Hello Everyone!
This thread is for all of you who do not speak Polish but would like to get in touch with the community, swap cards with us, ask for sth, or just say hello.
Welcome to the Polish community!
DzieĹ dobry!
I have some art cards from Poland. It is printed on the back - KIER Art Cards. Could anybody tell me if there is a website of it or online shop? I googled, but didnât found anythingâŚ
Welcome to the Polish Corner.
As to your question. This must be a name of a small print-shop or a similar that does not even have a website. I could not find anything on google and duckduckgo.
By the way, the world kier means hearts (one of the four suits in playing cards).
Greetings!
Hello, I found this website:
https://www.kier.krakow.pl/index.htm
Not sure if thatâs what youâre looking for and I think they donât sell online. 
I think you mean this company: https://www.kier.krakow.pl/
but I donât thing they have on-line shop
DziÄkujÄ bardzo!
Maybe someone from Poland have some art cards of this edition or any other, I will be glad to swap!
Poland recently issued or will soon issue some very nice stamps that I am looking for for my collection (used as postage on a view card). Maybe someone can help me? I am looking for the three Dinosaurs, Beethoven and the Year of the Ox. I am sure that I can find something to send you in return. 
Also I hope to get these postmarks from WrocĹaw on postcards.
yes, forgot the word. 
I received this card with a Polish ID today but Iâm confused by the stamp and postmark. Can someone explain what is republika Ĺukowska? Is it just a geographic area in Poland? I thought Polish stamps said Polska. Thanks!!
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This is really strange, I canât find anything in Google about âRepublika Ĺukowskaâ.
The stamp is not a real Polish stamp and neither is the postmark. This card has not been sent via the Polish postal system, so far as I can tell. It might have been sent using this forwarding service to Germany and processed by German post. These mail items do not get any stamps from Germany, I believe, itâs all paid in bulk by the forwarding company, and postcrossers using the service will sometimes add small denomination or used stamps for the card to have any stamp at all. This one here is someoneâs personal creation.
In any case, ĹukĂłw is a town in eastern Poland (Ĺukowski/Ĺukowska is the masculine/feminine adjective), in Lublin voivodeship but I havenât heard or found anything about âRepublika Ĺukowskaâ. Maybe other members will have more insightâŚ
Hi everyone,
Iâm wondering if this is a valid stamp. It doesnât have a value on it (or âPolskaâ), but it is not a sticker. It looks like the âattachmentsâ that are sometines on the sides of stamps and can be used alongside them. I canât really tell if the postmark is legit or not either - if I understand correctly, a âfakeâ cancelation mark could be a sign that the sender used a forwarding service?
It wasnât on an official postcrossing card so itâs not a question of whether to report or not, simply one of curiosity.
@siobhan, this part is not a stamp at all. Itâs called przywieszka, an additional picture related to the stamp but with no postage value.
Polish Post often issues these stamps with a side picture, @KimKajtek posted the whole souvenir sheet above where your przywieszka comes from.
Thank you very much, both of you - so it is what I suspected.
Can you tell if the postmark is from the Polish post or just a good-looking private rubber stamp?
The postmark is a bit more tricky - but it doesnât look like a normal one.
The âP.K.P.â on top seems to be the abbreviation for Polskie Koleje PaĹstwowe, Polish Railways. Then we have KamieĹsk WaĹbrzyski, which could be the town but wikipedia says KamieĹsk is actually a borough of another city, so itâs impossible for it to have its own postmark. An then I think I also see the word âkasaâ which would be the window where you buy railway tickets⌠So it looks like a cancellation of some kind from a railway stop?
Itâs not the usual way how the railway cancels the tickets of passengers, though.
How confusing! But thank you very much for your detailed explanation! I guess it is possible that this card was sent using a forwarding service then, if it is not properly canceled. That would make me feel better about it. 
Hi @siobhan, @delenn_mir, @KimKajtek,
it is a problem of the design. I saw similar stamps in Germany, but both sides were valid stamps. The Polish edition, although beautiful, might be confusing for older people or people that have sight problem. I myself without glasses could easily use the wrong side.
Cheers,
Bohun
Iâm thinking like @siobhan, that this card was sent with the forwarding service of Napisz KartkÄ, since it seems it didnât go through normal postal traffic (the unusual âcancellationâ). Postcrossers who use the service, will sometimes add low value stamps or cancelled stamps or maybe the no-value part of the stamp, too, to make their card look nicer, as the German Post doesnât add their own stamps.
As for the stamps themselves, they are not easily obtainable at a regular post office (or any other issues with that design, and Polish Post usually has a few like these every year), I rather think they were ordered online and the sender knew what they were using. But like I said, personally, I think it was done to make the card look nicer, not to cheat.
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