Collecting By Engraver

FRANCE 1939

Designer : Desruelles

Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B93

Surtax was used for the erection of a monument to the sailors lost at sea,




FRANCE 1940

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B106


The surtax was for the National Relief Fund





FRANCE 1941

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B109

The surtax was for POW's




FRANCE 1941

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B119

Coat of Arms of Rouen





FRANCE 1942

Designer : Folmer

Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B140

Coat of Arms of Angers



FRANCE 1943

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

Scott B163

Ambroise Paré 1517-1590 was a French barber surgeon and anatomist.



This was Degorce's last French stamp

What a contrast Degorce is? They really are pretty rudimentary in comparison.

Degorce was perhaps more talented as a painter than an engraver
going by his paintings and drawings.



Also as I was googling his name I came upon
this article in Stamp & Coin Mart which depicts
an unaccepted Degorce design for the 1938 state
visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France.

https://www.collectors-club-of-grea...isit-of-king

Actually I prefer his design over the accepted one
by Henry Cheffer.

Four from Gabon-1962
ScottC7-C10
Design Pierre Gandon
Engravers-Robert Cami,Claude Durrens, Jacques Combet

Haiti - 1949

Port au Prince 200 years
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraved by John Hay (1908-1989)





Cuba - 1950

$10,000 (P85s)
Printed by American Bank Note Co.
Portrait of Ignacio Agramonte engraved by John Hay

These scans are so gorgeous. I love them.

It seems we all have a favourite engraver or two and we often see comments comparing the different styles. To me, it mostly boils down to taste but I do like those French sets where each stamp is designed and engraved by a different person. It really allows you to compare their styles from a common base. Such a set is this one from 1955 showing French Inventors.


Philippe Le Bon, inventor of gas illumination. Designed and engraved by Claude Hertenberger SG 1239, Scott 757


Thimonnier and Sewing Machines. Designed and engraved by Rene Cottet. SG 1240 Scott 758


Appert and Food Canning. Designed and engraved by Henry Lucien Cheffer. SG 1241, Scott 759


Sainte-Claire Deville and Aluminium. Designed and engraved by Albert Decaris. SG 1242, Scott 760. I've said before how I like Decaris' strong confident lines. I really like the composition on this stamp as well. He really packs a lot into such a tiny space.


Martin and Steel. Designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon. SG 1243, Scott 761. As you would expect from Gandon, this is an outstanding portrait.


Chardonnet and Artificial Silk. Designed and engraved by Charles Mazelin. SG 1244, Scott 762. I've said before that I think Mazelin has been under-rated as an engraver. I don't think the vermilion and carmine-red work well together in this one though.

Venezuela

1945 - Social Security stamp
Accidents and occupational diseases
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraved by Edwin Rudolph Cranz (1924-1993)




Peru 1981 - Banknotes
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraved by Edwin R. Cranz

Admiral Miguel Grau - 1000 Soles (P122)




Miners - 5000 soles (P123)




Garcilaso de la Vega - 10000 soles (P124)

One of my favorite stamps..from Czechoslovakia engraved by Josef Hercik
First issued in 1966 and re-issued in 1981 with addedd color.
Issued to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pablo Picasso.

Scott 1408



Scott 2374 Souvenir sheet

I have always been in love with this thread. Mind-blowing engravings from various engravers.

graphis,

Nice sharp, clear scans of Picasso's famous Guernica
painting and Hercik's engraving is superb.
The added colour in the SS actually is an improvement
on the original IMO.

I wonder did Spain ever show that piece on a stamp?

Lithography..just checked..Spain issued a stamp in 1981.

Thanks graphis

Here is another French stamp which should be added to Gabriel-Antoine Barlangue's list on page 202.
I originally did not include it because Phil-Ouest shows that he was only the designer.
http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbres.p...re=DateVente

But he is listed in the 2015 Maury catalogue as being both the designer and engraver.

I borrowed a copy of the Maury from the Harry Sutherland Philatelic Library in Toronto.
If you live in the GTA or are visiting here, go and check this place out.

FRANCE 1945

Scott B197

Designer & Engraver : Gabriel-Antoine Barlangue

Ruins of Dunkirk

jjarmstrong47, I agree that by showing the whole set one would spot
differences in the way each engraver was able to portray a subject.
BTW I'm glad there is none done by Decaris in this set.


Here is the 1952 set of famous Frenchmen of the 19th Century

Scott B267 - B272


Gustave Flaubert 1821-1880, novelist
Designer :Paul-Pierre Lemagny
Engraver : Charles-Paul Dufresne 1885-1956




Edouard Manet 1852 - 1883 painter
Designer :Paul-Pierre Lemagny
Engraver : Charles-Paul Dufresne 1885-1956




Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 composer
Designer :Paul-Pierre Lemagny
Engraver: Charles Mazelin 1882 - 1964




Henri Poincaré 1854 - 1912 philosopher of science and mathematics
Designer & engraver : Jean Pheulpin 1907 - 1991




Georges Eugène Haussmann 1809 - 1891 civic planner
Designer & engraver : René Cottet 1902 - 1992





Adolphe Theirs 1797 - 1877 statesman and historian.
Designer & engraver : Pierre Gandon 1899 - 1990