100 years of the State Archives in Poznan ... Who
can be interested in it? But for me it is a breakthrough date ... I was then in
the fifth grade of the elementary school, I began to be interested in languages
and their practical use - philately. Then foreign travels were not common, and
even getting a passport was not always easy. Philately, therefore, was a pass
to the world .... Well, but the Archive may have it common with it... According
to the calendar 18th October 1969, it was Saturday, but then on
Saturdays there was also school. For me, a beginning philatelist, it was very important
information that on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Archive there
would be used a special commemorative cancellation. It was so important to me
that I asked my parents to release me from the school ... I went to the opening
of the 100th anniversary exhibition and I got such a desired cancellation.
That's how my philatelic adventure started ...
