Collecting By Engraver

nethryk - Completing yesterday's info:
Roger Fenneteaux (1913 - 2000) served his apprenticeship with Cartier, where he worked until 1934. In 1939, he joined l'Atelier du timbre-poste where he attained the position of engraver in 1943. Retired in 1972.
Gilbert Aufschneider (1927 -) graduated from l'École Estienne in 1944.

Cheers Florian. I have added this to the index which reminded me there are a few more pages to add too.

florian - Thank you for sharing your helpful biographical information about French engravers Gilbert Aufschneider and Roger Fenneteaux.

Heinz W. Gutschmidt (1906-1974) was a German-born engraver who became a Swedish citizen in 1938. He produced over two dozen stamps for his adopted country from 1961 to 1973. Here are images of four examples of Gutschmidt's engraving work with various subjects.

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Symbols of engineering and industry, designed by Swedish graphic artist Pierre Olofsson (1921-1996), and issued on May 27, 1963, Scott No. 626, Facit No. 546A.


Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865), Swedish writer and feminist activist, designed by Swedish graphic artist Reinhold Ljunggren (1920-2006), and issued on October 25, 1965 to commemorate the centenary of Bremer's death, Scott No. 687, Facit No. 569.


Ales Stenar (Ale's Stones) tumulus, Skåne, designed by Swedish artist Gunnar Norrman (1912-2005), and issued on April 18, 1966, Scott No. 665, Facit No. 579.


Seal (1306) of Duke Erik Magnusson (1281-1318), designed by Sven Åke Gustafsson, and issued on April 6, 1970, Scott No. 753, Facit No, 692. I adore the horns.

Cheers for you, Anthony, on my part. I appreciate your photostream with large 1024 x 765 size close-ups. Just splendid!

And I do find your engraver index on p. 47 most useful for quick cross-reference.

Please note that nethryk has recently specified his info on Barbara Szymañska-Kowalska (1932 -) - see his post in "Children on Stamps", p. 1. In the index she is listed as Barbara Kowalska (1932 -) only.

The catalogue of the exhibition "Dessinateurs et graveurs de timbres-poste" held in Paris from 17/12/1976 to 09/01/1977 says that Ky Phungchaleun (1938 -) worked as designer of postage stamps for the Postal Services of Laos from 1969 to 1974 and after his arrival in Paris he did the same job for BEPTOM (Bureau d'Etudes des Postes et Télécommunications d'Outre-Mer). Does he engrave stamps as well?

I am happy to be able to help a little.

florian - Thanks for all your help. I have not come across any stamps or references indicating that Ky Phungchaleun may be an engraver as well as a stamp designer.

Michel Monvoisin (1932-1982) was born in Can Tho, Indochina (in what is now Vietnam). During the 1950s he studied fine arts and engraving under Robert Cami and other masters. In 1962 Monvoisin won the Premier Second Prix de Rome. He was married to French stamp designer and engraver Cécile Guillame. During his career Monvoisin designed and/or engraved some 250 stamps for various postal administrations worldwide. Here are images of five examples of Monvoisin's design and engraving work.

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French composers Jules Massenet (1842-1912) and Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), designed by Monvoisin, and issued by Monaco on June 1, 1966, Scott No. 637.


Olympic runner, airmail stamp designed by Sampoux, and issued by Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) on May 5, 1972, Scott No. C1025.


Alpine flower and mountain, designed by Monvoisin, and issued by France on April 1, 1974 for the centenary of the French Alpine Club, Scott No. 1398, Y&T No. 1788.


Château de Malmaison (residence of Napoleon Bonaparte's wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais), designed by Monvoisin, and issued by France on April 10, 1976, Scott No. 1474, Y&T No. 1873.


Laugardalur Sports Complex, Reykjavik, designed by Stefán Jónsson, and issued by Iceland on July 8, 1980 to publicize the Moscow Olympic Games, Scott No. 531, Facit No. 592.

AnthonyUK - If you cared to improve the orthography of engravers' names in the index, here you are:

Pietro Nicol#242; Arghittu (1946 -)
Georges-Léo Degorce (1894 - ?)
Majvor Franzén (1938 -)
Jacques Gauthier (1931 -)
Josef Herèík (1922 – 1999)
Bedøich Housa (1926 -)
Bertil Skov J#248;rgensen
Eug#232;ne Lacaque (1914 - 2005)
Jacky Larrivi#232;re (1946 -)
Knut L#248;kke-S#248;rensen (1931 -)
Stefan £ukaszewski (1918 -)
Jan Mráèek (1909 - 1987)
Miloš Ondráèek (1936 -)
Czeslaw S³ania (1921 - 2005)
Jiøí Antonín Švengsbír (1921 - 1983)
Wanda Moryciñska-Zajdel (1950 -)

I am willing to help. Any suggestions?

AnthonyUK - Sorry. What a mess! Now I can see it doesn't work with Italian, French and Scandinavian types.

Cheers Florian,
No probs with the format. I'll take out what I can and update the index.

Zoltán Nagy (1916-1987) was a Hungarian graphic artist and engraver who produced many banknotes and stamps for Hungary. Here are five examples of his work, all stamps designed and engraved by Nagy.

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Two airmail stamps issued on October 29, 1950:

The Szabadság Szobor (Statue of Liberty), airplane and view of Budapest, Scott No. C71, SG No. 1132.


Budaörs Airport, Scott No. C79, SG No. 1140.


Commemorative portraits:

György Dózsa (1470-1514), soldier-of-fortune, leader of a peasants' revolt, and martyr, issued on September 28, 1952, Scott No. 1020, SG No. 1255.


Countess Ilona Zrínyi (1643-1703), heroine and combatant in the struggle for national liberation of Croatia and Hungary, issued on September 28, 1952, Scott No. 1022, SG No. 1257.


Sándor Petofi (1823-1849), Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary, issued on December 30, 1972, Scott No. 2207.

Here are a few I picked up at Stampex for my Slania collection.

Pioneers of communication 1995 SG1887-1890





Bicentenary of first mailcoach run - Bath and Bristol to London 1984 SG 1258-1262









Pillar Boxes 2002 SG 2316-2320

Renato de Penha e Cantos de Sousa Araújo (1911-1950) was a gifted Portuguese master engraver who produced a number of postage stamps for Portugal from 1940 to 1950. His brilliant career at the Bank of Portugal was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 38. Here are images of four examples of Renato Araújo's engraving skills.

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Equestrian statue of King John IV (1603-1656), designed by Portuguese artist and painter Henrique Franco (1883-1961), and issued in 1940 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the restoration of the monarchy, Scott No. 588, SG No. 913.


Allegorical figure holding a caduceus (a symbol of commerce) and a tablet with the decree founding the Bank of Portugal, and the coat of arms of Portugal, designed by Portuguese artist and painter Jaime Martins Barata (1899-1970), and issued on November 19, 1946 for the bank's centenary, Scott No. 670, SG No. 997.


Saint John de Brito (1647-1693), Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India and martyr, designed by Martins Barata, and issued on May 28, 1948 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of de Brito's birth, Scott No. 690, SG No. 1017.


Saint John of God (1495-1550), Portuguese-born friar and saint, helping ill man, designed by Martins Barata, and issued on October 30, 1950 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the saint's death, Scott No. 725, SG No. 1043. St. John of God is the patron saint of hospitals, the sick, nurses, firefighters, alcoholics, and booksellers.

Velibor Cvetkovic engraved banknotes and postage stamps for Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s. Here are images of five examples of Cvetkovic's engraving work.

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Anopheles mosquito, designed by Slovene painter and graphic artist, Božidar Jakac (1899-1989), and issued on April 7, 1962 to publicize the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate malaria, Scott No. 649, SG No. 1030.


Parched earth and wheat stalk, designed by Božidar Jakac, and issued on March 21, 1963 to publicize the FAO's Freedom From Hunger campaign, Scott No.687, SG No. 1071.


View of Podgorica (called Titograd from 1946 to 1992), capital of Montenegro, designed by Yugoslavian graphic artist Andreja Milenkovic (1923-2005), and issued on May 8, 1965 as one of a set of six stamps commemorating the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Yugoslavia from Nazi Germany, Scott No. 761.


Monument to Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer, and Niagara Falls, designed by Andreja Milenkovic, and issued on July 10, 1976, Scott No. 1308. This monument was created by by renowned Croatian sculptor Frano Krsinic (1897-1982), and erected in 1963 in Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra, in front of the building of the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (Belgrade, Serbia). A replica of this statue is erected in Niagara Falls, NY, USA.


Croatian Music Institute, Zagreb, designed by Serbian artist Dusan Lucic (1937- ), and issued on April 4, 1977 to commemorate the institute's 150th anniversary, Scott No. 1331.

Alberto Repettati engraved banknotes and postage stamps for Italy and its colonies during the early 20th century. Here are images of five examples of Repettati's engraving work on designs by various artists, plus images of original artwork relevant to the design of two of the stamps.

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A couple of stamps issued by Italy on May 1, 1911 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the union of Italian states to form the Kingdom of Italy:

Symbols of Turin (bull) and Rome (wolf) on a sword guard, designed by Italian artist Augusto Sezanne (1856-1935), Scott No. 119.


Symbol of Valor, designed by E. Morelli, Scott No. 120.


Libyan Sibyl (Phemonoe), designed by Italian artist Antonino Calcagnadoro (1876-1935) after a painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, issued for use in Libya (then an Italian colony) in 1924, Scott No. 39.


Michelangelo's Libyan Sibyl


Saint Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone; 1181/1182-1226), designed by Italian artist Giovanni Guerrini (1887-1972) after a statue by Italian Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), and issued by Italy on January 30, 1926 to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the saint's death, Scott No. 183.


Terracotta statue of Saint Francis (c. 1490), by Andrea della Robbia, in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels), Assisi.


Castel Sant'Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel), a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, also known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian, semipostal stamp designed by E. Cavalletti, and issued by Italy on October 26, 1926 to benefit national defense, Scott No. B26.

Rudolf Cigánik (1961- ) is a Slovak artist, illustrator and engraver who has produced many postage stamps for Slovakia. He studied at the Applied Arts College in Kremnica, and under Albin Brunovský at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Cigánik's stamp designs have won numerous international awards. Here are six examples of his work, all stamps designed (except as noted) and engraved by Cigánik, combined with photogravure.

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Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo), designed by Slovak artist Ján Švec (1930- ), and issued on July 24, 1994, Scott No. 186.


Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896-1960), Slovak writer, issued on February 15, 1996 to commemorate his birth centenary, Scott No. 239.


Michal Martikán (1979- ), 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, Canoeing, issued on December 18, 1996, Scott No. 261.


Štefan Moyses (1797-1869), Slovak bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica, teacher and patriot, issued on January 16, 1997 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth, Scott No. 263.


Viktor Kolibik (1890-1918), wireworker and leader of revolt, issued on June 1, 1998 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Austro-Hungarian army mutiny at Kragujevac, Serbia, Scott No. 304.


Songbird, violin and musical score, issued on June 15, 1999 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott No. 331.

Stig Rönnberg engraved banknotes and postage stamps for Finland in the 1950s and 60s. Here are images of five examples of Rönnberg's engraving work.

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Lahti town hall and coat of arms, designed by Finnish artist Olavi Vepsäläinen (1927–1993), and issued on November 1, 1955 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the town of Lahti, Scott No. 331, Facit No. 450.


Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo), semi-postal stamp designed by Swedish graphic artist Signe "Ham" Hammarsten-Jansson (1881-1970), and issued on September 25, 1956 to benefit anti-tuberculosis research, Scott No. B136, Facit No. 465. Notes: "Ham" signed this one in lower right corner of vignette, and so did Rönnberg, with an "R" by the leftmost talon. Also, the cross is typographed.


Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), semi-postal stamp designed by Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, and issued on September 7, 1959 to benefit anti-tuberculosis research, Scott No. B156, Facit No. 515. Note: Cross is typographed.


Lake and rowboat, definitive stamp designed by Olavi Vepsäläinen, and issued on December 1, 1966, Scott No. 399, Facit No. 582.


Olavinlinna Castle, a 15th century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland, definitive stamp designed by Olavi Vepsäläinen, and issued on April 22, 1967, Scott No. 408A, Facit No. 625.