COVER N. 570 - POLAND

Postmark: Gdansk 50 - ZA - 24.03.205

Posted on the 24th March; Received on the 9th April 2025

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It is Easter time. Although not a believer, I cannot fail to understand the importance that Easter has for Catholics all over the world, myself having been raised in what was (and still is, even if not as much as it was 60 years ago) a country deeply rooted in the Catholic faith.

Easter is a time of rebirth, a time of renewal. For me, it is another way of saying spring, and I do believe that both events occurring at more or less the same time, is not a matter of chance or coincidence…

So Happy Easter, to those of faith and  Happy Spring to those who lean more towards a spirituality driven by the cycles of nature and the return of the swallows.

And Dziękuję bardzo, Roman, for your nice Easter cover. Happy Easter to you too.

Stamps, left to right:

- 20 g stamp for international service, issued on 03OCT2028,  dedicated to the Via Carpathia, a transnational road scheduled to open in 2025, linking Klaipėda, Lithuania to Thessaloniki in Greece. 

- "S" tariff stamp, part of a set of two, (1 regular mail; 1 priority)  illustrated with images of Easter Bunnies, issued on 25FEB2025.

- Just like Easter Bunnies, decorated eggs (and not that decorated; in Portugal, for instance, the thing is Chocolate Eggs!) are very typical of the season.

For a number of years, Polish post issued a series of definitive stamps dedicated to decorated eggs from cities of Poland.

The "A" tariff stamp is part of the two stamp issue of 2019, dated of 18MAR2019, and it features a beautiful oklejanka (a type of Easter egg decorated with paper cuts (?) glued onto it) from the city of  Łowicz.

The Postmark hails from the famous city of Gdansk.