For thousands of years, Europe has been crossed by its most famous river which inspired numerous poets, composers and painters as well enchanted by its blue waves. Romfilatelia dedicates to the great river a first issue of postage stamps from a series entitled “Danube´s Coats of Arms”, illustrating on the stamps one representative element from the first 5 countries crossed by the river as: - Melk Abbey (Republic of Austria) is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of RON 1.40. - Bratislava Castle (Slovak Republic) is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of RON 2.40. - On the postage stamp with the face value of RON 3.10 is illustrated the Ilok Fortress (Republic of Croatia). - The Palace of the Parliament - Budapest (Republic of Hungary) is illustrated on the postage stamp with the face value of RON 4.30. - On the souvenir sheet of the issue with the face value of RON 14.50 is illustrated a scene sculpted by Adolf Heer which describes “Mother Baar” together with the Young Danube and is part of the sculptural ensemble “Danube´s Spring” from the Fürstenberg Castle yard (Donaueschingen - Germany), the place where Danube starts through combining of two small mountain rivers: Breg and Brigach. The Danube’s course through Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Republic of Moldavia and Ukraine, until the river mouth, will be illustrated on the postage stamps of the philatelic issue “Danube’s Coats of Arms II”.
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