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1950-1952
1950-1952 1953-1954 1955-1956; 1993; 1997-1999; 2000 2002-2003 2006
Czeslaw Slania has worked for the Polish Postal Authorities for 6 years until 1956 where he left Poland and settled in Sweden. Since his departure he did not work for Poland again until 1993. These late works are shown on page 3. Explanations to all stamps are from left to right.
Scott # 486 |
Scott # 499 |
Scott # 531+ 533 + B69A |
1950. Worker with Peace Dove. This is Slania's first work as an apprentice, and he was allowed to engrave the metal part of the hammer under strict surveillance of M.R. Polak, the latter's name appearing in the stamp's lower right corner.
1951. Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Paris Commune. The portrait should have shown General Jaroslaw Dabrowski, but shows by mistake the composer and pianist Henryk Dabrowski. This is the first stamp ever published, fully engraved by Czeslaw Slania.
1951. Six Year Plan for Coal Mining Industry. This stamp comes in three values, 90 gr., 1,20 zl., and a semi-postal of 1,20 zl. + 0,15 gr., the latter two not shown here.
Scott # 513 |
Scott # 514 |
1951. First Congress of Polish Science. Portraits show Z. Wroblewski (1845-1888) and K. Olszewski (1846-1915). Zygmunt Wroblewski was born in Grodno, now Belarus, and died in Krakow (Poland). He studied at Kiev University (also known as Kyiv or Kiyev) 1863-1869, and from 1882, he taught at Krakow University. Together with physicist Karol Olszewski, he liquefied oxygen and nitrogen in 1883, and investigated their critical temperatures. He died during a fire in his laboratory.
1951. First Congress of Polish Science.
Scientist Marceli
Nencki (1847-1901), Polish Chemist.
Note about the Nencki-stamp
(Scott #514): On 5th June 2007, Mr. Lars Nyberg (Sweden) has
given the following information about this stamp (translated from
Swedish by the webmaster): In a conversation with Jerzy Krysiak [in
Sweden] on 4th June 2007, I was told that Slania has done the design
of this stamp together with someone else, but that he did not actually
engrave it. The engraving was done by Brandt. Mr. Krysiak told further
that he is in possession of a letter from Poland, franked with this
stamp, and that Slania has signed the cover, so the stamp may be
rightfully included in a Slania-collection.
Scott # 518 |
Scott # 519 |
Scott # 520 |
1951. Seven years of the Peoples Republic. President Bierut
Scott # B63 |
Scott # B65 |
Scott # 537 |
1952. Tenth anniversary of the Polish Workers Association. Marceli Nowotko (1893-1942)
1952. Fifth death anniversary of General K. Swierczewsky-Walter. Please note that the stamps give a wrong year for his birth.
Scott # C28 |
Scott # C30 |
The above stamps are out of a set of four. The remaining part of the set were not engraved by Slania.. They also exist imperf.
1952. Airplane "Ilyushin" flying over Polish freighters.
1952. Airplane over Warszaw. Over the tree tops Slania has engraved his sister's family name (Majewska), and along the left border (read upside down) the name "Lilka", referring to a girl friend. Read more about this on the page about Slania's joking on stamps.
Scott # 544 |
Scott # B74 |
Scott # 549 |
Scott # 550 |
1952. 100th death anniversary of the Russian Poet Nicolai Gogol. Slania has engraved the name "Lala", referring to a girl friend. Read more about this on the page about Slania's joking on stamps.
1952. International Childrens' Day. President Bierut. Note that for unknown reasons Slania's signature does not appear on this stamp.
1952. Concrete Factory Wierzbica.
Scott # B83 |
Scott # B78 |
Scott # B84 |
1952. Left and right. 70th anniversary of the Workers' Organization "Proletariat". Portrait shows Ludwik Warynski (1856-1889) as the organizer of the party.
1952. Day of the shipyard workers. Training ship "Dar Pomorza".
Scott # B82 |
Scott # 553 |
Scott # 554 |
1952. New Electricity Plant Jaworzno.
Scott # B87 |
Scott # 558 |
Scott # 559 |
1952. Aviation Day.
1952. Birth Millenary of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980-1037), a Persian physician and philosopher.
1952. 150th birth anniversary of the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885).
Scott # B88 |
Scott # B99 |
Scott # 563 |
1952. 150th birth anniversary of Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916). In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
1952. Automobile Factory in Zeran. The person in the lower right corner mounting the wheel is Slania, who has portrayed himself on this stamp as a mechanic.
1950-1952 1953-1954 1955-1956; 1993; 1997-1999; 2000 2002-2003 2006
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