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Maciej Pasztor
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| General Description : | Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (Polish pronunciation: 1822–1882) was a Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer who in 1856 built the first oil refinery in the world.Among his other achievements were the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the first world modern oil well (1854). |
| Face value | 60 groszy |
| Catalog code (Michel) | PL 1178 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | PL 933 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier PL 1043 Stanley Gibbons PL 1172 AFA number PL 1068 Polish Stamps Catalog (Fischer) PL 1034 |
| Series | 5th Pharmaceutical Congress |
| Stamp colour | Citron and black |
| Watermark | Posthorn Type 2 Multiple [Up] |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 1,000,000 |
| Issue date | 14/09/1960 |
| Designer | Jerzy Desselberger Grav: Edward Konecki |
| Paper type | White; middel, smooth |
| Print technique | Steel engraving and Photogravure |
| Printed by | PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych) |
| Perforation | 11 x 11¼ (harrow) |
| Height | 31.50 mm |
| Width | 20.50 mm |
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