Post by ameis33 on Apr 10, 2022 11:13:13 GMT
16 December 1948. Akcja przeciwgruzlicza (Anti-Tuberculosis Action). Stamps with surcharge for the Anti-Tuberculosis Action in Poland. Printed in rotogravure in the National Printing House in Krakow. Based on photos taken by Z. Mokrzycka (3+2 and 5+5 zl), T. Trepkowski (6+4 zl) and Z. Gamski (15+10 zl). Labels by A. Popkowski. Printed with a single sector cylinder in sheets of 10x10 fields. The odd columns of the sheet contain the stamp, and the even columns the labels. Linear perforation 10 3/4, 11 and 11 3/4.
In my knowledge, in Poland just two sets have been issued for the fight to the tubercolosis, this and another in 1982. Most commonly, instead of stamps, labels were prepared without any postal validity. Each of the stamp of the set came with an associated label. The printing sheet was made by ten rows, and in each row there is a different label.
This letter keep the entire set (29zl) plus an addition stamp (18zl) for an overall franking of 47zl. At the time, the postage fee for an international letter up to 20g was 30zl, plus 18zl for each additional 20g... I guess a 40g letter, the first 20g payed by the antituberculosis set (even if with 1zl less), and the other 20g paid by the additional 18zl stamp.
In my knowledge, in Poland just two sets have been issued for the fight to the tubercolosis, this and another in 1982. Most commonly, instead of stamps, labels were prepared without any postal validity. Each of the stamp of the set came with an associated label. The printing sheet was made by ten rows, and in each row there is a different label.
This letter keep the entire set (29zl) plus an addition stamp (18zl) for an overall franking of 47zl. At the time, the postage fee for an international letter up to 20g was 30zl, plus 18zl for each additional 20g... I guess a 40g letter, the first 20g payed by the antituberculosis set (even if with 1zl less), and the other 20g paid by the additional 18zl stamp.
