Collecting By Engraver

In 1967 Canada issued a new definitive set called the Centennials; so called because it was the 100th Anniversary of Confederation.

The higher values portrayed paintings by well known Canadian artists some of whom were part of to the "Group of Seven"


Many varieties were issued over the length of this issue such as gum, paper, tagging etc but as far as printing they are nearly indistinguishable.

There is a minor shade difference for instance between the 10c original Dextrine gum and 1973 PVA gum.

Allan Alexander Carswell engraved the picture on all except the $1 which was engraved by Yves Baril
Gordon Mash engraved all the lettering.

Scott 461

Alexander Young Jackson, "Alaska Highway between Watson Lake and Nelson",
1943




Scott 462

Thomas John Thomson, "The Jack Pine",
1916-1917




Scott 463

Lawren Stewart Harris, "Greenland Mountains",
circa 1930

Centennials continued

Engravers : Picture by Allan Alexander Carswell. Lettering by Gordon Mash


Scott 464

James Wilson Morrice, "The Ferry, Québec",
1907






Scott 465

James Edward Hervey MacDonald, "The Solemn Land",
1921







Scott 465A

John Ensor, "Summer's Store",
1941

The $1 was the highest value Centennial

Engravers : Picture by Yves Baril. Lettering by Gordon Mash


Scott 465B

Henry George Glyde, "Imperial Wildcat No. 3, Excelsior Field, near Edmonton",
1950

jorgesurcl - COSTA RICA 1947: Miguel de Cervantes, 30 c.
PERU 1957: French Exposition in Lima, 40 c., 50 c.
Yes, I remember the Sundays at Prague stamp shows in 1957 when I got these three items, which I still keep. Thanks for identifying the engravers.

nethryk - In memoriam Pierre Béquet:

"(...) alors je pourrais continuer ce voyage,
chercher, encore a partager mes recherches
et montrer qu'une technique, ancienne, séculaire
peut créer un "univers", et un "regard" actuels...
Puis peut-etre prouver que l'on peut parler d'art
comme on parle d'amour, sans dire trop de betises !..."
(P. Béquet dans "Itinéraire d'un artiste graveur en taille-douce", 2009)

lithograving - Thanks for the very fine images of the Centennials 1967.
What also caught my imagination back in the 1950s was the classical small-format 1953 - 1957 National Wildlife issues designed by John Alexander Crosby, Emanuel Otto Hahn and Laurence Hyde, and engraved by Silas Robert Allen. I was particularly struck by the extreme beauty of Laurence Hyde's Common Loon and Gannet, the former engraved by John F. Mash, the latter by Silas Robert Allen.

EL SALVADOR - 1894 - Columbus
Printed by Hamilton Bank Note Co.
Vignettes engraved by Marcus W. Baldwin (1853-1925)





Marcus Wickliffe Baldwin was few years later master engraver of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

CANADA - Vancouver Harbor
Scott 244
Engravers :
Vignette : Louis Delnoce (1872-1943)
Border & ornaments : Carroll Stanley Mabie (1895-1945)
Lettering : John S. Edmondson (1901- ?)

Does the numbering on this thread cause an error for anybody else?
The last page is shown as 108 but throws up an error whilst going to the second last works OK.

Yes, Anthony -- it broke about the time we hit Page 101.

I usually click the "last post" arrow to take me to the end of the thread, then scroll up to see what's new since my last visit.




Kirk

Is it worth locking this one and starting a new one?
Is this the first thread to reach 101 pages?

The surname SMILLIE is widely recognized among engravers of stamps and banknotes (James Smillie, William C. Smillie, James David Smillie, G.F.C. Smillie, etc)
But I want to refer to one less know :
Walter de Forest Smillie
The only information I could find about him, is as follows :

A) Walter de Forest Smillie was the son of William Cumming Smillie and Agnes Earle (who married Oct.10, 1843).
William C. Smillie was engraver specialist in ornaments and lettering, and also he was one of the founders of the British American Bank Note Co. in Canada.
B) Walter de Forest Smillie married with Mary M. Town..? in Jersey City (NJ) in Sept. 8, 1870 and had 2 daughters : Jessie Clara Smillie and Mabel C. Smillie.
C) In the 1880's he was established in NY with a printing company and also offered the service of engraving. This is an advertising card :



D) At the beginning of 1890's he and his family went to Argentina and started working at the Compañía Sudamericana de Billetes de Banco (South American Bank Note Co) as engraver of stamps, banknotes, bonds, etc (ornaments and lettering)
E) In Apr.26, 1893 his daughter Jessie (21 y.o.) married in Buenos Aires with Wilson Slaney Lamb, an English citizen and moved to England with him.
F) Until 1912-13 Walter de Forest Smillie was still working in this company.
Since that date I have no more information about it.
The Compañía Sudamericana de Billetes de Banco was closed in 1920.

These are some stamps engraved by Walter de Forest Smillie (frames and lettering).
(Vignettes engraved by Wilhelm Gottfried Nüesch :

ARGENTINA - 1892 - Scott 98:



BOLIVIA - Mariscal Sucre - 1899



URUGUAY - 1910 - Scott 182-183
Color proof :



URUGUAY - 1911 - Scott 196
Stamp and Proof :




PARAGUAY - 1911



All stamps printed by Compañía Sudamericana de Billetes de Banco.

jorges, those Uruguay are really impressive.

jorge, thanks for all that info about the Smillie clan and those
great scans.

Much appreciated.

What is your source of all that information regarding engravers?

KirkS : yes impressive stamps with designs from old days!

Lithograving : well, I find information from various sources :
the "index copy" cards that I mentioned before, auction catalogs, some information that appears sometimes in philatelic magazines and stamps catalogs.
I also use internet sites with online information about genealogy, Census and newspaper archives.

Other stamps of this pair of engravers :

ARGENTINA 1910
Scott 161 - 162 - 163 - 166 - 167 - 168
Printed by Compañía Sudamericana de Billetes de Banco - Buenos Aires
Vignettes engraved by Wilhelm Gottfried Nüesch (1863-1926)
Frame and lettering engraved by Walter de Forest Smillie

I am searching for the bithyear of Danish engraver Arne Kühlmann. He engraved over 250 stamps in the years 1974-2004. Is he still alive?

Hi there panda1953 welcome to the forum. It's nice to have another
member who appreciates the art of engraved stamps.

Go to page 47 of this thread and you will see a list of all the engravers which have been features here.
Pity though it hasn't been updated in over a year.

https://goscf.com/t/9106&whichpage=47#178314

Here is a bit about Kühlmann :