A New Topical Collection:�Czeslaw Slania,�The World’s Greatest Stamp Engraver

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Doug Hadley

Presented to the Greater Richmond Stamp Club

January 12, 2021

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Copyright 2021 Doug Hadley

My Topical Stamp Interests and Collections

• Chess
• Trains
• Music on stamps, especially, the History of American Music
• I started to become more interested in Fine Art on Stamps just before the COVID Pandemic started

Topical Collection of CZ Slania Stamps

• This is a new topical collection for me which I started during the COVID pandemic
• All stamps displayed in this presentation are scans taken at 300 dpi of the actual stamps in my personal collection
• To fully appreciate the quality of the engraving, use a 10X magnifying glass to examine his stamps
• Stamp checklist available (1,500+ items) at
• http://www.slaniastamps-heindorffhus.com/

Czeslaw Slania

• Born Poland 1921; died 2005 Krakow, Poland
• Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
• Engraved a total of 1,049 stamps in 32 countries
• Engraved banknotes for 10 counties
• Engraved about 450 of his stamps for Sweden Post Office where he emigrated in 1956
• Engravings are very detailed, up to 10 lines per millimeter
• Over a 50 year career, he engraved about 2 stamps a month
• 100^th Anniversary of his birth is 2021 – look for new commemorative issues

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Self Portrait of Czeslaw Slania: UN-NY #474

A Slania Masterpiece!: UN-NY #473 & 474

Slania’s First Postage Stamp: Poland #498 (1951)

Other Early Poland Stamps: #B88 & C39

Late Work of Slania: Poland #3520 (2000)

Queen Silvia of Sweden #1577

Another Slania Masterpiece!: Sweden Royal Ballet # 1141

Sweden # 2262 & 2289

Denmark: Queen Margrethe II

Faroe Islands #108 & #109

Faroe Islands #45-47

Faroe Islands # 48-52

Faroe Islands # 163

More Masterpieces! US # 2749 & 2755