MYSLICKI CAT NO 89 003
AUSCHWITZ – 95TH BIRTH ANNIV SPECIAL CANCEL ON RARE PHILATELIC EXPO COVER FROM ZDUNSKA WOLA WHICH IS HIS BIRTH PLACE
IN 1941 FATHER MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, A POLISH PRIEST, WAS IMPRISONED IN THE NAZI GERMAN DEATH CAMP OF AUSCHWITZ. HE OFFERED HIS LIFE FOR A FELLOW PRISONER AND WAS SENTENCED TO A SLOW DEATH BY STARVATION IN A SMALL CELL IN THE CELLARS OF BLOCK 11 OF THE MAIN CAMP. ON AUGUST 14TH 1941 HE WAS KILLED BY A FATAL INJECTION OF PHENOL.
THIS COVER, ON HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PAPER, WAS PRODUCED IN COMMEMORATION OF FATHER KOLBE’S CANNONISATION. THE HANDSTAMP DEPICTS FATHER KOLBE TOGETHER WITH HIS CAMP PRISONER NUMBER 16670. THE IMAGE ON THE COVER OF FATHER KOLBE DEPICTS HIM WITH HIS SAINTS HALO. BEHIND HIM IS BARBED WIRE FENCE AT AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP. ABOVE THE BARBED WIRE IS HIS PRISONER TRIANGLE WITH A “P” WHICH STOOD FOR POLITICAL PRISONER (THIS CATEGORY ALSO INCLUDED PRIESTS) AND HIS PRISONER NUMBER IN THE RECTANGLE IN THE RIGHT TOP CORNER.
DURING HIS 2ND VISIT TO POLAND POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITED “NIEPOKALANOW”. THIS IS WHERE FATHER KOLBE HAD FOUNDED IN 1927, THE CITY OF MARY IMMACULATE (NIEPOKALANOW) AND ALSO A FRANCISCAN MONESTARY.
THIS COMMEMORATIVE ITEM IS VERY RARELY OFFERED –DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO OWN IT, YOU MAY NEVER GET A CHANCE AGAIN !!!!!
THIS ITEM IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION AND IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS HISTORIAN AND COLLECTOR OF RELIGION, POLAND, CHRISTIANITY, GERMANY OR WORLD WAR II (WWII) AND WILL MAKE AN INTERESTING ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
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