Stamp catalog : Stamp › Gheorghe Cârțan (1849-1911)

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Country:: Romania
Series:: Cultural Anniversaries 1999
Catalog codes:: Michel RO 5416
Stamp Number RO 4302
Yvert et Tellier RO 4543
Stanley Gibbons RO 6046
Zimbrul Carpatin RO 5714
Themes:: Famous People | Revolutionaries
Issued on:: 1999-05-31
Size:: 43 x 27 mm
Colors:: Multicolor
Watermark:: No Watermark
Designers:: Octavian Penda
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Commemorative
Perforation:: comb 13½
Printing:: Photogravure
Gum:: Ordinary
Face value:: 600 L - Romanian leu
Print run:: 570,000
Score:: 54% Accuracy: High
Related items:: Philatelic Product (Related): Cultural Anniversaries 1999 (Romania, Romania)
Description:: Badea Cârțan - the common nickname of Gheorghe Cârțan - (1849-1911) was a self-taught ethnic Romanian shepherd who fought for the independence of the Romanians of Transylvania (then under Hungarian rule inside Austria-Hungary), distributing Romanian-language books that he secretly brought from Romania to their villages.
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