A Polish Question For Fun!

NO not a Joke, But a question!

Since the beginning of modern Philatelic history in 1840 has there ever been an independent Polish nation before WW1?

No: there was no independent Poland after the third of the Polish Partitions in 1795. (Year 11 Modern History remains with me still, 48 years later ...)

Try Again!

Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

That is post WW1, not pre.

oops, I was thinking pre WWII. No wonder I was thinking how easy the question was.

Well, there certainly wasn't an independent Polish nation in Poland between 1840 and the end of WWI. It was divided between Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia.

After much reading and brushing up on ye ole school teachings I come to this conclusion so far. So far mind you. Poland has had many uprisings and revolts leading to Independence even for a day but none of these would ever have had time to be formally recognized by other nations or legal represented on paper.

A clue or clarification. There was a Polish speaking independent nation that exsisted and the capital was not Warsaw!

Hmm lets see transition from Prussian, Austrian, and Russian control to Austrian control there was the Kraków Uprising which took place at the time in the capital of Free City of Kraków in 1846.

An Additional clue!
The nation of Ethnic Poles was established on May 3, 1815 & lasted until March 3, 1846.

Way to go ! Mac!

Ok I see what the reference goes to now. " The National Government of the Polish Republic on February 22, which issued a manifesto calling upon the people to struggle for national independence and proclaiming democratic rights, the abolition of feudal obligations, and the peasants' full ownership of their land."
This took place on February 22nd lead by E. Dembowski and the uprising ended by Russia and Austria March 3rd 1846.

Wharrehouse that was a fun search and might be a little more enlightend to boot. Thanks.

The Free state of Kracow, also called the Republic of Kracow was finallly obsorbed into Austro-Hungarian Empire as part of Austria as a Grand Duchy of Kracow. On Feb. 22, 1846 the National Government of the Polish Republic was declared becomeing a ditatorship only 2 days later, This Polish nationalism causing concern in the AHE and invaded Kracow under their treaty of protection they had with AHE. Occupied then established the Grand Duchy on Novemeber 16, 1846.