Space and Astronomy Stamps - Poland (Polska)

Postal Administration: Poczta Polska
Currency: Poland uses the Polish złoty. As of February 2012, one Polish złoty equals 0.32310 US dollars.

Issue Date / Set Description

Description

circa 1923 - Various

Nicolaus Copernicus 1000m
Stanisław Konarski
Stanisław Konarski (misspelled as ‘Konapski’)
Nicolaus Copernicus 5000m

2 January 1933 - Septcentennial of Founding of Toruń

City Hall (Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus)

circa 1940 - Definitives

St. Florian’s Gate / Kraków
Watch Tower / Kraków (brown)
Watch Tower / Kraków (brownish orange)
Kraków Gate / Lublin
Nicolaus Copernicus Statue (dark green)
Nicolaus Copernicus Statue (deep violet)
Dominican Church / Kraków
Wawel Castle / Kraków
Church / Lublin (purple)
Church / Lublin (violet brown)
Cloth Hall / Kraków
City Hall / Sandomierz
Court House / Kraków
Courtyard / Kraków
St. Mary’s Church / Kraków
Palace / Warsaw (rose lake)
Palace / Warsaw (Prussian green)

17 August 1940 - Red Cross Semipostals

Nicolaus Copernicus Statue (olive gray)
Wawel Castle / Kraków (olive gray)
Court House / Kraków (olive gray)
St. Mary’s Church / Kraków (olive gray)

20 November 1942 - Various Semipostals

Veit Stoss
Hans Dürer
Johann Christian Schuch
Józef Elsner
Nicolaus Copernicus (myrtle green)

24 May 1943 - Quadricentennial Death Anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (rose lake) / Death Date Overprint

10 April 1945 - Liberation of Kraków

Grunwald Monument (dark violet brown)
Grunwald Monument (dark brown)
Tadeusz Kościuszko Statue
Cloth Hall
Nicolaus Copernicus Memorial
Wawel Castle

10 October 1946 - International Bureau of Education Semipostals

School Children
Jagiellonian University
Grzegorz Piramowicz
souvenir sheet of 3

25 April 1951 - Polish Science

Stanisław Staszic
Marie Curie
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski / Karol Olszewski
Marceli Nencki
Nicolaus Copernicus
Insignia

1 September 1952 - Various

Abū-Alī Ibn Sīnā
Victor Hugo

22 May 1953 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Conversation with God, by Jan Matejko
Nicolaus Copernicus

3 May 1955 - Warsaw Monuments

Mermaid
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Sigismund III Vasa
Brothers in Arms
Nicolaus Copernicus
Marie Curie
Adam Mickiewicz
Jan Kiliński

circa 1958 - Polish Posts

Tomb / Globe / Airplane / Satellite
Church / Mail Coach / Airplane
Mail Coach / Mail Bus
Postman / Train
Post Rider
Galleon / Modern Ships

30 September 1958 - International Geophysical Year

Polar Bear / Ice Floe
Rocket / Sputnik 1

7 November 1959 - Soviet Space Probes

Sputnik 3
Luna 1
Earth / Moon / Luna 2

10 December 1959 - Scientists

Charles Darwin
Dmitri Mendeleev
Albert Einstein
Louis Pasteur
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus

circa 1960 - Historic Towns

Gniezno
Kraków
Warsaw
Poznań
Płock
Kalisz
Tczew
Frombork (Frombork Tower)
Toruń
Puck
Słupsk
Gdańsk
Wrocław
Szczecin
Opole
Kołobrzeg
Legnica
Katowice
Łódź
Wałbrzych

circa 1961 - Various

Seal of Opole
Cement Plant
Henry IV Probus
Apartments
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Steel Plant
Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania
Szczecin
Elizabeth
Factory
Unisław
Shipyard
Copernicus Tower, Frombork
Chemical Plant

27 April 1961 - First Man in Space

Yuri Gagarin
Globe / Trajectory

15 June 1961 - Famous Poles

Mieszko I of Poland
Casimir III the Great
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
Tadeusz Kościuszko

24 August 1961 - Vostok 2

Gherman Titov
Dove / Earth / Orbit

6 October 1962 - Vostok 3 / Vostok 4

Pavel Popovich / Andrian Nikolayev
Stars / Orbits 60g
Stars / Orbits 2.50z (souvenir sheet)

3 November 1962 - Seminonadecennial of Russian Revolution

Cruiser Aurora

circa 1963 - Cosmonauts’ Visit Overprints

#1156
#1157
#1158

26 August 1963 - Vostok 5 / Vostok 6

Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Rockets / Globe

1 October 1963 - People’s Army of Poland

Eagle / Missile
Destroyer
Jet Fighter
Radar
Tank
Rocket Launcher
Troop Carrier
Swords / Soldiers

11 November 1963 - Conquest of Space

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s Rocket
Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Luna 2
Luna 3
Vostok 1
Friendship 7
Vostok 3 / Vostok 4
Mariner 2
Mars 1
souvenir sheet of 4 (#s 1186-7 x 2)

5 May 1964 - Sexcentennial of Jagiellonian University

Casimir III
Hugo Kołłątaj
Jan Dlugosz
Nicolaus Copernicus
King Wladyslaw II Jagiello / Queen Jadwiga

7 September 1964 - Astronautical Congress

Mermaid / Stars

21 November 1964 - Voskhod 1

sheet of 3
Vladimir Komarov
Boris Yegorov
Konstantin Feoktistov

30 December 1964 - Space Research

Rocket 20g
Launch
Laika
Luna 3
Ionospheric Research
Elektron 2
Mars 1

9 August 1965 - International Quiet Sun Year

Insignia (violet / vermillon / bright green / black) 60g
Insignia (ultramarine / orange yellow / blue / black) 60g
Radio Telescope Dish (red / yellow / purple / black) 2.50z
Radio Telescope Dish (reddish brown / yellow / grey / black) 2.50z
Solayr System (orange / multicolored) 3.40z
Solar System (olive grey / multicolored) 3.40z

15 September 1966 - Tourism

Map of Poland
Lighthouse
Yacht
Bridge / Sailboat
Mining Academy
Gorge
Old Forest
Katowice Planetarium
Ship / Globe

20 December 1966 - Satellites

Vostok
Gemini
Ariel 2
Proton 1
FR-1
Alouette
San Marco 1
Luna 9

9 October 1967 - Semicentennial of the Russian Revolution

Cruiser Aurora
Vladimir Lenin
Luna 10 / Earth / Moon

26 June 1969 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus Woodcut by Tobias Stimer
Copernicus, by Jeremias Falck
Nicolaus Copernicus / Heliocentric Solar System

21 August 1969 - Apollo 11

Lunar Module / Moonwalker
sheet of 8 / 2 labels

22 April 1970 - Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin Studying
Vladimir Lenin Speaking / Luna 13
souvenir sheet of 4
Vladimir Lenin / Communist Party Delegates / Dove / Globe

26 June 1970 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Copernicus, by Marcello Bacciarelli / Bologna
Copernicus, by Wincenty de Lesseur / Padua
Copernicus, by unknown artist / Ferrara

20 November 1970 - Luna 16

Probe Descending
sheet of 8

20 May 1971 - Children’s Art / United Nations Children’s Fund

Peacock on the Lawn
Our Army
Spring
Cat with Ball
Flowers in Vase
Friendship
Clown
The Unknown Planet

circa June 1971 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Copernicus House, Toruń
Collegium Maius
Olsztyn Castle
Frombork Cathedral

17 November 1971 - Lunar Rovers

Apollo 15
sheet of 6 / 2 labels
Lunokhod 1
sheet of 6 / 2 labels

28 September 1972 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Copernicus, by Jacob van Meurs
Nicolaus Copernicus Etching
Copernicus, by Jeremiah Falck
Nicolaus Copernicus / Lily of the Valley

28 September 1972 - POLSKA ‘73

Nicolaus Copernicus / Solar System

28 December 1972 - Nicolaus Copernicus Coils

Nicolaus Copernicus 1z
Nicolaus Copernicus 1.50z

30 December 1972 - Semicentennial of the USSR

Man & Woman, by Wiera Muchina
Globe / Red Star

18 February 1973 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus, by Marcello Bacciarelli
Copernicus, by Unknown 16th Century Artist
Copernicus, by Unknown 16th Century artist
Strasbourg Clock
Conversation with God, by Jan Matejko

20 June 1973 - Astronomy in Space

Copernicus Orbital Observatory
sheet of 6 / 2 labels
Salyut
sheet of 6 / 2 labels

30 June 1973 - POLSKA ‘73

Insignia / Seal
Insignia / Tombstone
Insignia 1.50z
Insignia / Bronze Lion

19 August 1973 - POLSKA

Poznań, 1740, by F. B. Werner / Insignia (olive / dark brown)
Poznań, 1740, by F. B. Werner / Insignia (pale lilac / dark brown)

2 September 1973 - Motocross

Motorcyclist / Flags (Australian / New Zealander Flags)

27 September 1973 - Stamp Day

Copernicus, by Marcello Baciarelli

12 October 1973 - Tredecennial of the Polish People’s Army

Tank
Jet Fighter
Missile
Warship

13 October 1973 - Bicentennial of the Commission of National Education

Grzegorz Piramowicz
Jan Śniadecki / Hugo Kołłątaj / Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

15 July 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Docked Spacecraft
Apollo
Soyuz
souvenir sheet of 4 (#s 2106-7 x 2 / 2 labels)
pair

25 July 1975 - Tredecennial of the United Nations

United Nations Insignia / Sunburst

8 September 1975 - International Women’s Year

International Women’s Year Insignia / Faces

10 March 1976 - Telephone Centennial

Telephone / International Telecommunication Union Insignia / Satellite Dish / Satellite

1 October 1977 - Vigintennial of Sputnik 1

Earth / Satellite
souvenir sheet of 3 / 3 labels

28 December 1977 - Vigintennial of Man in Space

Vostok / Mercury Spacecraft
souvenir sheet of 6 / 2 labels

27 June 1978 - First Polish Cosmonaut

Mirosław Hermaszewski in Spacesuit
Mirosław Hermaszewski in Spacesuit (without date)
Mirosław Hermaszewski / Globe / Orbit
Mirosław Hermaszewski / Globe / Orbit (without date)

20 September 1978 - Telecommunication

Letter / Telephone / Satellite

21 July 1979 - POLSKA ‘73

Eagle / People
Man / Flag
souvenir sheet of 2 / label (Insignia [Nicolaus Copernicus])

24 September 1979 - International Radio Consultative Committee

Stylized Satellite Dish / International Telecommunication Union Insignia

28 December 1979 - Space Exploration

Soyuz 30 / Salyut 6
Kopernik 500 / Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 (Copernicus)
Luna 2 / Ranger 7
Yuri Gagarin / Vostok 1
Neil Armstrong / Apollo 11
souvenir sheet/ of 5

12 April 1980 - Intercosmos

Globe / Trajectory

9 August 1982 - United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Slogan / Globe / United Nations Insignia

25 October 1982 - Semicentennial of Polar Research

Scientific Base / Aurora Borealis

7 February 1986 - Comet 1P/Halley

Michal Kamienski / Orbits
Comet 1P/Halley / VeGa / Giotto / Suisei / ICE-3 Probes

20 March 1986 - International Year of Peace

Sun

12 December 1986 - New Year’s 1987

Comet

15 September 1987 - Johannes Hevelius

Johannes Hevelius / Sextant
Johannes Hevelius / Constellations

2 October 1987 - Tredecennial of Sputnik 1

Gorizont (souvenir sheet of 1)

21 July 1989 - Vigintennial of Apollo 11

Moonwalker / Lunar Module
Moonwalker / Lunar Module (souvenir sheet)
Moonwalker / Lunar Module (imperforate souvenir sheet)

5 March 1992 - Famous Poles

Nicolaus Copernicus
Frederic Chopin
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Marie Curie
Kazimierz Funk (souvenir sheet)

25 November 1992 - Christmas 1992

Snowscape / Star

24 May 1993 - Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus / Solar System

10 September 1995 - Undecennial World Congress of Spaceflight Participants

Mir / Space Shuttle

11 November 2001 - Polish Millennium

sheet of 16
Pope John Paul II
Lech Wałęsa
Publications
Playwrights
Solidarity
Kazimierz Pułaski
Nicolaus Copernicus / Aleksander Wolszczan
Mathematics
Battle of Grunwald
Warsaw Uprising
Sculpture
Composers
Royal Castle
European Union
Writers
Track & Field

3 December 2004 - History of the Earth

block of 4
Formation of the Solar System
Meteor Bombardment
Age of Dinosaurs
Skylab / Earth
sheetlet of 8 (2 x block of 4)

circa 2007 - Chorzów

Silesian Planetarium

4 January 2007 - Quindecennial Concert of the Great Holiday Help Orchestra

Heart-Shaped Ringed Planet

5 May 2009 - Europa 2009

Star Chart / Numbers Presented as Starburst

27 November 2010 - Christmas 2010

Stylized Star of Bethlehem
Christmas Tree

28 January 2011 - Quadricentennial Birth Anniversary of Johannes Hevelius

Johannes Hevelius (label w/ eclipse chart)