THESE 8 STAMPS WERE ISSUED ON 27 AUGUST 1970 AND DEPICT
FAMOUS POLISH PEOPLE ON MINIATURES AND WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
NEVER HINGED MINT
THESE SHEETLETS WERE PRINTED IN PRIMARY SHEETS OF 6 - EACH
SHEETLET HAS A PLATE NUMBER OF 1 THROUGH TO 8 - THESE ARE ALL
VARIOUS MIXED PLATES
SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR OTHER PLATES IN COMPLETE SETS OR
INDIVIDUAL SHEETLETS
THE FAMOUS POLES DEPICTED ON THE STAMPS ARE:
7ZL: MICHAL OGINSKI (composer, diplomat and politician, Lithuanian
Grand Treasurer and Russian senator).
5,50 ZL: SAMUEL LINDE (linguist, librarian, and lexicographer of
the Polish language. He was director of the Prussian-founded Warsaw
Lyceum during its existence [1804–31], and an important
figure of the Polish Enlightenment)
3,40 ZL: TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO (a Polish [sometimes described as
Polish-Lithuanian] and American general. He is a national hero of
Poland, Belarus, Lithuania and the United States. He led the 1794
Kosciuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of
Prussia as Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed
Forces).
2,50 ZL: MARIA WALEWSKA (Polish noblewoman and a mistress of
Emperor Napoleon. In her later years she married count Philippe
Antoine d´Ornano, an influential Napoleonic officer).
2 ZL: MARIA LESZCZYNSKA (queen consort of France. She was a
daughter of King Stanislaw Leszczynski of Poland (later Duke of
Lorraine) and Catherine Opalinska. She married King Louis XV of
France and was the grandmother of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and
Charles X. In France, she was referred to as Marie Leczinska. She
was the longest serving Queen consort of France).
60GR: STEFAN BATORY (son of Stephen VIII Báthory and Catherine
Telegdi, a member of the Somlyó branch of the noble Hungarian
Báthory family, Prince of Transylvania [1571–1586] and King
of Poland [(1576–1586]. Stephen Báthory is considered to be
one of the most illustrious elected kings of Poland).
40GR: JAN MATEJKO (Polish painter known for paintings of notable
historical Polish political and military events. His most famous
works include oil on canvas paintings like Battle of Grunwald,
paintings of numerous other battles and court scenes, and a gallery
of Polish kings. He is counted among the most famous Polish
painters).
20GR: ALEKSANDER ORLOWSKI (Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer
of lithography in the Russian Empire).
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