Scott # 993

Scott # 1027

Scott # 999

Scott # 1000

• 1973.  Bicentenary of the Royal Theatre, Stockholm.  Scene from the Opera "Orpheus" by Gluck.  Painting by P. Hilleström 1773.  Please note that there are two different stamps in this set.  Slania has only engraved the one shown here.  

• 1973.  Goose Girl.  Painting by E. Josephsson, ca. 1890.

• 1973.  75th anniversary of the Confederation of Trade Unions.  
  Lumberman in Northern Sweden. 

Scott # 994

Scott # 998

Scott # 997

• 1973.  In Dalecarlia, Sweden.  The three stamps are out of a set of five, of which Slania has engraved the three shown ones.  

  • The start of the Vasa Ski Race in Sälen.  Slania has depicted himself in the lower left corner, please see the enlarged fragment.  The skier immediately right of Slania is the leader of the Swedish Stamp Printing, Lars-Eric Ewert, and the next one again is Sven Andersson, a technician from the Swedish Stamp Printing. 

    In an interview with the Swedish newspaper "Expressen" on 1st March 1981, Slania has admitted that he has never personally done the Vasa Ski Race.  When asked why he put in the faces of himself and his co-workers on the stamp, he answered: 

  "I was sitting home on a Christmas Eve and had to finish the stamp after a photograph.  None of the faces on the photo appeared clearly, so I couldn't engrave them clearly either.  For at least having some clear faces on the stamp I put ours in, and chose my co-workers because I had their photographs at home.  It was the first time my face appeared on a stamp that I have engraved myself. " 

  • Midsummer Dance.  Painting by B. Nordenberg 1854.

  • The Great Pit, 65 meters in depth, at Falun Mine. 

Scott # 1009

Scott # 1006

Scott # 1007

Scott # 1008

Scott # 1005

• 1973.  Towards The Far Horizons.   Swedish scientists.

  • Sven Hedin (1865-1952). Geographer and author, exploring the Tibetan Mountains.

  • Anders Sparrman (1748-1820).  Physician and botanist.

  • Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901).  
    Geologist on his ship "Vega" in the Arctic Ocean.

  • Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897).  Physicist.

  • Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828.  Professor of botanic and medicine. 

Scott # 1010

Scott # 1014

Scott # 1011

Scott # 1013

Scott # 1012

• 1973.  Centenary of the Nordic Museum, Stockholm.

  • Plowing with oxen. 

  • Sowing oats with a line sowing machine in Södermanland.

  • Retting Flax in Järvsö, Hälsingland.

  • Baking Bread in Utbunge, Gotland.

  • Potato Planting in Västmanland.   Shortly before this engraving was to be made, Slania was on a camping trip in Germany together with his mother, Jozefa Slania.  A photograph of her from that trip has modelled the potato-planting woman.    

Scott # 1021

Scott # 1022

• 1973.  King Gustaf VI Adolf 1882-1973 In Memoriam.  The king passed away on 15th September 1973.  The stamps are two different engravings, so precisely made that the differences are barely visible, not even under a magnifier.  The two engravings were made in only 10 days.