Poczta Polska issued an emission stamp of the 16th International Violin Competition Henryk Wieniawski

Poczta Polska issued an emission stamp of the 16th International Violin Competition Henryk Wieniawski

International violin competition Henryk Wieniawski is a competition of young talents, virtuosos to play the violin. The applicant of the subject of philatelic emission is the Music Society of Henryk Wieniawski in Poznań.

On the emission stamp "16. International Violin Competition Henryk Wieniawski ”, introduced into circulation of 7.10 this year, a symbolic combination of harmony of many different sounds, tactics and phrases was presented. The expressive nature of the competition is shown with a multitude of arrangement, which consists of one, legible - image of the violin. This symbol also accompanies the entire identification of this year's event and has been additionally exposed graphically in the postal dates.

The envelope presents a fuller version of the allegory of "violin many sounds" enriched with additional elements of a soldering workshop, such as a box or a griffin. Like the stamp, each of the separate fragments of the song connects and builds one instrument. In the background, a staff was also presented, which finishedly bent, wrapped in the main parts of the composition and is the basis for floating sounds. In the background there is an image of Henryk Wieniawski.

In the lower right corner there is a value designation: PLN 3.90, in the upper right corner. Inscription: Poland, in the center of stamp inscription: 16. International violin competition Henryk Wieniawski. The stamp was printed using offset technique.

About the stamp

Project author: Bożydar Grozdew
Number of stamps: 1
Value: PLN 3.90
Edition: 144,000 Pcs.
Printing technique: offset
format stamp: 31.25 x 39.5 mm
Paper: fluorescent
sales sheet: 12 stamps
Date of introduction into circulation: October 7, 2022.

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