The Generalgouvernement issued this set to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of its establishment. Proceeds from the surcharges went to the “Führer’s Cultural Fund”.

These stamps depict cultural figures:

• MiNr. 96 — Veit Stoß
• MiNr. 97 — painting by Hans Dürer
• MiNr. 98 — Johann Christian Schuch
• MiNr. 99 — Josef Elsner
• MiNr. 100 — Mikołaj Kopernika (Nicolaus Copernicus)

For stamps of a similar design, see the 1944 Cultural Figures Issues and the 1943 Mikołaja Kopernika Issue.