About the Foundation
The Polish Stamp Foundation was established in 2020 on the basis of a collection built by the Founder over more than fifty years. Its mission is to protect, interpret, and publicly share Polish philatelic heritage while developing the Museum of the Polish Stamp as a lasting institution of memory.
How the Foundation began
The Foundation grew from a collection built patiently over a lifetime.
It began as a private collection developed by the Founder over more than half a century. Over time, it became clear that a collection of this kind should not remain only a domestic matter, but take on a public, educational, and museum dimension.
The Polish Stamp Foundation was created from that need: so that a collector’s life work would not be dispersed, but would instead become the basis of a project serving the wider memory of Polish philately, postal history, and the material culture of communication.
Why philately matters
Philately is not only a collecting interest. It is a field of knowledge about postage stamps, their history, symbolism, artistic value, and documentary meaning. A stamp remains a small witness of an era in which design, politics, memory, and culture meet.
The scope of the Foundation's work
The Foundation promotes Polish philately and builds the groundwork for the future Museum of the Polish Stamp. We are interested not only in stamps themselves, but also in sheets, envelopes, letters, postcards, and materials documenting the history of the post and communications.
The museum and temporary exhibitions
The most important long-term goal is the creation of a modern Museum of the Polish Stamp that will interest not only philatelists, but also visitors looking for a story of Poland told through the stamp, the post, and graphic design.
The Foundation also thinks in terms of temporary exhibitions and mobile presentations that can bring Polish philately to different cities and reach the Polish diaspora beyond the country.
Who the Foundation serves
The Foundation works for collectors, families caring for the legacy of loved ones, donors, patrons, institutional partners, and everyone who believes that a private collecting achievement can and should gain a public dimension.
If you would like to talk about the future of a collection, the possibility of donating it, or other forms of support, we invite you to contact us.
People behind the Foundation
This project is built by real people and years of commitment.
Founder
Slawomir Slomczewski
A philatelist and entrepreneur. He began collecting stamps in childhood, starting from an empty album received for his First Communion. Over the following decades, he built the collection that became the foundation of this institution.
President of the Board
Dariusz Krawczynski
An entrepreneur and graduate of doctoral studies in finance at the Warsaw School of Economics. For years he has built new ventures and is responsible for the organizational and strategic development of the Foundation project.
Statute of the Foundation
The current statute of the Foundation is available on a separate page.