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Home | Main menu Welcome to the new Stamp Encyclopaedia Poland This is an online catalogue for the stamps of Poland and for Poland-related stamp collecting areas. This site is currently under development as a database-driven stamp encyclopaedia with a more philatelic touch than the old site at www.stampspoland.nl. Work in progress can be seen here. This site has a more powerful search engine. Please note that not everything at this site is completed yet. For now, only the Polish postage stamps, the official stamps and the postage dues pages show images. For more than 150 years, stamps have exposed the society of Poland. Every stamp is a little piece of art that tells us something about historical moments, important people, places, things, events or everyday subjects. This online Encyclopaedia provides background information for the English speaking world about everything depicted on Polish philatelic items. The Encyclopaedia allows you to get to know more about the rich history, culture and language of the country behind these stamps. Most stamps are displayed in a way that is based on the Polish Fischer stamp catalogue. However, since most English speaking collectors do not understand Polish and because many collectors of Eastern European stamps use the German Michel stamp catalogue, the Michel catalogue numbers are referred to on every page, if applicable. On some pages, the US Scott stamp catalogue numbers are (or will be) referred to as well. This website is not the source for philatelic information about perforations, watermarks, plate flaws, proofs or forgeries. Neither does this site tell you how much a stamp is worth. For this, you should use a real stamp catalogue. Ben Nieborg, The Netherlands. Main menu Polish philatelic terminology |