mercredi 17 mars 2010

sent by Roman Sudzik


Roman sent above explanation about his cover
stamp : The Europa issue - scounting
postmark : 130th anniversary of birthday of the Rev. Lutovslawski
explanation:
Kazimierz Lutoslawski was born on march 4, 1880 in Drozdowo. In 1903, finished medical studies and began his job.
After 3 years of theological studies, in 1912 he became the catholic priest.
During WW I, he was the chaplain of Polish military units. He was also the very active politician.
Died on january 5, 1924 because of scarlet fever.
During his staying in UK in 1904, he got to know gen. Baden-Powel. In 1906, he formed the first children patrol like scout's English patrols. He cooperated with Andrzej and Olga Malkowski, who are known as founders of scouting in Poland.
Wrote several books on scounting.
He is the author of Polish Scout's Cross (shown on the postmark)

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