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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
3318459
Area
Stamps
Title
Polish corps
Face value
2
Country / area
Year
1916
Month
Day
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Order Number in Issue
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Theme / topic
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Persons theme
Item subject
Poolse adelaar
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Stanley Gibbons number
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Jozef Pilsudski founded the Polish Legion to fight against Russia in the hope of eventually regaining Polish independence. These stamps had no postal validity. They were charity stamps promoting the incorporation into the Polish legion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Galicia.
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Jozef Pilsudski richtte het Poolse legioen op, om te vechten tegen Rusland in de hoop om uiteindelijk de Poolse onafhankelijkheid te herwinnen. Deze zegels hadden geen postale geldigheid. Het waren liefdadigheidspostzegels ter bevordering van de inlijving in het Pools legioen van het Oostenrijks-Hongaarse rijk in Galicië.