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Appreciation of the history of Poland.
Sheet 134
The Polish Millennium
This sheets represents a summary of a thousand years of Polish history, culture and science from a 21st century perspective. Every stamp is dedicated to a different field of life in which landmark moments in history are compared with contemporary Polish history.
From left to right and from top to bottom, the stamps represent:
Christianity
Pope John Paul II against the background of a fragment of the doors of the church in Gniezno representing the image of Saint Adalbert.
Parliamentarism
President Lech Wałęsa taking the oath in the parliament and a fragment of the cover of the constitution of 3 May 1791.
Political Publications
Fragment of the cover of the magazine "Głos Wolny Wolnośćc Ubezpieczający" from the public library in Warsaw, the cover of the first issue of "Kultura" and "Zniewolony Umysł" by Czesław Miłosz - property of the literary institute in Paris, France, and the cover of "O skutecznym rad sposobie" - property of the Jagiellonian library in Kraków.
Theatre
Wojciech Bogusławski (1757-1829) and Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999). The background represents a fragment of the manuscript of the third part of "Dziady" by Adam Mickiewicz, included in the collections of the library of the Polish academy of sciences in Kórnik and the emblem of Cricot 2 theatre of Tadeusz Kantor.
Independence
Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935) against a background with electoral campaign posters from 1989.
Internationalist traditions of the Polish military forces
The NATO emblem and a portrait of general Kazimierz Pułaski (1746-79), according to a 19th century lithography. In 1777, Pułaski was fighting for the independence of the United States and he died in Savannah, considered to be a national hero of the United States.
Astronomy
Mikołaj Kopernik (Copernicus, 1473-1543) and Aleksander Wolszczan (born in 1946) - an eminent Polish astronomer who discovered the first planetary system outside the sun. A fragment of "De revolucionibus" by Copernicus in the background.
Education
A fragment of a wood engraving representing Jan of Głogów (1445-1507), called Głogowczyk or Głogowit, an eminent mathematician, astronomer, theologist and professor of the Kraków Academy, teacher of Copernicus. The second part of the stamp represents the portrait of the contemporary physicist Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886-1981).
The Polish Army
A fragment of the painting "The battle of Grunwald" by Jan Matejko in the National Museum in Warsaw and a poster from the times of the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 entitled "Do broni" (to arms), property of the Jagiellonian library in Kraków.
Independence Strains
A lithography of Villan representing the Belvedere Group: a group of plotters commanded by Ludwik Nabielak, who attacked Belvedere on November 29th, 1830, which was the seat of the Great Prince Konstanty and thus started the November Uprising. The lithography represents the following persons, from left to right: Karol Pankiewicz, Walenty Krosnowski, Wincenty Kobylański, Aleksander Świętosławski. There is a seal of Marian Langiewicz, dictator at the initial period of the January Uprising in 1863 in the bottom right of the stamp. The background represents the vignette of the information newspaper of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) "Warszawa Walczy" (Warsaw fights). The stamp also presents a scene of the Warsaw Uprising coming from a photograph taken by Janusz Cegiella on 20 August 1944.
Art
A fragment of a sculpture representing the head of John the Apostle from Saint Mary's altar created by Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) in Kraków. The second part of the stamp shows the sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Music
Krzysztof Penderecki (born in 1933) and a portrait of Fryderyk Chopin (1810-49). A fragment of the notes of Mazurka No. 10, opus 50 by Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), included in the collections of the National Library, is visible in the background.
Poland in the European Union
The portrait of Jan III Sobieski from the collections of the Royal Castle in Warsaw and the emblem of the European Union.
Polish Symbols
A medieval panorama of Kraków according to a wood engraving from the collections of the Jagiellonian library in Kraków and an image of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
Language and Literature
Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska (born in 1923) and Mikołaj Rej (1505-1569) according to a wood engraving from the Jagiellonian library in Kraków.
Sport
Janusz Kusociński (1907-40) and Robert Korzeniowski.
Polskie milenium = The Polish Millennium.
Jeszcze Polska nie umarła, kiedy my żyjemy = Still Poland has not died, while we live (these are the first words of the Polish national anthem, though in this case "zgineła" (perished) was replaced by "umarła" (died)).
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