Poland 1945 – Copernicus memorial 

Poland 1945 Copernicus memorial

This is the second appearance on stamps of the memorial statue to Nicolaus Copernicus in the courtyard of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, first seen on a Polish stamp from 1940. On this occasion it was the fourth-highest value member of a set of five depicting monuments in Cracow. The monument appeared again the following year


SG number 

Face value 

3 z 

Colour 

524 

Violet 

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