Collecting By Engraver

Spain 1972


Scott 1698

Emilia Pardo Bazan, author & scholar




Scott 1699

Jose de Espronceda, Spain's most important Romantic poet





Scott 1700

Fernan Gonzalez (910 - 970) first King of Castile

Egidio Vangelli designed and engraved stamps for Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City during the 1950s and 1960s. Here are images of five examples of his work.

- nethryk

Ave Maria Lake, after a painting (see below) by Italian artist Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899), issued by Italy on August 7, 1958, Scott No. 748.



King Victor Emmanuel and Giuseppe Garibaldi meeting at Teano, issued by Italy on May 5, 1960, Scott No. 797.


Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), Italian engraver, publisher, printer, typographer and designer of Bodoni typefaces, issued by Italy on July 30, 1964, Scott No. 893.


Dante Alighieri, poet, after an engraving by French artist, illustrator and sculptor Paul Gustave Doré (1832-1883), issued by San Marino on November 20, 1965, Scott No. 622.


Queen Jadwiga (Hedwig), Holy Gate with Our Lady of Mercy, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Jagiellonian University Library, Krakow, Poland, designed by Casimira Dabrowska after original artwork by Polish artist Jan Matejko (1838-1893), and issued by Vatican City on May 3, 1966, Scott No. 436.

Dante does not look happy!

Great images Nethryk.

lithograving said;



I agree but I haven't received a copy of his 1000th yet, so I may change my mind...lol

Great engravings and scans!

alex

Perf, don't know if you already ordered it, but I think Swedish Post still sells it. It's beautiful:

The Swedish Postal Museum only has a high res photo/scan of the stamp, not the sheet:

Perf14 - Thanks. Last week you wrote: "Would anyone here know where I can find information on engravers like: Harrison (the son of the printer, I think); FD Manley (I have a little information on this one, but not much); P E Morriss (or spelled Moris or Morris I have seen all 3 spellings); B Stewart; D. Cameron and G Lissenden ?"

In reply, here is the URL for some biographical information about Manley: http://www.daao.org.au/bio/frank-davies-manley/ As for the others, about all I have are some first names and initials: R.A. Harrison (son of T.S.), Peter E. Morris, Bruce Stewart, Donald Cameron, and George Lissenden. The APF may have useful reference material: http://www.apf.org.au/contact.htm Please share any further information you may find about these engravers with us as you post images of their stamps. - nethryk

I agree with you Andrew about Slania's 1000th, it's a real beauty.

Personally I would have preferred if Swedish Post had issued it
in one colour like the proof shown below (it is not mine but
I couldn't resist lifting it from another forum)



In my opinion this really shows Slania's skills whereas the multicolours actually detract from the original engraving.

You are correct. The one colour proof makes the engraving even more amazing as the design is much more visible. The coloured one takes away the workmanship beauty.

Andrew, I just knew you would agree with me.

I'm so predictable

When you put both stamps in a row, you can really see the differences: https://picasaweb.google.com/100446...t=directlink

It should work.....
Click "Slideshow" or "Fullscreen", and delight in the contrast using the left and right arrow keys.

Andrew, link doesn't work.

OK works now, thanks.

Ok, Picasa sucks for sharing!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v...drew/Stamps/
Slideshow: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v...ew=slideshow

Hopefully that works.

Ok, I messed around with the rights access but the change wasn't instantaneous so it didn't work right away hehe :)

That Swedish stamp is a real honey!

Lidiya Fedorovna Majorova, née Zhavoronkova (1927-2008), was an engraver-artist at the Moscow Printing Factory of Goznak from 1943 to 1983. Besides engraving banknotes, she also engraved 86 stamps for the USSR. Here are images of some examples of Majorova's fine work for Russia.

- nethryk

"Knight fighting with Tiger," after an illustration by Georgian artist Mose Toidze (1871-1953) of a scene from the 12th century Georgian national epic poem "The Knight in the Panther's (or Tiger's) Skin" (Vepkhvistkhaosani) by Shota Rustaveli, issued on August 31, 1966, Scott No. 3235, Michel No. 3258.


Model airplane, issued on December 26, 1969, Scott No. 3684.


Stepan Gevorgi Shahumyan (1878-1918), Armenian Bolshevist communist politician and revolutionary, issued on October 11, 1978, Scott No. 4706, Michel No. 4779.


Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1729-1800), Russian Empire general famous for never losing a battle, issued on November 24, 1980, Scott No. 4878, Michel No. 5009.


Horse-drawn trolley, (lettering: photogravure), issued on December 10, 1981, Scott No. 5002, Michel No. 5133.


Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978), Soviet Armenian composer, issued on May 25, 1983, Scott No. 5144, Michel No. 5274.

I don't recall seeing anything yet from Bedrich Housa. I don't know much about him unfortunately.
These are some of my favourite items.