Austrian Stamp Engravers

The following stamps were all designed by Wilhelm Dachauer
and engraved by Ferdinand Lorber

Carl Joseph Millöcker (1842-1899), composer

Scott 562 1949




Alexander Girardi (1850-1918), actor

Scott 568 1950




Andreas Hofer (1767-1810) Tirolean. Austrian folk hero
and rebel leader during the Napoleonic wars and was excecuted
by a firing squad in Mantua.

Scott 570 1950




Josef Madersperger (1768-1850), inventor

Scott 571 1950




Martin Johann Schmidt, painter.

Scott 575 1951

Austria issued a stamp for Austria's President Adolf Schärf's 70th Birthday in 1960.

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engraver : Georg Wimmer

Scott 651






For Adolf Schärf's 75th Birthday the State printer had prepared & printed a new design.
When Schärf died on 28 February 1965 the printer added a black border via typography and
issued this for his birthday on April 20, 1965.
So now instead of a Happy Birthday it turned into a memorial stamp.

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engraver : Georg Wimmer

Scott 741

Maria Olinowetz was the first female Austrian stamp engraver.
See here Adrian's blog https://stampengravers.blogspot.com...-frames.html br /
Below are 2 of the limited work she did.

International Union of Socialist Youth

Designer : Viktor Theodor Slama

Engraver : Maria Olinowetz

Scott 581 1952





Austrian Song Festival
Depicting Walther von der Vogelweide

Designer : Franz Mynni

Engraver : Maria Olinowetz

Printing : Austrian State Printer, 1 colour (black) engraving,
combined with multicolour offset.

Scott 634 1958

Here are some stamps engraved by Hans Ranzoni der Jüngere which
means the younger or junior.
Ranzoni not only engraved but designed many of the stamps
he worked on.

See this short biography of him. http://www.exlibris-austria.com/en/...o-en?start=1

The 1935 Mother's Day stamp below was one of Ranzoni's first
efforts.

Designer : Stamp was based on a 1839 painting by Joseph Danhauser

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni (1896-1991)

Austria Scott 376




Stamp Day 1955

Designer : Josef Seger 1908–1998

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott B296



World Tour of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour offset, 1 colour engraving

Scott 649 1959



LUPOSTA 1961

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 660




Sonnblick meteorological observatory 75th Anniversary

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 666 1961



40 years Burgenland part of Austrian Republic

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraved, 2 colours offset.

Scott 673 1961




200 Years Austrian Bureau of Budget

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 675 1961

We continue here with more Ranzoni from 1962 and 1963

125 Years Austrian Railways in 1962

Designer : J. Quittan

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraving, 1 colour (buff) offset

Scott 703



Prince Eugene of Savoy 300th Birth anniversary

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 709




International Red Cross Centenary

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraving 2 colours photogravure

Scott 710



Christmas 1963

Designer : Fritz Zerritsch (1888–1985)

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 718



Stamp Day 1963

Designer : J. Quittan

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraving, 1 colour (tan) offset

Scott B305

Ranzoni's last years 1964 - 1965 engraving Austrian stamps.

Romanesque Art in Austria 1964

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni(1896-1991)

Scott 725




Congress of Graphic Federation

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraved, 1 colour offset.

Scott 740




600th Anniversary University of Vienna in 1965

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 1 colour (red) engraved, 1 colour (gold) photogravure

Scott 743



Art of the Danube School

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Printing process : 2 colour engraving, bluish black & light grayish blue

Scott 744



Ferdinand Raimund, playwright

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni

Scott 748





Ferdinand Waldmüller, painter

Designer & Engraver : Hans Ranzoni(1896-1991)

Scott 749



This was the last Austrian stamp engraved by Ranzoni although he
engraved a souvenir sheet for Liechtenstein in 1972.

Two colours???? Two engravings?

An old edition of the MICHEL catalogue stated:
Stichtiefdruck Österreichischer Nationalbank (= intaglio printing of the Austrian National Bank),
schwarzviolett / blauschwarz (= blackish violet / bluish black)

This means Giori-printing - 2 colours fromn ONE plate/cylinder....

Have a good look at where the "colours" meet, the borders should be moving!

Florian, I also have an old 1968 Michel Europa and I agree
with the blauschwarz = bluish black for the statue.



But I just don't see schwarzviolett = blackish violet
for the colour of the landscape and the frame.
I see no violet anything but more of a grey(ish)blue.

Scott only lists one colour, bluish black for #744.

Rein, I can't see any of the inks bleeding as you would expect
to see if the stamps were printed by the the single pass, one plate
Giori process.

What do you mean by



I have 5 copies of Austria Scott 744 3 mint, 1 used and one
on a FDC and none show bleeding or any mis-registration.

Here is one of the mint I just scanned.



I can't see any bleeding when I zoom in



Below I combined the two , the left one I posted yesterday I had scanned years ago and the one on the right I scanned today.




If the Österreichische Nationalbank used
2 separate plates then they sure lined them up pretty good.

15th anniversary of nationalized industry in Austria.

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engraver : Georg Wimmer

Scott 668 - 672 1961

15th Anniversary of the nationalization of the Austrian electric
power industry.

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engravers : Rudolf Toth (Scott 676,672) Georg Wimmer
engraved the rest.

Printers : The Austrian National Bank printed Scott 676 & 679.
The Austrian State Printer did the others.

Scott 676 - 672 1962

This set was issued to promote the upcoming 1964 Winter Olympics
to be held in Innsbruck, Austria.

Designer : Adalbert Pilch

Engravers : Rudolf Toth ( 1S,1.80S,3S) Georg Wimmer (1.20S,1.50S,2.20S,4S)

Printing process : 1 colour (black) engraving, 2 colour photogravure.

Scott 711 - 717 1963

This sheet was issued for the 100th Anniversary of the Vienna Opera House

Designer : Otto Stefferl (1931 - 2018 )

Engravers :six different engravers worked on this set.
Kurt Leitgeb *1939 and Georg Wimmer (1892 - 1975) each engraved two.
The rest where engraved by Alfred Fischer, Werner Pfeiler *1941, Alfred Nefe *1923, Maria Laurent *1938

Printing process : 2 colours ( blackish brown & red) engraved,
1 colour (gold) photogravure.

Scott 840 a-h 1969



Don Giovanni



The Magic Flute




Fidelio



Lohengrin



Don Carlos



Carmen



The Rosencavalier




Swan Lake