Mi 466 A: 5 Zl. brown Definitive: Polish Culture, thin grey paper, perf. 11.

Condition: used.

Issued: 20th July 1947.

Catalogue Reference: Michel Europa-Katalog Band 7: Osteuropa 2009/2010.

Catalogue number(s): Mi 466 A.

Seller's Reference: SB/(ʘ)/002/SB/(ʘ)/004/SB/(ʘ)/024.

Additional descriptive notes (if applicable): this postage stamp appears on a variety of papers, which are not listed in detail in the Michel catalogue.  This copy is printed on a thin grey paper.

The stamp depicts:

Wojciech Boguslawski (9 April 1757 – 23 July 1829), a Polish actor, theater director and playwright. Boguslawski was born in Glinno, Poznan County. Called the Polish-Enlightenment ‘Father of Polish theater,’ he was the director of the National Theatre (Teatr Narodowy), 1783–85, 1790–94 and 1799–1814, and he founded the national opera. He died in 1829, aged 68, in Warsaw.

Helena Modjeska (October 12, 1840 – April 8, 1909), whose actual Polish surname was Modrzejewska, a renowned actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles. Modjeska was the mother of Polish-American bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski.

Stefan Jaracz (24 December 1883 – 11 August 1945) a Polish actor and theater director. The Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Lódz, Poland is named after him. He was born in Stare Zukowice, near Tarnów, and died in Otwock, near Warsaw. During World War II he was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was released after numerous interventions on 15 May 1941.

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