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 Maciej Pasztor
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| General Description : | Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1877 – 20 July 1926) was a Soviet statesman and a prominent member of Polish and Russian revolutionary movements. He is better known under his nickname as the Iron Felix, Bloody Felix, or abbreviation FD. Dzerzhinsky is best known for establishing and developing the Soviet State Security forces under their original name Cheka (1917–26). Later he was a member of the Soviet government heading several commissariats, while being the chief of the Soviet secret police. Cheka became notorious for torture and mass summary executions, performed especially during the Red Terror and the Russian Civil War |
| Face value | 45 groszy |
| Catalog code (Michel) | PL 700 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | PL 517 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier PL 614 Stanley Gibbons PL 711 AFA number PL 594 Polish Stamps Catalog (Fischer) PL 562 |
| Series | 25th death anniversary of Feliks E. Dzerzhinsky |
| Stamp colour | brown |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 12,112,800 |
| Issue date | 05/07/1951 |
| Designer | Bogusław Brandt Grav: Stefan Łukaszewski |
| Paper type | White thin |
| Print technique | Steel engraving |
| Printed by | PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych) |
| Perforation | 12 x 12½ (harrow) |
| Height | 21.40 mm |
| Width | 17.20 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
