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On June 20th, the Polish Post introduced two more values from the issue
of "Polish Mansion Houses" into the circulation.
PLN 0.10 - Lipków near Warsaw. Early classicist manor house of Baroque features, designed in 1792. At present there is located the chamber of souvenirs of Henryk Sienkiewicz. The writer stayed in Lipków and described the place in his novel "With Fire and Sword": the famous duel between Wo?odyjowski and Bohun took place there. The manor house was burnt down in 1948 and it was reconstructed in 1957. PLN 1.50 - Sulejówek near Warsaw. The manor house was designed
by Kazimierz Skórewicz in the so-called "manor house style". It
was constructed for Józef Pi?sudski as a gift of soldiers from the
Legions for their commander. It was transferred for usage in 1923. A kindergarten
is housed there at the moment.
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