Poland’s 2022 stamps continued from the January to June post
July
European Academic Games in Łódź
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Designer: Tomasz Wochna
Release date: July 15, 2022
100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Prehistoric Striped Flint Mines in Krzemionki
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The Krzemionki mines were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2019.
Located in the mountain region of Świętokrzyskie, Krzemionki is an ensemble of four mining sites, dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (about 3900 to 1600 BCE), dedicated to the extraction and processing of striped flint, which was mainly used for axe-making. With its underground mining structures, flint workshops and some 4,000 shafts and pits, the property features one of the most comprehensive prehistoric underground flint extraction and processing systems identified to date. Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region – UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Neolithic Flint Mines – Historical and Archaeological Museum in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (muzeumostrowiec.pl) is a treasure trove of information on the site as well as the Neolithic period. In Polish, so use Google Translate. Translates well.
Designer: Joanna Fleszar-Haspert
Release date: July 16, 2022
Traditional products
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Sójka mazowiecka
Sójka are small savoury baked dumplings, often filled with bacon, mushrooms and cabbage. They are a specialty of the Mazovia region in Poland.
Sójka Mazowiecka | Bricks (ceglow.pl)
Designer: Bożydar Grozdew
Release date: July 22, 2022
Polish Regional Products
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obwarzanek krakowski
This braided bread was given Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status by the European Commission in 2010. It recognises the bread’s historic and cultural importance to Krakow with the designation restricted to bakers in Krakow or Krakow and Wieliczka counties.
The name “obwarzanek” refers to its production process and derives from “obwarzać” (to parboil), a distinctive technique of boiling the dough. The Latin names, circulis and circinellos, refer in turn to the obwarzanek’s round shape.
The production of the obwarzanki (plural of obwarzanek) is traditionally done by bakers. At first, they had been baked only during Lent. In 13th century the bakers’ guild was created in Krakow. Back then, the obwarzanki could only be made inside the city walls by specific bakers who were allowed to sell them in the bakery stalls around Sukiennice on the Main Market. The production and selling of the obwarzanki had been carefully monitored by the members of the guild back then, but it’s likely that from the mid-19th century any baker could make them. Up until the 1950s, the obwarzanki were sold from linen-lined wicker baskets. What is obwarzanek krakowski – Muzeum (muzeumobwarzanka.com)
And yes, that link above is to a museum devoted to the very tasty bread. This brief video is in English and explains what makes the bread unique and how it is made.
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: July 29, 2022
100th anniversary of the first rugby match in Poland
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Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: July 29, 2022
August
Janusz Korczak (@1878 – 1942) an outstanding pedagogue, doctor, social activist
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In late July 1942, German authorities began the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to their deaths at the Treblinka killing center. Korczak’s Polish friends outside of the ghetto offered to help him escape the deportations by hiding him or providing him with false identity documents. Korczak would not consider leaving, however. He and his staff decided they would not attempt to save themselves. Rather, they would continue taking care of the children for as long as they possible could.
In early August 1942, German authorities deported the residents of all children’s homes within the Warsaw ghetto. On the morning of August 5 or 6, German police suddenly arrived and ordered Korczak’s staff to evacuate their building. Korczak, Wilczyńska, and the rest of the small staff quickly assembled the children outside. With their dedicated caretakers assisting them, nearly two hundred children walked through the crowded streets of the ghetto to the Umschlagplatz (deportation site). Korczak and the staff tried to keep the children from panicking. Witness accounts describe the group’s march through the ghetto as orderly and dignified.
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: August 4, 2022
Polish Madonnas
2 stamps, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, 2 sheets of 9
rotogravure
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: August 12, 2022
100th anniversary of the Union of Poles in Germany
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rotogravure
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: August 27, 2022
Polish Aviation Day
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Release date: August 29, 2022
40th Anniversary of Gorzów August
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Designer: Maciej Jędrysik
Release date: August 30, 2022
War damage
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Release date: August 30, 2022
September
200 Years of the Rozewie Lighthouse
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For those that like maps & coordinates, find it here 54°49′49.4″N 18°20′10.8″E
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Release date: September 11, 2022
Vistula Spit Canal
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rotogravure
| Polska Agencja Prasowa SA (pap.pl)
This video about the opening of the canal has English subtitles:
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: September 17, 2022
50th Anniversary of the Polish National Football Team Gold Medal at the XX Summer Olympics
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This site Poland football team – history and facts (footballhistory.org), has an interesting write up on the history of the Polish National Team. A stamp was issued celebrating Poland’s win for the 30th anniversary.
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: September 23, 2022
100 years of the Port of Gdynia
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Release date: September 23, 2022
100th anniversary of the National Beekeeping Organization
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Release date: September 23, 2022
100th Anniversary of the Establishment of Polish Sports Associations
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Release date: September 23, 2022
Józef Wybicki (1747 – 1822)– Author Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
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Wybicki was a writer, journalist and activist. He penned the the poem Mazurka Dąbrowski which was adopted as the Polish National anthem (officially) in 1927. The poem was written July 1797.
Writer, politician, best known as the author of the words “Mazurka Dąbrowski” – the Polish national anthem. This work secured him a place in the national pantheon and immortality, but it influenced Wybicki’s biography so much that it overshadowed other achievements of the author – one of the most outstanding Poles of the last decades of the First Polish Republic and the times that followed it. Józef Wybicki – Życie i twórczość | Artysta | Culture.pl (this article has an approachable, interesting biography. In Polish but translates well)
Mazurek Dąbrowskiego was adopted as the Polish National anthem in 1927.
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: September 29, 2022
100th anniversary of the Polish Chemical Industry
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Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: September 29, 2022
Museum of Narrow-Gauge Railway in Sochaczewie
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The museum celebrated its 100th anniversary on Oct. 1, 2022
Home – Museum of Narrow-Gauge Railway in Sochaczew (stacjamuzeum.pl)
Designer: Joanna Fleszar-Haspert
Release date: September 30, 2022
Polish railway stations
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Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: September 30, 2022
October
16th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition
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The competition was originally set for 2021 but was postponed due to the pandemic.
Henryk Wieniawski occupies a special place in the history of world violin music. A genius virtuoso-violinist, he was, above all, considered by contemporary critics and music lovers alike a reincarnation of Niccolò Paganini. A composer, whose works have withstood the test of time, to take a prominent place in world violin literature and in the repertories of most eminent artists. An educator at two outstanding European schools of music. Finally, a fascinating individual of colourful personality. International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition 2022 | GFPA
Designer: Bożydar Grozdew
Release date: October 7, 2022
100 years of naval military education
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Designer: Poczta Polska
Release date: October 7, 2022
Saint Archangel Gabriel – patron of postmen and philatelists
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Designer: Roch Stefaniak
Release date: October 18, 2022
Christmas
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Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: October 20, 2022
100th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Administrative Tribunal
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Designer: Roch Stefaniak
Release date: October 23, 2022
100th anniversary of Polish sports associations
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Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: October 31, 2022
November
50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Polish-Thai Diplomatic Relations
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 8)
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Release date: November 14, 2022
Historic Organs in Poland
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18th c Baroque pipe organ called the “Voice of Silesia“. Construction began in 1750 by Michael Engler “the young” (1688-1760), one of the premiere organ builders of his time. It was completed by his son Gottlieb Benjamin Engler and son-in-law Gotlieb Ziegler, after his death. The organ was destroyed in a fire June 1976.
In 2011 a project to reconstruct the massive organ was initiated. The actual rebuild began 2020, completing in January 27, 2022.
This page Engler’s organ in St. Elizabeth | Wroclaw Extra (www.wroclaw.pl) has an excellent, detailed look at the painstaking reconstruction process.
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: November 17, 2022
100th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Administration in Upper Silesia
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rotogravure
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: November 18, 2022
Lech Kaczyński (1949-2010) – Mayor of m.st Warsaw (2002-2005)
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Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005 and President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010.
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Release date: November 18, 2022
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: November 20, 2022
80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Zamość Uprising
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Designer: Polish Post
Release date: November 20, 2022
Birds of Argentina and Poland
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 8
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European crested tit (L. Cristatus) – Lophophanes cristatus (Crested Tit) – Avibase (bsc-eoc.org)
Rufous Hornero (Furnarius Rufus) – Furnarius rufus (Rufous Hornero) – Avibase (bsc-eoc.org)
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: November 25, 2022
Saints and Blessed
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Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: November 25, 2022
Marshals of the Senate of the Second Republic of Poland
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Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: November 2022
History of Polish Sports Organizations
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Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: November 30, 2022
40th anniversary of mining of Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A
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Designer: Beata Brzyńska-Rogala
Release date: November 30, 2022
December
Grigol Peradze (1899-1942)
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Theologian, historian, priest
St Grigol Peradze, the Holy Hieromartyr in Auschwitz, 1942 – DocsLib
When the German army invaded Poland in 1939 he expressed solidarity with Jews who were targeted by the antisemitic policies of the Nazis. Details have been hard to uncover, but Gestapo evidence related to his arrest indicated that he was involved handling funds that were given to assist Jews in getting out of occupied Poland. His activities had brought him under suspicion by the Gestapo, and he was arrested May 4, 1942 for sheltering and aiding Jews and other targets of Nazi persecution.
Father Peradze was first sent to prison in Warsaw and later transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp. On December 6th a German officer at Auschwitz was killed. The Nazi camp officials made all the men in that part of the camp stand naked in the cold until the killer confessed. Peradze stepped forward to save all those suffering in the sub-freezing conditions. The guards set dogs on him, then poured gasoline on him and set him afire.
Global Peace Warriors Grigol Peradze
Designer: David Kolbaia
Release date: December 6, 2022
Poland in space – NFT issues
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These are Poland’s first NFT stamps. See our Crypto NFT catalogue for details.
Designer: Roch Stefaniak
Release date: December 6, 2022
German camp for Polish children in Łódź (1942-1945)
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This stamp was created, on the 80th anniversary of the camp’s creation, with the cooperation of the Museum of Polish Children.
“Two child figures behind barbed wire, symbolising the drama of imprisonment and suffering in captivity” is the image depicted on a postage stamp titled “Nazi German camp for Polish children in Łódź (1942-1945).”
The Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism. A Nazi German Concentration Camp for Polish Children in Łódź (1942-1945) – “Nazi German Concentration Camp for Polish Children in Łódź (1942-1945)” postage stamp (muzeumdziecipolskich.pl)
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: December 8, 2022
Mikołów
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Mikołów is a town in Silesia, south Poland. It was first mentioned in written records in 1222. According to the city’s website, the current spelling of the name dates to around the 1760s.
The name of the town comes from the name Mikołaj [Nicholas]. However the town is not named after St. Nicholas but rather Mikoła or Mikuła which is probably the name of one of its former owners. The name Mikułów prevailed until the 19th century but the spelling changed over time -Miculow, Mikulow, Nicolaw, Mikulau…
The present name – Mikołów, dates back to 1760, and was spelled in a number of ways, especially that from the 2nd half of 18th century Prussian authorities restricted the use of Polish. History of Mikołów – Gmina Mikołów (mikolow.eu)
Designer: Adam Kultys
Release date: December 9, 2022
Gabriel Józef Narutowicz – the first President of the Second Polish Republic
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rotogravure
Narutowicz took office December 11, 1922 and served only 5 days. He was assassinated during a visit to the Warsaw’s Zachęta gallery.
Poland’s first democratically elected president shot dead 100 years ago today – The First News has an interesting biography on Narutowicz and the work he did to further a democratic Poland. It goes into the political strife during the 1920s and how it led to his murder.
He was featured on a stamp in November 11, 1988. It was part of the National Leaders series.
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: December 11, 2022
30th anniversary of establishing Poland-South Africa diplomatic relations
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Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: December 14, 2022
Breaking the Enigma code
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Designer: Bożydar Grozdew
Release date: December 30, 2022
Thorgal
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Thorgal is a Franco-Belgium fantasy graphic series. The story is written by Belgian Jean Van Hamme and all artwork by Polish illustrator Grzegorz Rosiński. Rosiński currently lives in Belgium and is a naturalized citizen. The Thorgal website has a biography on Rosiński.
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz using Grzegorz Rosiński’s art.
Release date: December 31, 2022
You can see all of the 2021 Polish releases here.
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