coastalcollector
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Posts: 98
What I collect: Worldwide Space, U58, U59 Entires, Machine Cancel Covers, German Private Postage of the late 1890's, Misc.
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Post by coastalcollector on Feb 18, 2018 20:48:15 GMT
In the Communist era of the People's Republic of Poland, all international exchange of stamps was controlled by the State & it used the Polski Zwiazek Filatelistow (PZF) to do that. The Communists were mindful of collectors trying to make a business out of selling Polish stamps internationally & obtaining hard currency, the Communists wanted to make sure that THEY were the only ones trading with foreign dealers & obtaining US dollars or Pounds sterling. If you wanted to exchange stamps internationally you HAD to be a member of the PZF. Letters to be sent with stamps were sent in a separate cover to the local branch of the PZF. They made sure everything was OK, & if so, sent your letter on the way enclosing a sticker . The recipient would then send back some stamps, placing the sticker on the envelope so that the Polish Post Office knew that this was a sanctioned stamp exchange. This is an example of the outgoing letter with the PZF handstamp from Bydgoszcz Poland sent to Marseilles France and includes a French customs clearance label on the front. I found a stack of these in my stash.
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scb
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Now at 100,000+ worldwide stamps, and progressing one stamp at a time towards the 200K
Posts: 313
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Post by scb on Feb 19, 2018 5:37:27 GMT
Nice - here's related item from my collection. The Polish collector I got this from told this was issued in 1962: -k-
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acanda
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What I collect: GB 1910 onwards; MS; FDC; PHQ cards and Polish
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Post by acanda on Mar 15, 2023 16:51:30 GMT
I wrote to POLSKI ZWIĄZEK FILATELISTÓW OKRĘG at Torun in order to get some information on these stamps. I had hoped for a reply, but no response. I realise it was in English, but had hopes...! Are these more valuable mint or used?
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