sent by Holger Kaufhold

sent by Holger Kaufhold

sent by Irene Chen

sent by Olivier Szerbovski

sent by Minoru Tanabe

sent by Igor Adoplh

sent by Leonardas Misiulis

sent by Farouk S. Barbari

sent by Roman Sudzik

Roman's comments :

cancellation : St George, patron of world scouting  and harcerstwo (= polish name for scouting)

stamps: Europa stamp 2007 for 100 years of scouting and St Benedict and St Cyril and Metody who are patrons of western and eastern Europe.

sent by Roman Sudzik

all explanations about these three postmarks were sent by Roman

Since many years, The Union of Polish Philatelists arranges the contests for your philatelists - each year with different theme.
This year the object of the contest is Torun - the old and picturesque town, located on the UNESCO list, with long and rich history of the Post and Philately - the theme "Cosmopolis of Torun"

On the postmark, you see Nicolaus Copernicus who lived in Torun
The stamps: EUROPA CEPT 2009 - International Year of Astronomy and two definitive stamps - 1,20 Zt is Torun with monument of Cpernicus.

On the postmark, you see Mr Jan Brozek (1585-1652), Polish scientist, astronomer, catholic priest, the devotee of Copernicus theory on solar system - and the first biographer of Nicolaus Copernicus.

The stamps: Jan Heweliusz (Johan Hevelke), Polish astronomer living in Gdansk in XVII century and the second stamps of value 2 Zt  is Gniezno, a part of set about the polish historical towns

Postmark : the Bridge Gate - entrance to old town of Torun from Vistula bank
Stamps : 1,25 Zt the castle in Malbork , 3,75 Zt Helsinki from set "the EU capital issues"

 

 

 

 

 

sent by Dr Masashi Nomura

sent by Elmars Berzins

sent by Ivan Loew