Mi 469 B: 15 Zl. red-brown Defin.: Polish Culture, thin white paper, imperf.

Condition: used.

Issued: 31st Octeber 1947.

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

Catalogue number(s): Mi 469 B.

Seller's Reference: SB/(ʘ)/002/SB/(ʘ)/004/SB/(ʘ)/024/SB/(ʘ)/025/SB/(ʘ)/031.

Additional descriptive notes (if applicable): this postage stamp appears on a variety of papers, and in a number of perforation guages, which are not listed in detail in the Michel catalogue. These copies are printed on a thin white paper.

The stamp depicts:

Stanisław Wyspiański (15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907), a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the foreign partitions. He successfully joined the trends of modernism with themes of the Polish folk tradition and Romantic history. Unofficially, he came to be known as the Fourth Polish Bard (in addition to the earlier Three Bards: Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński).

Juliusz Słowacki (4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849), a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the ‘Three Bards’ of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. His works often feature elements of Slavic pagan traditions, Polish history, mysticism and orientalism. His style includes the employment of neologisms and irony. His primary genre was the drama, but he also wrote lyric poetry. His most popular works include the dramas Kordian and Balladyna and the poem Beniowski.

Jan Kasprowicz (12 December 1860 – 1 August 1926) was a poet, playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of Young Poland.

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