Poland in ruins / The Polish army in Great Britain

Fischer A338-H338 | Michel 360-367 | Year of issue 1941 | London exile government

During World War II, the Polish government was transferred to Great Britain. A government-in-exile was set up in London. On 15 December 1941, the Polish postal services were transferred to Great Britain. Mail was sent on Polish warships and the merchant navy and posted with the stamps issued by the exiled government. Polish troops in camps in England and Scotland also used Fisher A 338 - U 338.

Translations

Ambasada St(anów) Zj(ednoczonych) Ameryki = Embassy of the United States of America.
Warszawa Wrzesien 1939 = Warsaw September 1939.
Ministerstwo Skarbu = Ministry of Finance.
Zburzenie pomnika Mickiewicza Kraków 1940 = Destruction of the monument of (Adam) Mickiewicz Cracow 1940.
Plac Zamkowy Warszawa Wrzesien 1939 = Royal Castle Square September 1939.
Wojsko Polskie w W(ielkim) Brytanii = Polish army in Great Britain.
Polska broń pancerna w W(ielkim) Brytanii = Polish armoured vehicle in Great Britain.
Lotnictwo Polskie w W(ielkim) Brytanii = Polish airplanes in Great Britain.
Polska marynarka wojenna w W(ielkim) Brytanii = Polish marine in Great Britain.
ORP (Okręt Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej) Orzeł = Warship of the Republic of Poland (submarine) Orzeł (Eagle).

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Adam Mickiewicz
Image of the monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Kraków (Wikipedia)
Image of the monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Kraków (home.pacbell.net)
Royal Castle in Warsaw
Orzeł submarine
Submarine
A philatelic view of World War II by R.V. Skulski