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At the occasion of the approaching Easter, the Polish Post will introduce two stamps into the market, made in the convention of a Medieval stained-glass window. They represent: PLN 1.00 - women at the tomb of the resurrected Jesus Christ PLN 1.90 - resurrected Jesus Christ surrounded by the Apostles. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold two types of first day envelopes (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Warsaw 1. |
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POLISH MANSION HOUSES |
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Just like in the previous year, the presented series of stamps renders mansion houses, whose interiors are transformed in museums. A common feature of the selected objects includes the fact that all of them are near Warsaw. The value PLN 1.90 - Petrykozy near Mszczonów. The mansion house was erected at the beginning of the 19th century. It was renovated by actor Wojciech Siemion in 1979. It houses collections of the folk art and masterpieces of contemporary artists. The value PLN 3.00 - Janowiec near Puławy. It is a late Baroque wooden mansion house reconstructed at the beginning of the 20th century according to a design of architect Kazimierz Skórewicz. It was moved from Moniak near Urzędów in the years 1977-85. At present it is the seat of the Museum-Castle in Janowiec on the Vistula River. Several wooden construction monuments from the 19th century were placed there as well. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold a first day envelope (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Warsaw 1. |
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SKI JUMPS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAHTI 2001 |
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The World Classic Championships of Seniors start in Lahti on February 15th, 2001. The ski jumps will be the contest most interesting for us, along with two individual contests of jumps in the big and medium take-off. Poland will be represented, e.g., by Adam Małysz, winner of the 49th Four Take-Off Competition. All of us are fascinated with the ultimate successes of our countryman. We have not had such an excellent occasion to be proud of the achievements of Polish sportsmen for so many years. The approaching Championships in Lahti will surely give us a lot of emotions and we hope they will be a continuation of the successes of the Polish jumper. The Polish Post, official sponsor of the Polish representation of ski jumpers, will introduce a postal stamp representing Adam Małysz into the market. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold a first day envelope (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Wisła 1. |
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INTERNET - GLOBAL NETWORK |
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Internet was founded as a network aimed at serving research purposes, but it quickly transformed into a popular communication system used by millions of people all over the world. The beginnings of the network's development were connected with military needs. As an answer to the launching of the first artificial satellite of Earth, Sputnik, by the Soviet Union, the Defense Department of the United States appointed a special agency called ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1957. Its main task included the preparation of new information techniques. ARPANET was established as a result of its works in 1969. It connected contractors from universities, the military industry, and the army. It was created to facilitate research on the distribution of information. It has been systematically growing since its very beginning. The possibility to send files was quickly added to it, along with the electronic mail and discussion groups. The network was so crowded already in 1985 that the National Science Foundation (NSF) started works on a new project of a network: NSFNET. ARPANET officially stopped its activities in 1990. NSFNET continued to grow. Poland was connected to the world-wide network one year later. New services started to appear, e.g., WWW (World-Wide-Network) so popular today. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold a first day envelope (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Warsaw 1. |
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20th WINTER CONTEST UNIWERSJADA ZAKOPANE 2001 |
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The 20th Winter Contest Uniwersjada Zakopane 2001 will be held on February 7th-17th, 2001. The Polish Post will introduce a new stamp at the occasion. Contests called Uniwersjada are Students' Olympic Games and they are organized by the International Federation of Students' Sport (FISU), which was founded in 1949. The first Uniwersjada was organized in 1959 in Torino, Italy. Zakopane is the biggest Polish tourist center. The location of the village Zakopane is confirmed already in 1670 in the document called Conservatia, issued by King Michal Korybut Wi¶niowiecki. During the inter-war period, there was located a fashionable recreation and spa center, which gradually became more and more popular as a winter sports center as well. The development of the winter sports was enhanced by the construction of the roller coaster in Gubałówka and Kasprowy Wierch. World Championships in Skiing were held there in 1938 and 1962. Zakopane, visited by a great number of tourists became known as "the winter capital" of Poland. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold a first day envelope (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Zakopane 1. |
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END OF THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 |
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On June 6th, 2001, the Polish Post will introduce into the market a postal stamp at the occasion of the end of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. The main celebrations of the end of the Great Jubilee of Christianism will be held that same day, the God's Revelation Day, at St. Peter's Basilica. The most important points of the celebrations include the mass ceremony held b y John Paul II, the closure of the Holy Doors at the Basilica, as well as Te Deum. During the "year of mercy" there were held ca. 30 jubilees in Rome. A big number of celebration events is organized in the Church, including the biggest meeting of the Holy Year: the 15th World Youths' Day, held on August 15th-20th, 2000. Over 2 mln persons from 159 countries in the world participated there. The Polish Post has also joined the celebrations of the Jubilee. We issued postal stamps within the series "Church at the Turn of the Third Millennium" and "The National Pilgrimage to Rome" in 2000. On the day of introducing the stamps into the market, there will be sold a first day envelope (FDC) with a special date seal in the Post Office Warszawa 1. |
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