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Poland
1st January 1860
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Europe | 16, 16a |  |
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| Poland #1 |
Perf 11½ to 12½, no watermark, typographed
Printed by the Government Printing Office, Warsaw
| Description | Scott # | S.G. # | Mi# | Y&T# | |
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| 10 kopecks blue and rose | 1 | 1b | |||
| 10k blue and carmine | 1a | 1a | |||
| 10 k dark blue and rose | 1b | 1 | |||
| 10k added blue frame for inner oval | 1c | 1c | |||
| 10k blue and rose imperf | 1d | 1d |
Poland at first (from 1858) used Russian stamps and in 1860 issued their own to a remarkably similar design. In 1863 Russia closed down the press and Russian stamps were used again until the end of WW1.
Local Issues
During and after WW1, in addition to the occupation issues, local areas also issued stamps before gradually moving back to general, national issues. The Scott and Gibbons approaches to these stamps differ.
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Warsaw |
Lublin |
Cracow |
Posen (Poznan) |
| 1919 Sc11 SG2 | 1918 Sc27 SG17 | text | text |
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Northern Poland |
Southern Poland |
National Assembly issue |
General Issues |
| text | 1919 Sc SG68 | text | text |
| Scott entities | Sc # |
Gibbons Equivalent | SG |
Denomination / Paper |
| Warsaw | Sc11-26 |
Regional Issues | SG2-16 |
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| Lublin | Sc27-40 |
Regional Issues | SG17-29 |
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| Cracow | Sc41-71 |
Regional Issues | SG30-60 |
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| Posen (Poznan) | Sc72-78 |
Regional Issues |
SG61-65 |
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| Northern Poland | Sc81-108 |
Northern Poland | SG92-104 |
F or M / medium wove |
| Southern Poland | Sc109-132 |
Southern Poland | SG68-91 |
H or K |
| National Assembly issue | Sc133-139 |
SG121-127 |
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| General Issues | Sc140+ |
the Whole of Poland | SG128+ |
F or M / thin wove |
Occupation Issues and Offices
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German Occ WW1 |
German Occ WW2 |
Polish Army in Russia WW1 |
Polish Army in Russia WW2 |
Polish Govt. in Exile |
| 1915 Sc-N1 SG1 | 1939 Sc-N17 SG359 | text | text | 1941 Sc-3K1 SG478 |
Germany occupied Poland during WW1 and WW2, Poland had special issues for Polish troops serving in the Russian army in WW1 and also in WW2. The Polish govt. in exile in London during WW2 issued stamps for mail taken on Polish ships and sent from Polish military camps in GB.
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Constantinople |
Danzig |
Odessa |
| 1919 Sc-2K1 SG1 | 1925 Sc-1K1 SG-R1 | text |
Poland issued stamps for offices abroad in Constantinople, Danzig and Odessa.