2023Postage Stamp Day - Jozef Balaz (1923–2006) - Set

Jozef Baláž (1923 – 2006) was a painter, graphic artist, illustrator and the doyen and founder of Slovak postage stamp design. Baláž made his debut in postage stamp design in 1957. In addition to his free graphic and illustrative works, in the years that followed he was the enthusiastic creator of a long line of stamps that started with the three TANAP issues. Overall, Baláž created the graphic design for almost 150 stamps, initially Czechoslovak, and later Slovak, stamps.