1944
JAN. 4

RUSSIAN AND POLISH SOVIET ARMIES REENTER POLISH TERRITORY
JULY 1

SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN MOSCOW CREATES THE FOLLOWING:

  1. POLISH NATIONAL COUNCIL (KRAJOWA RADA NARODOWA)
  2. POLISH NATIONAL LIBERATION COMMITTEE
    (POLSKI KOMITET WYZWOLENIA NARODU)
  3. TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC
    (RZAD TYMCZASOWY RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ)
Poczta Polska Stamp
ISSUED 1945		 Poczta Polska Stamp
ISSUED 1945		 Poczta Polska Stamp
ISSUED 1945
25 GR. STAMPS ARE SURCHARGED 1 ZL. K.R.N., 2 ZL. P.K.W.N. AND 3 ZL. R.T.R.P.
JULY 22

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER W. CHURCHILL ANNOUNCES IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT THAT BRITAIN WILL NOT GUARANTEE POLISH BORDERS.

SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN MOSCOW RECOGNISES TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT, CREATED BY THEM, AS A NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT AND EXCHANGES DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES.

 Churchill Stamp
2nd Anniversary Polish Government Stamp
ISSUED JULY 22, 1946 SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF MOSCOW INSTALLED GOVERNMENT IN POLAND.
LEFT - PREMIER E. OSUBKA-MORAWSKI
CENTRE - PRESIDENT B. BIERUT
RIGHT - MARSHAL M. ROLA-ZYMIERSKI

1944
JULY

NEW ZEALANDER, FLIGHT LT. S.G. CULLIFORD, FLIES TO POLAND AND LANDS NEAR TARNOW. HE BRINGS BACK MR. T. ARCISZEWSKI, FUTURE PREMIER OF POLAND, WITH THE PLANS OF GERMAN V1 AND V2 ROCKETS CAPTURED BY THE POLISH HOME ARMY.
Royal New Zealand Stamp
BADGE OF ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE		 Map of Poland
Rockets Stamp
ROCKETS
T. Arciszewski Stamp
T. ARCISZEWSKI
ISSUED 1988		 Polish Home Army Stamp
POLISH HOME ARMY
ISSUED 1964

1945
APR. 11 - 30

RUSSIAN AND POLISH SOVIET ARMIES ENTER BERLIN
Russian Soldiers in Berlin Stamp
RUSSIAN GEN. ZHUKOV-
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN BERLIN
ISSUED 1970		 General Swierczewski
POLISH GEN. SWIERCZEWSKI
ISSUED 1952
Soldiers Stamp
POLISH AND RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE
ISSUED 1970		 Under Den Linden Stamp
POLISH SOLDIERS LOOKING DOWN "UNDER DEN LINDEN"
ISSUED 1968
APR. 30

A. HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE
Hitler Stamp
TO COMMEMORATE HITLER'S 55th BIRTHDAY
ISSUED APR. 14, 1944

1946

POLISH RESETTLEMENT CORPS
MAY 20

BRITISH GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES POLISH RESETTLEMENT CORPS. POLISH SOLDIERS ARE GIVEN THREE CHOICES:

  1. SETTLE IN BRITAIN AND SIGN A TWO YEAR CONTRACT OF REGULAR SERVICE WITH THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES
  2. EMIGRATE
  3. RETURN TO THE COMMUNIST POLAND

SOME 300,000 PERSONNEL OF POLISH ARMED FORCES WERE PROCESSED BY THE RESETTLEMENT CORPS.
Poczta Osiedli Polskich W Italii Stamp
Poczta Osiedli Polskich W Italii Stamp Poczta Osiedli Polskich W Italii Stamp
"POCZTA OSIEDLI POLSKICH W ITALII"

THE ABOVE STAMPS WERE PRINTED BY "I.P.S.OFF. CARTE VALORI - ROMA" IN 1946 FOR USE BY THE MEMBERS OF POLISH RESETTLEMENT CORPS IN ITALY. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WHETHER THE ABOVE STAMPS WERE PROPERLY AUTHORISED BY THE ALLIED COMMISSION IN ITALY.
Poczta Osiedli Polskich W Italii Stamp


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