Romania Stamps
1939
Michel 595
"Romanian Pavilion N.Y. World's Fair"
Issued 8th May 1939. This stamp measures 42 x 26mm, was printed photogravure on watermarked 7 paper and is perf K14¼:13¾. The stamp features the Romanian pavillion at the World's Trade Fair held in New York.
The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow".
The Fair was cut short by the start of the Second World War in Sep 1939.
Mi 595
12 LEI
dark ultramarine
12 LEI
dark ultramarine
Valid until: 1st Nov 1940
Quantities: 250,000
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Mi 595U
imperforate
imperforate
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