2 STAMPS WITH A GOLD BORDER DEPICTING 2 MILITARY FLAGS OR BANNERS
OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO. ONE FLAG DEPICTS KOSCIUSZKO HIMSELF WITH 2
SCYTHES WITH THE SLOGAN "BRONIA IY ZYWIA (ARMS AND FEED) - IT WAS
THE SLOGAN FOR THE PEASANT UPRISING. THE OTHER FLAG HAS THE POLISH
EAGLE AND THE WORDS "HONOR OJCZYZNA BOG" (GOD COUNTRY &
HONOUR).
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (͡February 4 1746
– October 15 1817) was a Polish–Lithuanian general and
military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a
national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus.
He led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia
and the Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the Polish
National Armed Force.
Before commanding the 1794 Uprising, he fought in the American
Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army. In 1783, in
recognition of his dedicated service, he was appointed by the
Continental Congress to the rank of brigadier general and became a
naturalized citizen of the United States.
There are several Anglicized spellings of Kosciuszko´s name.
Perhaps the most frequently-occurring is Thaddeus Kosciusko, though
the full "Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciusko" is also seen. In
Lithuanian, Kosciuszko´s name is rendered as Tadas Kosciuska or
Tadeusas Kosciuska. In Belarusian it is Tadevush Kastsyushka or
Tadevuš Kaściuska.
THIS PROPAGANDA STAMP SET WAS ISSUED BY THE POLISH UNDERGROUND
SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AS A DIVERSIFICATION STATEMENT AGAINST MARTIAL
LAW WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED BY THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES IN POLAND.
IT IS A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM . THE UNDERGROUND MEMBERS
WHO ISSUED THIS STAMP RISKED A LOT, BECAUSE IF CAUGHT THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY. IT IS A
MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS HISTORIAN AND COLLECTOR OF THIS PERIOD AND
WILL MAKE AN INTERESTING ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
General Wojciech Jaruzelski announced the introduction of martial
law in a speech first broadcast on radio and television at 6:00 am
on December 13, 1981. In order to isolate members of the opposition
(from the Solidarity movement), 52 internment centers were created.
A total of 10,132 internment orders were issued against 9,736
people during the period of martial law.
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