| Added by |
 Maciej Pasztor
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| General Description : | Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – August 1942), was a Polish-Jewish educator, children's author, and pediatrician known as Pan Doktor ("Mr. Doctor") or Stary Doktor ("Old Doctor"). After spending many years working as director of an orphanage in Warsaw, he refused freedom and stayed with his orphans when the institution was sent from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp, during the Grossaktion Warsaw of 1942 |
| Face value | 40 groszy |
| Catalog code (Michel) | 1357 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | 1098 |
| Catalog code | Polish Stamps Catalog 1209 |
| Series | 20th anniversary of the death of Janusz Korczak |
| Place in series | 1 |
| Stamp colour | Brown, bister and sepia |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 2,059,005 |
| Issue date | 12/11/1962 |
| Designer | J(erzy?) Srokowski |
| Paper type | White; middel, smooth |
| Print technique | Offset |
| Printed by | PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych) |
| Perforation | 12½ x 12 (comb) |
| Height | 38.00 mm |
| Width | 27.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
