On September 17, 2024, India and Romania came together to produce a twin issue at the occasion of the 75^th anniversary of their relationship. The stamps are illustrated with traditional costumes from both countries. India shows the ‘Lehanga choli’ (female) and ‘Dhoti kurta’ (male) costumes, while Romanian issue represents popular costumes from the Bihor County. Information about Indian stamps remains limited so far. We just know that the stamps were issued in panes and as a miniature sheet with both se-tenant stamps. Regarding Romania, stamps were issued in two panes of 32 stamps (2x[8×4]), in two miniature sheets of 5 stamps with a label, the label representing the other stamp without denomination, and a souvenir sheet with both stamps. As usually with Romania, the number of issued stamps remains limited: only 775 pairs of miniature sheets (2×3,875 stamps) and 4,550 souvenir sheets were printed. The number of stamps issued in panes is also limited to 2×8,064 (meaning that only 252 pairs of panes were printed), from which 406 pairs were taken to create as many official FDCs.

This information was collected and provided almost at the same time by Madhukar Jhingan (www.stampsofindia.com), Kenneth Sequeira (Singapore), Souvik Ghatak (India) and Don Birschel (USA). Thanks to all of them.