Collecting By Engraver

http://www.linns.com/news/world-sta...less-to.html ... an article from Linn's about the Italia al Lavoro (Italy at Work) series ...

... two of which were engraved, and all of which were designed by Corrado Mezzana.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Thanks for posting the link to the Linn's article.
But as usual it's all about the designer ,nothing
about the 2 engravers of the high values.

To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield
"Engravers never get any respect"

Italy

Scott 566

Engraver : Vittorio Nicastro



Scott 567

Engraver : Trento Cionini

At least Italy puts their name on the stamp.

True. But they can't seem to make up their mind what to call it.

POSTE ITALIANE

REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

ITALIA

jjarmstrong47, I agree with you that there are minor
differences in those Austrian Bosnia Herzegovina
stamps.
I doubt though that different dies were used, more
likely it occurred in the printing process.

I only have these two below, the 5 and 10 Heller.




Only difference I see is that the bottom lettering &value
indicator of the 5H are solid compared to the 10H where
some ink is missing.

Also the iris of the red 10H is clear more or less when
compared to the "cloudy" iris on the green 5H.
The Kaiser's eyes look bloodshot.

I actually meant the name of the engraver but you are right. Like in many countries, governments waste enormous amounts of effort and money, changing the names of departments to the newest fashionable shortening.

Here in Australia, for instance, our local country rail system was Victorian Railways. Then some yuppie executive changed it to Vicrail and now it is V-line.

Each time they do this there is a staggering amount of waste in printing posters, timetables letterheads, envelopes and all the other dozens of things a business uses.

After a few years, fashion changes and they do it all again. Then they wonder why profits are low.

Sorry about that, I misread that.

I think France is another one that keeps on changing
what country designation goes on their stamp.
Then again what do they have now....the fifth, sixth or seventh
French Republic?

Speaking of the Bosnian stamps, this is definitely a printing variance rather that different engravings. You can see this on the 5 heller stamp, the printing plate was not thoroughly wiped. The background behind the emperor's head shows surface areas which are filled with ink. On the 10 heller stamp, the "Bosnien Herzegovina" reveals that the printing plate was wiped maybe a little too much.

There are other variables that affect intaglio print quality. Temperature, ink viscosity, and plate wear are a few such variables.

Thanks bookbindrbob and Adrian. I think you are correct. The 5H is definitely over-inked and I think if these had been separate engravings we would have heard about it by now.

Panama - 1942

Girl in native costume - Peasant Skirt

Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Vignette engraved by Robert Savage
Frame & Lettering by Charles H. Milks and Walter Rosch





Peruvian Banknote :



This image of miners was engraved by Robert Savage.
It was used on some Peruvian Banknotes : 1/2 Libra (1922) and 5 Soles (1931)

Panama - Canal Zone - 1934
20th Anniversary of the Opening of Panama Canal

Printed by BEP

Vignette engraved by Joachim Clarence Benzing Jr. (1880-1970)
Frame and lettering engraved by Frank Lamasure (1876-1938)

Nicaragua - 1940
Visit of President Somoza to the United States

Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Vignette (US Capitol) engraved by Joseph Keller (1903-1987)

I was scanning some Russian stamps today and was struck by the quality of this stamp. It was issued in 1958 in a set of three in different colour commemorating Karl Marx. The design was by I.I.Dubasov (does anyone know what I.I. stands for - I'm guessing Ivan Ivanovich).

The engraving was by Tatiana Nikitina who has been mentioned here before for the quality of her engraving.


SG 2198, Scott 2057.

They were a talented team at Goznak back then.

And it was her first stamp engraving 'n all!

Strewth! I didn't know that. What a talent! I'll add that in the notes on the database.