Engraved Stamps - Take 2

US Newspaper Stamp of 1895 Statue of Freedom 10¢

I think it's time to add a few more engraved ones.

Denmark Michel 217-221
1934 Airmail
Designer : P.E. Johansen
Engraver : J. Britze who engraved all Danish stamps from 1927 - 1944

I didn't realize how bad the foxing was on these stamps until
I scanned them.
Can't hide anything from the scanner.

Sweden Scott 1285 - 1290

I believe these six stamps in this booklet to be
among Slania's best work.

That is a great booklet. I have to agree with you on that statement. Wonderful.

My Denmark Slania selection arrived.
Here are a couple for starters.
A very nice collaboration between designer and engraver.

lithograving
This Sweden's series of 6 stamps about canals and canal locks is beautiful. Yes Slania at his best!

Denmark Europa 1994. Another engraving by Slania. Danish expeditions to Greenland 1906-1908

1898 Trans Mississippi Expo Scott 286



1898 Trans Mississippi Expo Scott 287



1898 Trans Mississippi Expo Scott 288



1898 Trans Mississippi Expo Scott 289

Very nice Russ.

I like the stamp and the accompanying picture combo Russ.

I printed my album pages for the Trans-Mississippi the same way with the pictures. I also added pictures of the expo, I think it looks so much nicer than just pages of stamps.

Yes Fernando, one way of verifying it's an engraved stamp
is by feeling the raised ink on the surface.
Also in many cases due to the tremendous pressure during
the printing process, there will be a slightly indented
impression on the back of the stamp.
Features of engraved stamps are fine, sharp details,
cross hatching to create background, using dots, etc.

Read this article on Linns.com regarding different printing methods.
http://www.linns.com/howto/refreshe...rcourse.aspx

A while back I had a post on another forum which
I believe you also participate in.
Basically I used 4 different Austrian stamps which had exactly the same design but were printed
via the four main print techniques: engraving (recess,intaglio), lithography (offset),
typography (letterpress)and photogravure (gravure, heliogravure, rotogravure).



Engraved



Typography



Litho/Offset



Photogravure

I don't know which catalogue you're using but Scott
does not list the print method by every stamp or set.
Instead if lets say 10 issues in sequence are engraved
then it's listed once in the beginning and its taking for granted
that the user knows that the other nine are also engraved.
If for instance the eleventh stamp(s) is printed
photogravure then it's changed to photo.
The catalogues do this to safe space and paper.
Concerning your Ecuador stamps, Scott lists Engr. with the 1938 Exibition issue # 373 -376.
Then they list sixty stamps between 1938 to 1944 with no printing info until for # 438 again they indicate Engr
Which means all stamps up to and including #438 were engraved.