Poczta Polska has published the stamps of "Lost Treasures of Architecture"
On June 30, 2022, two stamps were released in the series "Lost Treasures of Architecture" depicting the Myszkowski castle in Pińczów and the Saxon Palace in Warsaw.
The purpose of the issue is to present lost unique architectural objects of exceptional importance for the history and cultural heritage of Poland. The author of the stamps project Jarosław Essendzan in the first stamp presented the Myszkowski castle in Pińczów in Figure according to the drawing of Eric Dahlbergh from 1696. The second stamp shows the Saski Palace in Warsaw in the figure according to the drawing of Pierra Ricaud de Tirregaille from 1762. The creator was intended to present historical buildings from their splendor before reconstruction. At the same time, these are the only current images of both objects that have survived to this day. The broadcast was created in close cooperation with the Regional Museum in Pińczów and with the company Pałac Saski.
The castle complex in Pińczów, in the 15th century, was the greatest powerful seat in Lesser Poland. He was characterized by exceptional architecture, its reconstruction was led by Santi Gucci, architect and court sculptor Anna Jagiellonka and Stefan Batory. The castle in Pińczów ceased to exist at the end of the 18th century.
The Saski Palace survived in Warsaw for almost 300 years, but it changed several times until it was blown up in 1944 by a German occupier. The only surviving fragment of the Saxon Palace is the tomb of an unknown soldier. The palace was established in the second half of the 17th century by Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, then a politician, currently known as a poet, obtained a permission to build a baroque palace from the king. The building was designed by either Tylman from Gameren, or the architect of Wazów Giovanni Battista Gislen. In 1713, the daughter of Morsztyn sold the property to August II Mocne, who undertook a thorough reconstruction of the palace, wanting to create a royal residence modeled on Versailles with a representative square and a magnificent garden. The palace was then called Saski. It was a central link in an urban foundation called the Saxon axis. The expansion of the complex was continued by the son of the ruler, the successor of the throne August III Sas. The period of August III was the years of the splendor of the Saxon Palace, to which the neighboring Brühl Palace and the residence of Bishop Potocki were joined. However, the Golden Age ended in the year of the king's death in 1763. In 1837, the Saxon Palace was bought by Russian Jan Skwarow, who ordered a thorough reconstruction. A building in the classical style was created, the project of Adam Idźkowski, which created the Saxon Palace in the most famous shape - in the place of the central part of the complex he placed a characteristic colonnade in the Corinthian style.
By issuing a series of "Lost Treasures of Culture" Poczta Polska SA wants to show on the stamps works related to the cultural and historical heritage of Poland, while entering into the promotion of planned revitalization works of the most valuable facilities in terms of national heritage of facilities in Poland.
About stamps:
Author of the project: Jarosław Obsendzan
Number of stamps: 2
Value: 3.60 PLN
Edition: 180,000 Pcs.
Printing technique: offset
format stamp: 43 x 31.25 mm
Paper: Fluorescent
sales sheet: 8 stamps
Date of introduction into circulation: June 30, 2022.