InfoPersons, originating from Poland
Joseph Rajewicz
Born 1919 in Warsaw as Jósef RajewiczDied 19 February 2010 in Paris
Stamp designer, illustrator and engraver of stamps and medals
At the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Rajewicz learned his craft as a draftsman and engraver. In 1953 he made his first stamp for Poland representing figure skating girl (Michel 831, Fischer 696). He arrived in France in early 1960. He started there illustrating catalogs (Yvert and Tellier) and participated in the International Exhibition of Engraving (1969). In 1982 he got a job at the Stamp Design Departement of the French Post. All together he was involved in 23 issues until 1994.
Examples of the work of Rajewicz
19 Febr. 1994 : City of Bastia - Corsica [illustration FDC]
06 March 1993 : Day of the stamp [illustrating FDC]
19 October 1991 : Amnesty International [FDC stamp, illustration FDC]
16 June 1990 : Great names of the French chansons [FDC stamp, illustration FDC]
17 March 1990 : Day of the stamp [FDC stamp]
1984 : André Masson [FDC stamp, illustration FDC]
1983 : 56th meeting of the FFAP [illustration FDC]
Polonica stamps:
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France 1984, 11 IV France 1985, 27 IV France 1986, 10 II |
France 1987, 07 IX France 1988, 25 VII France 1989, 10 XI |
France 1990, 05 II St. Pierre - Miquelon 1993, 06 VI |
