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Help With Louis-Eugéne Mouchon's Designs

 
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Posted 10/14/2025   3:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Murasama to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm starting a representative sample of Louis-Eugéne Mouchon's designs. For now, I've compiled the following list of countries with the different designs Mouchon created for each:

Abyssinia (Ethiopia): 2 designs
Persia (Iran): 1 design
Turkey: 1 design
Greece: Olympic Games issue (various designs)
Monaco: 2 designs
Luxembourg: 2 design
Belgium: 4 designs
Serbia: 3 designs
Guatemala: 1 design
Netherland: 2 design
Portugal: 3 designs
Russia 3 essays
France and its colonies: Various designs
Did he participate in the designs of any other countries? Is there a complete list of his designs anywhere?

*update list
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Posted 10/14/2025   3:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Apparently Russia,but they were never issued. Portugal includes colonies / territories, probably adapted Portuguese designs.
The Dutch design: only the portrait, not the border.

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Edited by NSK - 10/14/2025 3:43 pm
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Posted 10/14/2025   3:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks NSK, I have been able to find the Russian essays!! I'm going to see The Dutch...
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Posted 10/14/2025   3:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I just added a picture of the Dutch design. His is the engraving of the portrait. The border was designed by D.E.C. Knuttel and engraved by H Raeder.

There have been overprints, imperforates and a re-engraving,



Edit: Some were overprinted for Nederlands-Indië, Curaçao, and Suriname.
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Edited by NSK - 10/14/2025 3:56 pm
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Posted 10/14/2025   4:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
My idea right now, taking advantage of the fact that I have duplicate copies along with other single copies from countries I don't collect, like Monaco or Luxembourg, but which I bought because they seemed appealing to me... is to create a small representative sample of Mouchon, following the next rules, which I can occasionally break:
- All countries
- One or two copies of each design, but not all the values in the issue.(If it's the best, rare, or valuable of the issue, all the better...)
-Used or Mint, but the design should be as visible as possible, even if it's not centered, has broken teeth, or has beauty issues... basically, fill in gaps and replace when possible.
-At most, one or two copies of the designs for colonies, but not all colonies; one or two copies regardless of the colony (if it's rare or valuable, even better).
-No overprints, except for the colony examples.
-The essays are beyond my level...
If I'm satisfied with the result, then I'll consider releasing complete issues of my country collections or the best stamp from each issue for a more complete Mouchon collection.
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Edited by Murasama - 10/14/2025 4:18 pm
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Posted 11/05/2025   4:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have updated the list of all the works I could find by the engraver and designer Muchon. I would need your help to fill in the gaps for "designer" and "engraver" on some issues since I either could not find them or they are confusing, and also to check if I have missed anything. Later I will add colonies and overprints with more precision.

BELGIUM
1884-1891 "Bust Leopold II" Design: Henri Hendrickx; Engraving: Mouchon; 7 different models (A20, A21, A22, A23, A24, A25, A26) for 7 denominations.
1893-1900 "Bust Leopold II" Design: Mouchon; Engraving: Albert Doms; a single model (A28) for 11 denominations.
1897 "St. Michael and Satan" Design: Gérard Portieltje; Engraving: Mouchon; 2 models (A30, A31) for 2 denominations.

PERSIA
1897 "Bust Muzaffar" Design: ; Engraving: ; a single model (A22) for 7 denominations. In 1899 new colors were issued for the same 7 denominations.

MONACO
1885 "Bust of Charles III" Design: ; Engraving: ; A single model (A1) for 10 denominations.
1891-1921 "Bust of Prince Albert I" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A2) for 19 denominations.

TUNISIA
1888-1897 "Tunisan Coat of Arms" Design: Mouchon ; Engraving: Casse; A single model (A1) for 8 denominations.
1888-1902 "Tunisan Coat of Arms – dotted background" Design: ; Engraving: ; two new models (A2, A3) for 17 denominations following the same series as the previous one but with some variations such as the dotted background.

NETHERLANDS
1898-1924 "Bust of Queen Wilhelmina" Design: ; Engraving: Joh. Enschedé; A single model (A11) for 27 denominations. Various surcharges. Used in colonies.
1898-1905 "Bust of Queen Wilhelmina" Design: ; Engraving: ; A new model (A12) for 4 denominations, with 2 types for the 1 g value. Various surcharges. Used in colonies.

LUXEMBOURG
1882 "Industry and Trade" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A6) for 12 denominations.
1895 "Bust of Grand Duke Adolphe" Design: Knopp; Engraving: ; One model (A8) for 5 denominations.

PORTUGAL
1882-1887 "Bust of King Luís I" Design: Mouchon and Venancio Pedro de Macedo; Engraving: Mouchon and Venancio Pedro de Macedo; 7 different models (A21, A22, A23, A24, A24a, A25, A26) for 10 denominations.
1895-1905 "Bust of King Carlos" Design: Mouchon; Engraving: ; a single model (A49) for 22 denominations.

ETHIOPIA
1895 "Bust Menelik II" and "Lion of Judah" Design: ; Engraving: ; 2 different models (A1, A2) for 7 denominations. In 1896, 3 new values were issued for Postage Due.

GUATEMALA
1878 "Bust of Indigenous Woman" Design: ; Engraving: ; 1 model (A7) for 4 denominations. Various surcharges.

GREECE
1896 "First Modern Olympic Games. Athens: Wrestlers, Discobolus, Athena's amphora. Winged Victory in a chariot, Stadium and Acropolis, Hermes, Victory, Acropolis and Parthenon" Design: A. Guilleron; Engraving: Mouchon; 8 models (A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10) for 12 denominations.

SERBIA
1903-1904 "Coat of Arms on the bust of King Alexander I" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A10) for 10 denominations, 2 types for several values.
1904 "Bust Karageorge and Peter I - The Death Mask" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A11) for 5 denominations.

FRANCE
1876-1900 "Peace and Commerce" Design: Jules Auguste Sage; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A15) with 2 types for various denominations and different colors for several values. Various overprints. Used in colonies.
1900-1929 "Rights of Man" Design: Mouchon; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A17) for 5 denominations, 2 types for the 10c and 25c values.
1902 "Rights of Man – Retouch" Design: Mouchon; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A19) for 5 denominations. Various overprints. Used in colonies.
1902-1938 "Sower" Design: Louis Oscar Roty; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A20) for 17 denominations, two different colors for several values, 3 types of 10c, 6 types of 15c green.
1905 "Sower on Land" Design: Louis Oscar Roty; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A21) for 1 denomination.
1906-1937 "Sower without background" Design: Louis Oscar Roty; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (A22) for 29 denominations, 2 types of 10c, and 35c. Various overprints. Used in colonies.
1914 "Sower Red Cross" Design: Louis Oscar Roty; Engraving: Mouchon; One model (SP2) for 1 denomination.
1892-1905 "Navigation and Commerce" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A14) for 19 denominations in various colonies.
1861-1886 "Commerce" Design: ; Engraving: ; One model (A9) for 14 denominations.
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Edited by Murasama - 11/05/2025 4:14 pm
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Posted 12/18/2025   9:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd like to show you where my Mouchon's stamp collection (engraver, designer, or both) stands. There are still some missing, and I especially regret not having acquired at least one stamp from Serbia. I apologize for the quality of the photos; hopefully, I can do a good scan later.






















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Posted 12/19/2025   12:33 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I see you found some Dutch East Indies overprints. Nice.

The basic Dutch stamp is known as "Bontkraag" (Cuello de Piel), after the fur collar she wears in the image, to identify it among the several Queen Wilhelmina designs.
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Posted 01/20/2026   07:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I've managed to get a few more stamps for my collection. I'm especially happy with the Greek stamps, although the series isn't complete; perhaps I'll get it someday. I wouldn't mind replacing them with lighter cancellations either, but for now, this is what I have.

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