Poland 2022 "Poles in Siberia - Aleksander Czekanowski"
Issue Date |
23.05.2022 |
ID |
Michel: 5378;
Scott: 4611;
Stanley Gibbons: 5168;
Yvert et Tellier: 4932;
Category: pP
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Design |
Jaroslaw Ochendzan,
based on portrait of Czekanowski painted by
Franciszek Tegazzo and Aleksander Regulski, published in 1877.
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Stamps in set |
1 |
Value |
3.60 PLN - Aleksander Czekanowski |
Emission/Type |
commemorative |
Places of issue |
Warsaw |
Size (width x height) |
31.25mm x 39.50mm |
Layout |
Sheet of 50 stamps |
Products |
FDC x 1 |
Paper |
Fluorescent paper |
Perforation |
11.5 x 11 |
Print Technique |
Photogravure |
Printed by |
Polska Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych (PWPW) |
Quantity |
120.000 |
Issuing Authority |
Polish Post |
On May 23
rd, 2022, the Post Authority of Poland issued the stamp
"Poles in Siberia - Aleksander Czekanowski".
The
postmark from the FDC shows an Ammonite.
Aleksander Piotr Czekanowski
(12 February 1833 – 30 October 1876) was a Polish geologist,
paleontologist and explorer of Siberia.
He was born on 12 February 1833 in Krzemieniec, Volhynia.
Shortly after the birth of Aleksander, his family moved to Kiev (today, the capital of
Ukraine).
In 1850 Aleksander began studying medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Kiev.
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Aleksander Czekanowski on stamp of Poland 1976, MiNr.: 2460, Scott: 2174.
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After graduating with a diploma in medicine in 1855, Aleksander realized that he did not like medicine.
The 25-year-old Czekanowski moved to Dorpat University in Tartu (a city in modern
Estonia)
to study mineralogy.
During his studies in Kiev and Tartu and his later period of employment, Czekanowski
carried out studies in the natural sciences,
collecting geological and paleontological
materials, including rich paleontological material from the
Baltic Paleozoic and organized the mineralogical collections of the university.
During his exile in Siberia between 1863 and 1875, Czekanowski made many important paleontological discoveries.
His monograph on the Irkutsk province (Eastern Siberia), published in 1872, was
awarded a gold medal, and the fossil collections from Ust-Baley formed the basis of the famous work on the
Jurassic flora, written by professor
Geer of the University of Zurich.
Several genera and numerous species of plant and animal fossils, as well as four present–day plants,
are named after him.
In addition, a Mountain range (the Czekanowski Mountains) 320 kilometers in length near the Lower Glensk
is named after him.
A mountain in the Chamar Daban Range near Lake Baikal also bears his name - Czekanowski Peak.
For more details about Aleksander Czekanowski, please click
here.
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr.
Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.