Rein - Re-examining my Netherlands and Luxembourg line-engraved
stamps printed at Enschedé I did, indeed, detect some suggestions, especially in their simple frames and hollow lettering,
of what the Michel catalogue calls
Sägezahneffect (saw-tooth effect, the mark
of screen printing technique) but never so pronounced as with your Luxembourg S.G. 507.
Now your further comments explain everything.
Of course, we have to be aware
of the usual trade secrets.
Did Enschedé use a Goebel press for their line-engraved
stamps?
Unfortunately, I have never seen images at sharp resolutions
of such
stamps as Netherlands S.G. C656-C660, C708-C712, 801, C826-C830, 1096 or Luxembourg S.G. C533-C534, 571, 637-639, 661, 696.
Line-engraved
stamps actually fall into different categories depending on the type
of press used in their production (and even on their printers' expertise).
Sometimes we compare the incomparable. See the differences among line-engraved
stamps produced, say, in Austria, Britain, Czech Republic and
France to name but a few
of the various products each with assets
of their own to their producer.
What compact beauty in its own right can be discovered in some exquisitely designed and ingeniously line-engraved
stamps not losing anything
of their delicate impact when magnified to the scale which they were conceived in despite the fact that the sure, sensitive hand
of the master engraver engraved the die in the actual size
of the stamp.
Just have a look at some recent Czech Republic line-engraved
stamps printed
lege artis from flat plates on Waite & Saville diestamp print presses. They interpret, not merely reproduce, paintings and are shown on
http://www.wnsstamps.post/en
Alfred Sisley "Canal Lock in Moret", 1882
Alfred Justitz "An Alley", 1924
Milos Jiranek "Sand Bargemen", 1910
Karel Spillar "Spring", 1912
Joza Uprka "Woman in Maize Field", 1910
Kamil Lhotak "Girl with Long Hair", 1951
Posted 04/26/2013 4:56 pm
