Marian Romuald Polak

[Poland] (b?/d 1966)

Marian Romuald Polak was an Engraver and a long time employee of PWPW (Poland State Printer) .. he started as a student in the Lviv  Painting School under Prof. ST. Batowski.. later he studied with Prof. J. Mehoffer in Cracow ASP , a specialized Graphic School...he then arrived in Vienna to upgrade his knowledge in Bank Note Designing and engraving with the Master engraver Ferdinand Schirnbock (he won a Scholarship of the Bank of Poland) in 1929 .. after returning to Poland he continued his work with PWPW, in a partnership of 30 years...He his also know for being Professor and Mentor of Czeslaw Slania...

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Biography and Photo : "Filatelista" Magazine [1967] (in Polish)

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Poland 1935 "Mourning of Marshal Pilsudsk" (5,1) [Litho (25g,45g)][Typo (others)] Sc(287,...,291)

Poland 1951"First Polish Scientific Congress" (6,6,1) [Photo] Sc(511)

Poland 1952 "10th Anniversary of the Polish Worker's Coalition" (3,3,1) [Engr (S. Lukaszewski)][Recess] Sc(535) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1952 "140th Birth Anniversary of  Kraszewski (Writer)"  (1) [Engr (M.R. Polak)][Recess] Sc(541)

Poland 1952 "500th Birth Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci" (1) [Engr (B. Brandt)][Recess] Sc(B73)

Poland 1952 "Youth Festival, Warsaw" (3,3,1) [Engr (S. Lukaszewski)][Recess] Sc(551)

Poland 1952 "Polish/Soviet Friendship Month" (2,1) [Engr (M.R.Polak)][Recess] Sc(B93,B94)

Poland 1953 "'Renaissance' Commemoration" (3,3,2) [S. Lukaszewski 20g)(B. Brandt 1.35z)][Recess] Sc(592,594) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1953 "Tourist Series" (4,4,1) [Photo] Sc(609) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

[ After reading the biographical data, in Polish, and with some difficulty with the Google Translator, I opened my  post about Ferdinand Schirnbock, and the data is consistent... he was still alive in 1929 (actually, he died in 1930), and another important fact is that Schirnbock engraved one stamp in 1928 for Poland and designed another in 1930 (I can conclude that some kind of Joint work with the Polish State Printer was taking place...) .. ]