Monday 13 December 2010

Postcard from Romania no. 2



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A lovely postcard showing the Piata Mica in Sibiu, central Romania, in Transylvania, 155,000 inhabitants, the European Capital of Culture in 2007.

The two definitives of 50 bani and 1.6 lei form part of a long series called "Peasant Pottery"; these two stamps are from 2005 and 2007, The town of Radauti in northern Romania, where the card was sent from, is represented by the ornamenal dish on the 1.6 lei stamp.

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