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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. ...

“GROSZY” PROVISIONAL ISSUES OF POLAND 1950 – 1952

We have recently uploaded George Zelwinder's gold medal award winning exhibit on the "GROSZY" Provisional Issues of Poland 1950-1952. The "GROSZY Overprints, used for only 18 months, created a very unique part of Polish Philately. This exhibit displays all officially...

Polish Communities in the United States

  Newsletter 9 for Fall 2024 is now online.   Among our regular features we are highlighting a postcard sent from Three Rivers, Massachusetts, July 25, 1919, to Miejsce Piastowe in Poland. This card which is in Polish is great documentation of one of the many...

Józef Piłsudski Father of Poland’s Second Republic

Members - Bulletin 595 is now online!  Featured in this issue is Dr. Edwin Andrews article on Józef PiłsudskiFather of Poland’s Second Republic.  Also featured is Steve Bonowski's Errors and Misprints of Early Polish Philately, 1918-1939.  .Above is a 1939 picture...

The 5c General Kosciusko Stamp of 1933

We have recently uploaded Jay Stotts' award winning exhibit on the 1933 5c General Kosciusko stamp.  This multi-frame exhibit studies all aspects of this stamp, but the emphasis is on the first day of issue cachets. The exhibit also thoroughly treats the stamp...

MEMBER BENEFITS

Three important benefits of Polonus membership

Polonus Bulletin

All memberships include a subscription to the quarterly publication

Polonus Library

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

Exhibit Mentoring

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