№ CFP86 - Chișinău. Cathedral and Bell Tower

Issue: Chișinău. Cathedral and Bell TowerWikipedia

The Cathedral of Christ's Nativity (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană Nașterea Domnului) is the main cathedral of the Moldovan Orthodox Church in Central Chișinău, Moldova. It was commissioned by the governor of New Russia, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Metropolitan Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni in 1830. The cathedral was built in the 1830s to a Neoclassical design by Abram Melnikov (who had designed a similar church in Bolhrad). The cathedral was bombed during the World War II, and its bell tower was destroyed by the local Communists in 1962. The new bell tower was constructed in 1997. The restoration of the interiors is apparently still under way.  Read more..

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MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. CFP86
Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. SPZCP 2
Cancellation Type Cancellation Type First Day Cancellation
Cancellation Date Cancellation Date 25/12/1998
Cancellation Town Cancellation Town Chișinău
Cancellation Postcode Cancellation Postcode MD-2012
Colour Colour Black
Philatelic Status Philatelic Status VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
Stamp FDCs with this Cancellation Stamp FDCs with this Cancellation Links -
MCs with this Cancellation MCs with this Cancellation Links -
Prepaid Envelopes with this Cancellation Prepaid Envelopes with this Cancellation Links -
Prepaid Postcards with this Cancellation Prepaid Postcards with this Cancellation Links № P86 FDC  
Catalogue: Special Commemorative Cancellations 1998 Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of the Republic of Moldova
Issue:  Chișinău. Cathedral and Bell Tower
 

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