Sunday, March 29, 2009

Remembering a dictator


These are some postal stamps printed during Ceausescu's presidency, as part of his cult of personality. Probably in time the value of these stamps (which are in mint condition) will be a fortune...

Nicolae Ceausescu (January 26, 1918 – December 25, 1989) was the Secretary General of the Romanian Workers' Party, later the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 until 1989, President of the Council of State from 1967 and President of Romania from 1974 until 1989. His rule was marked in the first decade by an open policy towards Western Europe and United States of America, which deviated from that of the other Warsaw Pact states during the Cold War. His second decade was characterized by an increasingly erratic personality cult, extreme nationalism and a deterioration of the foreign relations with Western powers and also with the Soviet Union. After Ceausescu's government was overthrown in December 22, 1989, he was executed after a two-hour trial session by a military court (December 25, 1989).

Click here for more info about Nicolae Ceausescu.
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6 comments:

  1. DianaMarch 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    Very interesting and awesome stamp collection!!

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  2. KaartijerMarch 29, 2009 at 10:45 PM

    Thanks for the comment, Diana! Well, the collection was actually a very impressive one, there were about 3000... of course, all of them had copies, as you can see from this image...

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  3. minda073March 30, 2009 at 1:09 AM

    very beautiful stamp collection eddie..

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  4. KaartijerMarch 30, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Thanks for the comment, Minda!

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  5. ana bernardesMarch 31, 2009 at 5:20 PM

    Great collection,Eddie!and zooming it´s fine!
    Thank you for explanation.

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  6. KaartijerMarch 31, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    Thanks for the visit and the comment, Ana!

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