SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION: ONLY 1000 OF THESE PCs WERE ISSUED. DO NOT MISS THE CHANCE TO OWN ONE.
POLAND 2006 SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION SOLIDARITY SOLIDARNOSC PC ISSUED BY THE NOWY SACZ POST OFFICE. THIS PC COMMEMORATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNIST AND RUSSIAN ENSLAVEMENT OF THE POLISH NATION AND THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW ON THE 13 DECEMBER 1981.
ISSUED: XII 2006.
NUMBER PRINTED: ONLY 1000
THESE PCs WERE ISSUED BY THE POLISH POST OFFICE AND WERE NOT EASILY AVAILABLE. THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN SO DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO OWN ONE.
THESE PCs ARE RARELY OFFERED FOR SALE. THEY ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND ARE PRODUCED TO A VERY COLLECTABLE HIGH QUALITY.
CONSIDERING THE ENORMOUS WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF ITEM, THEY WILL SOON BECOME A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM.
THIS WONDERFUL SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PC, IN MINT NEVER HINGED CONDITION, IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS POLAND, SOLIDARITY, SOLIDARNOSC, POLISH HISTORY, RUSSIA, USSR, MILITERIA, AND THEMATIC COLLECTOR AND WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
On a cold and snowy Sunday morning on December 13, 1981 the Poles woke up to find their country under Martial Law (literally in a State of War or "stan wojenny"). Martial Law was imposed by the Military Council of National Defense (WRON) lead by Prime Minister Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and a Communist Council of 22 members consisting of high ranking military officers and part officials.
The Wojskowska Rada Obrony Narodowej (WRON) declared Martial Law to "defend socialism". They felt threatened by the members of the Solidarity (Solidarnosc) the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. Solidarity had been founded only 18 months earlier, in August of 1980 after several weeks of strikes. The workers had gone on strike to protest poor living conditions and lack of independent representation. With the birth of Solidarity hopes were high that the new trade union would help to pressure the government to introduce economical reforms and ease restrictions. The government quickly realized that Solidarity was a threat to the system. Several road blocks were created to derail Solidarity but the union seemed to grow stronger. The situation made the Soviets very worried and they, on several occasions, pressured the Polish government and the Polish Communist Party (PZPR) to de-legalized Solidarity. For the Polish government it soon became apparent that the union was too strong and far too popular to simply de-legalize it. Drastic action was need to oust Solidarity, so martial law was imposed.
Please note: there is a small amount of creasing on 2 corners.
