| 词条 | Janusz Kaluski |
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Early lifeJan Kaluski was born in Poland in 1924 and began collecting stamps in 1933, continuing until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.[3] World War IIKaluski joined the Polish Army in the West in 1941, after arriving in Scotland via Persia, Palestine, Egypt and South Africa. He took part in the D-Day landings as a sapper and carried out mine-clearing work in the Netherlands. He was awarded the Cross of Valour. After the war he settled in the United Kingdom where he lived for the rest of his life.[1] Later lifeKaluski restarted his stamp collection in the early 1950s and spent the following fifty years expanding it. He was reported as saying that he wished to donate his collection to the British people as a way of thanking them for welcoming him to Britain.[4] The Kaluski CollectionThe Kaluski Collection was donated to the British Library Philatelic Collections in 2003 and includes in 46 volumes postage stamps and postal history material of Poland from 1835 to 2002.[5][6] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 "Stamp of a Nation" in Stamp Lover, Vol. 95, December 2003, p.163. 2. ^Rare stamps a gift in York Press, 5 September 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 3. ^"News and Views" in PTS News, No. 105, September/October 2003, p.6. 4. ^First class act in York Press, 5 September 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 5. ^The Kaluski Collection British Library Philatelic Collections Newsletter, No.9, Spring 2006, p.3. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 6. ^The Kaluski Collection British Library Philatelic Collections. Retrieved 18 February 2011. Further reading
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