Jerry, I just googled Polish stamps and got this Take a look. http://images.google.com/images?q=polish+stamp+photos&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title Jim On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:59 PM, THOMAS MACKOWIAK wrote: > Jerry Kromer asked about educating his son about Polish History > using Polish > postage stamps. > > Jerry, > > I have this URL in "My Favorites": http://www.stampspoland.nl . I do > not > remember where I found this URL. I think someone may have posted it > to the > Poland-Roots message board a number of years ago. This is a website > that > shows the postage stamps of Poland with an explanation of what is > depicted > on the stamp etc. I do not know how current the information on this > website > is but you can take a look at the website to see if it would be of > any use > to you. > > The interesting thing about this website is that it is from the > Netherlands > (The URL ends in .nl for Netherlands) and it is not a Polish website. > > Another source for information on Polish stamps is the Scott Standard > Postage Stamp Catalogue which is published each year by the Scott > Publishing > Company in Sidney, Ohio. Volume 5 of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp > Catalogue covers countries whose names begin with the letters P > through SL. > You should be able to find a copy of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp > Catalogue at your local library. It is probably in the Reference > Section of > the library. > > Thomas Mackowiak > MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/WANATOWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI/ > MROZ/MU > NO/HARNEY > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message jimpres1@mac.com