World Stamp Day
On October 9th, we celebrate World Stamp Day and World Post Day. Although Polish Post Day is only a few days away, Polish postal workers are also celebrating today as members of the global postal family.
Every year, Poczta Polska provides customers and philatelists with many wonderful publications that educate, remind us of the most important events and figures, commemorate great anniversaries, and satisfy the human need for contact with culture and art.
Recent years have been filled with various projects that have generated great interest among collectors and those who use stamps as proof of postage. Presented in these small works of art, which undoubtedly represent philatelic value, the themes evoked emotions, moved, entertained, and allowed for reflection – almost no one remained indifferent to them.
– I would like to express my highest appreciation to all philatelists for their contribution to the popularization of the greatest values expressed through their daily work in searching for and collecting traces of our history contained in small works of art, such as postage stamps – says Wiesław Włodek, Vice-President of the Management Board of Poczta Polska.
the Black Penny, was introduced, worth 1 pence and featuring the image of a young Queen Victoria.
This was an epoch-making event, so much so that other countries soon introduced the stamp as proof of payment for transport and delivery services.
Only 20 years had passed since the Kingdom of Poland, the 12th postal administration in the world, issued its first postage stamp. It's worth noting that this was more than a dozen years before Italy, Japan, or Germany. It was also the first officially recognized Polish postage stamp.
Over the following years, postage stamps played their practical role as a proof of payment for services in the rapidly developing postal market, unnoticed becoming one of the most important collectors' passions among hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Today we also celebrate World Post Day, established on October 9, 1969, to commemorate the signing of the Berne Treaty establishing the Universal Postal Union. Postal workers in Poland celebrate their holiday on October 18 to commemorate the establishment of the first postal service by King Sigismund II Augustus in 1558.