MYSLICKI CAT NO 82 122 - TYPE 1 MATT COVER (ALSO EXISTS ON CHALKY
PAPER)
AUSCHWITZ – CANNONISATION OF MAXIMILIAN KOLBE 10TH OCTOBER
1982, LAST DAY OF EXHIBITION COVER
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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