IMPS | № CFU428 | Oldest Surviving Document in Old Romania

Issue: Oldest Surviving Document in Old Romanian (Neacșu's letter from Câmpulung) - 500th Anniversary Neacșu's letter (Romanian: Scrisoarea lui Neacșu), written in 1521, is the oldest surviving document available in Old Romanian that can be reliably dated. Written using Cyrillic, it was sent by Lupu Neacșu, a merchant from Câmpulung, Wallachia (now Romania) to Johannes Benkner, the mayor of Brassó, Kingdom of Hungary (now Brașov, Romania), warning him about the imminent attack of the Ottoman Empire on the city of Belgrad and its implications to regional politics. Read more.. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Neacșu's_letter", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
	Michel Catalogue No.	?
	MoldovaStamps Catalogue No.	CFU428
	Posta Moldovei Catalogue No.	SPZP 306
	Cancellation Type	First Day Cancellation
	Cancellation Date	29/06/2021
	Cancellation Town	Chișinău
	Cancellation Postcode	MD-2012
	Colour	Black
	Philatelic Status	VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
	Stamp FDCs with this Cancellation	-
	MCs with this Cancellation	-
	Prepaid Envelopes with this Cancellation	№ U428 FDC
	Prepaid Postcards with this Cancellation	-

Catalogue: Special Commemorative Cancellations 2021