Bears The stamp issue consisting of four stamps depicting the brown bear, an emblematic species of wildlife in Romania. Issue Date:03.12.2020 Designer:George Ursachi Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours Size:48 x 33 mm / 33 x 48 mm Crocodiles The animals we commonly call crocodiles are predatory, semi-aquatic reptiles, belonging to a group called the Order Crocodilia or crocodilians. The group comprises 26 current species, mainly distributed in the tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, Central and South America. Issue Date:19.11.2020 Designer:George Ursachi Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours Size:63 x 27 mm Christmas 2020: Icon of the Annunciation This “beginning of miracles” is illustrated in the icon of the Annunciation, a feast rightened to commemorate the day when the Holy Archangel Gabriel announced to the Blessed Virgin that she would give birth to the Son of God. The feast was placed on March 25th, nine months before the Nativity (December 25th), because then the conception of the divine Baby took place in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The scriptural basis of the feast is found in the first chapter of the Holy Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26-38). On the left side of the icon is the Archangel Gabriel, with his right hand outstretched, blessing the Most Holy Virgin Mary, who is on the right side of the icon, while in his left hand, the Archangel Gabriel holds a rod, a symbol of the authority of God’s messenger.