Vatican City

Date1966, 03 V
ValueL. 15, 25, 40, 50, 150, 220
Catalog no.Mi 502- 507   Sc 433- 438   SG 477- 482   Y&T 451- 456
TopicR.C. Church - Founding Polish State - Matejko, Jan - Dabrowska, Casimira
Occasion1000 years Polish State and 1000 years Christianity in Poland.
DescriptionSeries of 6 about the history of Christianity in Poland. On all stamps: Text in Latin on the upper side: SACRUM POLONIAE MILLENNIUM. On the downside in Italian (POSTE VATICANE). In the center part text in Polish.
Stamps designed by Casimira Dabrowska. Name C. Dabrowska in the bottom left corner.
On L.15: Picture of Mieszko I, first Christian king of Poland, and his wife Dąbrowka. Portraits after Jan Matejko.
On L.25: Left side: the Wrocław cathedral, without spires. From 1944 until 1993 they were indeed missing. In the centre Wojciech (bishop Adalbert of Prague), who died as a martyr near Gdańsk in 977. Right side: the cathedral of Gniezno, the first Polish diocese.
On L.40: In the centre Stanisław (Stanislaus), first bishop of Cracow. Left side the Skalka church, right side the cathedral on the Wawel, both in Cracow.
On L.50: In the centre Jadwiga (Hedwig), first queen of the Polish lithuanian commonwealth. Left side the Ostra Brama (Sharp Gate) in Vilnius, Lithuania. This gate is used as a chapel, devoted to the Holy Virgin. Right side: the court of the Cracow university, restored by Jadwiga and her husband Jagiełło,grandduke of Lithuania.
On L.150: In the centre the Black Madonna of Częstochowa. Left side: the church on the Jaśna Góra (Lighting Mountain), seat of the Black Madonna. Right side: the column of Sigismund III Wasa, in the background the front of Saint Johns cathedral, both in Warsaw.
Notice: the word Częstochowa is not written correctly.
On 220.L: Pope Paul VI with Polish pilgrims. In 1966 he was leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Inscription: NIECH BĘDZIE POCHWALONY JEZUS CHRISTUS NA WIEKI WIEKÓW. AMEN (Honour to Jesus Christ in eternity. So it will be.)