International Bureau of Education

Fischer 412-414 (Sheet 9) | Michel 445-447 (Sheet 9) | Scott B49, B49A and B49B | Year of issue 1946 | Communist Poland

This sheet contains three stamps for the International Bureau of Education (BIE = Bureau International d'Education) and the Polish Committee on Education.

412 Children at their school desks	413 The Jagiełło library court with the monument of Mikołaj Kopernik in Kraków	414 Portrait of Grzegorz Piramowicz

Glossary

Grzegorz Piramowicz was a Polish Jesuit educator. After the suppression of the Society in 1773, he became the secretary of the Commission for Poland's National Education. During the last six years of his life he returned to more priestly work in a parish.

Translations

Towarzystwo do ksiąg elementarnych = Society for elementary books.
Międzynarodowe biuro wychowania = International bureau of education.
Biblioteka Jagiełłońska w Krakowie = The Jagiellonian library in Cracow.

Resources

Commission of National Education
The International Bureau of Education (www.ibe.unesco.org)
Jagiellonian University
Collegium Maius (www.krakow-info.com)
Mikołaj Kopernik
Kraków
Jagiellonian university
Jesuits