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 Maciej Pasztor
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| General Description : | Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz also known as "Litwos" May 5, 1846 – November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish noble of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer." |
| Face value | 45+15 groszy |
| Catalog code (Michel) | PL 778 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | PL B88 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier PL 682 Stanley Gibbons PL 785 AFA number PL 668 Polish Stamps Catalog (Fischer) PL 640 |
| Stamp colour | violet brown |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 3,105,000 |
| Issue date | 25/10/1952 |
| Designer | Edward Konecki Grav: Czesław Słania |
| Paper type | White; Middel Smooth |
| Print technique | Steel engraving |
| Printed by | PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych) |
| Perforation | 12½ x 12¾ (harrow) |
| Height | 27.20 mm |
| Width | 22.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
