Legend of Kraku and the Wawel dragon on the stamp
Polish Post Office, which is already twice as a laureate of the 1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp in Europe, has just started in its next edition. All posts participating in the competition are designed to design a stamp within a specific topic. This year, the emission of Europe concerns "fairy tales and legends".
Europe is a series of stamps issued by European postal administrations since 1956. Poczta Polska decided to present the legend about King Krak and the Wawel Dragon on the stamp. The issue will debut on the market on April 21, 2022 this year.
Maciej Jędrysik, author of the Polish Post Office stamp, presented the graphics of the Wawel Dragon and Szewczyk in the medieval stylization. In the background you can see the famous hill with the Wawel Castle and the Dragon Jam below. The FDC envelope released includes images of Skuby with the deadly imitation of the sheep against the background of the defeated dragon, and above the picture of Prince Krak with the character of a woman.
The specially prepared occasional date stamp shows the inscription: Legend of Kraku and the Wawel Dragon.
Poczta Polska is last year's winner of the Europa 2021 competition for the most beautiful postage stamp. In 2021, she captured the trophy by publishing a philatelist value depicting the Eurasian Rysia in the issue of the subject "Animals at risk of extinction" by Bożydar Rozdeva.
This is not the only success of Poczta Polska in the Europe Philatelic Competition. In 2020, the Polish National Operator won in the jury category, proposing a stamp on "former postal routes". In 2018, the Poczty Publishing House showing the bridge in Tczew, in turn, took II. Place in voting Internet users.
Europe emissions are a publishing series started in 1991 as part of cooperation with Posteurop. All Posteurop member states regularly issue postage stamps with a common issue of emissions. They usually show common roots, culture, history and goals of European nations. These stamps always contain the official Europe logo - a trademark of the Public Postalopic Administration Association.
About the stamp:
- Project author: Maciej Jędrysik
- Number of stamps: 1
- Value: PLN 4.50
- Education: 171,000 pcs.
- Print technique: offset
- Stamp format: 40.5 x 40.5 mm
- paper: fluorescent
- Sales sheet: 9 stamps, format: 150 x 158 mm
- Date of introduction into circulation: April 21, 2022.