Cancelled sheet issue "EUROPA National Archaeological Discoveries" 

Catalogue number: 5444 
Issue date: 28-04-2025 

The stamp shows a photo of the entrance to the defensive settlement of the archaeological reserve of the Biskupin Archaeological Museum. 

The FDC envelope graphic shows artifacts found at the settlement in the foreground and in the background a photo of the settlement taken from the perspective of the lake surface. 

In the graphic of the postmark - a fragment of a brooch. 

The EUROPA 2025 issue is about archaeological discoveries on the territory of individual PostEurop member countries. To select an archaeological object deserving to be presented in the issue's graphics, Polish Post asked Mr. Prof. Marian Rębkowski - Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mr. Prof. Rębkowski indicated the Archeological Museum in Biskupin. In cooperation with the Museum, from which all the materials used in the issue's graphics originated, the final design of the issue was created. 

The project has gained approval from PostEurop and will represent Poland in the competition for the most beautiful stamp of the "EUROPA" issue, which will begin as early as May 9, 2025. 

The Archaeological Museum in Biskupin is one of the largest and most recognizable archaeological reserves in Europe. Thanks to its exceptional value for Poland's cultural heritage, it has been declared a Monument of History. It covers an area of about 38 hectares and contains numerous traces of ancient settlement - from the Stone Age to the early Middle Ages. The most famous of these is the site on the peninsula of Biskupinskie Lake, where there are remains of a defensive settlement from the turn of the Bronze and Iron Ages (about 2,700 years ago). The history of the discovery and first excavations dates back to the 1930s. At present, the museum's grounds include reconstructions of prehistoric and early medieval settlements, a petting zoo or an exhibition pavilion. 

More about the Archaeological Museum: The Archaeological Museum in Biskupin.