34 March-April 2019 8VLQJ3ROSH[3KLODWHOLF0DWHULDOWR([SDQG DQG(QULFKPoland was at war. To show concern for Poland’s fate, in addition to highlighting the pleasure of collecting the stamps of Poland, Polonus decided to issue a s/s, one that not only commemorated the exhibition but that also portrayed characteristics of Poland’s people, culture and history (Figure 1). This first Polpex s/s portrays a winged Polish Hussar seated on his charger and carrying his lance. The Winged Hussars were the leading – and elite – branch of armored cavalry in the Polish army from the 1570s until 1776. They represented a terrifying military strike force, both defending Polish territories and invading adjacent lands to acquire an even larger footprint for the Kingdom of Poland. The extraordinary simplicity of the design, the conspicuous “Polish” red color, the sym- bolism of the Pole rushing to do battle was timely and opportune, for Poland was at war fighting for her very existence. A quantity of 2,000 each were printed in perfo- rate and imperforate format. This “limited-edition” souvenir sheet has been sought after by topical collectors, label/cinderella collectors, collectors of Polish history and collectors of Polpex souvenirs, making it a scarce item. From the topical perspective, Topical Time 35 the image relates to several ATA topical checklist categories, specifically: Army/ Infantry/Militias/ Soldiers; Harpoons/ Lances/Spears; Horses, General; Mili- tary (misc/other); and Warriors. Polpex 1941 was held in March and attracted 60 exhibi- tors utilizing almost 300 frames. The s/s design to commemo- rate this event has an interesting story. In Figure 2. January 1940, in the midst of war, the untiring efforts of Ignace Jan Paderewski on Poland’s behalf were a ray of hope for the future. John Parrish, the famous Chicago Tribune cartoonist, used Paderewski’s efforts as the subject of one of his cartoons. On the opening day of Polpex 1940 the cartoon appeared on the front page of all Chicago Tribune editions. It depicts Poland’s famous composer, pianist, statesman and unrelenting champion of liberty, instructing a waif in the playing of the Polish National Anthem, Jeszcze Polska Nie Zgineła (Poland Is Not Yet Lost). The Polpex 1941 s/s (Figure 2) used this cartoon as its theme, adding Poland’s 15-fenig Paderewski stamp (Scott’s No. 134), several bars of music and words from the Polish National Anthem, and a facsimile of Paderewski’s autograph, all arranged to render a magnificent philatelic souvenir, as well as another symbol of the undying spirit of Poles worldwide. This s/s was also printed in quantities of 2,000 each, a perforate and imperforate format. From the ATA checklist perspective it relates to: Hats/ Helmets /Head- dresses; Musicians/ Songs (misc/other); Piano /Keyboards; Politics/Politicians [N.B. Paderewski was Poland's second Prime Minister under the Second Republic of 1918]; Stamps on Stamps; and Statesmen /Diplomats. With the issuance of the Polpex 1943 s/s, a pamphlet was introduced to provide a detailed explanation of the theme of the exhibition and the s/s. This practice contin- ued annually, except for 1952 and 1967, then to Polpex 2002. The last two Polpex exhibitions in 2003 and 2004 issued colorful cacheted covers but did not issue a s/s. Polpex show cards were introduced at Polpex 1976 (Figure 3), commemorating the U.S. Bicentennial. The souvenir card featured a reproduction of the U.S. commemo- ratives of Pulaski (Scott No. 690) and Kościuszko (Scott No. 734). 36 March-April 2019 This card was offered with and without a spe- cial show cancellation. The practice of issuing cards, in addition to s/s, continued annually until Polpex 1993 when the fi- nal show card was issued. The number of souvenir show cards printed and issued were limited to 200 and some years are quite scarce.

Every Polpex event Figure 3. included a USPS-approved cancellation commemorating the exhibition and used for each day of the show. This led to themed cachet covers with the ap- propriate U.S. postage stamps and special show cancellations. However, collectors often purchased blank cacheted covers and applied their own combination of U.S. postage before obtaining a show cancel, so it is difficult to project the availability of such covers in the philatelic marketplace. While many Polpex items can be found on eBay, Delcampe and HipStamp websites, the Polonus Polish Philatelic Society are the heirs to the Polpex shows and hold the remaining inventory of Polpex philatelic material. The Polpex pamphlets and s/s, and often their companion show cards, provide a rich history of the subject chosen for any given year of the show, be it a person, event or something philatelic. The purpose of this article is to provide fellow topical collectors and exhibitors with details of the Polpex inventory, cross-indexed by date and topical subject, high- lighting 108 different ATA topical checklist categories (listings begin at right and continue). In addition to the s/s, the accompanying pamphlet often has images that represent a topical collecting interest. These, as well as the show cards for the years they were issued, are also included. A note on our choice of ATA topical checklist categories. Since many personalities represented on these s/s and cards relate to several categories, we have often used a generic (misc/other) category in addition to one or more specific categories. We have also used the convention of considering s/s and show card types of paraphilatelic or cinderella material (see reference 1) and therefore suitable for the category “Stamps on Stamps.” Some might argue with this premise, but we believe many of these s/s with images of issued stamps offer a new opportunity for collectors of “Stamps on Stamps.” Topical Time 37 ĐƟŶŐͲĐƚŽƌƐͬĐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬ ůŽƚŚŝŶŐͬ&ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ,ĂŶĚƐ ŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϳϱ ϭϵϰϳ;ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϳϳƐͬƐн͕ ŽĂĐŚĞƐͬĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐ ,ĂƌƉŽŽŶƐͬ>ĂŶĐĞƐͬ^ƉĞĂƌƐ ŝƌƉůĂŶĞƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϱϬ͕ϭϵϱϵ ϭϵϰϬ͕ϭϵϳϬ ϭϵϳϭ ŽĂƚƐŽĨƌŵƐͬ,ĞƌĂůĚƌLJ ,ĂƚƐͬ,ĞůŵĞƚƐͬ,ĞĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶĂƌLJtĂƌ ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϴϬ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϴϴ ϭϵϰϭ͕ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϱϰ͕ϭϵϱϵ;ƐͬƐн ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϳϮ͕ϭϵϳϲ ;ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞнͿ͕ϭϵϵϯƐͬƐн ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϲϮ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϳϱ͕ϭϵϴϬ͕ ϭϵϵϰ͕ϮϬϬϬ ƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϳϵƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϵϰ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͘ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ;ĞdžƉůŽƌĞƌͿ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĂ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϵϮƐͬƐн ,ŽƌƐĞƐ͕'ĞŶĞƌĂů ϭϵϰϬ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϱϬ͕ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϳϬ͕ ϭϵϱϴ͕ϭϵϳϱ ŽƉĞƌŶŝĐƵƐ͕EŝĐŽůĂƵƐ;ĂƐƚƌŽŶŽŵĞƌͿ ϭϵϳϴ͕ϭϵϳϵ͕ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ͕ϭϵϴϯ ƌŵLJͬ/ŶĨĂŶƚƌLJͬDŝůŝƟĂƐͬ^ŽůĚŝĞƌƐ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϳϯ ƐƐн͕ϭϵϴϳ͕ϭϵϵϯ ϭϵϰϬ͕ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϰϴ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ ŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ͕&ŽůŬ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϱϴ͕ϭϵϲϴ͕ϭϵϲϴ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ ϭϵϳϴ;ƐͬƐннƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ :ĞƐƵƐŽĨEĂnjĂƌĞƚŚ ϭϵϳϬ͕ϭϵϳϮ͕ϭϵϳϲ͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϳϵ ϭϵϰϮ ƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϵϰ͕ϮϬϬϬ ƌƵŝƐĞŽƌ>ŝŶĞƌ^ŚŝƉƐ ϭϵϳϬ͕ϮϬϬϬ :ŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵͬEĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ ƐƚƌŽŶĂƵƚƐͬŽƐŵŽŶĂƵƚƐ ϭϵϱϭ ϭϵϳϭ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ ƵƌŝĞ&ĂŵŝůLJ;ŵĞĚŝĐĂůƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐͿ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ <ŝŶŐƐ;ŽƚŚĞƌͿ ƐƚƌŽŶŽŵĞƌƐͬƐƚƌŽŶŽŵLJ ϭϵϰϱ͕ϭϵϴϯ;ƐͬƐннƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϳϯ ĂŶĐĞʹ&ŽůŬ ŝŵĂŐĞͿ ϭϵϱϰ͕ϭϵϳϴ͕ ƚŽŵŝĐŶĞƌŐLJͬƚŽŵŝĐƐ <ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ϭϵϲϱƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ ŝĐƚĂƚŽƌƐ ϭϵϵϯ ϭϵϲϴ ƵƚŚŽƌƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ >ĞƩĞƌƐͬWŽƐƚĂůͬWŽƐƚKĸĐĞƐ ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϱϴ͕ ŝƐĐŽǀĞƌLJŽĨŵĞƌŝĐĂ ϭϵϰϳ͕ϭϵϱϬ;ƐͬƐнĐĂŶĐĞůŽŶ ϭϵϵϮƐͬƐн ĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϱϵ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ ŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϲϰ͕ϭϵϳϭ ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ ŝĐĞŶƚĞŶŶŝĂů͕ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ͕ďƌĂŚĂŵ ϭϵϳϲ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ ŽĐƚŽƌƐͬWŚLJƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ϭϵϲϯ ϭϵϳϳ ŽdžŝŶŐ >ŝƐnjƚ͕&ƌĂŶnj ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ džƉůŽƌĞƌƐͬdžƉůŽƌĂƟŽŶ ϭϵϱϳ ϭϵϱϴ͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϵϮƐͬƐн ƌĂƐƐĞƐ;ŵƵƐŝĐĂůŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚͿ΀E͗͘͘ >ƵŶĂƌͬWůĂŶĞƚĂƌLJ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐƉŽƐƚŚŽƌŶŝŵĂŐĞƐ΁ &ŝƌĞĂƌŵƐͬ,ĂŶĚ'ƵŶƐͬWŝƐƚŽůƐͬ ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϳϭ ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϱϬ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ ZŝŇĞƐ >LJƌĞ;ŵƵƐŝĐĂůŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚͿ ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϲϰ ϭϵϳϱ͕ϮϬϬϬ ϭϵϰϵ;>LJƌĞŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ ĂƐƚůĞƐͬWĂůĂĐĞƐ &ůĂŐƐ DĂĚŽŶŶĂƐͬsŝƌŐŝŶDĂƌLJ ϭϵϰϮ ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϰϳ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϳϬ͕ ϭϵϱϱ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϱϲ ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϵϬƐƐн͕ϭϵϵϮ͕ϭϵϳϲ͕ ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϴϮ;ƐͬƐн ŚŽƉŝŶ͕&ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬ;ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞƌͿ ϭϵϳϴ ϭϵϰϵ͕ϭϵϱϯ͕ϭϵϱϳ нƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ &ůĂŐƐ͕h^ ϭϵϵϭ;ŽŶĞƐͬƐͿ͕ϭϵϵϯ ŚƵƌĐŚĞƐͬĂƚŚĞĚƌĂůƐ ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϮ;ƐͬƐн ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϱϲ͕ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϴϴƐͬƐ DĂŐŶŝĨLJŝŶŐ'ůĂƐƐĞƐ ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϳϲ͕ ϭϵϴϲ н͕ϭϵϵϵ ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϳϲƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϵ ŝƟĞƐ DĂŝůďŽdžĞƐ &ůŽǁĞƌƐͬWůĂŶƚƐ ϭϵϰϳ ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϴϯ ϭϵϳϴ;ƐƚLJůŝnjĞĚŽŶƐͬƐͿ ŝǀŝůtĂƌ;hŶŝƚĞĚ^ƚĂƚĞƐͿ DĂƉƐ &ŽůŬůŽƌĞͬ>ĞŐĞŶĚƐ ϭϵϰϱ͕ϭϵϳϮ ϭϵϲϮнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϳϴƐͬƐн͕ ϭϵϳϳ DĞĚĂůƐͬǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽdžĞƐ ϭϵϲϴ͕ϭϵϳϰ͕ϭϵϳϲ͕ϭϵϳϵ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϴϲ ůĞƌŐLJ ϭϵϴϱ ͕ϭϵϴϵƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϵϯ ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϴϬƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϮ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ 'ƌĂŝŶƐͬZŝĐĞͬŽƌŶͬtŚĞĂƚ ϭϵϴϲ͕ϭϵϴϳ͕ϭϵϴϴƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϵϯ͕ ϭϵϳϰ DĞĚŝĞǀĂůDĂŶƵƐĐƌŝƉƚƐ ϭϵϵϳ͕ϭϵϵϵ͕ϮϬϬϬ ϭϵϵϭƐͬƐн 38 March-April 2019 Figure 4 shows Chopin, a variety of musical instruments, a music score and the image of a Lyre on the pamphlet. Figure 5 shows an image of Poland No. 1, music score, horses, carriage, stylized posthorn (Brasses [musical Figure 4.

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Figure 6. Topical Time 39 DĞƌŵĂŝĚƐ;ŵLJƚŚŽůŽŐLJͿ WŝůŐƌŝŵƐ ϳϯϰ͕ϵϬϵнWηϭϯϰ͕ϭϵϮ͕Ϯϲϳ͕ϯϭϵ͕ ϭϵϲϵ ϭϵϳϳ ϯϵϵ͕ϰϬϭ͕ϱϮϲ͕ϴϴ͕ϵϴ͕sĂƟĐĂŶ WŽĞƚƐͬWŽĞŵƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ηϭϴϵͿ͖ϭϵϱϲ;WηϯϬϴнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ DŝůŝƚĂƌLJ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϱϰ tŽůĚĞŶďĞƌŐKŇĂŐĂŵƉϲϬΪǀĂůƵĞ ϭϵϰϬ͕ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϲϴ͕ ŽĨĂƌůĞƩĂͲdƌĂŶŝƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘WŽůŝƐŚŽƌƉƐ ϭϵϳϲ͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϴϳ WŽůŝƟĐƐͬWŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ŝŶ/ƚĂůLJ^ĂƐƐŽŶĞηϮϱͿ͖ϭϵϱϳ;WηϭϬϲ ϭϵϰϭ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϭ͕ϭϵϳϰ DŝůŝƚĂƌLJŽŵďĞƌWůĂŶĞƐ нƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ,ƵŶŐĂƌLJηϭϭϲϵĂͿ͖ϭϵϱϴ ;ƐͬƐнŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϵϬƐͬƐ ϭϵϰϯ ;h^ηϯϮϴͿ͖ н͕ϮϬϬϬ;ŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ DŝůŝƚĂƌLJ&ŝŐŚƚĞƌWůĂŶĞƐ ϭϵϱϵ;WηϴϯϬͿ͖ϭϵϲϬ;WηϭͿ͖ϭϵϲϭ WŽƉĞ:ŽŚŶWĂƵů// ϭϵϰϯ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ ;WηϵϯϮнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞƐh^ ϭϵϴϬƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϮ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϴϴƐͬƐн ηϭϭϱϵ͕WϭϯϰͿ͖ϭϵϲϮ;h^ηϵϴϱ͕ϵϵϴͿ͖ DƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐͬ^ŽŶŐƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ͕ϭϵϵϯ͕ϭϵϵϵ ϭϵϲϯ;h^ηϵϳϴ͕WηϯϯϭͿ͖ϭϵϲϰ;W ϭϵϰϭ͕ϭϵϰϮ͕ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϰϰ͕ϭϵϰϱ͕ ZĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ^LJŵďŽůƐ;ĐƌŽƐƐ͕ĂŶŬŚ͕ ηϲϭĚĞƐŝŐŶͿ͖ϭϵϲϱ;WηϲϳϮͿ͖ϭϵϲϲ ϭϵϰϲ͕ϭϵϰϳ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϰϵ͕ϭϵϱϬ͕ ĞƚĐ͘Ϳ ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚh^ηϭϯϭϯͿ͖ ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϱϰ͕ϭϵϱϱ͕ϭϵϱϲ͕ ϭϵϰϮ͕ϭϵϰϯ͕ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϱϱ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ ϭϵϲϴ;WηϯϯϮͿ͖ϭϵϲϵ;DŽŶƚĞ ϭϵϱϳ͕ϭϵϱϴ͕ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϲϬ͕ϭϵϲϭ͕ ϭϵϲϲ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϴϬ͕ϭϵϴϮ͕ϭϵϴϲ͕ ĂƐƐŝŶŽнWŽůŝƐŚhƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ'Žǀƚ͘ ϭϵϲϮ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϲϰ͕ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϲϲ͕ ϭϵϴϴ͕ϭϵϵϯƐͬƐн͕ϮϬϬϬ ^ƚĂŵƉͿ͖ϭϵϳϬ;Wηϵϴ͕ϮϵϲͿ͖ ϭϵϲϴ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϳϬ͕ϭϵϳϭ͕ϭϵϳϮ͕ ϭϵϳϭ;h^ηϳϲŝŵĂŐĞƐͬƐн ϭϵϳϰ͕ϭϵϳϱ͕ϭϵϴϱ͕ϭϵϵϭ͕ϭϵϵϮ͕ ZŽĐŬĞƚƐͬDŝƐƐŝůĞƐ ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚнWĂŝƌůĂďĞůƐ&ŝƐĐŚĞƌ>ϭ͕ ϭϵϵϯ͕ϭϵϵϰ͕ϮϬϬϬ ϭϵϲϱ;ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ >ϮͿ͖ϭϵϳϮ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚWηϯϭϵͿ͖ DLJƚŚŽůŽŐLJ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ZŽŽƐƚĞƌƐͬŚŝĐŬĞŶƐ ϭϵϳϯ;WϭϵϰϰͿ͖ϭϵϳϰ;Wηϭϱϱ͕ ϭϵϳϵ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ^ůĂǀŝĐ'ŽĚ ϭϵϳϴ;ƐƚLJůŝnjĞĚŽŶƐͬƐͿ ϭϯϮϮͿ͖ϭϵϳϱ;h^ηϭϰϱϲ͕ϭϱϰϮͿ͖ϭϵϳϴ ŝŵĂŐĞĨƌŽŵĚĞƐŝŐŶŽĨWηϮϲϭͿ͕ϭϵϴϲ ;h^ηϵϬϵнWηϭϲϴϲ͕ϭϲϴϳ͕ϭϲϵϭ͕ ZŽLJĂůƚLJʹ&ĞŵĂůĞ;ŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϲϵϮ͕ϭϵϳϵ;ŝŵĂŐĞĨƌŽŵWηϮϲϭ ͕ϭϵϴϵ;ƐͬƐн^ůĂǀŝĐ'ŽĚŝŵĂŐĞ ϭϵϲϲ͕ϭϵϴϳƐͬƐн ĨƌŽŵĚĞƐŝŐŶŽĨWηϮϲϭͿ͕ϭϵϵϯ;^ůĂǀŝĐ ^ůĂǀŝĐ'ŽĚƵƐĞĚŽŶƐͬƐ͘ĂƌĚŚĂƐh^ 'ŽĚŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ ZŽLJĂůƚLJʹDĂůĞ;ŽƚŚĞƌͿ ηϲϵϬнWηϮϭϮϬͿ͖ϭϵϳϲ;h^ηϲϵϬ͕ ϭϵϰϱ͕ϭϵϲϲ͕ϭϵϴϯƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϳƐͬƐ ϳϯϰнWηϯϳϵͿ͖ϭϵϳϳ;h^ηϭϭϱϵͲ EĂƟŽŶĂůŵďůĞŵƐͬ^LJŵďŽůƐ н͕ϭϵϵϵ ϭϭϲϬ͕ϭϱϲϭнWηϮϭϭϳͿ͖ϭϵϴϬ;h^η ϭϵϱϵ͕ϭϵϲϰ͕ϭϵϲϲ͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ϭϵϴϬ ϭϯϭϮнWϮϯϯϵнsĂƟĐĂŶηϲϰϲ͖ ;ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϴϳ;ƐͬƐн ^ĂŝŶƚƐ;ŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϴϭ;Wη&ŝƐĐŚĞƌϮϰϲϵнh^ηϳϭϲ͕ ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ͕ϭϵϴϴ;ƐͬƐнн ϭϵϵϳ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚŝŵĂŐĞͿ ϳϭϴͿ͖ϭϵϴϮ;sĂƟĐĂŶηϮϭϳнWη ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϵϯƐͬƐн͕ ^ĐŽƵƚƐʹĂĚĞŶWŽǁĞůů&ĂŵŝůLJ ϯϬϴͿ͖ϭϵϴϯ;WηϮϳϴŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚ EŽďĞůWƌŝnjĞʹŚĞŵŝƐƚƌLJ ϭϵϴϱ н͕ĐĂƌĚĂůƐŽŚĂƐƵƐƚƌŝĂηϭϭϮ͕ ϭϭϱͿ͖ϭϵϴϰ;Wη&ŝƐĐŚĞƌϮϰϲϵн ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ ^ĐŽƵƚƐͲŽLJƐ^ĐŽƵƚƐͬ:ĂŵďŽƌĞĞƐ h^ηϳϭϲ͕ϳϭϴͿ͖ϭϵϴϱ;WηϯϯϰͿ͖ ϭϵϴϱ;ƐͬƐнŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ EŽďĞůWƌŝnjĞʹ>ŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ϭϵϴϲ;h^ηϴϯϲ͕Ϯϭϰϱ͕ϮϮϬϬнWη ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ ^ĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞͬ^ƚĂƚƵĞƐ ϯϯϲͿ͖ϭϵϴϲ;h^ηϮϮϬϭнWηϯϯϲͿ͖ EŽďĞůWƌŝnjĞʹWŚLJƐŝĐƐ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϳϲ ϭϵϴϳ;WηϵϮϰ͕ϭϮϯϬͿ͖ϭϵϴϴ;WηϮϯϯϴ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ ^ŬŝŝŶŐʹ^ŶŽǁ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ нsĂƟĐĂŶηϲϲϮͿ͖ϭϵϴϳ;WηϵϮϰͿ͖ ϭϵϴϴ;WηϮϴϬϳďůŽĐͿ͖ϭϵϴϵ;h^ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ;ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐLJĞĂƌƐ ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ͕ϭϵϴϲ;ŽŶĞƐͬƐнͿ ηϵϬϵнWη&ŝƐĐŚĞƌϯϳϰͿ͖ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚͬƐŚŽǁŶͿ ^ŽůĂƌ^LJƐƚĞŵ ϭϵϵϬ;WηϭϰϬ͕ϭϰϭнh^ηϭϬϴϮͿ͖ ϭϵϴϭ;ƐͬƐнŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚнͿ͕ ϭϵϲϱ ϭϵϵϭ;WηϯϮϴŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚн͕ĐĂƌĚ ϭϵϴϰ;ƐͬƐнŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ ^ƉĂĐĞ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ĂůƐŽŚĂƐh^ηϳϵϴͿ͖ϭϵϵϮ;h^ηϮϲϭϲ͕ WŚŝůĂƚĞůŝĐdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ϭϵϳϯ;ŝŵĂŐĞŽŶƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ нĐĂƌĚŚĂƐh^ηϮϰϱнWηϴϮϲͲϴϮϳͿ͖ ůůLJĞĂƌƐ ϭϵϵϯ;Wηϯϭϯϭ͕ĐĂƌĚŚĂƐ'ĞƌŵĂŶLJ ^ƚĂŵƉƐŽŶ^ƚĂŵƉƐ ηϭϲϭϳ͕njĞĐŚŽƐůŽǀĂŬŝĂηϮϴϳϳ͕ WŚŝůĂƚĞůLJ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ΀E͗͘͘ŶŽƚĞĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŝŶďŽĚLJŽĨ ϭϵϲϬ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚĐĂŶĐĞůƐͿ͕ ^ůŽǀĂŬŝĂηϭϱϬ͕>ŝƚŚƵĂŶŝĂηϭϵϵϬ͕ ĂƌƟĐůĞƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶƵƐĞĚ ĞůĂƌƵƐηϭ͕hŬƌĂŝŶĞηϭϯϴ͕WηϮϵϴϮͿ͖ ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϳϮ͕ϭϵϴϲƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϵƐͬƐ ĨŽƌƚŚŝƐĐĂƚĞŐŽƌLJ΁͘ н ϭϵϵϱ;Wηϵϴ͕ϮϵϲϲͿ͖ ϭϵϰϭ;WηϭϯϰͿ͖ϭϵϰϮ;WηϮϯϮͿ͖ϭϵϰϯ ϭϵϵϰ;WηϲϱϴͿ͖ϭϵϵϳ;WηϯϮϬ͕ϯϵϵͿ͖ WŚLJƐŝĐƐͬWŚLJƐŝĐŝƐƚƐ ;WηϮϳϳͿ͖ϭϵϰϰ;WdžůŝĞĚ'Žǀƚ͘ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ;ĨĂĐƐŝŵŝůĞŽĨWηϲϭŽŶŽŶĞƐͬƐͿ͖ ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ 'ηϯ<ϴͿ͖ϭϵϰϱ;WŝŶĚŝĐŝƵŵ&ŝƐĐŚĞƌ ϮϬϬϬ;Wηϵϱ͕ϮϵϲͿ͘ <ŽƉ͘ηϭϬͿ͖ϭϵϰϲ;WŽůŝƐŚĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ WŝĂŶŽͬ<ĞLJďŽĂƌĚƐ ůĂďĞůͿ͖ϭϵϰϳ;h^ηϵϬϵͿ͖ϭϵϰϴ;WΛη ^ƚĂƚĞƐŵĞŶͬŝƉůŽŵĂƚƐ ϭϵϰϭ͕ϭϵϰϵ͕ϭϵϱϳ;ƐƚLJůŝnjĞĚƉŝĂŶŽͿ͕ ϮϲϳͿ͖ϭϵϰϵ;WηϯϵϴͿ͖ϭϵϱϬ;WηϭͿ͖ ϭϵϰϭ͕ϭϵϰϴ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϲϭ͕ϭϵϲϴ͕ ϭϵϲϭ ϭϵϱϭ;WηϮϱϳͿ͖ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ;h^ηϲϵϬ͕ ϭϵϳϲ͕ϭϵϳϳ͕ 40 March-April 2019

Figure 7.

instrument]; Letters/Postal/ Post Offices; Philately [misc./other]) and on the pamphlet, a cancel also showing a posthorn. Figure 6 shows Figure 8. a mélange Figure of different postage stamps from a wide variety of countries, each often depicting a specific individual also related to a checklist category. Figure 7 is a colorful s/s set showing Poland No. 1, along with a mélange of early cancels, a cancel of Warsaw also appearing on the pamphlet. Figure 8 depicts Copernicus, a son of Poland, so astronomy, the solar system, the sun, rockets, music and statues all play into the imagery of the s/s and pamphlet. Figure 9 is an enlarged image of the center stamp shown in the 1976 card previously shown in Figure 3. This is an image of Poland No. 379. In addition Topical Time 41

^ƚĂƚƵĞŽĨ>ŝďĞƌƚLJ dƌĂĐŬĂŶĚ&ŝĞůĚ ϭϵϵϰ͕ϮϬϬϬ ϭϵϰϱ;ƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ϭϵϳϮ͕ ϭϵϴϭƐͬƐн͕ϭϵϴϰ΀ƐĂŵĞĐĂƌĚĂƐ tĂƌƌŝŽƌƐ ϭϵϳϲ͕ ϭϵϴϭŽǀĞƌƉƌŝŶƚĞĚĨŽƌƵƐĞŝŶϭϵϴϰ΁ ϭϵϰϬ ^ƵŶͬDŽŽŶ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƟŽŶʹ>ĂŶĚ;ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĂͿ tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕'ĞŽƌŐĞ;WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ϭϵϲϱ͕ϭϵϳϯ ϭϵϳϱ h^Ϳ ^ǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ dƌĞĞƐĂŶĚ&ŽƌĞƐƚƌLJ ϭϵϰϴ;ƐͬƐнƉĂŵƉŚůĞƚͿ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ ϭϵϴϭ͕ϭϵϴϰ ϭϵϱϭ͕ϭϵϲϵ ϭϵϳϲ ^ǁŽƌĚƐͬ<ŶŝǀĞƐ hŶŝĨŽƌŵƐ tĞĂƉŽŶƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϰϴ͘ϭϵϱϰ͕ϭϵϲϮ͕ϭϵϲϲ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ ϭϵϱϰ͕ϭϵϲϮ͕ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϳϲ ϭϵϴϲ ϭϵϳϵ sŝŽůŝŶ&ĂŵŝůLJ;ŵƵƐŝĐĂůŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚͿ tŽƌůĚtĂƌ/ dĂůů^ŚŝƉƐ ϭϵϰϵ;ƐĞǀĞƌĂůŽŶƐͬƐͿ͕ϭϵϱϮͲϱϯ͕ ϭϵϲϴ͕ϭϵϳϬ͕ϭϵϵϯ͕ϮϬϬϬ ϭϵϵϮ tĂƌͬZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶƐ;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ tŽƌůĚtĂƌ//;ŵŝƐĐͬŽƚŚĞƌͿ ϭϵϲϯ͕ϭϵϴϯ͕ϭϵϴϲ͕ϭϵϴϳ͕ϭϵϴϵ͕ ϭϵϰϰ͕ϭϵϲϵ͕ϭϵϵϯ

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Figure 12. 42 March-April 2019 Figure 13.

to depicting Washington, Paine and Kościuszko, note the image of the Statue of Liberty to the right. Figures 10-11 show the 1978 card and the special show cancel depicting Polish folklore and costumes. Figure 12 shows images of stamps familiar to Olympic collectors but also a depiction of Fisher catalog No. 2469 a s/s or “bloc” depicting a variety of stylized Olympic sports. Lastly, Figure 13 shows several stamp images, the Occupied Nations Polish flag (Scott No. 909) and Fisher catalog No. 374, a depiction of the Battle of Westerplatte (the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939). The image of the Polonus Society itself depicts Śwatowid, the ancient Slavic God depicted on the 1928 Poland stamp issue Scott No. 261, and, a nice Mythology item. As mentioned earlier, there are limited-edition covers on the theme for a given exhibition year. These may have special cachets, use the s/s and have special show cancels, often parroting the topical subject in the cancel image, a good example from 1983 is shown in Figure 14. These were not listed in the previously presented Polpex reference list, but I am happy to provide additional information for the subject of any given year to interested collectors and exhibitors.

Figure 14. Topical Time 43 REFERENCES Andrews, E.J., “How to Build a Topical Exhibit,” Topical Time, Journal of Thematic Philately, November-December 2016, Vol. 67 [No. 400], pp 52-63. Also posted on the ATA website: www.americantopicalassn.org. Andrews, E.J., “How to Judge a Topical Exhibit,” 2017. Illustrated article that is posted on APS website under “Judges & Judging,” also on the AAPE website: www.aape.org/, the ATA website: www.americantopicalassn.org/ and the APS website: www.stamps.org, under the “Judges & Judging” tab. Fischer Katalog, Polskich Znakow Pocztowych (i z Polska zwiazanych), Tom I, 2017, (Poland specialized catalog in Polish).

About the authors: Edwin Andrews is an ATA member, an avid topical, thematic and display format exhibitor, an APS-accredited chief philatelic judge and the current president of the Polonus Polish Philatelic Society. Robert Ogrodnik is the Immediate Past President of Polonus and is also an ATA member, avid collector, exhibitor and philatelic author. The authors invite your interest in Polish philately and its use in topi- cal collecting and exhibiting. For more information visit www.polonus.org or directly contact Andrews via [email protected].

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