Poland
1953-1954

Scott # B100

Scott # B101

Scott # 591

Scott # 593

• 1953.  Six Year Plan. Unlisted in Stanley Gibbons.
• 1953.  10th anniversary of the Polish People's Army.  Lieutenant Roman Pazinski (1907-1943)
• 1953.  Courtyard of the Royal Palace Wawel in Krakow.  Engraved after a photograph by St. Kolowca.  Slania has engraved the name of a family member on this stamp.  Read more about this on the page about Slania's joking on stamps.

Scott # 733

Scott # 734

Scott # 735

Scott # 736

• 1956.  Courtyard of the Royal Palace Wawel in Krakow, overprinted.  

Scott # C35

Scott # C36

Scott # C37

Scott # C38

Scott # C39

Scott # C40

• 1954.  Ilyushin 12 airplanes over cities.  Slania originally submitted proposals for all six stamps of this set.  Slania himself  was entrusted with the engraving of two of the stamps, see below.
  • Paczkow Castle, Luban        (Designed by Slania)
  • Kazimierz Dolny                    (Designed and engraved by Slania)
  • Wavel Castle, Krakow         (Designed by Slania)
  • City Hall, Wroclaw              (Engraved by Slania)
  • Laziersky Square, Warsaw  (Designed by Slania)
  • Krakow Castle, Lublin        (Designed by Slania)

Scott # 643

Scott # 658

Scott # 663

• 1954.  500th anniversary of the ceding of Western Prussia to Poland.  Exists also imperf.  City of Olsztyn.
• 1954.  160th anniversary of the Kosciuszko Uprising.  "Tadeusz Kosciuszko on Horseback in the Battle of Raclawice", after a painting by Jan Matejko. Slania has engraved his sister's name, and the date of the engraving on this stamp.  Read more about this on the page about Slania's joking on stamps.
• 1954.  Endangered wildlife of Poland.  Eurasian Beaver.  This stamp exists also in an imperf variety.

Scott # 654

Scott # 655

• 1954.  10th anniversary of the Second Republic in Liberated Poland.   There are 10 stamps in the set, and Slania has engraved the above two.  
  • At the Library.  Stamp designed by Cz. Kaczmarczyk.  Slania has engraved the names of several friends and family members on this stamp.  Read more about this on the page about Slania's joking on stamps.
  • The freighter "Soldek" alongside a wharf.