CZESLAW SLANIA, POLAND 1955 – WARSAW MONUMENTS, SERIES I: COPERNICUS
THE 40 gr VALUE IS ONE OF SLANIA'S EARLY ENGRAVED STAMPS. HE ENGRAVED THIS STAMP, DEPICTING THE FAMOUS POLISH ASTRONOMER NICHOLAS COPERNICUS, AS PART OF THE SET ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE WARSAW'S MONUMENTS. THE ORIGINAL STATUE WAS BY THE DANISH SCULPTOR BERTEL THORVALDSEN.
THE ORIGINAL SET OF 8 STAMPS WERE ISSUED IN 1955 AND THESE 4 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 40 gr STAMP IS A SLANIA ITEM, HOWEVER, THE ITEMS ON SALE ARE 4 PROOFS AS THEY WERE ISSUED TOGETHER IN THIS FORMAT.
CATALOGUE NUMBERS: SG 912, MI 911, FI 765, SC 672.
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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