Polish Stamp Foundation

Museum project, philatelic heritage, and collection stewardship for Poland and the Polish diaspora.

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Polish Stamp Foundation

We protect collections. Preserve memory. Build the Museum of the Polish Stamp.

Across Poland, America, and the wider Polish diaspora, families hold stamp collections built over a lifetime. The Polish Stamp Foundation helps secure their future with dignity and public purpose. We receive collections, archives, and philatelic memorabilia, speak privately with collectors and heirs, and continue building the Museum of the Polish Stamp as a lasting institution of Polish heritage.

Talk with us about the future of a collection
  • private and respectful conversations for collectors, heirs, and families
  • a responsible future for collections, archives, and keepsakes tied to Polish history
  • development of the Museum of the Polish Stamp as a lasting home for memory and stewardship
1978 souvenir sheet featuring Miroslaw Hermaszewski from the Foundation collection

A well-kept collection is never just a group of objects. It often records a life, a family story, a collector's eye, years of discipline, and devotion to Poland's visual memory. The Foundation exists so that collections of this kind can receive a future equal to their meaning.

Partners and trust

Trust grows from serious work and credible institutional partnerships.

Poczta Polska

Cooperation with Poczta Polska strengthens the credibility of the project and naturally connects the Foundation's mission with the history of the post, the stamp, and communication in Poland.

A partnership that carries real weight

For collectors, families, donors, and Polish patriots abroad, strong partnerships are a concrete sign that the Foundation is not a passing project. It is being built with seriousness, responsibility, and long-term public value in mind.

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Core areas of work

The Foundation brings together three missions: stewardship of collections, development of a museum institution, and long-term cooperation with donors and patrons.

Museum of the Polish Stamp

The museum is meant to show philately not as a marginal hobby, but as part of Poland's history, design culture, communications, and collective memory.

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Support the Foundation

In one place we gather every form of support: donations, patronage, Poland's 1.5% tax designation, collection transfers, and legacy planning.

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Care for collections

We speak with people who want to secure a meaningful future for their holdings and preserve their family's name within a project of public and cultural importance.

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Poland's 1.5% tax

Support the Museum through Poland’s 1.5% tax designation.

This is one of the simplest ways to help if you file taxes in Poland. The graphic gathers the key information in one place.

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Why this matters

A postage stamp can be a small document of an era.

On a tiny surface, it can hold state history, symbolic language, the aesthetics of its time, and evidence of social change. That is why a valuable stamp collection deserves not only storage, but interpretation, context, and responsible institutional care.

Philately deserves to be treated as cultural heritage: with respect, discipline, and long-range thinking. That is the standard the Polish Stamp Foundation wants to represent for Poland and for Polish communities abroad.

What kinds of collections and materials can find a home here

  • stamp collections and full sheets
  • letters, envelopes, and postcards
  • family and thematic archives
  • special items, printing errors, and study material
  • objects that can enrich the future museum

Selected highlights

The Foundation holds objects of real importance to the history of Polish philately.

1978 souvenir sheet with Miroslaw Hermaszewski
A 1978 souvenir sheet featuring Miroslaw Hermaszewski, commemorating the first Pole in space and one of the most recognizable images in postwar Polish philately.
1978 alternate souvenir sheet with Zenon Jankowski
An alternate sheet prepared with Zenon Jankowski in case the flight crew changed, ultimately never released into postal circulation.
Polish Europa CEPT issue from 2000
The Polish Europa CEPT issue from 2000, part of the common-design series released by 55 countries; the Foundation holds the complete set.

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For collectors and families

We help people plan the future of collections, archives, and keepsakes with calm and care.

These decisions require time, trust, and the right tone of conversation. The Foundation handles them discreetly, with respect for the historical, family, and emotional value of each holding. Options may include lifetime donations, legacy planning, or the transfer of selected assets for statutory purposes.

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Donors

The memory of donors and founding supporters should remain visible.

The names of donors and founding supporters are part of this project's history. Their presence shows that the Foundation is gathering people who understand the value of philatelic heritage and want to leave a lasting mark.

Donors and founding supporters

We publish a dedicated list of supporters so that the memory of those who strengthen the Foundation remains visible and easy to find.

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News

Selected updates on the Foundation's work.