II RP Jubilee Card with Adam Mickiewicz Monument Warsaw Jozef Hirszowicz Printing House

Card with Adam Mickiewicz monument at Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw - a commemorative postcard depicting a monument to Adam Mickiewicz, one of the most outstanding Polish Romantic poets, standing at Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw. The publisher of the card was the well-known Warsaw Printing House of Jozef Hirszowicz.
In 1919, the state took over the Jozef Hirszowicz Printing House, transforming it into the State Graphic Works (PZG), the progenitor of the later Polish Printing Works (PWPW).
On January 25, 1919, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the proposal of Treasury Minister Dr. Jozef Englich to establish PZG was approved. 2 million Polish marks were allocated for this purpose, and the Polish National Loan Fund provided a loan of 8 million marks. The headquarters of the plant was purchased from the Hirszowicz printing house at 105 Jerozolimskie Avenue (now 97). The production of watermarked paper, however, took place at the prison paper mill at 37 Rakowiecka Street.
The first banknote printed by PZG was the Polish 100-mark. On July 10, 1926, PZG was transformed into a joint stock company, Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych. In the same year, construction began on a new building on Roman Sanguszko Street in Warsaw, which remains the headquarters of PWPW to this day.
Dimensions:15cm x 19cm.