Georges-Léo Degorce French Engraver  

 

Georges-Léo Degorce (1894-1943?) was a painter and a stamp designer and engraver.
He engraved 10 French stamps and a number of French Colonies & also Monaco

FRANCE 1937

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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International Ski Meet at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

FRANCE 1937

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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13th Int. Railroad Congress


FRANCE 1938

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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National Expo of painting & sculpture at Versailles.





FRANCE 1938

Designer : Joë Bridge

Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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1938 World Cup of Football.





FRANCE 1938

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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20th Anniversary of the armistice which ended World War I

FRANCE 1939

Designer : Desruelles

Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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







FRANCE 1940

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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The surtax was for the National Relief Fund





FRANCE 1941

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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The surtax was for POW's





FRANCE 1941

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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Coat of Arms of Rouen





FRANCE 1942

Designer : Folmer

Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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Coat of Arms of Angers





FRANCE 1943

Designer & Engraver : Georges-Léo Degorce

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



This was Degorce's last French stamp

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




Here is an article from 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

And here is Henry Cheffer's design and engraving.

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I actually prefer the Degorce design.

Wow! Very impressive designs. I really like the locomotive.
The skiing scene also looks really nice with the mountains in the background.