Belarus

Date1995, 11 I
Value2x 600, 2x 1000
Catalog no.Mi 83 - 86   Sc 94 - 97   SG 95 - 98   Y&T 83 - 86
TopicWawrzecki, Tomasz - Jasiński, Jakub - Kościuszko, Tadeusz - Ogiński, Michał Kleofas
Occasion200th anniversary of Kościuszko's uprising.
DescriptionSeries of 4 stamps with picture of a leader of the Kościuszko Uprising: Tomasz Wawrzecki, Jakub Jasiński, Tadeusz Kościuszko and Michał Kleofas Ogiński.
Wawrzecki and Kościuszko were born in a village that now belongs to Belarus.
The portraits are surrounded by the colors of the Belarussian flag and below each portrait is the Belarusian coat of arms. That is remarkable for Belarus not yet excisted as a national state in 1794.
This coat of arms was replaced in 1996 by a totally different design.