Czesław Słania, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Czesław Słania

Polish artist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Czeladź, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-Mar-2005

Profession: engraver, graphic artist, postage stamp designer, designer

Nationality: Sweden, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Czeslaw Slania (22 October 1921 Czeladz; 17 March 2005 Kraków) was a Polish postage stamp and banknote engraver, living in Sweden from 1956.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Slania was the most prolific of all stamp engravers, with over 1000 stamps to his credit.
His 1000th engraved stamp, based on the 17th-century painting "Great Deeds by Swedish Kings" by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (2000), is in the Guinness Book as the largest engraved stamp ever issued.