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Is it real or is it fake?

  As a regular feature of our newsletter, Dr. James Mazepa will write up some of his infamous finds while shopping online.    The bottom line is "buyer beware" especially when it comes to buying potentially rare items online.  Recently, Jim came across a block of...
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Polish Town Cancels: The Second Republic

Bulletin 597 for March 2025 is now online!  Our featured article presents Melvin Malenki's "Collecting Polish Town Cancels: The Second Republic". Melvin's fascinating article documents Polish town cancels, incorporating the history and geography of his ancestors....
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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Our newsletters have highlighted the many historic events that the Polish Post honors.  In the spirit of “out with the old,  in with the new”, Polish Post has featured the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.  The museum has found its new home at Warsaw’s Central...
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The Gniezno “5” Inverted Overprint

As part of our ongoing efforts to highlight the "Gems of Polish Philately", we have just added the a page on the famous Gniezno "5" inverted overprint.   After  the Second Republic was reconstituted on November 11, 1918, there are seven provisional issues during this...
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ART DECO INFLUENCE ON POLISH PHILATELY

Bulletin 596 for December 2024 is now online!  Our featured article presents the art deco influence on Polish philately by Dr. Terry Hursh.   Above is one of is the Art Deco poster and stamp by Zygmunt Kamiński which the design for a 1928 Olympic poster stamp. ...
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MEMBER BENEFITS

Three important benefits of Polonus membership

Polonus Bulletin

All memberships include a subscription to the quarterly publication

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Polonus Library

Members have access to the Polonus collection at the APRL and at other philatelic libraries.

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Exhibit Mentoring

Assistance from experienced Polonus exhibitors and judges is available to all collectors.

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EXPLORE POLISH PHILATELY

Introduction to Polish Philately

New to Polish Philately?  See our introduction to the many different areas in collecting Polish stamps.

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Gems of Polish Philately

View some of the rarest and most interesting  items of Polish philately. These gems are a  regular feature in our quarterly Bulletin written by Dr. James Mazepa.

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Kronenberg Collection

View pages from the Kronenberg Collection.  Included here are extensive studies of forgeries and the identifying characteristics of these fakes.

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Recent Posts and News

See the current society news and happenings

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