Romania as Shown by Its Stams

Victor Manta, Switzerland

Romania, 1938. Nicolae Grogorescu, Painter, Birth Anniversary. "The Spring". Sc. B94.
Discover this non-commercial site, dedicated to Romania, as seen through its stamps. The site not only shows nice Romanian stamps, but tries to introduce you to this country, to its original culture, its wonderful landscapes and its friendly people. You can find here pages dedicated to Romanian history, thematic collection, postal history and to many other subjects. The author hopes that you will appreciate the quality of the images too.

We show at EFIRO 2008 a short selection of multiple pages that belong to this site.

Romania, 1963. Village Museum, Bucharest. 18th Century House, Ploiesti. Sc. 1590
Descoperiţi acest sait necomercial, dedicat României, aşa cum este ea văzută prin timbrele ei. Saitul nu numai că arată frumoase timbre româneşti, dar vă şi prezintă această ţară, cultura ei originală, peisajele ei minunate şi oamenii ei prietenoşi. Veţi găsi aici pagini dedicate istoriei României, colecţii tematice, istorie poştală, precum şi multe altele. Sperăm că veţi aprecia şi calitatea imaginilor prezentate pe sait.

Prezentăm la EFIRO 2008 o scurtă selecţie a multiplelor pagini care fac parte din acest sait.

This site is intended for you, a person who wishes to know more about Romania. It was created and is permanently updated by Victor Manta, a Swiss stamp collector. You can benefit from his experience, because he lived many years in Romania and has a large knowledge of country's culture, language, history, literature, and also its stamps, which he collects since childhood. A long years fan of Romanian topical stamps, he is especially interested in the relationship between the images on Romanian stamps and the tormented history of Romanian people, and by the art and culture in Romania. Unfortunately, Mr. Manta hasn't found the time to consistently translate this site into Romanian.

Victor Manta is a former member of the Association of Romanian Philatelists and of the Union of Swiss Philatelic Associations. In the year 1997 Mr. Manta founded PASIC (Paintings and Arts on Stamps Internet Club), counting at time over 800 members from 81 countries, and affiliated since 1999 with the American Topical Association. This club is quite popular worldwide, and especially in Romanian philatelic circles, which is reflected by the fact that the second largest participation at PASIC comes from Romania.

Mr. Victor Manta is also the founder of the Philatelic Webmasters Organization (PWO, www.pwmo.org), a site created in 2001, and counting at time over 350 members. It is PWO that organizes, together with AIJP and the OC of EFIRO 2008, the presentation of philatelic websites dedicated to Romanian philately. In the year 2002 this site was awarded the "3-Star Award" by the International Philatelic Association (FIP), at the PhilaKorea Philatelic Exhibition in Seoul.

His Arts on Stamps site (www.artonstamps.org), that includes a large chapter on Romanian art (from which some pages are presented at EFIRO 2008), was was also internationally awarded, for example in 2000 by the International Philatelic Association (FIP).
In 2003 Mr. Manta created the Communism on Stamps site (http://www.reds-on.postalstamps.biz/), from which he is also presenting excerpts at EFIRO 2008.