STAMP ISSUES RELATED TO ICAO (1984-1985)

Romania : 40^th Anniversary of ICAO

Issue date: 15/08/1984
	Lockheed 14-WG3B Super Electra of Romanian LARES (Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate cu Statul) airline registered YR‑LIS in Romania, over map of Europe.
	Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, registered YR‑BNC in Romania, over Băneasa airport, Bucharest.
	Rombac One-Eleven Series 500, leaving Otopeni Airport, Bucharest, and an airliner on ground. From 1982, Romania built nine BAC One-Eleven Series 500 under licence, as the Rombac One-Eleven (with registration numbers from YR-BRA to YR-BRI).
	Boeing 707 of TAROM and world map.
Full sheets of 25 stamps with marginal inscriptions.
Official First Day Cover, with Rombac One-Eleven Series 500 in the cachet.
Maximum Cards.
Maximum card issued for the philatelic exhibition (EXPOZITIA FILATELICA ARIPI ROMĀNESTI, held from 11 to 18 April 1986 in Buzau, Romania) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the creation of the First Aviation School (Chitila School initiated by Mihail Cerchez) in Romania in 1911. The aircraft on the maximum card and the stamp is a Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, registered YR-BNC. Graphic design by Mihai Andrei.
Souvenir cover issued to commemorate the special flight (with parachuted mail) on the occasion of the aerophilatelic fair (ZBOR SPECIAL CU OCAZIA TIRGULUI FILATELIC) held in Sinaia, Romania from 6 to 14 June 1987. Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built.
Background: Several stamps of this issue were utilized to commemorate the early piloting schools in Romania in the years 1911 and 1912 and the establishment of the airports in Romania at that time. See more information by clicking on the following link: Romania – A Nation of Aviation Pioneers.