COVER N.19 - Poland
Postmark: Gdansk - 21JUN2021
Posted on the  21st june; received on the 9th July.
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And the Atlas continues to unfold... this time, Mr. Postman rang once (he never rings twice, with me...) to deliver a lovely cover hailing from Poland, sent me by Roman, whom I sincerely thank for the stamps used, since I have elected traditional costumes as one of my choice themes.

Before the pandemic hit and turned our world upside down, Poland was on my  list of soon to visit countries, so receiving this lovely cover almost felt like a case of  "If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain" 😀

The beautiful souvenir sheet with a 4.60ZŁ stamp was issued on 11SEP13 as a joint issue Poland/Romania, dedicated to Folk Art - Traditional Folk Costumes, Roman tells me, adding that the Polish costume is that on the right side, representative of the Krakow region. The Romanian costume is typical of the region of the Bistrita-Năsăud, whose capital Bistrita, I have already had the pleasure of visiting.

The 10 Groszy stamp on the left hand corner of the cover is part of a definitive set of 4 stamps issued in 2001 two (1,9 ZŁ and 3 ZŁ) on 28FEB2001  and the other two (10GR and 1.50ZŁ) on 20JUN2001.

The 3.30 ZL stamp was the first Polish stamp issued in 2020, on 17JAN2020, as part of a definitive series started in 2018, dedicated to the cities of Poland. The other stamp of this series for the year was a 10ZŁ stamp representing the city of  the Żywiec

The postmark tells us that the cover was mailed from the city of Gdansk, birthplace of the Solidarność union, led by the former President and Nobel peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa,  that was pivotal in the transition of Poland to  democracy after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

added on 13OCT21: 

The Romanian version of the stamp was used on cover 44.