Caricatures On Stamps

There was a thread awhile back about the so called Canadian
Caricature definitives issued in 1972.

Someone mentioned how uncomplimentary they were especially the one portraying Sir John A Macdonald.
I rather like them.

In certain ways these caricatures bring out the character of
a personality better than a photograph.

I was originally going to post this on the Engravers thread
but since the engraved (black) portion is only one part of the
stamps I think they deserve a separate thread.

Any other caricature stamps out there?

Czechoslovakia issued this set in 1968 honouring cultural personalities of the 20th Century and UNESCO

Designer : Adolf Hoffmeister (1902 - 1973)

Engravers : Ladislav Jirka (20h,40h,1k) Jindra Schmidt (30h, 60h) Jan Mracek (1.20k, 1.40k)

Print process : 1 colour (black) engraved, 2 colours photogravure.

Scott 1582 - 1588

Ernest Hemingway, American author & journalist. One of his novels The Old Man and the Sea was made into
a very good movie starring Spencer Tracy.




Karel Capek, Czech science fiction author.




George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright




Maxim Gorky, Russian writer




Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor




Yokoyama Taikan, Japanese painter




Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, composer

In 1969 Czechoslovakia released the second set of cultural personalities portrayed
in caricature.


Designer : Adolf Hoffmeister

Engravers : Jindra Schmidt (30h, 1k, 1.80k) Josef Hercik (40h) Jan Mracek (60h, 2k)

Print process : 1 colour (black) engraving, 2 colour photogravure


Scott 1628 - 1633


Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak writer




Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English writer




Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, Russian poet




Henri Matisse, French painter




Ales Hrdlicka, Czech-American anthropologist




Franz Kafka, Austrian writer

Danish writer, painter and cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen

The tall man on the 1.50k is a self portrait of Petersen.

Scott 728 - 729







Anybody here know Danish for a translation.

Raul Paranhos Pederneiras (1874-1953 ) was a Brazilian cartoonist, illustrator, painter, teacher, playwright, composer and writer. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a caricature self-portrait of Pederneiras, designed by Brazilian artist Martha Poppe, combined engraved and lithography, and issued by Brazil on August 15, 1974 to commemorate the centenary of the cartoonist's birth, Scott No. 1358.

- nethryk

Perhaps someone could show the GB Comedians (Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecombe, Joyce Grenfell, Les Dawson and Peter Cook (1998, SG2041-2045)?

Just for info, the US comedians were done by Al Hirschfeld, well known for his drawings of Hollywood folks, among others. He would hide the name of his daughter in each drawing. I think her name was NINA...

This is one of my favorite issues. Of note, the "Big 3" of silent comedy: Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton. Keaton's style fits my personality best...

Félicien Rops (1833-1898) was a Belgian artist, known primarily as a print maker in etching and aquatint. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a caricature portrait of Rops, designed by Belgian artist Jean Van Noten (1903-1982), combined engraved by Jean De Vos and photogravure, and issued by Belgium on December 8, 1973 to commemorate the 140th anniversary of Rops's birth, Scott No. 863, plus a photo of Félicien Rops from "The Members of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts," by Edmond Lambrichs.

- nethryk

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A weak likeness to the actual Hitchcock Caricature, which he designed himself.




-IBFS