POLAND

POLAND / POLSKA.

Tourism.
Świętokrzyski National Park and Larix polonica.
First stamp in a set of 8, issued on 20.05.1969.
Face value: 40 Polish grosz.
Design: Andrzej Heidrich (1928-2019).
Printed by PWPW (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych), Warszawa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 6,841,000 copies.
Size: 55 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1802.
- Fischer No. 1769p.
- Michel No. 1916Zf.
- Scott No. 1650.
- StampWorld No. 1911.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1896.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1766.

Świętokrzyski National Park (Polish: Świętokrzyski Park Narodowy), established in 1950, is located in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in central Poland. It covers the highest ridge of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains with its two highest peaks: Łysica at 612 m (2,008 ft) and Łysa Góra at 595 m (1,952 ft). The Park has its headquarters in Bodzentyn, covers an area of 76.26 km² (29.44 sq mi) and is famous for its trees, of which 674 are regarded as monuments of nature and as such are under protection.

Larix decidua var. polonica, first described in 1930, is commonly known as Polish larch. It is a specific variety of European larch native to Poland's river Vistula headwaters and beyond.
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Thanks to Krystyna Betiuk for his contribution (https://pocztowkowezbiory.blogspot.com/)