THIS SET WAS ISSUED IN 2 PARTS - 2 MS IN 1988 AND 10 IN
1990.
(1) PORĄBKA 1937 - 1500 ISSUED IN 1988 - RIVER SOLA ONE OF
LARGEST EUROPEAN HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAMS
(2) WARSZAWA 1938 - 1500 ISSUED IN 1988 - 1ST TELEVISION
TRANSMITTER
(3) MOSCICE 1930 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - FERTILIZER CHEMICAL
NITROUS COMPOUNDS PLANT
(4) RASZYN 1931 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - MOST POWERFUL RADIO
MAST IN THE WORLD
(5) SLASK-GDYNIA 1933 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - COAL MINING
REGION RAILWAY
(6) CENTRALNY OKREG PRZEMYSLOWY 1936 - 1000 ISSUED IN
1990 - CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL REGION
(7) POLSKA 1937 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - 120,000
HOUSED
(8) GDYNIA 1937 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - LARGEST BALTIC
SEA PORT
(9) LOS 1938 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - PZL 37 BOMBER
AIRCRAFT
(10) LWOW 1938 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - 10,000 STUDENTS AT
LWOW UNIVERSITY
(11) GDYNIA 1939 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - POLAND AMERICAN
SEA LINER SHIPPING ROUTE
(12) WARSZAWA 1938 - 1000 ISSUED IN 1990 - 20 BLOCKS OF
HOUSING FOR 4000 FLATS IN KOLO DISTRICT
IF YOU NEED INDIVIDUAL STAMPS RATHER THAN THE WHOLE SET PLEASE
WRITE TO ME AND I WILL LIST THEM SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
SOLIDARITY STAMPS WERE PRINTED ON WHATEVER PAPER WAS AVAILABLE AS
BETWEEN 1982 AND 1990 EVERYTHING WAS SCARCE IN POLAND. THIS GIVES
RISE TO VARIETIES WHICH ARE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN BY THE DISCERNING
SPECIALIST.
AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, BASED ON THE MATERIAL I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN,
THIS ISSUE EXISTS ONLY ON ONE KIND OF PAPER
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCAN IS A STOCK SCAN. YOU WILL RECEIVE STAMPS
OF A SIMILAR QUALITY
THIS PROPAGANDA STAMP SET WAS ISSUED BY THE POLISH UNDERGROUND
SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AS A DIVERSIFICATION STATEMENT AGAINST MARTIAL
LAW WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED BY THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES IN POLAND.
IT IS A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM . THE UNDERGROUND MEMBERS
WHO ISSUED THIS STAMP RISKED A LOT, BECAUSE IF CAUGHT THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY. IT IS A
MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS HISTORIAN AND COLLECTOR OF THIS PERIOD AND
WILL MAKE AN INTERESTING ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
General Wojciech Jaruzelski announced the introduction of martial
law in a speech first broadcast on radio and television at 6:00 am
on December 13, 1981. In order to isolate members of the opposition
(from the Solidarity movement), 52 internment centers were created.
A total of 10,132 internment orders were issued against 9,736
people during the period of martial law.
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