Added by | Maciej Pasztor |
General Description : | Jan Szczepanik (born June 13, 1872; died 1926 in Tarnów) was a Polish inventor. Szczepanik held several hundred patents and made over 50 discoveries, many of which are still used today, especially in the motion picture industry, photography, and television. Some of his ideas influenced the development of television, such as the telectroscope (an apparatus for distant reproduction of images and sound using electricity) or the wireless telegraph, which greatly influenced the development of telecommunications. |
Material | Gold |
Face value | 1,95 Zloty |
Catalog code (Michel) | 4530 |
Catalog code | Polish Stamps Catalog Pl-4380 |
Series | Poles on world |
Print run | 400,000 |
Issue date | 29/08/2011 |
Designer | janusz Wysocki |
Print technique | Offset |
Printed by | PWPW SA (Polska Wytwórnia Papierow Wartosciowych SA) |
Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |