Collecting By Engraver

Khmer Temples of Angkor
Cambodia - 1966

Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from the 9th to 13th centuries. The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king", until 1431, when Ayutthayan invaders sacked the Khmer capital.

The ruins of Angkor are located in amid forests and farmland near Siem Reap, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, the world's largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together, they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture.

Stone carvings depict scenes from the Hindu mythology are exist in Angkor temples. The largest of them are exist in Angkor Wat, in which the epics of the Ramayana and the Churning of the Ocean Milk are represented on their long walls. Many Apsara statutes were also been engraved in the temple walls.

Preah Ko - Designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin:

Baksei Chamkrong - Designed and engraved by Claude Hertenberger:

Bantei Srei - Designed and engraved by Jacques Gaut-hier:

Angkor Wat - Designed and engraved by Michel Monvoisin:

Bayon - Designed and engraved by Charles Mazelin:

Capitals of Soviet Republics, designed by S. Pomansky, engraved by different engravers as indicated and issued by the USSR in two parts in 1958.

Moscow, Capital of Russia, engraved by T. Nikitina:

Kiev, Capital of Ukraine, engraved by L. Mayorova:

Minsk, Capital of Belarus, engraved by L. Mayorova:

Tashkent, Capital of Uzbekistan, engraved by V. Smirnov:

Alma-Ata, Capital of Kazakhstan, engraved by T. Nikitina:

Riga, Capital of Latvia, engraved by I. Sapronov:

Frunze (Bishkek), Capital of Kyrgyzstan, engraved by I. Mokrousov:

Yerevan, Capital of Armenia, engraved by L. Mayorova:

Tallinn, Capital of Estonia, engraved by A. Aferov:

Missing from my collection 6 stamps of this set show: Ashakhabad, Tbilisi, Stalinabad (Dushanbe), Vilnius, Kishinev and Baku.

Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) exhibited in Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria, designed (after Rubens) by Karl Gessner, engraved by Alfred Fischer and issued by Liechtenstein on September 9, 1976 to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rubens:

Three Music-making Angels (Detail):

Artist's sons Albert and Nicholas Rubens:

Erichthonius discovered by the daughters of Cecrops:

Athena visited the smith-god Hephaestus to request some weapons, but Hephaestus tried to seduce her. Athena fled, Hephaestus caught her and tried to rape her, but she fought him off. During the struggle, his semen fell on her thigh, and Athena, in disgust, wiped it away with a scrap of wool and flung it to the earth. As she fled, Erichthonius was born from the semen. Athena, wishing to raise the child in secret, placed him in a box.

Athena gave the box to the three daughters of Cecrops, the king of Athens, and warned them never to open it. Overcome with curiosity, they opened the box, which contained the infant and future-King, Erichthonius. The sisters were terrified by what they saw in the box: either a snake coiled around an infant, or an infant that was half-man and half-serpent. They went insane and threw themselves off the Acropolis.
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To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the French author Charles Perrault (1628-1703) birth, Monaco issued on November 8, 1978, a set of 9 engraved stamps depicting fairy tales and legends collected and published by him. Stamps were designed by Pierrette Lambert and engraved as indicated.

Cinderella
Engraved by Claude Jumelet:

The Cat in Boots
Engraved by Jacky Larrivière:

Sleeping Beauty
Engraved by Jean Pheulpin:

Donkey-Skin
Engraved by Eugène Lacaque:

Here are the rest five stamps of the set:

Little Red Riding Hood
Engraved by Eugène Lacaque:

Bluebeard
Engraved by Claude Jumelet:

The Little Thumbling or The Little Poucet
Engraved by Claude Jumelet:

Ricky of the Tuft
Engraved by Eugène Lacaque:

The Fairies
Engraved by Jacky Larrivière:

It's back, as promised.

Thank you bobby for bringing this thread back.
Much appreciated.

Thank you, bobby!!! Glad this thread is back. Lets celebrate with a great set issued for use in Saar in 1954 shows different paintings of the "Madonna and Child":

Darmstadt Madonna, by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543), engraved by Jean Pheulpin:

Sistine Madonna, by Raphael (1483-1520), engraved by Pierre Munier:

Madonna of the Pear, by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), engraved by Charles Mazelin:

Information about the engravers by Nethryk.

Painting from Museum of Art History, Vienna, issued by Austria in 1971:

Portrait of Jacopo Strada, by Tiziano Vecelli (Tizian, 1488/90 - 1576), designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb:

The Peasant Dance, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525 – 1569), designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Werner Pfeiler:

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, by Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528), designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth:

100th Anniversary of the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatoper, 1869 - 1969), designed by Otto Stefferl and issued by Austria on May 23, 1969. The stamps are both engraved (the black areas of the stamps show the characters) and photogravured (the gold margins).

Don Giovanni, Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb:

The Magic Flute, Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb:

Fidelio, Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven, engraved by Georg Wimmer:

Lohengrin, Opera by Richard Wagner, engraved by Alfred Fischer:

Don Carlos, Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, engraved by Werner Pfeiler:

Carmen, Opera by Georges Bizet, engraved by Alfred Nefe:

The Rosencavalier, Opera by Richard Strauss, engraved by Georg Wimmer:

Swan Lake, Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, engraved by Maria Laurent:

The stamps were issued in a sheet, which I don't have, contains tab in the middle:

Paintings from the National Gallery, Prague, issued by Czechoslovakia on November 18, 1983:

Zalov (Morana, the god of death, shows the hero the way to the cemetery), by Mikolas Ales (1852-1913), engraved by Josef Hercik:

Genius, by Vojtech Adalbert Hynais (1854-1925), engraved by Josef Hercik:

Allegories of Music and Lyrics, by Frantisek Zenisek (1849-1916), engraved by Milos Ondracek:

Allegory of Prague, by Vaclav Brozik (1851-1901), engraved by Milos Ondracek:

Prague Castle, by Julius Eduard Marak (1832-1899), engraved by Ladislav Jirka:

Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1904 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only a few years, 1905–1908, and had three exhibitions. The leaders of the movement were Andre Derain and Henri Matisse. The term was first coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles after viewing the boldly colored canvases of Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kees van Dongen, Charles Camoin, and Jean Puy at the 1905 Salon d'Automne (art exhibition held annually in Paris, France).

This set of stamps was issued by Monaco on November 6, 1980 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Fauvism. Stamps show paintings exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1905:

The Way, by Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 – 1958), engraved by Claude Durrens:

Woman on the Railing, by Kees van Dongen (1877 – 1968), engraved by Eugene Lacaque:

The Reader (Portrait of Marguerite Matisse)m, by Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954), engraved by Eugene Lacaque:

Three Figures sitting on the Grass, by André Derain (1880 – 1954), engraved by Claude Durrens:

Frescoes painted by Austrian Baroque artists, Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) and by Paul Troger (1698-1762) as indicated on the stamps. Stamps were designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth and issued by Austria on December 11, 1968:

"The Triumph of Apollo", Halbturn Castle, Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria:

"Saint Leopold is Carried into Heaven", Ebenfurth Castle, Ebenfurth, Austria:

"The Glorification of Mary" Maria Treu Church, Vienna, Austria:

"Saints Peter and Paul", Melk Abbey, town of Melk, Austria:

"The Last Judgment", Greillenstein Castle, Röhrenbach, Austria:

"Vanquished Demons", Altenburg Abbey, Altenburg, Austria:

A set of 19 stamps, contains five different designs, was issued in 1942 for use in Belgian Congo. The designs shows: Palm tree, Batetela woman, Leopard, Policeman and Okapi. I have no information about who designed and engraved these stamps:

Reconstruction of the tomb of Avicenna – Iran (I)

To raise donations to the reconstruction of the tomb of the Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna (980-1037), Iran issued five sets of five semi-postal stamps each show old Persian art and archaeological places. The stamps were engraved by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., London and issued in years 1948-1954.

Here is the first set issued on January 30, 1948:

Lion and Bull, Persepolis: Old Iranian Mythological Symbol:

Persian Warrior, Persepolis:

Palace of King Darius the Great, Persepolis:

Tomb of King Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae:

Enthronement of King Darius the Great, Persepolis: