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THE FIRST FDC ... |
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ITEM OF THE MONTH was provided by PIET VAN DEN
BERG, Netherlands |
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This is the oldest First Day Cover that exists in Volleyball Philately. It
shows the first Volleyball stamp issued by ROMANIA on Aug 5, 1945. The
next Volleyball stamp issue ocurred more than two years later in Japan.
Unfortunately the shown cover was not postally used, but still it is a
historical document. The Volleyball stamp used on this cover was issued together with four other sports stamps, in two versions. First there is the red and perforate version (shown here), then there was also a green and imperforate version. Both of them were issued in sheetlets of nine stamps. |
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| Technical details of this stamp issue: | |||
| Date of issue: | August 5, 1945 | ||
| Reason of issue: | Support of the people’s sports | ||
| Type of stamp: | Charity issue | ||
| Form of issue: | Sheetlets of nine stamps | ||
| Face value: | 32 Lei plus 168 Lei surcharge = 200 Lei | ||
| Perforation: | 13 ˝ / imperforate | ||
| Watermark: |
No 8 
cross with crowns |
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| Printing process: | photogravure | ||
| Number printed: | 72.000 each | ||
| Catalogue numbers: | |||
| MICHEL | 877 / 882 | ||
| SCOTT | B 282 / B 287 | ||
| YVERT & TELLIER | 846 / 852 | ||
| STANLEY GIBBONS | 1736 / 1741 | ||
| DOMFIL | 945.4 / 945.10 | ||
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