World Peace congress

Fischer 529 | Michel 564 | Scott 486 | Year of issue 1950 | Communist Poland

The first congress for world peace in Warsaw.

529
Worker with a dove of peace and a hammer
(poster art by Tadeusz Gronowski)

Glossary

This is Czesław Słania's first work as an apprentice. He was allowed to engrave the metal part of the hammer under strict surveillance of M.R. Polak, the latter's name appearing in the stamp's lower right corner.

Translations

Polski kongres pokoju - Warszawa 1950 = Polish congress for peace - Warsaw 1950.

Resources

About Polish poster art
Tadeusz Gronowski (www.polishfilms.org)
Czesław Słania's engravings (by Ann Mette Heindorff)
Czesław Słania's personalised stamps