60 groszy; 60 groszy - Ignacy Łukasiewicz and kerosene lamp.


60 groszy; 60 groszy  - Ignacy Łukasiewicz and kerosene lamp.
Added by Maciej Pasztor
General Description : Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (Polish pronunciation: 1822–1882) was a Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer who in 1856 built the first oil refinery in the world.Among his other achievements were the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the first world modern oil well (1854).
Face value 60 groszy
Catalog code (Michel) 1178
Catalog code (Scott) 933
Catalog code Polish Stamps Catalog 1034
Series 5th Pharmaceutical Congress
Stamp colour Citron and black
Watermark III1 or III 3
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 1,000,000
Issue date 14/09/1960
Designer Jerzy Desselberger Grav: Edward Konecki
Paper type White; middel, smooth
Print technique Steel engraving and Photogravure
Printed by PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych)
Perforation 11 x 11¼ (harrow)
Height 31.50 mm
Width 20.50 mm
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