Description: This vintage definitive postage stamp from the Romanian People's Republic (R.P. ROMINA POSTA) belongs to the iconic, mid-century "Occupations" series designed to honor the nation's working class. The central vignette depicts a front-facing portrait of a skilled bricklayer or mason clad in an apron and cap, cradling his professional masonry tool against his chest. Printed entirely in a single olive-bistre brown ink using high-volume typography, the design showcases a large apartment building or factory wall being actively erected in the background background grid. The denomination 55 BANI is explicitly displayed in a bold sans-serif typeface in the upper-right corner. The official country name and purpose, "R.P. ROMINA POSTA", anchors the lower baseline border framework. This particular sample features an authentic, faint black line postmark cancellation running vertically off-center through the mason's face, along with clean, sharply cut line-perforated edges.
Circa: 1950s
Condition: Used - Hinged
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