20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUNGARIAN-MOLDOVAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

The national posts of Hungary and the Republic of Moldova are issuing a joint commemorative cover with an imprinted stamp in honour of the 20^th anniversary of the start of diplomatic relations between the two countries. 2,000 copies of the Hungarian release, designed by the graphic artist Imre Benedek, were made by the state printing company Állami Nyomda.

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is an independent democratic state in eastern Europe lying on the East European plain. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, east and south, and by Romania to the west. The eastern part of Moldova, the PridnestrovianMoldavianRepublic (also called Transnistria), is a breakaway de facto state. Two rivers, the Prut and the lower Danube, form the border with Romania, while the river Dniester separates it from Transnistria. Its capital and largest city is Chișinău. Other major cities in descending order of population are Tiraspol, Bălți, Bender, Rîbnița and Cahul. The country is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, La Francophonie, the Latin Union and the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation. (Source: wikipedia.org) The stamp design of the LA4 format cover shows the coats of arms of the two countries as well as inscriptions documenting the anniversary. The commemorative cover also bears inscriptions in Hungarian and Moldovan and the flags of the two countries.

Order code: 2012231090011 (unused), 2012231090012 (FDC)

Date of issue: 10 September 2012

Value of imprinted stamp: HUF 105

Number of copies issued: 2,000

Printed by Állami Nyomda Ÿ Designed by Imre Benedek