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Austria 1970 World Veterans Federation Scott 879 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Werner Pfeiler (* 1941)  |
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Austria 1970 Woman hurdler Scott 648B Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Nefe (*1923)  |
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Austria 1972 World Health Day Scott 919 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Werner Pfeiler (* 1941)  |
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Austria 1971 International Choir Festival in Vienna Scott 900 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Fisher (* 1926 ) Printer : Austrian State Printer, 1 colour dark blue engraved, 2 colours photogravure  |
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Austria 1974 Europa, King Arthur Scott 988 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Rudolf Toth (*1918- +2009) Printer : Austrian State Printer, 2 colour engraving  The combination of Pilch and Toth produced dozens of Austrian engraved stamps, most of them have already been shown here. |
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Awesome and very beautiful stamps. I just love engraved stamps, they are so lively in appreance.
Thanks for sharing. I too have a few, will upload today. |
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Hello again I've been looking at the stamps engraved by Ferdinand Lorber. His work has appeared in this thread several times - mainly his Austrian stamps. But I see he also worked for Liechtenstein, and I'm very impressed by the two high value stamps issued by that country in 1933 and 1935. These show Prince Franz I and his wife Elsa. An online catalogue tells me that the print run for each was about 20,000 (approx. one for each Liechtensteiner!). They look really good - I assume they are engraved and recess printed? I looked on ebay and see that they fetch high prices - about £100 for Elsa and £40 for Franz - though one seller is asking £583 for the two plus another 1935 high value - not by Lorber. Does anyone have scan of these? |
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Hi Strider, I don't have the actual two stamps you mention (which are indeed hand-engraved by Ferdinand Lorber and recess-printed), but here's a tip: if you just want to enjoy the engravings, why not forget about the expensive ones and go for the reissues of 1938 and 1947? The same two stamps from the 1933 definitive set were reissued to mark the death of both Francis (1938)  and Elsa (1947).  These two are much cheaper and the only thing that's different is that they're printed in a different colour. If you want to read more about Lorber, why not also check out my blog page on him? You'll find it here: http://stampengravers.blogspot.co.u...rdinand.html |
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Here are images of the two stamps in a set featuring portraits of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906-1989) and his wife, Princess Georgina (1921-1989), designed (respectively) by H. Schütz and L. Pfeffer, engraved by Herbert Toni Schimek (1905-1982), and issued by Liechtenstein on April 5, 1955, Scott Nos, 287 & 288. Historical note: The prince died a mere 26 days after his wife passed away. - nethryk   |
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Thanks to you both! I did indeed go for the reissues - which are affordable for me. This is the second time I've done this - I have the red reissued wedding journey - the 1931 WIPA blue issue is way beyond my resources. Btw - since I began Collecting by Engraver I've discovered Collecting SG Catalogues - I now have Scandinavia, France and colonies, Austria and Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland, Benelux, and South East Asia. Portugal and Spain is still in the post - I think Amazon must have sent it by camel. But Liechtenstein is in with Italy and Switzerland. Suppose that'll be the next one ... |
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Austria 1972 900th Anniversary Gurk Diocese Scott 921 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Nefe (*1923) Printer : Austrian State Printer, 1 colour engraving , 1 colour photogravure  |
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Austria 1971 25 years of nationalized industry Scott 908 - 910 Designer : Otto Zeiller (*1913 - +1988) Engravers : Kurt Leitgeb (* 1939 ), Werner Pfeiler (* 1941) Printer : Austrian State Printer, 1 colour steel engraving    |
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Here is one of the excellent portraits on stamps which Austria issued in abundance over the years. Some might find them boring compared to a pictorial scene but in my opinion it shows the best of the art of engraving. Alfred Nefe cut in such very fine lines which brings out so much detail. Austria 1971 Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti, poet, writer Scott 888 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Nefe (*1923)  |
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Austria 1975 Heinrich Angeli, painter Scott 1023 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Nefe (*1923)  |
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Austria 1976 Dr. Robert Barany, Nobel Prize winner for medicine Scott 1031 Designer : Adalbert Pilch (*1917 – +2004) Engraver : Alfred Nefe (*1923) Printer : Austrian State Printer, 1 colour brown engraving,1 colour photogravure  The engraving really shows without the border.  |
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