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Polish Flag - Stamps and Postal History
PHILATELIC SOCIETIES for Collectors of Polish Stamps & Postal History
Society for Polish Philately (UK)
Stowarzyszenie Polskiej Filatelistyki w W.Brytanii

Alan Blunt (Hon. Secretary) - 01600 714847
 c/o The Polish White Eagle Club
211 Balham High Road, London SW17 7BQ

Jan Korzeniowski (Chairman) - 01322 273072

Meetings: 3rd Sunday of each month 4.00pm – 6.00pm 
at Polish White Eagle Club, 211 Balham High Street, London

Postal auctions are held each year on the last day of May & November

Polonus Philatelic Society (USA)

Hank Bieniecki
PO Box 100 (P), Granite City, IL 62040-0100
email: biistamp@charter.net

Founded in February 1939 by Chester Mikucki.
Polonus has grown  from a "local Chicago club" into one of the largest and most active specialized philatelic societies in the world and now boasts an international membership.

PolishStamps · Discussion about Polish stamps 
Yahoo e-mail group for stamp collectors
maintained by Jan Prygoda (Netherlands)
Polish Philatelic Society of Australia (AUSTRALIA)

PO Box 1179, St Kilda, South Victoria 3182

meetings: 3rd Tuesday of each month (2nd Tuesday December) at 7.30pm
at 23 Clifton Street, Richmond, Victoria

German Philatelic Society (USA)
have 2 study groups with associated to Poland
Danzig Study Group
John H. Bloecher 
1743 Little Creek Drive,  Baltimore MD 21207 
WWII Eastern Occupations Study Group
John T Grabowski
Box 536, Willernie MN 55090 
Poland 1944 National Heroes SG499-501, Romuald Traugutt, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Henryk Dabrowski
Poland 1944 National Heroes SG499-501
Romuald Traugutt, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Henryk Dabrowski

NEW ISSUES of Polish Stamps

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Polish Stamps from Poland

Polish Post Office
Mostly in Polish – but there is enough English to be able to place orders

1944 Poland National Heroes Proof
In 1979 Reprints, using original plates, were supplied with book
"Poczta Polska w 1944 roku" together with complete sheets of the 3 stamps in original colours.
to see complete sheets click below
25gr  50gr  1zl  proof  envelope


 
WEB PAGES from STAMP DOMAIN

Poland Postal History 1918
by Jan Kosniowski

Poland Postal History 1917- Krolestwo Polskie Essays
by Jan Kosniowski

1921 Aero-Targ Air Post Stamps
by Jan Kosniowski

Mystery Postmark on 1922 postcard from Przemysl

Postal Rates in Poland 1923-1933

Poland Postal History - RUDNIK n/ SANEM 1944
by Jan Kosniowski

Inter-Camp Polish Post in Germany in 1945
by Jan Kosniowski

Unlisted 1915 Poland overprint on Austria Feldpost 

Postal History of Wroclaw

Polish Flag - Polish Stamps and Polish Postal History

Selected pages for Collectors of Polish Stamps
and Polish Postal History

The Road to Auschwitz
by Ian Nutley

Post Offices of Former Austrian Territories - Poland
by Andy Taylor, Austrian Philatelic Society

Stamps of Poland
by Andre Mongeon

Local stamps 1918
by Andre Mongeon

Lager/Camp post
by Andre Mongeon

Stamp Issues by the Polish Government in Exile
by Edward Nowak, Sr.

Polish Stamps designed by Czeslaw Slania
by Ann Mette Heindorff

1919 - Krakow Issue of Poland
by Michael E. Melnichak 

The Austro-Hungarian Army 1914-18
FOR COLLECTORS OF ITS POSTAL ITEMS

by John Dixon-Nutall

The Polish Collector
by Andre Mongeon

Polish Field Post 1968 (in Czechoslovakia)

Stamp Encyclopedia Poland
by Ben Nieborg

Poland & World War II 1939-1945: A Philatelic View
by RV Skulski

Polish Philatelic Literature for the English speaking collector
by Chris Kulpinski

Polish Post Station Marks
by David Jay and others

Poland 1919 - 1922. The defnitive Eagle Issues
by Erik Hvidberg Hansen

History on Stamps: The Rulers of Poland
by Bjorn Harald Bakken
5-part gallery inspired by a series of Polish stamps issued in the period 1986-2000 with portraits of Polish rulers. The portraits are based on paintings by the famous artist Jan Matejko (1838-1893).

Mail from Poland to the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland (during the early post-WWII period)
by Jay T. Carrigan

Ghettos and Other Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe
by Edward Victor

Some 400 Ghettos were established in Poland during WW2. The mail was handled by a Council of Jewish Elders (Judenrats) which was established in each of the Ghettos. Comprehensive details are given about Ghettos in the following towns in Poland: Bedzin (Bendsburg), Belzyce, Beuthen (Bytom), Biecz, Bielsko (Bielitz), Bochnia, Borek Falecki, Brody, Brzeziny (Lowenstadt), Buczacz, Busko-Zdroj, Chmielnik, Czestochowa, Czortkow, Dabrowa Tarnowska, Dombrowa Gornicza, Dzialoszyce, Frystzak, Glusk, Gorzkowice, Grabow, Hrubieszow, Izbica, Jaslo, Jezow, Kamiensk, Kielce, Klodada (Tonningen), Kolo (Muhlental), Koniecpol, Konskie, Konskowola, Kosow Lacki, Krakow, Krasnystaw-Izbica, Kroscienko (II), Krosniewice, Kutno, Lagow, Lancut, Lentschutz (Leczyca), Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Lomzha, Lowenstadt (Brzeziny), Lowicz, Lublin, Lukow, Lvov (Lemberg), Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Modliborzyce, Nowy Sacz (Neu-Sandez), Nowy Targ (Neumarkt), Oleszno, Olpiny, Opatow, Opoczno, Opole, Osjakow, Ostrowiec, Otwock, Ozorkow, Pabiance, Pacanow, Pajeczno (Pfeilstett), Piaski Luterskie, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Piotrowice, Plonsk, Potok Zloty, Praszka, Przedborz, Przemysl, Przysucha, Radomsko, Ranizow, Rawa Mazowiecka, Rejowiec, Rozwadow, Rzeszow, Sanok, Siedlce, Sokolow Malopolski, Sokolow Podlaski, Sosnowiec, Stanislau (Stanislawow), Staszow, Sterdyn, Tarnogrod, Tarnow, Tlumacz, Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Tschenstochau (Czestochowa), Warsaw, Wegrow, Wieliczka, Wisnicz Nowy, Zawiercie, Zbaraz, Zdunska Wola, Zelow, Zychlin
 
Polish Flag - Polish Philately
BOOKS on Polish Philately
(these books are listed in publication date order)

Polish Post 7 Years' War 1939-1945

by Harold Montague Smith, 1946, 82pp
published by the Bristol Stamp Co. for the Pulaski Philatelic Club, Detroit

  A complete record of all stamps, seals, field-posts ad labels issued by the Polish postal authorities at home and abroad during the six years' war, from 1939 to 1945

Handbook on Philatelic Forgeries
by Spying Eye, published by Maplewood Press, Chicago, 1948, 48pp. 
Photos and detailed descriptions for Batum, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape of Good Hope, Czechoslovakia, Danish West Indies, Fiji, France, French Colonies, German Colonies, Greece - Samos, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Turks Islands, Venezuela and White Russia.

Groszy Overprints
by Wladislaw Kolakowski, pub by W Kolakowski Co, 1952, 54pp
 Story of the "Groszy" overprints on stamps of 1946/50 following the
currency revaluation on 29 October 1950

Poland No.1 
by V Rachmanoff, 1952

Austro-Hungarian Military Post 1914-1918
by Keith Tranmer, 1958

POLISH INTER-CAMP POST IN GERMANY
by M. Perzynski, 25pp, 1958

Second Polish Provisional Issue (1918)
by J. Tislowitz, pub by J Kwiatkowski & J C Crimlisk, 1959, 16pp

Polish Definitive Issues 1920-1925, A summary of the recorded papers, perforations, and  major varieties 
by Ron Negus, pub by Kwiatkowski & Crimlisk, 1959, 22pp

Polish Special Postmark Catalogue
by J C Crimlisk & J Kwiatkowski, pub  by authors, 1960
Details & prices of special postmarks 
part 1 - 1919-1929
part 2 - 1929-1936
part 3 - 1936-1938
part 4 - Dec 1938 to Nov 1947

THE SCOUT FIELD POST in the WARSAW UPRISING of 1944
by Thaddeus Gryzewski, 48pp, published by the Polonus Philatelic Society
(reprint of articles from the Polonus Bulletin Jan1960 to Apr 1961)
(undated c1962)

Polish Prisoner of War Posts
by Stanley J  Bykowski (editor), 1970, 72pp. 
(a compilation of work by M Kulawski, H M Smith, & H Zebrowski)
 published  by the Polish Philatelic Society, Boston
Shows & describes stamp issues, postal markings of Oflag VIIA (Murnau), Oflag IID (Gross Born), Oflag IIC (Woldenberg) and Oflag IIE (Neubrandenburg)

German Occupied Poland
by Alf Harper; pub by author, 1972, 114pp
Stamps, Postal History, Postmarks, Postal Stationery, Ghetto Post, Exiled 
Polish Government Issues

Austro-Hungarian Army Post Offices 1914-1918
by Keith Tranmer, pub by the author, 1973, 115pp
book review

Post Office List of Polish Territories
administered by Prussia and Germany prior to 1944

by T M Gordon, 1974, 39pp

The Occupation of Russia by the Polish I Corps
by James Mazepa (ed), a POLONUS HANDBOOK, 1977, 37pp
Stamps, overprints, cancels, markings, covers, fieldpost stationery, revenues, forgeries.

DACHAU PRISONER CORRESPONDENCE
by Zdislaw Koziarkiewicz
This is a 40 page booklet written by a former Dachau Prisoner. It was written and originally published in Poland in 1977.  Zdislaw Koziarkiewicz wrote 111 letters or cards while incarcerated in Dachau and he recaps each one including the forms used and the cancellations applied.

The Kingdom of Poland, Poland No 1 and associated Postal History
by M A Bojanowicz, pub by The Royal Philatelic Society,  1979, 188pp

The Russian Post in the Empire, Turkey, China, 
and the Post in the Kingdom of Poland
by David M Skipton, 1981, 196pp + 17 plates,
published by the Russian Philatelic Society "Rossica"
Details of the postal history, stamps, stamped envelopes, cancellations & the railway post for the Kingdom of  Poland during the period 1807 to 1917  in Section 4 (pages 156 to 195) 
(This is an english translation of the original work by S. Prigara published in 1941)

Poland Locals
by A Hall, pub by J Barefoot Ltd, 1981, 124pp
Overprints on German issues, Local overprints on German issues, Local Posts, Overprints on Austrian issues, Local overprints on Austrian issues, Local overprints on Russian & Ukrainian issues
(this book has been updated and republished as "Poland 1918 Locals" in 1999 - qv under 1999 below)

The Postal History of the Polish Field Post Offices in the Holy Land 1940-47
by Jerzy Kucharski, pub by the Society of Israel Philatelists, 1981, 74pp 

Forgery & Reprint Guide - Poland Airmails
by Andrew Hall, pub by J Barfoot  Ltd, 1983, 16pp
Guide to the identification of forgeries of the 1921 Tabromik & 1925 Airmail

Postal Stationery of the Polish Legion 1914-1917
by Jerzy Kucharski, pub by the Polonus Philatelic Society, 17pp, 1986
Detailed listing of some 150 different items of Postal Stationery issued by the Polish Legion during the First World War

Poland Occupied in WW2 and Holocaust 1939-45, Philatelic History
by Edward T Superson, 482pp, 1987

The Typographic Overprints of the 1919 Krakow Issues of Poland
by Michael E Melnichak, 1990, 44pp
published by Michael E Melnichak
Guide to the Plating and Authenticating the 1919 Krakow Issue

Przemysl 1914-1915
 by Keith Tranmer, 1990, 32pp
published by Keith Tranmer
Background story and details of the flights to and from Przemysl during the siege of 1914-15

Postal Place Names in Poland
by George K Kay,  1992, 390pp,  ISBN 0951999400 
published by G K Kay

The Echoes That Remain: A Postal History of the Holocaust
by Henry Schwab, 1992, 185pp

History of the Polish Army Postal Service Middle East & Italy 1940-48
by Ryszard Wagner, 1992, 355pp, ISBN 1 872286 70 4
published by Ryszard Wagner
Details all the Polish Field Post Office during and just after WWII. Full details of when and where each postmark was used are given together with statistics of usage and cover valuations. An extremely comprehensive handbook of the Polish Army Postal Service, a "must have" for anyone collecting this area of Polish Postal History.

The Mediterranean Mails
edited by F R Stubens, published by the Philatelic Society of Canada, 1993, 89pp
this booklet includes an 11 page article - "Postal Service Between Poland and the Mediterranean" and a 5 page article "Foreign Post Offices in the Ottoman Empire" by Dr. Miet Kamienski 

The Polish Prisoner of War Camp Posts
by "Autolycus" (G.Howard Longden OBE), published by Caldra House Ltd,  1994, 123pp,  ISBN 1 872286 71 6
Handbook for the specialist of Polish postal history. Details all issues from the four camps: Oflag IIC Woldenberg; Oflag IID Grossborn; Oflag IIE Neubrandenberg; Oflag VIIA Murnau. 
Full details of all stamps; postal stationery; postcards; cancellations + more.

Poland Revenues
published by J. Barefoot, 1998, 132pp,  ISBN 090684553X

Polish Exile Mail in Great Britain 1939-1949
by George K Kay & Ron Negus,  1999, 250pp, published by J. Barefoot Ltd, ISBN 0906845521
Covers the system operated by the Polish Government in Exile in London and it's maritime agencies, Polish and British field post offices and the undercover sending of mail via Portugal and other countries.

Poland 1918 Locals
by J. Barefoot, 1999
The locals from about 1915 to about 1919, the stamps, stationery and postmarks with valuations and a forgery guide

Polish Postal Rates 1918 -1939
by Marek Zbierski, 2003, 570pp
This book provides an extensive and almost complete history of Polish Postal rates between 1918 and 1939
click here for more details and to order a copy

The Sieges of Przemysl
by Keith Tranmer
Keith has spent 40 years researching this subject. He has assembled a very impressive array of covers, photos of pilots and planes, maps and other ephemera. He has developed a deep understanding of the key players, senior officers, pilots, observers, quartermasters, drivers etc on the Austrian side during the 2 sieges - it was only the second siege when mail was flown out.
 



(we do not have publication dates for following books)

Six Years of Underground Post in Poland (1982-88)
by Koblynski

GHETTO LODZ POSTAL HISTORY
by Schulze, Petriuk 


EXPERTS on Polish Stamps

Heinz Erwin Jungjohann, 
Jahnweg 7, D-25826 St. Peter-Ording, Germany,
Tel. +49 4863 3570
Member of the BPP
member PZF "Polonia"

Dipl. Ing. Zbigniew Mikulski,
Kammelenbergstraße 15, CH-9011 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Member of the AIEP

Stefan Petriuk,
Neue Strasse 3, D-24977 Langballigholz, Germany,
Tel. and Fax +49 4636 1096
Member of the BPP
member PZF "Polonia"

Jan Ryblewski,
Beliny-Prazmowskiego 24, 31-514 Krakow, Poland.
Tel. +48 1211 5590
Member of the AIEP


MUSEUMS
with Polish Stamp Collections

Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji, 
ul Krasinskiego nr 1, skr poczt 2030, 50-954 Wroclaw, Poland
Specialised collections of Poland, includes a large library in Polish and foreign languages.

The British Library, London
BOJANOWICZ COLLECTION
of Polish Postal History 1938-1949 was presented by M A Bojanowicz in 1966 and it covers the wartime posts in Poland and of the Polish Free Forces.







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