Poland

Bear Stamps, Cancellations and Postal Stationary from Poland

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need image	Nation -Poland Bear type - official Year -1952 Face Value - 40g Description -Bear on Berlin arms, bicycles [from International Peace Bicycle Race issue] Scott # - 547 Stanley Gibbons # - 745 Michel # - 735
need image	Bear type - official Year - 1953 Face Value - 80g Description -Bear on Berlin arms, bicycle [from International Peace Bicycle Race issue] Scott # - 571 (from 570-572 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 807 ? (from 806-808 set) Michel # - 801 ? (from 799-801 set)
need image	Bear type - official Year -1955 Face Value - 40g Description - Bear on Berlin arms, bicycle wheels [from International Peace Bicycle Race issue] Scott # - 680 (from 680-681 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 920 (from 920-921 set) Michel # - 905 (from 905-906 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1958 Face value - 60g Description - Polar bear [from International Geophysical Year -issue] Scott # - 821 (from 821-822 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1061 (from 1061-1062 set) Michel # - 1061 (from 1061-1062 set)
image needed!	Bear type - official Year - 1962 Face value - 3.40z Description - Bear on Berlin arms, bicycle [from International Peace Bicycle Race issue] Scott # - 1055 (from 1053-1055 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1297 Michel # - 1308 (from 1306-1308 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1965 Face value - 60g Description - Brown [from animals issue] Scott # - 1373 (from 1369-1377 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1617 (from 1613-1621 set) Michel # - 1639 (from 1635-1643 set)
image needed!	Bear type - art Year - 1968 Face value - 1.50z Description - "Bear Hunt" painting by Julian Falat [from hunting paintings issue] Scott # - 1631 (from 1628-1635 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1873 (from 1870-1877 set) Michel # - 1893 (from 1890-1897 set)
	Bear type - brown, art Year - 1974 Face value - 1.50z Description - Bear hunting woodcut [from 16th century woodcuts issue] Scott # - 2071 (from 2070-2071B set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2338 (from 2337-2338 set) Michel # - 2351 (from 2350-2351 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1978 Face value - 1z Description - Polar bear [from Warsaw Zoological Gardens issue] Scott # - 2302 (from 2301-2307 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2579 (from 2578-2584 set) Michel # - 2585 (2584-2590 set)
image needed!	Bear type - toy Year - 1979 Face value - 1z Description - Teddy bear, toys, children [from children's paintings and International Year -of the Child issue] Scott # - 2315 (from 2314-2317 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2592 (from 2591-2594 set) Michel # - 2604 (from 2603-2606 set)
image needed!	Bear type - brown Year - 1996 Face value - 70g Description - Bears, fox [from illustrations from tales by Jan Brzechwa / UNICEF 50th Anniversary issue] Scott # - 3297 (from 3292-3297 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3629 (from 3624-3629 set) Michel # - 3596 (from 3591-3596 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 2001 Face value - 1.90z Description - Brown bear , flower [from endangered flora and fauna issue] Scott # - 3591 (from 3586-3591 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3921 (from 3918-3923 set) Michel # - 3899 (from 3896-3901 set)
	Bear type - toy Year - 2007 Face Value - 1.35z Description - Teddy bear, Christmas Tree, fire place [from Christmas issue] Scott # - need number Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - need number WNS # - need number

Cancellations

	Where: Poland Date: May 25, 1985 Description: WWF panda [first day of issue cancellation for the WWF wolf issue]
	Where: Poland Date: April 4, 2005 Description: Bear on coat of arms
	Where: Poland - Warsaw Date: June 1, 2006 Description: Child holding a teddy bear [first day of issue cancellation for toys issue]

Postal Stationary

need image	Bear Type - Official Year - 1961 Face Value - 40g Catalog Number - M P 236 Description - Bear on Przemysl coat of arms on stamp design Stationary Type - postal card
need image	Bear Type - Official Year - 1975 Face Value - 1z Catalog Number - M P 660 Description - Small bear on ESPANA '75 emblem on stamp design Stationary Type - postal card
need image	Bear Type - Official Year - 1987 Face Value - 10z Catalog Number - M P 997 Description - Bear on Przemysl coat-of-arms and a building on stamp design [from Post 200 years issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - brown Year - 2001 Face Value - 1z Catalog Number - M P1279 Description - Brown bear on stamp design (Babiogorski National Park issue) Stationary Type - postal card

Local Stamps
** These are not listed in catalogs as far as I know ***

Bear Type - teddy
Year - 2007 (July 9)
Face Value - 20g, 30g, 50g, 80g, 1z and 5z

Stamps are issued by "InPost", which I am told is a local/private post carrier in Poland. These stamps are not valid on mail sent through the Poland postal system. They can only be used on mail being sent through the InPost system inside of Poland (IE, it cannot be used on mail going out of Poland).
Description - Teddy bear, child in wheelchair

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