"Cracow cribs" on the stamps of Poczta Polska
January 5 this year The Polish Post in cooperation with the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow introduced the occasional stamps presenting the works of the winners of the Krakow cribs competition.
The Krakow crib competition is a unique event. Every year, it is evaluated by an eminent jury, consisting of, among others from historians, ethnographers, art historians, architects and artists. In 2014, the competition was appreciated and entered on the national list of intangible cultural heritage. The tradition of making cribs is also the first entry from Poland that appeared on the UNESCO list.
- Polish Post Office through the philatelic emissions "Kraków Nativity Scenes" emphasizes the richness of our cultural heritage. Folk art is a great value that deserves appreciation and recognition. We express our admiration for the uniqueness of the Krakow folklore with a new postage stamp - emphasizes Daniel Witowski, spokesman for Poczta Polska.
The postage stamp published in three versions presents multi -level, richly decorated sacred buildings, which were designed from light materials. They are characterized by fancifully processed and combined with miniaturized elements of the historic architecture of Krakow, in which the scenery is entered in the Christmas scene.
In the illustrative part of the stamps there is the title of the "Krakow cribs", authors and a photo presenting the highlighted Christmas cribs. Three versions of postage stamps are also accompanied by an envelope with graphics of the Main Square in Krakow and the date stamp in which the star was inscribed.
The authors of the Christmas cribs on the stamps are: Józef Madej, Kazimierz Stopiński and Zbigniew Gillert. All the presented works of the winners come from the Krakow cribs competition, which took place in 2021. The author of the stamp project is Joanna Fleszar-Haspert.
The philatelic emission "Krakow cribs" is not the first initiative of Poczta Polska promoting Polish art and folk culture. On December 8, 2022, at the headquarters of the Postal Office in Łódź, the ceremonial opening of the exhibition of Christmas cribs was held, which were created by 30 popular Polish folk artists. In recent years, the company devoted its emissions to Easter Easter decorations, including Łowicki, Kashubian Kraszankom, Leipzig, Lemko and Lublin
About the stamp:
Design author: Joanna Fleszar-Haspert
Number of stamps: 3
Value: 3.90 PLN Each
circulation: 120,000 pcs of each stamp
printing technique: offset
format stamp: 31.25 x 51 mm
Paper: fluorescent
sales sheet: 6 stamps
date of introduction in circulation: 05.01.2023.
