CZESLAW SLANIA, POLAND 1956 – WARSAW MONUMENTS, SERIES II:
HEROES OF THE GHETTO
THE 30 gr VALUE IS ONE OF SLANIA’S EARLY ENGRAVED STAMPS. HE
ENGRAVED THIS STAMP, DEPICTING THE CENTRAL FRAGMENT OF THE WARSAW
STATUE COMMEMORATING THE HEROES OF THE WARSAW GHETTO, AS PART OF
THE SET ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE WARSAW’S MONUMENTS.
THE ORIGINAL SET OF 3 STAMPS WERE ISSUED IN 1956 AND THESE 3 BLACK
PROOFS, WERE ISSUED IN OCTOBER 1958 IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BOOK TO
COMMEMORATE THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH POST OFFICE. THE
ITEMS ON SALE ARE THE PROOFS AND NOT THE COMPLETE BOOK. THE PROOFS
WERE PRINTED BY PWPW (THE NATIONAL PRINTER’S OF POLISH
BANKNOTES AND STAMPS) IN WARSAW. NOTE: ONLY THE 30 gr STAMP IS A
SLANIA ITEM, HOWEVER, THE ITEMS ON SALE ARE 3 PROOFS AS THEY WERE
ISSUED TOGETHER IN THIS FORMAT.
CATALOGUE NUMBERS: SG 977, MI 974, FI 830, SC 737.
THIS PROOF IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS SLANIA COLLECTOR.
THESE BLACK PROOFS ARE VERY RARELY OFFERED SO DON’T MISS THE
CHANCE TO OWN THEM.
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