MOLDOVA

MOLDOVA.

Issue EUROPA C.E.P.T. 2020: Ancient Postal Routes.
Map of postal routes en 1812.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 17.08.2020.
Face value: 9.50 Moldovan lei.
Design: Vitaly Pogolsha.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 4,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1130.
- Posta Moldovei No. 1157.
- Scott No. 1062.
- StampWorld No. 1136.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 988.

On May 28, 1812, a peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed in Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812. According to this treaty, Turkey ceded to Russia all of Bessarabia, the territory located between the Prut and Dniester rivers, which is that of the current Republic of Moldova, officially independent on August 27, 1991. At that time, its own postal service was created, with a center administrative in Chișinău, established by the civil governor of Bessarabia, Scarlat Sturdza, and the first postal routes were established. In 1816, the Chișinău postal service was transformed into the Regional Postal Department. By the end of 1851, 50 post offices were already operating in the region and there were nine postal routes.

MOLDOVA

MOLDOVA

Issue EUROPA C.E.P.T. 2020: Ancient Postal Routes.
Map of the first postal air routes, 1926.
Second stamp in a sef of 2, issued on 17.08.2020.
Face value: 11 Moldovan lei.
Design: Vitaly Pogolsha.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 4,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1131.
- Scott No. 1063.
- StampWorld No. 1137.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 989.

The first flights to Chişinău began on June 24, 1926, on the Bucharest - Galaţi - Chişinău route. The flights were operated by the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne. From Bucharest via Galaţi a flight was also established to Iași. These first flights were used to transport postal mail.