Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Spotted triggerfish (Polish postage stamp)

  Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), also known as the bigspotted triggerfish, are demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish.
  • Original Name: "Balistoides conspicillum"
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1967-04-01
  • Series: Tropical fishes
  • Face value: 60 gr
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1751

Diagonal butterflyfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The diagonal butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus), also known as the Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Red Sea only.
  They have a yellow body with 11 diagonal stripes and reach a maximum length of 22 cm (c.9 in). In their native habitat, they swim over and around corals, on which they feed. They have also been observed feeding on gelatinous zooplankton, such as jellyfish (Scyphozoa) and comb jellies (Ctenophora).
  • Original Name: "Chaetodon fasciatus"
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1967-04-01
  • Series: Tropical fishes
  • Face value: 40 gr
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1750

The emperor angelfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. It ranges from coastal East Africa and the Red Sea in the west, to the Tuamotu Islands and Line Islands. Rare sightings have been recorded in the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida. These appearances are most likely due to aquarium release. Some populations have been observed as far as southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, New Caledonia, and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations and faces no major threats of extinction. It is a favorite among photographers, artists, and aquarists because of its unique, brilliant pattern of coloration.
  • Original Name: "Pomacanthus imperator juv."
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1967-04-01
  • Series: Tropical fishes
  • Face value: 10 gr
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1749

Striped butterflyfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The butterflyfishes are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfishes and coralfishes are also included in this group. The approximately 120 species in 10 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.

  • Original Name: "Chaetodon melanotus var."
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1967-04-01
  • Series: Tropical fishes
  • Face value: 5 gr
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1748

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Cyclamen persicum (Polish postage stamp)

  Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Israel and Jordan. It also grows in Algeria and Tunisia and on the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Crete, where it may have been introduced by monks. Cultivars of this species are the commonly seen florist's cyclamen.
  • Original Name: "Cyklamen Perski"
  • Artist: A. Balcerzak
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1964-11-30
  • Subject: Flowers
  • Estimated cost: 20 gr. (at the rate of exchange 1964)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1541

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Knight on bay horse, Piotr Michalowski (1801-1855)

  Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (since 1853).[1] The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.
  Postage stamp was printed in Poland in 1968.
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1968-10-01
  • Subject: Persons, Art
  • Estimated cost: 40 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1968)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1864

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Astonomer, Jan Hevelius (1611-1687) (Polish postage stamp)

  Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Jan Heweliusz; 28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk), then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography" and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still recognized by astronomers.
Postage stamps was printed in Poland in 1987.
  • Country: Poland. Artist: J. Brodowsky
  • Year: 1987-09-15
  • Subject: Persons
  • Estimated cost: 15 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1987)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 3116
  • Impression: 6.48m