The Polish eagle

Fischer 55-65 | Michel 54-64 | Scott 61-71 | Year of issue 1919 | Pre-war Poland

Imperforate issues for Galicia with the Polish eagle, issued from Kraków. These stamps were not gummed and were officially without perforations. Perforated copies were privately produced in a paper factory in Żywiec and they were used also privately. They were also used as local postage dues, overprinted with the word "Porto" or "Dopłata" (Postage due).

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Polish eagle

Glossary

• The eagle is the coat of arms of Poland.
  
• Galicia is the name of the territory occupied by Austria.
  
• The stamps are denominated in the Polish Halerzy/Korona currency, which is derived from the Austrian Heller and Kronen. You can see 2 Halerze and 3 Halerze, but then 5 Halerzy, etc. In Polish, cardinal numbers from 5 upwards, require a noun to be declined in the genitive case.
  

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Polish eagle