Collecting By Engraver

Here are a few Czechoslovakian multicolour engraved stamps.

At first glance some of the solid colours appear to have been
printed by offset or perhaps photogravure but looking closer
you can see that all has been achieved with fine lines, cross hatching
& dots, all engraved.


Scott 1555

Engraver : Jiri Svengsbir




Scott 2041

Engraver :Jiri Svengsbir








Scott 1627

Engraver : Ladislav Jirka







Scott 1626

Engraver : Jindra Schmidt

These are again printed using multiple engraved plates.


Scott 1552

Engraver : Jiri Svengsbir




Scott 1952 & 1954

Engraver : Milos Ondracek

Litho... those are superb! Thanks for the closeups!

Hi Lithograving, the upclose and personals are not scans but were taken using a USB microscope x40 I find the detail and artistic quality of the engravings absolutely amazing; those guys were certainly talented and (until this and similar threads) almost 'unsung'

When I get some of the fine work from other engravers I will take some more shots.

alex

I thought that this small piece from an article called the "Artists of steel" might of interest:



:)

Thanks for your encouragement Barb much appreaciated. It makes it all worthwhile sweating & slaving over the scanner for hours.


Here are more Czech ones but this time only one colour (black)
is engraved and the others photogravure.


Scott 1619

Peace by Ladislav Guderna

Engraver : Josef Hercik






Scott 1634 - 1637

Paintings by Alfons Mucha (1860 - 1939).
Designer of the first Czechoslovak stamp.


Engraver : Jiri Svengsbir

Thanks Perf. I always wanted to get one of those USB microscopes
but never got around to it.
I know there are lots of them available out there but I don't shop online.
Can't teach an old dog new tricks, I guess.

What make is yours btw?

Interesting quote.

I like the part about the muffled footwear.

Was there also a Rule of Silence?

Now looking at Scott 1637 again, I think it is totally
engraved not Engraved & Photogravure as Scott claims.
The 3 lower values yes but not the 2.40k.

I only have a 1968 Michel Europa, would someone with
a newer version (or another source) check what print type this is.

They are indeed beautiful Litho. Cheers for taking the time to show them.

Fantastic , rich and sumptious. Great images, thankyou!

Wonderful stuff. Multi-colour engravings can be just fantastic. It just makes you think how much effort was put into these works of art.
It's a dying art when today everything has become so commercial. Even in art itself, paintings, there is a distinct difference between old and new. We've become hostage of our own technology.
The modern day multi-colour engravings from France do still come close to this quality. Some of the Monaco ones do, others done. Sweden is still true to their origins.

Seeing these Czechoslovakia stamps made me remind myself that my first stamps, back in 1989-90, were packs of used stamps about themes with a lot of used stamps from Czechoslovakia, mostly engraved. Still have them in an old old album.

That first stamp of an engraving painting by Dürer is great. An engraving of an engraving.

Much more simpler than what Litho just showed, and evidence on how Engraving has changed today. But still some very nice specimens.

Denmark Modern part 2 - 2010:

City of Ribe - 1300 Years - Designs and Engravings by Bertil Skov Jorgensen


70th Birthday of Queen Margrethe II - Intaglio/Offset - Designs by Post Danmark based on a photo by Peter Hove Olsen - Engravings by Martin Mörck


500th Anniversary of the Royal Danish Navy - Intaglio/Offset - Engravings by Martin Mörck and Bertil Skov Jorgensen - Designs by Michael Jensen


Great Danes - Intaglio/Offset - Engravings by Martin Mörck - Designs by Torben Skov based on photos from Mik Ekkestad (5,50), Erik Petersen (6,50), Aage Sorensen (9,50) and Sine Fig (12,50)

lithograving - Love those Muchas!

Here's my Mucha story: Some thirty years ago, I was employed by Clark Equipment Company in its Buchanan, Michigan headquarters. The executive office suite was being renovated, and it was decided to decorate it with a dozen old paintings which had been languishing unseen in storage for four or five decades. These paintings had been commissioned by the company's founder in 1921 on the theme "The Spirit of Transportation." For insurance purposes, I had all the paintings professionally appraised, and to my great surprise, one of them turned out to be an original Mucha!

Here is an image of this painting, and the URL for an article (partially in French) about it: http://richet.christian.free.fr/survey/survey.html

- nethryk

Martin Mörck (1955- ) is a Norwegian-born freelance stamp designer and engraver who currently resides in Sweden. Here are images of several more examples of Mörck's engraving work with various types of subjects.

- nethryk

Guardian spirits in Iceland's coat of arms: Bull & Giant, designed by Þ. Magnússon, issued by Iceland on October 9, 1987, Scott Nos. 650 & 651, Facit Nos. 713 & 714.


Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), Swedish-American poet, and Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887), better known as Jenny Lind, Swedish opera singer, called the "Swedish Nightingale," a booklet stamp designed by L. Forsberg, and issued by Sweden on March 29, 1988, Scott No. 1674, Facit No. 1492.


A wallon forge at Forsmark, a booklet stamp designed after a painting by Swedish artist Joseph Wilhelm Wallander (1821-1888), issued by Sweden on August 27, 1991, Scott No. 1899, Facit No. 1692.


Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, a booklet stamp designed by Ingalill Axelsson after a photograph, and issued by Sweden on November 20, 1991, Scott No. 1917, Facit No. 1711.


Puss-in-boots, designed by Martin Mörck after a fairy tale illustration by French artist Paul Gustave Doré (1832-1883), and issued by France on April 26, 1997, Scott No. 2573, Y&T No. 3058. Mildly disturbing!


Middelgrunden windmills, designed by Bertil Skov Jørgensen (1968- ), and issued by Denmark on January 10, 2007, Scott No. 1377.