POLAND

Stamps inscribed '[Poczta] Polska'

1860 (one stamp under Russian rule)
1918 ->

From 1918: 1 Marka = 100 Fenigow
From 1924: 1 Zloty = 100 Groszy (= 1,800,000 Marek)
From 1950: 1 Zloty (PLZ) = 100 Groszy (=100 old Zloty)
From 1995: 1 New Zloty (PLN) = 100 Groszy (= 10,000 PLZ)
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WILD CATS

Item Code Item type Face value Remarks SC
15 July 1960 - 550th Anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald This item is also listed under Heraldic Cats
PL19600715 ST 0_60 Stamp 0.60 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion sculptures on the Tomb of King Wladyslav II Jagiello (1348-1434), Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Heraldic Lion
Lion Rampant
CoA of Ruthenia
MI 1174
 
30 November 1965 - Wild Animals
PL19651130 ST 0_30 Stamp 0.30 Eurasian Lynx
MI 1636
M
20 November 1968 - Hunting Scenes
PL19681120 ST 8_50 Stamp 8.50 Lion
Wild Cat Art
"Lion Hunt in Morocco"
Painting by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
MI 1897
 
23 December 1970 - Tapestries of Wavel Castle
PL19701223 ST 1_35 Stamp 1.35 Leopard
Wild Cat Art
Leopard Fighting a Dragon
Detail from a tapestry at Wavel Castle
MI 2043
 
21 August 1972 - Zoo Animals
PL19720821 ST 0_20 Stamp 0.20 Cheetah
MI 2162
 
PL19720821 ST 4_50 Stamp 4.50 Tiger
MI 2169
M
PL19720821 FDC 5_55 First day cover 5.55 Cheetah (on one stamps and in cachet)
Official FDC with
PL19720821 ST 0_20
and two other stamps
 
21 May 1973 - Polish Wildlife
PL19730521 ST 4_50 Stamp 4.50 Eurasian Lynx
MI 2252
IPS
30 June 1973 - POLSKA '73: World Philatelic Exhibition in Poznań
PL19730630 ST 4_00 Stamp 4.00 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion-Head Doorknocker
Bronze Gate, Gniezno Cathedral (12th c.)
MI 2261
 
22 May 1976 - Polish National Parks
PL19760522 ST 4_50 Stamp 4.50 Eurasian Lynx
MI 2448

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PL19760522 FDC 4_50 First day cover 4.50 Eurasian Lynx (on stamp and in cachet)
Official FDC with
PL19760522 ST 4_50
DL

30 September 1976 - Stamp Day: Corinthian Vase Paintings This issue also includes Mythic Cats

PL19760930 ST 2_00 Stamp 2.00 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Corinthian Vase Panting (7th c. BCE)
MI 2463
10 October 1981 - The International Wieniawski Violin Competition
PL19811010 ST 2_50 Stamp 2.50 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion shaped violin scroll (16th - 17th c.)
MI 2771
M
ILS
         
1982 - Wrocław Zoo Postmark
PL19820000 PMK 50041 1 Promotional postmark - Lion
"Wrocławski Ogród Zoologiczny"
Wrocł. Ogród Zoo - Wrocław 1
Earliest use reported:
30 March 1982
Latest use reported:
30 March 1982
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PL19820000 PMK 50041 2 Promotional postmark - Unidentified wild cat
"Wrocławski Ogród Zoologiczny"
Wrocł. Ogród Zoo - Wrocław 1
Earliest use reported:
14 November 1982
Latest use reported:
14 November 1982
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6 January 1986 - 75th Anniversary of the Novel 'In Desert and Wilderness'
PL19860106 PMK 60009 Commemorative postmark - Lion
"BWA - A Gaul 1910 - 75 lecie 'W pustyni i puszczy' H. Sienkiewicza"
Poznań 9
6 January 1986
CC
1 June 1993 - 40th Anniversary of the Death of Kornel Makuszynski (Polish writer (1884-1953))
PL19930601 ST 1500 Stamp 1500 Cartoon Lion
Wild Cats in Literature
Illustration to Makuszynski's story "Fiki Miki and the Lion" by Marian Walentynowicz (1896-1967)
MI 3452
31 May 1996 - The Zodiac
PL19960531 ST 0_50 Stamp 0.50 Cartoon Lion
Zodiac Lion
Ordinary paper
MI 3590x
31 May 1996 - 50th Anniversary of UNICEF This issue also includes items showing Domestic Cats

PL19960531 ST 0_70 1 Stamp 0.70 Lion
Cartoon Lion
Wild Cats in Literature
Illustration for The Liar by Jan Brzechwa
MI 3595
ILM
20 January 1997 - The Zodiac
PL19970120 ST 0_50 Stamp 0.50 Cartoon Lion
Zodiac Lion
Fliorescent paper
MI 3590y
22 September 1999 - East Karpatian Nature ReserveJoint issue with Ukraine
PL19990922 ST 1_40 Stamp 1.40 European Wildcat (main motif)
Eurasian Lynx (in logo)
MI 3788
PL19990922 FDC 2_80 First day cover 2.80
(2 x 1.40)
European Wildcat (on one stamp and in cachet)
Official FDC with
PL19990922 ST 1_40
PL19990922 FDP 38700 First day postmark - European Wildcat
Paw prints
"Polsko-ukraińska współpraca przygraniczna w dziedzinie ochrony środowiska"
Ustrzyki Dolne
22 September 1999
10 July 2001 - The CITES Convention
PL20010710 ST 1_00 1 Stamp 1.00 Eurasian Lynx
MI 3896
M

Pane
Back cover
PL20010710 BK 5_00 1 Booklet 5.00
(5 x 1.00)
Eurasian Lynx (on stamps and cover)
Booklet with 5 x
PL20010710 ST 1_00 1
Local issue ?
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MI Unlisted
M
PL20010710 MS 2_00 Miniature sheet 2.00 Tiger (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B144
M
ILM
20 December 2001 - National Parks
PL20011220 PC 1_00 Pre-stamped postcard 1.00
(sold at 1.10)
Eurasian Lynx (in stamp indicium)
MI P1305
M
25 March 2002 - Mammals and their Young OnesThis issue also includes Domestic Cats
PL20020325 ST 1_10 4 Stamp 1.10 Eurasian Lynx
MI 3963
M
30 September 2005 - Polish Zoos
PL20050930 ST 2_00 Stamp 2.00 Tiger
Siberian Tiger
MI 4209
M
ILM
PL20050930 FDC 2_00 First day cover 2.00 Tiger (on stamp)
Tiger Paw Print (on postmark)
Tiger Skin Pattern (on envelope)
Siberian Tiger
Official FDC with
PL20050930 ST 2_00
CC
PL20050930 FDP 50041     Tiger
Tiger Paw Print
"Polskie ogrody zoologiczne"
Wrocław 1
30 September 2005
CC
8 October 2009 - 600 Years of Protecting the Bialowieza Forest
PL20091008 PMK 17201 Commemorative Postmark - Eurasian Lynx
"600 lat ochrony puszczy Bialowieskiej - Wystawa Filatelistyczna"
Hajnówka 1
8 October 2009
2014 - Envelo Computer Postage
PL20140000 COM X1 Computer postage imprint - Lion (male looking left)
Personalised (?), downloadable "stamp" imprint
Earliest use reported:
10 February 2014
We have seen this item cancelled with
PL20140210 FDP 66460
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PL20140000 COM X2 Computer postage imprint - Lion (white male yawning)
Personalised (?), downloadable "stamp" imprint
Earliest use reported:
10 February 2014
We have seen this item cancelled with
PL20140210 FDP 66460
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PL20140000 COM X3 Computer postage imprint - Eurasian Lynx (head and torso)
Personalised (?), downloadable "stamp" imprint
Earliest use reported:
10 February 2014
We have seen this item cancelled with
PL20140210 FDP 12220
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PL20140000 COM X4 Computer postage imprint - Iberian Lynx (whole body)
Personalised (?), downloadable "stamp" imprint
Earliest use reported:
10 February 2014
We have seen this item cancelled with
PL20140210 FDP 12220
If you know more about the date this item became available, please let us know.
 
10 February 2014 - Polish Zoos
PL20140210 PC 2_35 2 Pre-stamped postcard 2.35 Eurasian Lynx (in stamp indicium)
MI P???
DP
PL20140210 PC 2_35 3 Pre-stamped postcard 2.35 Lion (in stamp indicium and cachet)
MI P???
DP
PL20140210 FDC 2_35 2 First Day Postcard 2.35 Eurasian Lynx (in stamp indicium and postmark)
MI P???
DP
PL20140210 FDC 2_35 3 First Day Postcard 2.35 Lion (in stamp indicium, postmark and cachet)
MI P???
DP
PL20140210 FDP 12220 First day postmark - Eurasian Lynx
Stylized Lynx
"Zwierzęta w polskich ZOO"
Ruciane-Nida 1
10 February 2014
DP
PL20140210 FDP 66460 First day postmark - Lion
Stylized Lion
"Zwierzęta w polskich ZOO"
Witnica
10 February 2014
DP
21 April 2021 - EUROPA: Endangered Species
PL20210421 ST 3_30 Stamp 3.30 Eurasian Lynx
MI 5291
 
PL20210421 SH 29_70 Sheetlet 29.70
(9 x 3.30)
Eurasian Lynx (on stamps and in margin)
MI KB5291
 
PL20210421 FDC 3_30 First day cover 3.30 Eurasian Lynx (on stamp and in cachet)
Official FDC with
PL20210507 ST 3_30
 
1 February 2022 - Year of the Tiger
PL20220201 ST 4_00 Stamp 4.00 Tiger
Year of the Tiger
Round stamp
MI ???
 

Compiled by Geir Arveng with additional information from Aleks Domaradzki, T.S. Tan, Nahum Shereshevsky, Tadeusz
Wincewicz, Greg Balagian, Andrzej Mroczek, and Marci Jarvis.
Latest update: 15 February, 2022