Czesław Słania

Czesław Słania (22 October 1921 Czeladź; 17 March 2005 Kraków)[1] was a Polish postage stamp and banknote engraver, living in Sweden from 1956.

[3][4] During the German invasion of Poland and outbreak of World War II in 1939, he was a student of a gymnasium in Lublin.

[5][6] While still a student, Słania was employed by the Polish Stamp Printing Works in Łódź and Warsaw,[5] where he learned to engrave in steel.

[6] In 1956, Słania moved to Sweden, where he began employment with the Swedish postal authorities in 1959.

[8] His last work was a stamp in 2005 to commemorate the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly.