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Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
EUROPE 2009. The International Year of Astronomy
Date of Issue: 5 May 2009
Country: Poland
Denominations: PLN 3
The year 2009 was proclaimed the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations, an idea that came from the International Astronomy Union (IAU) which this way wanted to commemorate certain important anniversaries. To begin with, it was 400 years ago that Galileo first used a telescope to gaze at the sky. The invention was a breakthrough and the discoveries it allowed are now the foundations of astronomy. Also in 2009, 40 years will have passed since the first man set foot on the Moon, and 90 years since the IAU was established.
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The Polish Year in Israel
Date of Issue: 22 April 2009
Country: Poland
Denominations: PLN 3
Since 9 April 2008 a major event of culture and science - The Polish Year, has been celebrated in Israel in order to demonstrate the legacy of Poland, a country which is dear to many Jewish people. The rich agenda of the scheme, including film presentations, performance of well known Polish and Israeli artists, seminars, workshops and science conferences, is coordinated by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tel Aviv and the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv. The crowning of the celebrations is a joint postage stamp issue, commemorating the person of Berek Joselewicz - a hero of the Polish bids for independence.
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29 olympic Beijing 2008 - Poland
Four different stamps depicting different events of Olympic.
Miniature sheet
Date of Issue: 8 August 2008
Denomination: 2 x 10 gr, 2 x 1,45 zł
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Plenary Assembly of PostEurop--Poland
date of circulation: 15th January 2008
On January 16 and 17, 2008 the Plenary Assembly of PostEurop will be held in Kraków (Poland). Such meetings are organized yearly in another Member State of PostEurop. Poczta Polska has already had an honour to host the Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of PostEurop before in its capital city, Warsaw, in 1994. This year's meeting, however, will be outstanding of a few different reasons. Poczta Polska will celebrate then its 450th anniversary, in January the 15th anniversary of PostEurop will be commemorated as well, and the host city will be Kraków, sumptously celebrating last year the 750th anniversary of its foundation.
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