2020-12-05 Sat

Poland Post issued a postage stamp featuring one of the Regional products of Poland – Cheese.

Korycinski, also known as “swojski” (homemade), is a hard yellow cheese made from cow’s milk. Named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in eastern Poland, it is considered to be the oldest polish yellow cheese.

The tradition of making the Koryci?ski reaches the second half of the 17th or 18th century. This ripening cheese is made of raw, full cow milk with rennet and salt. Issued on 1st of July 2015, the stamp comes in the denomination of 5 polish zloty and shows the regional homemade Korycinski cheese with a sketch of cows in the background. Visit philamart to view and purchase variety of stamps from all over the world.