{"id":1474848,"date":"2022-05-13T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1474848"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:44:48","slug":"fact-check-did-the-polish-post-office-create-a-stamp-dedicated-to-volodymyr-zelenskyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-polish-post-office-create-a-stamp-dedicated-to-volodymyr-zelenskyy\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Polish Post Office Create A Stamp Dedicated To Volodymyr Zelenskyy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-polish-post-office-create-a-stamp-dedicated-to-volodymyr-zelenskyy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1474848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukraineworld.org\/posts\/3236656026612551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a new postage stamp from the Polish Post Office featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stamp was designed by a Polish lawmaker through the Polish Post website. The post office did not create the stamp and is not selling it.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House of Representatives approved a nearly $40 billion aid package for Ukraine May 10, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/10\/house-poised-approve-additional-40-billion-aid-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>. The package is intended to provide military, economic and humanitarian aid to the country as it continues to fend off a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims neighboring Poland is choosing to support Ukraine in a unique way. The Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukraineworld.org\/posts\/3236656026612551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a>, which has garnered over 650 likes, shows a book of stamps with Zelenskyy\u2019s face on them. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/27\/fact-check-white-house-coin-zelesnkyy-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is The White House Selling Coins With Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s Face On Them?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Polish Post (Poczta Polska) issued a stamp with the image of Zelensky,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. \u201cThis is the only stamp in the world with the image of the current head of state. Now it costs 500 PLN. Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase humanitarian aid for [Ukraine].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These stamps were not designed by the Polish Post Office. The office stated in a May 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PocztaPolska\/status\/1525007047938428929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> that it did not create the stamps and explained it was actually created with a program on its website called, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poczta-polska.pl\/sklep\/mojznaczek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My SIGN<\/a>,\u201d which allows users to design their own stamps from start to finish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pl\">Znaczek z wizerunkiem Prezydenta W. Ze\u0142enskiego zosta\u0142 zam\u00f3wiony przez Klienta w ramach us\u0142ugi \u201cM\u00f3j Znaczek\u201d. Us\u0142uga ta pozwala zaprojektowa\u0107 znaczek wedle w\u0142asnej koncepcji. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PocztaPolska?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PocztaPolska<\/a> nie prowadzi sprzeda\u017cy tych znaczk\u00f3w, s\u0105 w\u0142asno\u015bci\u0105 Klienta.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PocztaPolska (@PocztaPolska) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PocztaPolska\/status\/1525007047938428929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed the stamps were originally designed by Krakow, Poland Councilman \u0141ukasz Wantuch. Wantuch explained in a May 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukasz.wantuch\/posts\/5455738604470759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> that he created the stamps, which cost PLN 500 with all proceeds going towards humanitarian aid for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the fight would look like if someone else was at the head of Ukraine, but it has to be said clearly \u2013 he is the symbol of the Ukrainian struggle for freedom,\u201d reads the post in part. \u201cOf the many possible graphic variants, I chose this one, because in my opinion it best represents what we admire most in Ukrainians. Strength. The Resistance. The Struggle. Heroism. But most of all, HOPE.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a new postage stamp from the Polish Post Office featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s face.Verdict: Misleading The stamp was designed by a Polish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1482929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}