2,40 Zloty 2009 - Wieluń


2,40 Zloty 2009 - Wieluń
Added by Maciej Pasztor
General Description : On September 1, 1939, the city was bombed by the German Luftwaffe in the first action of World War II. ). German bombers destroyed most of the town centre, including a clearly marked hospital and the historic Gothic church, and killed nearly 1,300 civilians. Three-quarters of the town was destroyed. The casualty rate was more than twice as high as Guernica. No Polish military units were present in the town at that time.
Material Gold
Face value 2,40 Zloty
Catalog code Polish Stamps Catalog Pl-4296
Series Defensive War 1939
Print run 800,000
Issue date 01/09/2009
Designer Jacek Dąbrowski
Paper type Fluorescent
Print technique Rotogravure
Printed by PWPW SA (Polska Wytwórnia Papierow Wartosciowych SA)
Height 31.25 mm
Width 43.00 mm
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