Collecting By Engraver

lithograving - You're welcome. I previously posted some examples of Claude Andréotto's work on page 38 of this thread, but here is an image of yet another stamp designed and engraved by him, depicting a waddle of Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on December 15, 1980, Scott No. 89.

- nethryk

Speaking of France, here is a 1963 set issued for famous men (sorry ladies) of the European Common Market.

I only bought the set when it was first issued to get the
Beethoven stamp. At the time I was trying to put together
a collection of composers.

Scott 1059 - 1063

Designer : Clément Serveau

Engravers : J. Piel, R. Cottet. Ch. Mazelin, J. Combet

Like I said above the names are all over the place.
For example on the Emile Mayrish stamp the engraver is on
the left side and the designer on the right which is opposite
of the usual practice.
Actually Mazelin's name is quite well hidden and it was fun
looking for it.

Oh, the joys of stamp collecting even though for the most
part they're not worth much and I doubt if I got
2 months of mortgage payments out of them if I sold them all.
Then again I don't have mortgage payments anymore.

lithograving - The designer of your 1963 France "famous men" set was French artist Clément Serveau (1886-1972). - nethryk

Thanks nethryk, I have corrected the error.

Thanks Litho,
I agree regarding Georg Wimmer and it is very difficult finding any personal details about him.
He doesn't have anywhere near the following of Slania which I think is a shame as his work is top class.

Here are a few more.

Sports
Release Date: July 3 1967
Format: set 5
Face value 1.50s, 2.30 s
Color blue green, dark blue
Perforation: 14 * 13.5
Printing Style: Engraved-recess printing
Design: Adalbert Pilch
Artist: Georg Wimmer
Printed by: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei

Michel: 1239/1242, Yvert: 1073/1076, Scott: 648, 648C, SG: 1346/1349

Release Date: June 4 1968
Format: single
Face value 3.50 s
Color brown
Perforation: 13.5
Printing Style: Engraved-recess printing
Design: Adalbert Pilch
Artist: Georg Wimmer
Printed by: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei

Michel: 1265, Scott: 953, Yvert: 1095, SG: 1524

In 1968, Vienna´s gallop racecourse Freudenau celebrated its 100th anniversary. However, horse races in
Vienna have a long history that has been documented back to the period from 1382 to 1529. The Turkish
Wars brought Arab horses to Vienna; of these, three were taken to England, where they formed the genetic
basis for the today world-famous British thoroughbred stables. Great numbers of these horses, whose
strongest points are their extraordinary speed and toughness, were imported to Vienna from England in the
early 18th century. This gave rise to the idea to found an Austrian jockey club according to the English
model. The club was duly established on April 9, 1867 and immediately began to organise the first Austrian
Derby. In keeping with the traditional Derby rules, the length of the race must be 1.5 miles (or 2.4
kilometres), and only animals of the same age may participate in a race to determine the best horse born in
one year. The first Derby was held on May 21, 1868 at the Freudenau racecourse and soon evolved into a
high-point of social life. The races were organised on the same large scale until 1944; after a short
interruption, they were resumed, more modestly, in 1946. The stamp motif shows two thoroughbreds with
their jockeys during a race.

Release Date: July 22 1968
Format: single
Face value 2.30 s
Color blue
Perforation: 13.5
Printing Style: Engraved-recess printing
Design: Adalbert Pilch
Artist: Georg Wimmer
Printed by: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei

Michel: 1257, Yvert: 1090, Scott: 807, SG: 1516

The 1968 University Winter Games, the "Olympic Games" of international university sports, took place from
January 21 to 28, 1968 in Innsbruck, the capital of the province of Tyrol. Its programme was the most
comprehensive of any Winter University Games ever. The Games were held in three centres, one for Alpine
sports, one for Nordic events, and one for skating competitions. The latter venue was the Olympic stadium built
for the 1964 Winter Olympic Games, where the University Games were also inaugurated. Approximately 800
athletes and officials from more than 30 countries participated in the events. They were housed close to the
sports grounds. The organisational committee composed of representatives of the City of Innsbruck, the
province of Tyrol, the federal republic and the Austrian Student´s Association was assisted in its work by the
sports federations and the Austrian federal army. The University Games are events for individual athletes and
teams - a meeting-point for students from all over the world. However, the participating countries as such do
not compete, which means that, contrary to Olympic Games, there are no national scores assigned. However,
the University Games are held in true Olympic spirit, forbidding any form of discrimination against countries or
individuals. Only amateurs may participate in University Games. The stamp motif shows the Berg Isel ski-jump
with the Northern Alpine Ridge in the background.

Here are a few more I haven't researched yet.












Some of these were released in 1971 just 3 years before he died.

I believe this stamp issued in 1971 for the 200th Anniversary of
Vienna Stock Market was the last one engraved by Georg Wimmer.
Not bad for an eighty year old.
That Innsbruck Trade Fair cancel is pretty sharp Anthony.
I like the fact you post the numbers from the 4 main catalogs.


Scott 902

I bought the booklet back in 1982 at Canada82 youth stamp exhibition
in Toronto.
I got this and Scott 1749 - 1760 from the People's Republic of China Post kiosk.
At the time Commie China stuff wasn't that popular yet but
I liked their designs and the printing was excellent.

I probably would have pursued collecting PRC but with young
kids, mortgage, a very demanding physical job and bills, bills,
bills my interests in stamps at that time was at it's lowest point
ever.

Scott 1764a

Printing : combination photo & engraved
Engraver : ?

I want to continue now from page 73 with a few more from the engraver Alfred Nefe

Austria

Scott 1507 1990

Combination print : 1 colour engraving, 3 colour photogravure

2nd International Christus Medicus Congress, depicting
Christ Healing the Sick by Rembrandt



Here is an image of the original etching. I think Nefe stayed
pretty true to the original, just look at the face of Christ
which in my opinion was poorly done by Rembrandt.




Scott 1573 1992

1 colour engraving

Sebastien Rieger, Austrian poet who wrote poems in Tirolean dialect.

The stamp looks almost as if printed via photogravure due to the fine
dots.





Scott 1642 1994

Combination print : 1 colour engraved, multicolour photogravure

300th birth Anniversary of Daniel Gran, Viennese painter

On page 71 I mentioned that I like the work of Modern artist Gottfried Kumpf.

Looks like Austria Post liked him too since they let him design
these Olympic stamps.

They were all combination print, 1 colour engraved and
multicolour photogravure.

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel (1946- )

Austria
Scott 1636

1994 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway



Austria
Scott 1707


1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta Georgia, USA




Austria
Scott 1748

1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano, Japan





Austria
Scott 1827


2000 Winter Olympics, Sydney, Australia



Kumpf also designed Austria Scott 1882 stamp for the 2002 Winter Olympics, but I don't have this stamp to show.

NETHRYK is correct about Claude Andreotto. See some of his issued work and his photo at www.phil-ouest.com/Timbres.p...dre=DateVente He also has a short page in French on Wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Andr%C3%A9otto

I can recommend the following French language sites for those pursuing France and her colonies designers/engravers: http://createursdetimbres.voila.net/ Choose "Créateurs de timbres" link and then the letter of the surname that interests you for a photo and bibliography (including Andreotto). Then choose "J" for "Jumelet", the engraver of the 1989 French label that I depicted on Friday.

The other site is "The Art of the Engraver" at www.artdutimbregrave.com/ which has an English language area for those unfamiliar with French. This is well worth going through and the video currently at the top of the Blog is worth seeing even if you do not understand French as it depicts stamp engraving and the printing underway at phil@poste.

GLENN MORGAN

There is an engraved metal plate in the form of a roll of honour mounted on a wooden plaque at phila@poste print works that lists all French PTT engravers and the time that they worked as engravers for the Post Office. It reads:

PTT GRAVEURS
Clamagiran 1880-1889
Lhomme 1885-1016
Barberolle 1890-1919
Henriot 1903-1903
Guillemain 1904-1928
Chevet 1919-1940
Tilman 1920-1944
Freres 1928-1966
Fenneteaux 1943-1971
Miermont 1944-1973
Jumelet 1967-2006
Guedron 1973-1977
Larriviere 1972-2006
Catelin 2004-
Bara 2009-

Note how there are just two currently engraving and that they failed to list Larriviere's arrival in the correct order.

Andreotto is not listed, so he was presumably freelance and not on the permanent engraving staff.

GLENN MORGAN

lithograving - Thanks for the marvellous blow-ups, most enjoyable indeed.

I can't fail to enjoy seeing Gottfried Kumpf's Little Man incorporated in his designs of the Olympics. What a magic touch on the occasion.