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 Maciej Pasztor
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| General Description : | Westerplatte is a peninsula in Gdańsk, Poland, located on the Baltic Sea coast mouth of the Dead Vistula (one of the Vistula delta estuaries), in the Gdańsk harbour channel. From 1926 to 1939 it was the location of a Polish Military Transit Depot (WST), sanctioned within the territory of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk). It is famous for the Battle of Westerplatte, which was the first clash between Polish and German forces during the Invasion of Poland and thus the first battle of the European theater of World War II. It is one of the few places in Poland which have retained their German-era name completely intact. |
| Face value | 40 groszy |
| Catalog code (Michel) | 1534 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | 1273 |
| Catalog code | Polish Stamps Catalog 1385 |
| Series | World War II memorials (Part 1) |
| Place in series | 2 |
| Stamp colour | Blue violet |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 4,048,800 |
| Issue date | 16/11/1964 |
| Designer | Stefan Małecki Grav: Edward Konecki |
| Paper type | White, middel, smooth. |
| Print technique | Steel engraving |
| Printed by | PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych) |
| Perforation | 11½ x 11 (harrow) |
| Height | 37.00 mm |
| Width | 21.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
