The Ruch catalog of postage stamps of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, officially titled ''Ilustrowany Katalog Znaczków Polskich'', contained detailed information on Polish
postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the f ...
s, and was published on a yearly basis.
The purpose of the catalog was to describe postage stamps related to the country of Poland and to estimate their value in the philatelic market at the time of publication.
Publisher
The catalog was published in
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a grea ...
, by Agencja Wydawnicza “Ruch”.
Format
The catalog contains black and white illustrations of polish stamps, cancellations, and overprints. Value of individual stamps is listed in Polish currency. The entire catalog is written in Polish.
Content
The catalog covers the full extent of Polish philately and is comprehensive in the following categories.
* Postage stamps of Poland
* City locals
* Austrian occupation
* German occupation
* Military mail
* Exile stamps
* Propaganda stamps
* Post-wartime overprints
* Prisoner-of-war
* Displaced persons
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Postal stationery
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* Plebiscite issues
* Port Gdansk
* Cinderellas
* Charity stamps
In addition, the catalog provides detailed information on counterfeit stamps, cancellations and overprints, such as porto and groszy, plus information that is not found or described in depth in other philatelic catalogs, such as
Fischer catalog.
Availability
A current edition of the catalog may no longer be available. However, previous yearly editions provide a valuable historic and philatelic resource.
See also
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Stamp catalog
A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices.
The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogs are part of philatelic literature.
Similar catal ...
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List of stamp catalogues
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Philately
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...
References
* Ilustrowany katalog znaczków polskich, 1973.
* Ilustrowany katalog znaczków polskich, 1983.
Glossaire philatélique
Philately of Poland
Stamp catalogs