Collecting By Engraver

search for the right info to know about this expo stamp.engraved or lith, going to research artist.

nethryk - The Filatelie bi-monthly used to mention Babiæ's first name as Stanimir, not Stanislav. Could you have another look at it?

florian- Thank you for providing me with this additional information about S. Babic's first name. In fact, I only have found one online source for his name being "Stanislav;" but then again I have not yet found an independent online confirmation for "Stanimir." Accordingly, I will edit my previous post to reflect this small uncertainty. - nethryk

Jan M. Kopecki (1945- ) is a Polish engraver of banknotes and postage stamps. Here are images of four examples of Kopecki's work on stamps issued by Poland.

- nethryk

Bow hunter, designed by Tadeus Michaluk after a 16th century Polish wood carving, and issued on December 30, 1974, Scott No. 2071, Michel No. 2351.


Seal of Duke Boleslaw III of Legnica, designed by H. Matuszewska and K. Tarkowska, and issued on November 29, 1975 as one of a set of three stamps commemorating the Piast dynasty of Silesia, Scott No. 2133, Michel No. 2417.


Man's head, designed by J. Konarzewski after one of the c. 1540 sculptured Wawel Heads, and issued on November 11, 1986, Scott No. 2744, Michel No. 3058.


Statue of a man in Kraków Old Town, designed by Jan Kopecki, combined engraved and photogravure, and issued on May 7, 2004 to publicize the 10th Government Postage Stamp Printers' Conference, held in Kraków, Scott No. 3723, Michel No. 4107, plus a photo of the statue.

This is a very long thread,
so apologies if these have been posted before......

Slania at work (Total 1,070 engraved issued stamps)

My favourite engraver is Corrado Mezzana,
I have his stamps, but any tangential information
history etc is very welcomed.

rod222 - Corrado Mezzana (1890-1952) was an Italian painter and a prolific designer of stamps, particularly for Italy and Vatican City, but to the best of my knowledge he did not actually engrave any stamps himself. For some biographical information about Mezzana, Google this URL: http://www.scepsi.it/mezzana/vita.asp and then select "Translate this page." - nethryk

You know, I think you're right Nethryk,
I had second thoughts after I posted,
and was hoping some earlies may have qualified.
A painter is not an engraver!

Thanks for the heads up.

nethryk - Josef Sejpka was a postage stamp designer, not an engraver.

The Hitler stamp (signed JŠ) has nothing to do with Josef Sejpka. It was engraved by Jindøich/Jindra Schmidt (after an actual photograph). When I asked him back in 1973 why he had used JŠ, not JS, he told me he had wanted to accentuate the fact that he was a Czech engraver, so he had used the Czech spelling of his surname (Šmíd) as it sometimes happens in old Registry recordings.

The rest of the stamps were designed by Josef Sejpka and engraved by Jaroslav Goldschmied (1890-1977). You can spot his miniature G for Goldschmied on Smetana's shoulder close to the left-hand frame, on the Republic's shoulder next to the right-hand frame, and opposite the claw of the dog's paw just outside the plinth.

florian - Wow! Thanks for all the corrections to my post on Josef Sejpka. I'm just going to delete the entire post and rework these images into other threads. - nethryk

Our thread has picked up some followers on an engraving forum.

http://www.engraverscafe.com/showth...te-engraving

...and their chief Admin is a Slania fan

Walther Pedersen engraved several stamps for Denmark during the 1960s and 70s. Here are images of five examples of Pedersen's engraving work.

- nethryk

Cross-anchor and porpoise, designed by Danish artist Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen (1912-1999), and issued on November 9, 1967 to commemorate the centenary of the Danish Seaman's Church, Scott No. 446, Facit No. 491.


The four ship stamps in a set designed by Alan and Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, and issued on September 24, 1970, Scott Nos. 472-75, Facit Nos. 526-29.

A bronze ship from an engraving on a razor


Shipbuilding during the Viking age, from the Bayeux Tapestry


Thuroe schooner


Modern tanker

nethryk - Re-viewing stamp images here I realized I could add one more complete name of a Japanese engraver to your list, that of Shokichi Nakada (your post of 11/27/2011 on p. 49) mentioned in the Czechoslovak FILATELIE bi-monthly of the period.