Showing 121–148 of 148 postcards

  • Little Cupboard

    Unused card published by the National Museum of Romanian Peasant in Bucharest, of this 20th-century exhibit from Baia Mare (Maramures).  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544133

    Price: $4.00

    Little Cupboard

  • Cog Railway

    Unused card published by the National Museum of Romanian Peasant.  The bilingual caption identifies:  “Cog railway – Viseul de Sus, XX-th century” but we’re not certain what connection the train has with the museum.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544134

    Price: $5.00

    Cog Railway

  • Maramureș, Biserici (Churches)

    Captioned only in Romanian on this unused card from Maramureș County in Romania’s far north.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544135

    Price: $4.00

    Maramureș, Biserici (Churches)

  • Peştera Urşilor

    Peştera Urşilor (Bear’s Cave) is located in the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Chișcău village, Bihor County.  It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, a spelaeologist group. Bears’ Cave received its name after the 140 cave bear skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983.  This unused card measures 4″ x 8-1/2″ and is mostly promoting tours in Transylvania.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544136

    Price: $6.00

    Peştera Urşilor

  • Dancers

    This unused card would be perfect except for one thing:  there’s no caption or identification at all.  Highly unusual, but there it is.  We do guarantee it’s from Romania, though.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544137

    Price: $2.00

    Dancers

  • Transfăgărășan

    The Transfăgărășan or DN7C is a mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains, the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpina. It starts near Bascov, and stretches 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the crossroad between the DN1 and Sibiu, between the highest peaks in the country, Moldoveanu and Negoiu. The road was built in the early 1970s as a strategic military route and connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia.  The Romanian caption on this unused postcard also mentions the Capra waterfall, and a cabana.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544138

    Price: $6.00

    Transfăgărășan

  • Transfăgărășan – Balea Lake and Chalet

    The chalet looks bigger than the lake, on this unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544139

    Price: $4.00

    Transfăgărășan – Balea Lake and Chalet

  • Transfăgărășan

    Meaning just the road itself.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544140

    Price: $4.00

    Transfăgărășan

  • Transfăgărășan – Capra Chalet

    Bucolic scene on a road famous in Romania, at least.  Unused postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544141

    Price: $4.00

    Transfăgărășan – Capra Chalet

  • Făgăraș Mountains

    The Făgăraș Mountains (Romanian: Munții Făgărașului) are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians,  bordered in the north by the Făgăraș Depression, through which the Olt River flows, and in the west by the Olt Valley.  Despite its name, Făgăraș, located 20 km (12 mi) to the north, is not the nearest town to the mountain range, which has no major settlements.   Glacier lakes in the area include Bâlea (2,034 m, 46,508 m2, 11.35 m deep), the largest. The highest lake is in the Hărtopul Leaotei glacial valley. The deepest glacial lake is Podragu (2,140 m, 28,550 m2; 15.5 m deep). Other lakes are Urlea (2,170 m, 20,150 m2) and Capra (2,230 m, 18,340 m2), but of all these, it’s Bâlea and Capra appearing on the unused postcard — along with Călțun.  In its own way, the card manages to highlight all of this.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544142

    Price: $4.00

    Făgăraș Mountains

  • Rucăr-Bran Corridor and Bucegi Mountains

    The Rucăr-Bran Pass (corridor) is a mountain pass in Romania, linking the counties of Brașov and Argeș. It has   spectacular natural views, looking over the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.  This unused card gives you an idea of that.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544143

    Price: $4.00

    Rucăr-Bran Corridor and Bucegi Mountains

  • Rucăr-Bran Corridor – Fundata Village

    Fundata is a commune in Brașov County, in Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Fundata, Fundățica, and Șirnea, and offers panoramas of the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi Mountains. During the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, it held the biathlon competition, so it’s not so isolated. Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544144

    Price: $4.00

    Rucăr-Bran Corridor – Fundata Village

  • Rucăr-Bran Corridor – Moieciu Village

    Moieciu is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, 29 km south of Brașov, within the Bran Pass.  The commune is composed of six villages: Cheia, Drumul Carului, Măgura, Moieciu de Jos (the commune center), Moieciu de Sus, and Peștera.   It’s Moieciu de Jos that’s featured on this unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544145

    Price: $4.00

    Rucăr-Bran Corridor – Moieciu Village

  • Bicaz Lake

    Lake Izvorul Muntelui, also known as Lake Bicaz, is an artificial lake created after the completion of a dam built on the Bistrița River.  The dam was built between 1950 and 1960;  the lake has a length of 40 km (25 mi), an area of 31 km2 (12 sq mi) and a maximum volume of 1,250 billion m³.  The lake is a tourist destination in the region, where visitors take the ferryboat from Bicaz port for a short trip on the lake and to view Mount Ceahlău on the west shore.  In the 1960s and 1970s there was regular ferry service between the Bicaz port and the villages on the lake shore.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544146

    Price: $4.00

    Bicaz Lake

  • Maramureș, Autumn in Văleni

    Văleni is nothing if not traditional, with one of its features being an event taking place on Christmas Day, at lunchtime, in the center of the village. A group of boys, covered with zoomorphic masks, read the “vestirils” (“herdet’ișurile”), versified texts with an ironic and moralizing character addressed to the young unmarried people of the village.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

     

    Code: 20544147

    Price: $4.00

    Maramureș, Autumn in Văleni

  • Christmas Time in Bucharest

    As a rule, we’ve stopped including self-made non-commercial postcards but this one and a few more to come are so good that we’ll make an exception.  Unused, and with a photo by Cristina Schtrumpf.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544148

    Price: $1.00

    Christmas Time in Bucharest

  • Statul Major

    An official, unused, post-paid card from Post Romana.  Google translates that red legend as:  “The General Staff of the Land Forces … Anywhere, anytime, on duty!”  Patriotic indeed.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544149

    Price: $3.00

    Statul Major

  • Delta Dunarii

    The Danube Delta, pictured on a card mailed in 2023 with Europa stamp, two postmarks, and bilingual blue Prioritar label.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544150

    Price: $5.00

    Delta Dunarii

  • Brașov, Bran Castle

    One can easily imagine Count Dracula living there — if there had actually been a Count Dracula, that is.  This 4-1/2″ x 8″ card was mailed from Romania in 2023 and has two stamps and partial postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544151

    Price: $6.00

    Brașov, Bran Castle

  • București, multiple views

    Artwork on this card shows the famous Palatul Parlamentului, the Arch of Triumph, the Monument of Karol I, University library, and CEC Palace.  Those five are according to the caption.  Yes, we know there are only four drawings.  The card was mailed from Canada (not Romania!) in 2023, with two uncancelled stamps.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20544152

    Price: $2.00

    București, multiple views

  • Tulcea, multiple views

    Mailed in 2023, with stamp, two large postmarks, and bilingual Prioritar label.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544153

    Price: $4.00

    Tulcea, multiple views

  • Brasov, Black Church

    Not postally used, but with a notation written in the message area.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20544154

    Price: $1.00

    Brasov, Black Church

  • Brasov, Casa Sfatului

    When Google Translate is good, it’s very good, as in this entry from Wikipedia:  “The beginning of construction on the site of the Council House is documented more than 600 years ago, on December 23 , 1420 , when an agreement was concluded between the District Assembly of Șărăi Bârsei and the Fur Guild.  Representatives of the Brașov Fur Fur Guild allowed nine communes of the țara Bârsei Province to build a room above the guild’s sales vault for ‘dispensing of justice’ and for the magistrate’s meetings.  However, due to the Turkish invasion of 1421,  as well as the arrest of the city magistrate, construction work was delayed.”  That they kept such good records then is impressive.  The unused card has “I (heart) Transylvania” on the reverse, so you’ll be safe if you go to visit.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544155

    Price: $4.00

    Brasov, Casa Sfatului

  • Brasov, multiple views

    Excellent, unused, contemporary postcard.  Seven views are all identified (in Romanian) in the reverse caption, but it’s exhausting so we’ll skip the theme category entries this time.  But we think they are mostly churches and castles.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544156

    Price: $3.00

    Brasov, multiple views

  • Brasov, Bran Castle

    This otherwise unused card has what we *think* is a rubber-stamped chop on the reverse attesting to the authenticity of the card.  What you see in our scan is all in the design:  those are not actual stamps.  Royalty, for certain.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544157

    Price: $5.00

    Brasov, Bran Castle

  • Brasov, Bran Castle, night

    Oversized (4-1/4″ x 8″) unused card of a Transylvania location where Dracula would have felt right at home — if he had existed, of course.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544158

    Price: $5.00

    Brasov, Bran Castle, night

  • Piatra Neamț

    Piatra Neamț is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania.  And here are multiple views on a card mailed in 2023 with two stamps and bilingual Prioritar sticker and postmark.  Everything you could want from a contemporary Romanian postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20544159

    Price: $4.00

    Piatra Neamț

  • Bucharest, The Village Museum

    A window into various scenes from this popular museum.  The card was mailed from Canada (not Romania!) in 2024, with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20544160

    Price: $1.00

    Bucharest, The Village Museum

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