Arne Wallhorn (1921-1994) was a Swedish stamp engraver who apprenticed under Sven Ewert. He was active from the early 1950s to the mid-1980s. Here are images
of some examples
of Wallhorn's engraving skills with various types
of subjects, all
stamps issued by Sweden.
- nethryk
Electric power line, issued on January 20, 1959, Scott No. 538, Facit No. 500A.
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940), Swedish poet and novelist, and a laureate
of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1916), issued on July 6, 1959, Scott No. 541, Facit No. 503A. Perhaps the stamp's nature scene design elements relate to Heidenstam's 1904 poem
Skogen susar (The Forest Whispers.)
Dancing cranes, issued on February 21, 1968, Scott No. 751, Facit No. 621.
Seal
of Magnus III Ladulås, King
of Sweden (1240-1290), issued on April 6, 1970, Scott No. 752, Facit No. 691.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright, and the only Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1913), issued on December 10, 1973, Scott No. 1030, Facit No. 852.
Gestalt I storm ("Figure in a Storm"), designed after a 1964 work by Swedish sculptor Bror Hjalmar Marklund (1907-1977), issued on April 29, 1974, Scott No. 1049, Facit No. 867.
Gunpowder Tower, Visby, island
of Gotland, issued on June 13, 1975, Scott No. 1126, Facit No. 927.
Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1876-1945), Swedish scholar
of comparative religion, later publicist and editor-in-chief
of the Gothenburg Journal from 1917 to 1945, remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance. This commemorative stamp, depicting Segerstedt and a 1917 page from his newspaper, was issued on June 19, 1976, Scott No. 1172, Facit No. 968.
Posted 07/20/2011 8:00 pm
