Poland 1968 : Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party

Poland 1968 : Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party // set of 3 stamps

• Design: F. Winiarski
• Stamp size: 40,5 x 54 mm (1735,1737); 54 x 40,5 (1736)
• Issued: Poland 1967
• Fischer 1735-1737 | Michel 1882-1884 | Scott 1625-1627

1735  The manifest (by Wojciech Weiss) / 60gr

1736  Proleratians (by Felicjan Szczęsny-Kowarski) / 60gr

1737  Strikers (by Stanisław Lentz) / 60gr

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Poland 1968 : Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France

Poland 1968 : Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, 1968 // Set of 8 stamps

• Winter olympics in Grenoble, France, 1968  (X Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie w Grenoble)
• Design: F. Winiarski / PWPW
• Stamp size: 43 x 31,25 mm
• Fischer 1673-1680 | Michel 1820-1827 | Scott 1561-1568 

1673  Ice hockey / 40gr

1674  Alpine skiing / 60gr

1675  Slalom skiing / 90gr

1676  Speed skating / 1.35zl

1677  Cross-country skiing / 1.55zl

1678  Tobogganing / 2zl

1679  Biathlon (sport shooting) / 7zl

1680  Ski jumping / 7.90zl

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Poland 1968 : Polish People's Army // 10 stamps

Poland 1968 : Polish People's Army    // 10 stamps

• Fischer 1725-1734 | Michel 1872-1881 | Scott 1610-1619 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland
• 25th anniversary of the Polish People's Army.

1725  September 1939 (by Michał Bylina)

1726  Partisans (by Ludwik Maciąg)

1727  Battle of Monte Cassino (by Antonin Boratyński)

1728  The battle of Lenino (by Michał Bylina)

1729  Warsaw tank offensive 17 January 1945 (by Stefan Garwatowski)

1730  Trench war near the Neisse river (by Michał Bylina)

1731  Border post at the Oder river (by Konstanty Mackiewicz)

1732  Berlin, 2 May 1945 (by Michał Bylina)

1733  Destroyer Błyskawica (Lightning) (by Marian Mokwa)

1734  Jet aircrafts Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (by Tadeusz Kulisiewicz)

Translations
XXV-lecie Ludowego Wojska Polskiego = 25 years of the Polish People's Army.
M. Bylina - Wrzesień 1939 = Michał Bylina - September 1939.
L. Maciąg - Partyzanci = Ludwik Maciąg - Partisans.
A. Boratyński - Monte Cassino = Antonin Boratyński - Monte Cassino.
M. Bylina - Lenino = Michał Bylina - Lenino.
S. Garwatowski - Na przedpolach W-wy (Warszawy) = Stefan Garwatowski - In the foregrounds of Warsaw.
M. Bylina - Nysa = Michał Bylina - Neisse.
K. Mackiewicz - Nad Odra = Konstanty Mackiewicz - At the Oder.
M. Bylina - 2.V.1945 w Berlinie = Michał Bylina - 2 May 1945 in Berlin.
M. Mokwa - Błyskawica = Marian Mokwa - Lightning.
T. Kulisiewicz - Pośig = Tadeusz Kulisiewicz - Pursuit.

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Poland 1968 : Revolutionary action monument // 1 stamp

Poland 1968 : Revolutionary action monument in Sosnowiec // 1 stamp

• Fischer 1707 | Michel 1854 | Scott 1593
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland

1707 Revolutionary action monument in Sosnowiec

Translations
Pomnik czynu rewolucyjnego w Sosnowcu = The monument of the revolutionary action in Sosnowiec.
Glossary
The monument stood in Sosnowiec in the years 1968 to 1990.

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Poland 1968 : Polish paintings // 8 stamps

Poland 1968 : Polish paintings // 8 stamps

• Fischer 1717-1724 | Michel 1864-1871 | Scott 1602-1609 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland

1717 Knight on a brown horse (by Piotr Michałowski)

1718 Fisherman (by Leon Wyczółkowski)

1719 Jewess with Oranges (by Aleksander Gierymski)

1720 Portrait of Eliza Parenska (by Stanisław Wyspiański)

1721 The manifest (by Wojciech Weiss)

1722 Stańczyk (by Jan Matejko)

1723 Children's band (by Tadeusz Makowski)

1724 Banquet II (by Zygmunt Waliszewski)

Glossary
Piotr Michałowski (1801-1855)
Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936)
Aleksander Gierymski (1850-1901)
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907)
Wojciech Weiss (1875-1950)
Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Tadeusz Makowski (1882-1932)
Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897-1936)

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Poland 1968 : Hunters in paintings // Set of 8 stamps

Poland 1968 : Hunters in paintings  // Set of 8 stamps

• Hunters in paintings
• Fischer 1743-1750 | Michel 1890-1897 | Scott 1628-1635 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland

1743  Going out hunting (by Wojciech Kossak)
1744  Hunt with falcons (by Juliusz Kossak)
1745  Attacking wolfs (by Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski)
1746  Return with a bear (by Julian Falat)
1747  Fox hunt (by Thomas Sutherland)
1748  Hunting wild boar (by Frans Snyders)
1749  Resting hunters (by Vasily Perov)
1750  Lion hunt in Marocco (by Eugene Delacroix)


Glossary
Wojciech Kossak (1857-1942), Polish painter.
Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Polish painter.
Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915), Polish painter.
Julian Falat (1853-1929), Polish painter.
Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838), British engraver.
Frans Snyders (1579-1657), Flemish painter.
Vasily Perov (1833-1882), Russian painter.
Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), French painter.

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Poland 1968 : World gliding championship in Leszno

Poland 1968 : World gliding championship in Leszno // Set of 6 stamps

• World gliding championship in Leszno  (XI Szybowcowe Mistrzostwa Świata w Lesznie)
• Design: J. Jaworowski / PWPW
• Stamp size: 51 x 40 mm
• Fischer nr: 1699 -1704  | Michel 1846-1851 | Scott 1585-1590 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland

1699 Zephyr

1700 Stork

1701 Swallow

1702 Fly

1703 Seal

1704 Pirate

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Poland 1968 : Flowers // Set of 8 stamps

Poland 1968 : Flowers // Set of 8 stamps

• Flowers
• Design: T. Michaluk / PWPW
• Stamp size: 40,5 x 40,5 mm
• Fischer nr: 1689 -1696

1689  Sturt's desert pea  (Clianthus dampieri)

1690  Giant Granadilla  (Passiflora quadrangularis)

1691  Crane flower  (Strelitzia reginae)

1692  Common ball cactus  (Coryphantha vivipara)

1693  Orchid  (Odontonia)

1694  King protea  (Protea cynaroides)

1695  Flowering maple  (Abutilon sp.)

1696  Angel rose  (Rosa polyantha hybrida)

Clianthus dampieri (Sturt's desert pea) is also known as Swainsona formosa or Clianthus formosus.

Giant Granadilla or Badea (Passiflora quadrangularis), is the largest of the passionfruits.
Strelitzia reginae is also known as Strelitzia, Crane Flower of Bird of Paradise.
King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is also known as Giant Protea, Honeypot or King Sugar Bush.

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Poland 1968 : Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City 1968 // set of 8 stamps

Poland 1968 :  19th Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City 1968 // set of 8 stamps

• Design: T. Michaluk
• Stamp size: 39,5 x 31,25 mm i 62,5 x 51 mm (1716)
• Issued: Poland 1968
• Fischer 1708-1716 | Michel 1855-1863 | Scott 1594-1601

1708  Relay race

1709  Boxing

1710  Basketball

1711  Long jump

1712  Javelin throw

1713  Gymnastics on bars

1714  Cycling

1715  Fencing

1716 Torch bearer, limestone slab with a Pok-a-tok player from the Maya city of Chincultic

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Poland 1968 : Fairy tales // set of 8 stamps

Poland 1968 : Fairy tales // set of 8 stamps

• Design:  H. Matuszewska
• Stamp size:  32 x 51 mm
• Issued: Poland 1968
• Fischer nr: 1681-1688 | Michel 1828-1835 | Scott 1569-1576 

1681  Puss in Boots (by Charles Perrault)

1682  Kruk i Lis (Raven and fox) (by Ignacy Krasicki)

1683  Pan Twardowski (by Kazimierz Wójcicki)

1684  The tale of the fisherman and the fish (by Aleksandr Puszkin)

1685  Little Red Riding Hood (by J. and W. Grimm)

1686  Cinderella (by J. and W. Grimm)

1687  The Elf of the Rose (by H.C. Andersen)

1688  Snowy white (by J. and W. Grimm)

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Poland 1968 : World War II memorials Part 6 // set of 5 stamps

World War II memorials Part 6 // set of 5 stamps

• Fischer 1738-1742 | Michel 1885-1889 | Scott 1620-1624 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland
• Memorials for the sacrifices of World War II.

1738 Monument in Kartuzy

1739 The tomb of the unknown soldier in Warsaw

1740 Monument in Poznań

1741 Monument in Zamość

1742 Monument in Polichno

Glossary
Kartuzy is a Kashubian town, about 30 km west of Gdańsk.
Warszawa is the capital of Poland.
Poznań is a town between the German border and Warsaw.
Zamość is a town in southeast Poland, about 100 km southeast of Lublin.
Polichno is a small village just northeast of Piotrków Trybunalski.

Translations
Kartuzy - Bojownikom ruchu oporu Pomorza Gdańskiego / Kartuzy - For the underground fighters of Pomeranian Gdańsk.
Warszawa - Grób nieznanego żołnierza / Warsaw - The tomb of the unknown soldier.
Poznań - Powstańcom Wielkopolskim / Poznań - The Great-Poland Uprising.
Zamość - Rotunda miejsce zbrodni hitlerowskich / Zamość - Roundabout location of nazi crimes.
Polichno - Partizantom Gwardii Ludowej

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Poland 1968 : Poster art biennial // 2 stamps

Poland 1968 : Poster art biennial // 2 stamps

• Fischer 1697-1698 | Michel 1844-1845 | Scott 1583-1584 
• Year of issue 1968 | People's Republic of Poland
• Second international poster art biennial exhibition.

1697 Dove of peace (poster art by Henryk Zdisław Tomaszewski)

1698 Faust (jugendstil poster from Charles Gounod's opera Faust by Jan Lenica)

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