1 JULY  2009
HAPPY  CANADA  DAY
BONNE  FÊTE  DU  CANADA

 

   TROYAK EXECUTIVE TEAM is informing all members, colleagues, collectors and Polonia at large, that Club meetings taking place at John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Rd. (just south of Hwy. 403), Mississauga, Ontario. The new members are always welcome.  www.polishculturalcentre.ca   
 
   ADRES SPOTKAÑ KLUBOWYCH ! Zarz±d G³ówny Klubu "Troyak" informuje wszystkich cz³onków kolekcjonerów, sympatyków oraz ca³± Poloniê, ¿e spotkania klubowe odbywaj± siê w Polskim Centrum Kultury im. Jana Paw³a II, przy 4300 Cawthra Rd. (na po³udnie od autostrady 403), Mississauga, Ontario. Zapraszamy nowych cz³onków do prê¿nego. Klubu "Troyak".  www.polishculturalcentre.ca

 

 

   AN INVITATION TO ... "Troyak Junior" Philatelic Club ! "Troyak" Club Executive Team has established "Troyak Junior" Philatelic Club. The official introduction of the "Troyak Junior" Philatelic Club, took place during the II Polish-Canadian Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Show, on February 20, 2005, at John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre in Mississauga. "Troyak" Executive Team and Zygmunt (Ziggy) Borowski, Director of the "Troyak Junior" Philatelic Club, invites all children and their parents and also teenagers to join the club. Meetings taking place at: John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Rd. (just south of Hwy. 403), Mississauga, Ontario. For more information, contact: Ziggy Borowski at 416-454-2790 or     

 

   KLUB FILATELISTÓW "M³ody Troyak" Z A P R A S Z A !  Zarz±d G³ówny Polsko-Kanadyjskiego Klubu Numizmatyków i Filatelistów "Troyak" za³o¿y³ Klub Filatelistów "M³ody Troyak". Dyrektorem Klubu Filatelistów "M³ody Troyak" jest Zygmunt (Ziggy) Borowski. Oficjalne zapisy dzieci i m³odzie¿y rozpoczê³y siê 20 lutego 2005 r. podczas II Polonijnej Wystawy i Targów Numizmatyczno - Filatelistycznych 2005, w Polskim Centrum Kultury im. Jana Paw³a II, przy 4300 Cawthra Rd. Mississauga, Ontario. Zapraszamy dzieci oraz m³odzie¿ do nowego klubu. Spotkania Klubu Filatelistów "M³ody Troyak" odbywaj± siê w Polskim Centrum Kultury w Mississauga. Po wiêcej informacji prosimy o kontakt z : Ziggy Borowski 416-454-2790 lub     Zapraszamy.

 

   Biography - Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born on December 3, 1857 in Berdyczów (Berdychiv, currently in Ukraine). His parents, being the active fighters for Polish independence, have been both captured in 1861 and exiled in the far off region of Russia. They died in a few years, and their son was placed in the care of his uncle. At the age of 17 Korzeniowski has left to Marseille, France where he enlisted as a sailor. From 1878 on he continued to work on the British cargo ships until he received (in 1886) the rank of captain and the British citizenship. In his voyages he had opportunity to visit Far East, Central America, Australia and Oceania, and Africa. He quitted sailing only in 1894 and settled down in the suburbs of London. Soon he has published his first novel, "Almayer's Folly". He got married and had two sons. He never got rid of his original family Polish name, although his books were published under a pseudonym Joseph Conrad, and therefore he is known under this name all over the world. Until his death on August 3, 1924 in Bishopsbourne (England), he followed carefully the state of affairs in Poland.

   The stamp and the FDC envelope - The 150th anniversary of Joseph Conrad's birth has found its place in the UNESCO calendar. Poczta Polska celebrated it by issuing the new steel-engraved stamp. It features the writer's portrait with a fragment of the "Heart of Darkness" manuscript and a silhouette of the sail ship in background. The FDC envelope is decorated with the picture of a ship in the open sea. The issue is accompanied by occasional postmark applied at the Kraków 1 Post Office, because Joseph Conrad had spent a few years in that city (and in Lviv as well) before his final departure to France. The postmark design combines in itself a copy of writer's signature.

   His works - From his family house Józef Konrad Korzeniowski has received a strong attachment to the Polish romantic literature, while his writer's talent and his linguistic skills were inherited right from his father - once a renown poet and translator. Although his works are based mainly on his own experiences and memories, yet they carry more universal message. Their heroes come from different European countries, and the action takes place at various places in the world. Apart from the marine themes, they frequently refer to some political problems. Besides the works of the Polish romantic poets, Mickiewicz and S³owacki, Korzeniowski drew his inspiration from the French realists’ literature. Among his most important works are: "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", "The Shadow Line", and "The Secret Agent". His books entered into the canon of English literature, and in Poland they were the most popular during World War II. His works were also used frequently as a base for the movie screenplays (the F. Coppola's famous "Apocalypse Now" is still regarded as the best film adaptation of "Heart of Darkness").

   Philately - The stamps executed in the steel engraving technique (a variation of the plate printing where the matrix has to be hand engraved in the steel plate) nowadays occurs rather rarely. They usually characterise with a noble outlook, precision of the line and an easily perceptible facture. A master of the philatelic steel engraving was Czes³aw S³ania, who died in 2005. On the occasion of 100th anniversary of Joseph Conrad's birth in 1957 another stamp was also issued in the same technique, or there were rather two stamps, printed in different colour and with different nominal values.

 

   Biografia - Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski urodzi³ siê 3 grudnia 1857 r. w Berdyczowie. Jego rodzice, dzia³acze niepodleg³o¶ciowi, zostali w 1861 r. zes³ani w g³±b Rosji. W ci±gu kilku lat oboje zmarli, a Konradem zaopiekowa³ siê wuj. W wieku 17 lat Korzeniowski wyjecha³ do Marsylii, gdzie zacz±³ pracê jako marynarz. Od 1878 r. kontynuowa³ karierê na statkach handlowych w Anglii, a¿ osi±gn±³ stopieñ kapitana (1886) i otrzyma³ brytyjskie obywatelstwo. Zwiedzi³ Daleki Wschód, Amerykê ¦rodkow±, Australiê i Oceaniê oraz Afrykê. Zrezygnowa³ z ¿eglowania w 1894 r. i osiad³ pod Londynem. Wkrótce ukaza³a siê jego pierwsza  powie¶æ "Szaleñstwo Almayera". O¿eni³ siê i doczeka³ siê dwóch synów. Nigdy nie zrezygnowa³ z polskiego nazwiska, jednak pisa³ u¿ywaj±c pseudonimu i zosta³ zapamiêtany w³a¶nie jako Joseph Conrad. Do koñca ¿ycia ¶ledzi³ wydarzenia w Polsce. Zmar³ 3 sierpnia 1924 r. w Bishopsbourne w Anglii.

   Znaczek i koperta Pierwszego Dnia Obiegu FDC - 150. rocznica urodzin Josepha Conrada znalaz³a siê w kalendarzu rocznic UNESCO. Poczta Polska u¶wietni³a obchody jubileuszu emisj± znaczka wykonanego technik± stalorytu.  Widnieje na nim portret pisarza na tle ¿aglowca i  fragmentu rêkopisu "J±dra ciemno¶ci". Na kopercie Pierwszego Dnia Obiegu FDC t³em jest bezkresne morze, widziane z perspektywy statku. Emisji towarzyszy okoliczno¶ciowy datownik, stosowany w Urzêdzie Pocztowym Kraków 1, gdy¿ w tym mie¶cie (oraz we Lwowie) Konrad Korzeniowski spêdzi³ kilka lat, zanim wyjecha³ do Francji. W projekcie datownika u¿yto podpisu pisarza.


   Twórczo¶æ - Z rodzinnego domu  wyniós³ Konrad mi³o¶æ do literatury romantycznej, a talent pisarski i ³atwo¶æ uczenia siê jêzyków odziedziczy³ po ojcu - poecie i t³umaczu. Utwory Korzeniowskiego oparte s± na w³asnych prze¿yciach i wspomnieniach, mimo to maj± uniwersaln± wymowê. Bohaterowie pochodz± z ró¿nych krajów europejskich, akcja toczy siê w wielu punktach ¶wiata. Oprócz tematyki marynistycznej do¶æ czêsto pojawia siê te¿ polityka. ¬ród³em inspiracji, oprócz twórczo¶ci Mickiewicza i S³owackiego, by³y te¿ m.in. dzie³a francuskich realistów. Do najwa¿niejszych utworów nale¿±: "J±dro ciemno¶ci", "Lord Jim", "Smuga cienia", "Tajny agent". Ksi±¿ki Conrada wesz³y do kanonu literatury angielskiej, w Polsce najbardziej popularne by³y w latach II wojny ¶wiatowej. Chêtnie przenoszono na ekran jego utwory (np. s³ynny film "Czas Apokalipsy",  uznawany za najlepsz± ekranizacjê "J±dra ciemno¶ci").

   Filatelistyka - Znaczki pocztowe drukowane technik± stalorytu (technika nale¿±ca do druku wklês³ego, w której najwa¿niejszym etapem jest wykonanie przez grawera matrycy w stalowej p³ytce) obecnie ukazuj± siê do¶æ rzadko. Charakteryzuj± siê one szlachetnym wygl±dem, precyzj± rysunku i wyczuwaln± faktur±. Mistrzem stalorytu wykorzystywanego w filatelistyce by³ zmar³y w 2005 r. Czes³aw S³ania. Z okazji 100. rocznicy urodzin Josepha Conrada w 1957 r. wydany zosta³ znaczek wykonany równie¿ technik± stalorytu, a raczej dwa znaczki, poniewa¿ ten sam motyw drukowany by³ w dwóch wersjach kolorystycznych z ró¿nymi nomina³ami.