Scott # 666

Scott # 667

Scott # 672

Scott # 737

• 1955.  International Chopin Piano Competition.  Portrait of Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), after L. Isler.  The presentation folder with the two stamps included can be seen on this site's engravings-section.

• 1955.  Sights of Warsaw.  Statue of Nicolas Copernicus (by the Danish Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844).

• 1956.  Sights of Warsaw.  Heroes from the Ghetto. 

Scott # 754

Scott # 3156

• 1956.  Olympic Summer Games.  Javelin Throwing.  The athlete's name is Janusz Sidlo.  The stamp is engraved after a photo of the athlete.  The stamp is out of a set of six, of which Slania engraved this one.

• 1993.  International Stamp Exhibition POLSKA '93,  Poznan. Legend of the White Eagle in the first Polish capital Gniezno.  This block exists also Imperfed, as well as there is a numbered proof.  

Scott # 3337

Scott # 3335

Scott # 3336

• 1997.  1000th death anniversary of St. Adalbert.

• 1997.  St. Adalbert (Bishop of Warsaw 956-997).

• 1997.  St. Adalbert, Apostle of Prussia.  

Catholic Online Saints and Angels tell about St. Adalbert:  Poland is truly a land of saints. In its 1,030-year Christian history, it has produced 73 saints. The first was Adalbert, bishop of Prague, who was martyred in 997 while preaching Christianity to the pagan Prussians living in the Baltic Sea area. He was sent there by King Boleslaw of Poland who, when he learned of Adalbert's death, sent emissaries to retrieve the body so it could be given a Christian burial. The Prussians, however, demanded a ransom of silver equal in weight to that of Adalbert's body. A makeshift balance was erected with the body on one side and a pile of silver pieces on the other.

One by one, the pieces of silver were removed to achieve balance. To everyone's amazement, the scale did not level off until all but one small piece of silver weighing about an ounce remained. This "miracle" frightened the Prussians and so impressed the Poles that Adalbert was later canonized.

To this day, many Poles pray for Saint Adalbert's guidance when they have economic problems.

A very nice First Day Cover, cancelled on 23rd April (his feast day) 1997 as a joint issue between Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, and The Vatican can be seen here. 

Scott # 3416

• 1998.  Congress of the Polish Philatelist Association.  City view of Szczecin (Stettin) in 1624, after a wood carving from the book "Descriptio Urbis Stettinensis" by Paul Friedeborn.  Perf and Imperf Block.  Note the different Block numbers, and also that the imperfed block has Slania's signature.

Scott # 3476

Scott # 3476

• 1999.  National Stamp Exhibition in Waldenburg.  Castle Ksiaz.  Perf and Imperf varieties.  Please note the different numbers on the blocks, as well as the slight differences and colours of Slania's signature.  It is interesting that this block is denoted as Slania's 1001th stamp.  It was issued for the National Polish Stamp Exhibition in Waldenburg in 1999, whereas Slanis's 1000th stamp "Great Deeds of the Swedish Kings" was issued one year later by Sweden.  

Note!  The Polish Post Office mentions on it's website that this issue has been withdrawn from postal circulation, and is no longer valid for postage.  (Update 8th February 2005). 

Scott # 3421

Scott # 3484

• 1998.  400th anniversary of the Battle at Stängebro.  Sigismund III Wasa (1566-1632).  Painting by P.P. Rubens.
  King of Sweden 1592-1599 and of Poland 1587-1632.  Joint issue with Sweden.

• 1999.  150th death anniversary of Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (1810-1849), on the background of The Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw.

Scott # 3517

• 2000.  Souvenir sheet at the occasion of Krakow being Cultural Capital of Europe.  Perf and Imperf Block.  Please note that the serial numbers of the two blocks are different, and the signature on each of the blocks differs slightly. 

At the occasion of the Polish born Pope, John Paul II's 80th birthday, Poland issued the below set as joint issue with the Vatican City.   According to Slania, he made separate plates for both countries, because they are printed from different printing presses.  The Vatican issues are printed by Swedish Post and Poland by Polish Post.  

Many thanks to Mr. Chong Meng (Singapore) for providing the scans for this site.

• The first stamp (Zl. 0,80) has a less deep engraving than the Vatican city.

• The second stamp (Zl. 1,10) is more contrasted than the monochrome Vatican-issue.

• The third stamp (Zl. 1,55), has a criss-crossed background, whilst the background of the Vatican issue is diagonal.

Scott # 3520

Scott # 3521

Scott # 3522

• 2000.  Pope John Paul II, 80th birthday, the Pope's portrait.

• 2000.  Black Madonna (Our Lady of Czestochowa).

• 2000.  Pastoral Staff (crozier).