but no — they are part of the card. Grade: 1

Code: 20544029
Price: $3.00
Bucharest, aerial view
This card is imperceptibly creased horizontally (it does not disturb the photo) but the reverse is awful, with a stain, and a long message in Albanian, though not postally used. In any event we’re guessing 1970s and it’s not bad as a historical record. Grade: 5

Code: 20544030
Price: $5.00
Bucharest, University Square
Unused card, heavily handled over many years (1970s? 1980s?) and some foxing. Grade: 4

Code: 20544031
Price: $4.00
Sibiu, Casa Schaser-Luxemburg
By looking at this photo, you might not guess it’s a hotel. Or maybe that spire is on a separate building behind it? Regardless, the card was mailed in 2018 with three stamps and indistinct postmark, along with significant postmark ink ransfer on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 20544032
Price: $2.00
Bucharest, Manuc’s Inn
We’re giving you this long-ago Wikipedia entry because we think it’s interesting: “Manuc’s Inn was, until it was shut for restoration and refurbishment, the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest … it also housed a popular restaurant, several bars, a coffee-house, several stores and an extensive bar. Its massive, multiply balconied courtyard hosted many performances and fairs and was a popular place for Romanian television crews to shoot folkloric performances. The hotel and restaurant were closed down in 2007 for refurbishment; shops and a bar known both as Cafeaneaua Bucurestilor de Altadata (“Bucharest of Yesteryear” Cafe) and as Festival 39 remained open (though the bar closed in February 2010). There appear to be disagreements between the city government and the owners about the legality of certain modernizations being undertaken.” And now? Looks like they have overcome all that, and are open again. The card was not postally used but has a message and address filling the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20544033
Price: $3.00
Bucuresti, University and Museum
Mailed in 1959 but the stamps are gone and the back of the card is in bad condition. A weak Grade: 4

Code: 20544034
Price: $2.00
Salutari din Mangalia!
Mailed in 2019, with stamp and 1+ postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20544035
Price: $2.00
Arges River, dam and storage lake
Card was mailed, but stamps and most of the postmarks are gone. Grade: 4

Code: 20544036
Price: $2.00
Craiova, People’s Park
Mailed, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20544037
Price: $3.00
Bucuresti, multiple views
Views are identified in Romanian and French in the captions on the reverse. The card has a written message, but was not postally used. Grade: 4

Code: 20544038
Price: $2.00
Tusnad
Mailed in 2019 with two stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20544039
Price: $2.00
Brașov
Mailed in 2019 by a fine person who then disappeared but is not forgotten. Two different stamps and two partial postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20544040
Price: $2.00
Palatul Mogosoaia Gradina
If we had a theme category for palaces, this would take pride of place. Mailed in 2020, this 4-1/2″ x 7-1/4″ card has its stamp and partial postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20544041
Price: $2.00
Moldavian monasteries
Unused card, with bilingual Romanian/English captions. Grade: 1

Code: 20544043
Price: $2.00
Transylvania, villages with fortified churches
On this unused card, in the tiniest and faintest of print, the villages are identified: Biertani, Saschiz, and (twice) Viscri. Grade: 1

Code: 20544044
Price: $3.00
The wonderful world of the Romanian village
The bilingual Romanian/English caption on this unused card somehow gives a lot of information about each of the four scenes, though in very few words. We won’t try to repeat everything except to spend a bit of time to give you the names we see: Bukowina (two scenes), Țara Oașului, and Călușari — the latter tracing back to a secret society, galloping horses, and flying fairies. Grade: 1

Code: 20544046
Price: $3.00
Bucharest, National Village Museum “Dimitrie Gusti,” Lugoj costume
The first in a series of high-quality, glossy, unused cards showing folk costumery at Bucharest’s National Village Museum. This one, of Lugoj and from the late 19th century, according to our source Tatiana “reaches a very special index of sumptuousness and pomp, because here the gold and silver thread is the one that gives … a note of nobility and wealth that we do not find in other parts of the country”. Grade: 1

Code: 20544047
Price: $3.00
Bucharest, National Village Museum “Dimitrie Gusti”, Maramureș costume
Continuing a series of high-quality, glossy, unused cards showing folk costumery at Bucharest’s National Village Museum. This one is of Maramureș and from the early 20th century. According to Tatiana, “folk costumes from this area are real clothing art because all the pieces … are made entirely in the house, and … made of technical plants such as hemp and flax”. Two cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20544049
Price: $3.00

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