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Slania: Sweden: Slania-Engraved Proof Prints: Black Prints and Color Prints

All are NH, VF and fresh as officially issued.

Since 1987, or perhaps earlier (?), Sweden has issued a surprising number of "proof prints" commonly called "blackprints", "colorprints", or in some cases referred to by the post office as, "test stamps" (these are not the "test stamps" that one usually thinks of in conjuction with Slania-engraved issues).

These items are officially produced by the post office for a number of uses and generally find their way to collectors, though usually in very limited distribution. Often they are only available one-to-a-person or are included in a larger, more costly item such as a year book and thus one has to buy the entire year book just to get this special item.

In most cases, the "proof prints" from Sweden have been made using the engraved portions of issued stamps. They are usually imperforate, usually printed in one color (different than the issued stamp), and often do not include any denomination or country name. Many of these "proof prints" are of Slania-engraved issues.

Recently a client challenged me to make a listing of the known Swedish "proof prints". I thought that it would be easy and only take a few minutes -- was I ever wrong! There is very little proper philatelic documentation of these issues and most of them are quite difficult to obtain. Most collectors of Sweden will have never seen or heard of 75% of these items! Their cost ranges from just a few dollars to as much as $100; the more costly items are costly because they were included in year books which are themselves costly. I have a special interest in such material and over the years I have made a point of documenting them and attempting to keep them in stock.

Most items are only available in very limited numbers. If you know of items that are not included in this listing, please share the information with me. (I am also a buyer of this type of material.)

If you collect Sweden or Slania-engraved stamps or by topic, you will surely find some items in this listing that will be of interest to you. If you see something of interest, order it quickly; when such material sells out, it sometimes takes me years to find more examples.

Slania-Engraved Proof Prints: Black Prints and Color Prints

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Hinged

US$

218979

1987 Circus souvenir sheet issue. Scott #1654-6. Imperforate pane consisting of three souvenir sheet designs with progressive colors: full color, red and engraved blue only, and engraved blue only. Very attractive and scarce. Tipped into presentation folder at top edge. Slania engraved issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

45.00

218980

1987 King 3.10 and Queen 3.60 issue. Scott #1574 and 1578. Blackprint souvenir card issued only with the 1987/88 year book. The two stamp designs are offset printed (lithographed), in black, on a souvenir card. Very fine detail; appears engraved, but is not. Slania engraved issues. The complete 1987/88 year book with souvenir card and stamps of the year. This was the first Swedish year book; it is very scarce and in demand.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

275.00

218981

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

225.00

WANTED
Often needed. please inquire if you have available.

218984

1991 Czeslaw Slania 70th Birthday issue; Gustaf III Crowning. Scott #1906a (#1904-6). Large art folder / portfolio containing art prints of this issue and imperforate black and full-color prints of the large stamp (#1906) from this issue. The entire portfolio complete as issued. The website illustration only shows the two small engravings, however, there is much more to this large portfolio.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

If you are seeking this item and there is no BuyIt button, please email to get on waiting list. Normal price $140. I may also have examples, at a lower price, with bends to the folder or to the pages (but the philatelic items are perfectly VF). Please inquire.

218985

1991 Czeslaw Slania 70th Birthday issue; Gustaf III Crowning. Scott #1906. Blackprint souvenir card by offset / lithography showing the unfinished dies for the large stamp (#1906) from this issue. This was only available with the 1991/92 year book. The year book includes a 2-page spread on Slania, illustrating his awards, some of his private labels, and detail of a master die he engraved. The complete year book with souvenir card and stamps of the year.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Often needed. Please make offer.

218986

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

115.00

WANTED
Need even if only one. Please make offer.

218990

1992 Baltic Sea Birds issue (Mare Balticum). Scott #1975-8. Imperforate, engraved blackprint "souvenir sheet" of the four stamps (same as the issued souvenir sheet) with just the four birds (no text). This stamp issue was prepared by the Swedish post office as a joint issue with and in donation to the newly free Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- the stamps of all four countries were the same except for the text and denominations. This blackprint is thus a blackprint for any of the four countries. One stamp is engraved by Slania. Difficult to obtain.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Blackprint often needed, either with or without the set three Baltic booklets and/or the Swedish booklet. Please make offer.

219013

1994 Man on the Moon issue. Scott #2083. Blackprint offset printed (lithographed) on souvenir card with first day canceled stamp. (The FD postmark also pictures a soccer / fötball / football design because the Moon stamp was issued on the same FDC as a Soccer World Cup stamp.) Souvenir card with text "SVENSK TEKNIK PÅ MÅHAN" ["Swedish technology on the moon", referring to the Hasselblad camera included in the stamp design.] This card was released through the Swedish stamp agency in North America, apparently one to a subscriber. To the best of my knowledge, it was not distributed in Sweden or overseas. Thus, it is unusually scarce for such an item. Slania engraved stamp.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Need one or several. Please make offer. If you wish to buy this item and there is no BuyIt button, please tell me so that you will be on the waiting list.

218997

1995 Film issue and 1920-28 definitive designs; blackprints in 1995 book. Scott #2138-43 and #115, #116 Type II, and #168 Type II.

In 1995 the Swedish Postal Museum published an article reprint the form of a 40-page book: Postens Frimärks Trykeri Under 75 år 1920-1995 (75 Years of Post Office Stamp Printing 1920-1995). This covers the time from installation of the first Swedish rotary stamp printing press (a U.S.-made Stickney press). Only a small quantity of the books were printed and distribution seems to have been very limited -- I am a member of the Museum Friends organization and I did not even know the Film blackprint or the book contains existed until around 2000 or that the book was the source of the blackprint until 2003 and it was not until 2006 that I learned that the book also contains proofs of the 1920-28 issues. The book and the blackprint / proof items it contains are extremely scarce.

The book contains a blackprint of the engraved portion of the 1995 Film stamps (Scott #2138-43), which includes designs ENGRAVED BY SLANIA, SJÖÖBLOM, and NASZARKOWSKI.

The book also contains blackprints / proofs of three 1920-28 issues (Scott #115, 116 Type II, and #168 Type II).

The book states that both blackprint / proof items are printed from the ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS, thus not from secondary transfers or plates. The result is prints of incredibly clarity and detail; the 1920-28 stamp designs especially are unbelievably sharp and detailed.

While the existence of the Film and 1920-28 blackprints is known to some in the Slania collecting community, though few have ever seen an example, they are virtually unknown to collectors of Sweden including collectors in Sweden. The existence of the 1920-28 items is seemingly virtually unknown to all; as of 2009 I have never seen any press reports or documentation that these 1920-28 items exist.

The book itself (Swedish text only) discusses stamp printing, including much that is relevant for collectors of engraved stamps.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Need one or several. Please make offer. If you wish to buy this item and there is no BuyIt button, please tell me so that you will be on the waiting list.

233313

1995 Film issue Blackprint. Scott #2138-43. Just the Film issue blackprint from the book (not including the book or the 1920-28 definitive issue blackprint).

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

This item may be available from time to time if somebody else wants only the other blackprint. If you want only this one, please let me know.

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Never
Hinged

US$

219000

1997 Gustav III Museum of Antiquities. Scott #2246. Imperforate "souvenir sheet" with blackprint of only engraved portion of only the Muses Gallery stamp. Includes engraved printed Slania "signature". Slania engraved stamp issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

10.00

219001

1998 King Sigismund issue. Scott #2312. Imperforate brown-print only of engraved portion of the design, on souvenir sheet size piece with engraved printed Slania "signature". Slania engraved stamp issue. This stamp issue is a joint issue with Poland.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

8.00

219003

2000 Slania 1000th Stamp issue. Scott #2374. For his thousandth stamp, Slania chose to engrave a stamp for Sweden that would also supposedly be the largest regular postal stamp in the world. The stamp design is the center of the David Kloker Ehrenstral ceiling painting "Great Deeds by Swedish Kings". The blackprint of this wonderful issue was only offered in a folder / pack that also contains the mint stamp (souvenir sheet) and the official first day cover. The pack bears a portrait of Slania and an image of a larger area of the ceiling painting. A very nice item! The complete pack.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

70.00

219004

2000 Childrens Toys issue. Scott #2400 pane of six. Engraved, imperforate red-print "pane", only of the engraved portions of the designs. In very strong demand from the thematic collectors (teddy bears, trains, toys, cards, police, legos, etc.) that know about it, however, this has yet to be "discovered" by the majority of potentially interested collectors. Very difficult to obtain. Includes a Slania engraved stamp.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

25.00

219005

2001 Nobel Prize 100th Anniversary issue. Scott #2415 strip of four. Engraved, imperforate 4-strip (just like the strip from the stamp booklet) with only the engraved portions of the designs, in dark brown. In handsome Nobel Prize folder that includes the Swedish and US joint stamp issues first day canceled. The "brown-print" strip is mint and can be easily removed from the folder. Has quickly become difficult to obtain. Slania engraved stamp issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Need one or several. Please make offer. If you wish to buy this item and there is no BuyIt button, please tell me so that you will be on the waiting list.

219008

2002 Sweden-Thailand Palaces issue. Scott #2445 set of two. Engraved, imperforate pair (just like a pair of the two Swedish stamps) with only the engraved portions of the designs, in dark brown. In handsome souvenir folder that includes the Swedish and Thailand joint stamp issues first day canceled in the folder. The brown-print pair is mint and can be easily removed from the folder. Little-known item of potential interest to many collectors. Slania engraved stamp issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

43.50

219009

2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine issue (Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Servero Ochoa). Sweden Scott #2460 set of two. Engraved, imperforate pair of the two stamps with only the engraved portion of the designs, in red. A joint issue with Spain. (Because both the Spanish and Swedish issues are the same design, this could be considered to be from either. However, the Spanish issue has its own blackprint sheet, also available from me.) This is an extremely popular thematic but this item is virtually unknown to almost all collectors who could be potentially interested. Slania engraved issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

10.00

236480

2003 Waterbirds Slania-engraved Joint Issue with Hong Kong. Scott #2469 pane of four. Engraved, imperforate blackprint 4-block of the Slania-engraved portions of four designs, ONLY. Was issued in a portfolio with mint blocks of the stamps of both countries and four beautiful, frameable art prints of waterbirds, but THIS IS ONLY THE BLACKPRINT by itself. Slania engraved issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Needed. Please make offer. If you are seeking to buy this item, please let me know to get on the waiting list.

219010

2003 Waterbirds Slania-engraved Joint Issue with Hong Kong. Scott #2469 pane of four. Engraved, imperforate blackprint 4-block of the Slania-engraved portions of four designs. IN PORTFOLIO, as issued, with mint blocks of the stamps of both countries and four beautiful, frameable art prints of waterbirds. Slania engraved issue.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

WANTED
Need even if only one. Please make offer. If you wish to buy this item and there is no Buy It button, please tell me so that you will be on the waiting list.

233320

2008 Gerfalcon (Gyrfalcon, Jaktfalk) 50 kr blue-print with defaced denomination, IN FOLDER. Issued in 1981, this stamp design was replaced in 2007. To celebrate the stamp and Slania, the engraver, Sweden Post issued a special folder containing a proof impression with defaced denomination, printed on a numbered "souvenir sheet" in dark blue. The folder also contains a NH VF stamp in a clear mount and specially-canceled stamp. Only 6000 were printed. The folder text is fully in Swedish, German, and English and pictures Slania, the master engraver.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

48.00

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Never
Hinged

US$

233321

2008 Gerfalcon (Gyrfalcon, Jaktfalk) 50 kr blue-print with defaced denomination, BLUE-PRINT ONLY. Issued in 1981, this stamp design was replaced in 2007. To celebrate the stamp and Slania, the engraver, Sweden Post issued a special folder containing a proof impression with defaced denomination, printed on a numbered "souvenir sheet" in dark blue. This item is only the blue-print (no folder).

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

47.00

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