Collecting By Engraver

Nethryk: welcome to the forum. I have seen your scans on another forum and look forward to your future postings here. I especially appreciate the work you put in to provide catalogue identifications, which is fantastic for searching about individual stamps.

nethryk, I also want to extend a hearty welcome to another
connoisseurs of the art of stamp engraving.

I look forward to seeing your stamps.

FYI there is also a long running thread on engraved stamps here
in the SCF forum.

https://goscf.com/t/7502&whichpage=...s%2Cpart%2C2

Jamesw, I am always looking for the engraver's name on stamps,and this thread has been great for adding a few I was less familiar with. As a collection in itself, its in its infancy, i.e. its a loose accumulation of stamps and information without as yet much focus, organisation or direction.
I have some gorgeous Slania stamps, and there is quite a bit of information about him on the web. I would like to look at some of the others in more depth. As I am focussing on France quite a bit with my collecting, Decaris and Gandon obviously spring to mind.
I feel a bit remiss in not adding much to this thread for a while, but those who have contributed have provided so much enjoyment and food for thought. Thankyou everyone!

Check out Pierre Abuisson's own site for great drawings and stamp engravings, stunning!

http://www.pierre-albuisson.com/eng...accueil.html

cynical - Thanks for your warm welcome to SCF. It seems this thread is a lively one, and right on target with my main collecting interests. Rest assured that I will be happy to continue posting stamp identification information with my images; it's a great help to me when others do likewise.

lithograving - Also my thanks to you for making me feel welcome right away. Your dedication to collecting finely engraved stamps is well known to me. And thanks for the tip on the other thread here; I enjoyed reviewing it, and I will strive not to post images of stamps that have already been posted on either thread.

As a long-time member of the (now defunct) Czeslaw Slania Study Group, I certainly understand everyone's fascination with his astonishing skill and uncanny precision, and I too have posted images of a few of his stamps on other forums. I have also posted elsewhere image-albums of stamps designed and engraved by two of my all-time favorites, Pierre Gandon and Jean Pheulpin. Here, though, I propose to focus on some of the perhaps less-renowned stamp engravers whom I happen to also hold in high regard.

I have noted that some of the images posted here, particularly those posted through links to photobucket, are larger than the regulation 100kb specified in the SCF's rule book, so I'm assuming that is allowed, which is a very good thing in my opinion. Usually, engraved stamps must be magnified to be fully appreciated, but also they sometimes need to be seen in approximately "normal" size if the designers' artistic intent to be achieved.

Speech over.

Here are magnified versions of the two Albert Decaris stamp images that I posted previously, plus images of a couple more nice stamps that he also designed and engraved.

- nethryk






Libreville Harbor, Gabon, issued for use in French Equatorial Africa on April 25, 1956, Scott No. 192. Sentimental value: I acquired this stamp while still a fledgling collector back in the 1950s.


Greater kudu, issued for use in French Equatorial Africa on November 11, 1957, Scott No. 198.

Beautiful presentations.

I was going to post some scans, hit this thread and now am totally sidetracked.

quote-- "which also included illustrations, bookplates, official documents and stamps"

Now I'm wondering if I'm missing out on some awesome graphic art.

Thanks again for broadening my horizons.

Hi Butterfly

There isn't a lot of info on Hans Ranzoni online but when
you Google his name there is a bit about his work
http://www.exlibris-artshop.com/en/...ranzoni.html

Nethryk,

You will most likely be getting a friendly 'Kick-in-the'Butt' from one of the Mods for posting in Blue!

I got my friendly 'whack' for a much lesser offence when I was a newbie.
Just so that you know.

Colours are for highlighting, posts should be in Black.

Also, go here and introduce yourself....you will get lots of lovely Welcomes.

https://goscf.com/f/11

Londonbus1...and all in the colour black !

Londonbus1 - Thanks for the chromatic tip; blue is my favorite writing color, but I suppose can get by here without using it. And I would hate getting kicked by anyone, especially in the butt. Here are a couple more examples of Albert Decaris's marvelous design and engraving work.

- nethryk

Map and cyclists, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tour de France, issued by France on July 26, 1953, Scott No. 693, Yvert & Tellier No. 955. Another outstanding graphic design, well-executed.



Cement works in Rufisque, issued by Senegal on July 4, 1964, Scott No. 1232. Decaris was so good an artist that he could make even something as prosaic as a cement mill look almost beautiful.