Scott # 1861-1863

• 1991.  Swedish Maps.  The stamps are part of a set of six different ancient maps, of which Slania has engraved the three stamps shown.  The stamps are printed se-tenant in the strip, and form the upper part of the booklet pane. There is no upper selvedge.

  • Olaus Magnus:  Naval Map 1539.

  • A. Bureus:  Map of Sweden, Denmark and Norway 1626.  Please click on the stamp to see larger version.

  • A. Åkerman:  Star Globe 1759. 

Scott # 1889

Scott # 1890

• 1991.  Centenary of the Swedish amusement parks.  The stamps feature an open air theatre, and an open air dancing in the white summer nights.

Scott # 1904-1906

Private engraving, showing the king's  head replaced by the engraver's. Souvenir Sheet Imperf.

• 1991.  In the Honour of Czeslaw Slania's 70th birthday.  Perforated souvenir sheet showing:

  • Top left:  The head of King Gustav III (1881-1792).

  • Top middle: Label showing Slania's engraving tools.  This label was a special grant by the Swedish Post Office and the Swedish Royal Family for the occasion of Slania's 70th birthday.

  • Top right.  King Gustav III's crowned head.

  • Bottom: Details of a painting by C.G. Pilo, showing the coronation of King Gustav III (1881-1792). 

• To the right an unofficial postcard similar to the bottom stamp, engraved and signed by Slania's close friend, Piotr Naszarkowski, who is also a stamp engraver at the Swedish Post Office.  On the postcard the king's portrait is replaced by Slania's, being crowned in the place of King Gustav III - or rather "King Czeslaw I the Great" . :-))

• Below right an imperforated souvenir sheet, considerably diminished. 

Scott # 1976

Scott # 1915

Scott # 1918

• 1992.  Birds of the Baltic.  Joint issue with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

• 1991.  Nobel Laureate of Peace, Albert Schweitzer (1953).

• 1992.  Centenary of the Outdoor Life Association.  Mulle, The Forest Elf, with Children.

Scott # 1943

Scott # 1945

Scott # 1944

• 1992.  Famous Stamps.  

  • Sweden No. 1, issued 1st July 1855.

  • Sweden, 3-skilling yellow, 1857. 

Scott # 1967

Scott # 1968

Scott # 1964

• 1992.  Bicentenary of the Swedish National Museum. The stamps are part of a booklet pane of six, of which Czeslaw Slania has engraved the above three ones.

  • Carl Frederik Hill (1877):  "View from the Seine River".

  • Carl Larsson (1896):  "Sergel in his Studio".

  • Francois Boucher (1740):  "The Triumph of Venus". 

Scott # 1980

Scott # 1981

Scott # 1984

• 1992.  Christmas Stamps.  Russian Icons.

  • The Holy Mother from Don, Byzantine Art, 14th century.  Tretyakow Gallery, Moscow.  The original art work is shown to the right of the stamp, scanned from a Russian postcard.    

  • The Archangel Gabriel, Byzantine Art, 12th century.  Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

• 1992.  Nobel Laureate of Literature.  Derek Walcott (*1930).  The die was ready in only one week after the announcing of the laureate ! 

Please note that the stamps are a joint issue with Russia.  There are 4 stamps in the set, but only the two displayed here are by Czeslaw Slania.  The similar Russian stamps are NOT engraved by Czeslaw Slania.  

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