2002.07.01  Poland Polish Cities
Pursuing the cycle "Polish Cities", Polish Post put into circulation two successive stamps on July 1st, which are presented:

1, 80 PLN - a Roman paten year 1193, linked with the personage of Mieszko Stary, now kept in the treasury of the basilica of Holy Mary Assumption - sanctuary of St. Joseph in Kalisz. On thhe background of the stamp there is to be seen the facade of the basilica. The oldest reference about Kalisz comes from the II century A.D. when Claudio Ptolemeo put down in his book "Epitome on Geography" the name "Kalisia". Thanks to this Kalisz got the honourable appellation of the oldest town in Poland.

2, 60 PLN - herma - reliquary of St. Sigizmunt, from the donation of Kazimir the Big in year 1370 in the form of a bust, kept now in the church of Holy Mary Assumtion in Plock. On the background of the stamp is to be seen the general outline of the castle-cathedral on the Tum Hill. The early stage of the town is closely linked with the period of formation of the Polish state. The germ of Plock was the erected in the X century, on the place of a pagan worship centre, on the same Tum Hill, an abode of a feudal sovereign. A huge historical promotion of Plock, which created from this town the most important next to Cracow centre of culture, took place during the rule of Wladislaw Herman /1079 - 1102/, when Plock became the capital of Poland.
 

Date of circulation 1st July 2002
Face value 1, 80 and 2,60 PLN
Designer Andrzej Gosik
Sizes of stamps face value 1, 80 PLN - 25.5 x 31.25 mm
face value 2, 60 PLN - 31.25 x 25.5 mm
Paper fluorescent
Printing technology rotogravure
Sales sheet: 100 units

 
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