# World Stamp Catalogue/Moldova/2004
## Famous personalities.

| April 30. | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 516 | 485 | Natalia Gheorghiu (1914-2001), surgeon, pediatrician, academician, member of the International Surgical Association. | | |
| 517 | 486 | Metropolitan Dosoftei (1624-1693), poet, translator, Metropolitan of Moldova. Author of “Psalm books poetry”, (1673). | | |

## Europe 2004. Holiday.

| June 25. | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 518 | 487 | Archaeological research in Old Orhei. | | |
| 519 | 488 | Tourist itinerary. “Drumul vinului”, Wine road. | | |

## Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt– 500 from his death.

| July 2. | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 520 | 489 | Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt with a sword, as background– Soroca Fortress. | | |
| 521 | 490 | Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt, church founder, as background – the Monastery Căpriana | | |
| 522 | 522 | 522 | Miniature sheets 31 Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt portrait having as the background the map of Moldova (made up by Raihersdorf in 1541). Michel Catalogue Number 491 | Miniature sheets 31 Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt portrait having as the background the map of Moldova (made up by Raihersdorf in 1541). Michel Catalogue Number 491 |

## The International Football Federation (FIFA) – 100 years from the foundation.

| August 14. | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 523 | 492 | Shot at a football match. | | |
| 524 | 493 | Shot at a football match. | | |

## The 60th Anniversary of the “Iaşi-Chişinău” operation during World War II

| August 22. | | | | |
| Image | Image | Image | Description | Notes |
| 525 | 525 | 525 | Miniature sheets 32 Memorial complex “Battlefield Şerpeni”. Michel Catalogue Number 494 | |

## The XXVIII edition of the Olympic Games. 2004 Athena.

| December 28. | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 526 | 495 | Box. | | |
| 527 | 496 | Weightlifting. | | |

## Archaeology. Jewellery from the patrimony of the Republic Moldova museums.

| December 28. | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ | Perf 14:14$^1$/$_2$ |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 528 | 497 | Golden earring, IV century. Discovered in Balabani, Taraclia. | | |
| 529 | 498 | Golden necklace (torques) IV-III century B.C. discovered in a Scythian grave, in a barrow from Pohrebea, Dubăsari. | | |
| 530 | 499 | Silver temple earring, XIV-XVI century, discovered in Şeptebani, Rîşcani. | | |
| 531 | 500 | Bronze bracelet, IV century. | | |

## From the Red Book of the Republic of the Moldova. Flora. Shrubs

| December 29. | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 | Perf 14$^1$/$_2$:14 |
| Image | Michel Catalogue Number | Description | Reference | Notes |
| 532 | 501 | Joint-pine, Ephedra distachya L. | | |
| 533 | 502 | Snow pear, Pyrus elaeagrifolia Pall. | | |
| 534 | 503 | Pentagyn Hawthorn, Crataegus pentagyna Waldst. Et Kit. | | |
| 535 | 504 | Common Berry, Padus avium Mill. | | |