Collecting By Engraver

A hearty welcome to you graphis, glad to have you on this thread.
We need some new blood here and lots of pics of course.

That Ravel stamp is a good start, you can't go wrong
with those French engravers like Cottet.

I first heard Ravel's Bolero over fifty years ago and
was totally enthralled by that music.

I still enjoy listening to classical music while I spend time with my stamps and here on the forum.

So graphis, please post away here, I'm anxious to see your beauties.

Since there hasnt been any activity recently about Swedish engravers
I think it's time to post a few engraved stamps from a country
which is in the top 10 of best engraved stamps ever issued.
And is one of the few left who still issue these master pieces.

We've seen a lot of Slania but not from Arne Wallhorn (1921 - 1994) who was also an excellent engraver.

SWEDEN

Scott 920



Scott 921





Scott 1037




Scott 1038




Scott 1123

Zlatko Jakus another prolific engraver of Swedish stamps was born 1945 in Zagreb,Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

SWEDEN

Scott 990




Scott 1036






Scott 1122

Majvor Franzén was one the few female engravers and she did excellent work.
Her style was similar to Arne Wallhorn in some of her engraving IMO.
Purely my opinion.

SWEDEN


Scott 991 1973




Scott 1001 - 1002




Scott 1121





Scott 1119

I've always had problems with the word for this bird......capercaillie.
Sounds Latin right? or Greek.
Actually its from Gaelic as per Wikipedia


It's amazing what one can learn hanging around stamps.
Anyway wood grouse sounds better.





Scott 1120

One more from Sweden tonight.

Booklet of 10 stamps was issued in 1974 for the annual
Tourist series, this one showing scenes from the west coast.

The engraving job was split between Majvor Franzén and
Zlatko Jakus. They both did a fine job.

Scott 1087 - 1091

graphis - Welcome to this great thread and thanks for your first very fine contribution of memorable choice. I was 19, a student in Prague, a city with so many enthusiastic stamp collectors meeting every Sunday morning between 9 and 12 a.m., when this very stamp appeared ... I remember it on show among its other contemporaries of mark ...

Viewing images of finely engraved stamps based on artistic designs and reading the stories behind them is quite an experience I have been enjoying for well over a year my only regret being I cannot afford to do the same. The more I have to be thankful to such stalwart posters as nethryk, lithograving, AnthonyUK and the many many others who keep this splendid thread going.

"... something more than a small square of perforated paper ..." - very well said: This is what what such stamps as those designed by e.g. Hans Erni or engraved by e.g. Majvor Franzén really are.

Best wishes to you from

Florian

lithograving - Thanks for confirming my identification of Pierre Schopfer as the engraver of the Switzerland famous people stamps posted above. May I ask which stamp catalogue listed the correct information?

graphis - Thank you for your kind comments, and welcome to SCF. Note that you will also find images of many attractive intaglio engraved stamps sprinkled liberally throughout many of the other threads within the Topical Stamp Collecting forum.

In tribute to René Cottet (1902-1992), whose engraving work I also greatly admire, here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of French surgeon René Leriche (1879-1955), designed by André Spitz, engraved by René Cottet, and issued by France on January 27, 1958, Scott No. 868.

- nethryk

I said :




nethryk said :






nethryk, I don't have Michel or Zumstein or any other
catalog confirming that those Swiss stamps are combination
print.
But I do have the 90c Scott 866 right in front off me and
my eyes and brain are confirmation enough that the black portion is 100% engraved.
I don't need a catalogue telling me one way or another.

This booklet and single coil show treasures from the Vendel era 550 - 790 known as the Germanic Iron Age.

Engraver of booklet (Scott 1115a) stamps : Czeslaw Slania

Engraver of the single coil : Arne Wallhorn

SWEDEN






Scott 1112 - 1115







Scott 1116

Years ago at a flea market I picked up this quaint little booklet of stamps from the Vatican City. Judging by the limited markings i'm certain that it was privately compiled for the tourist trade.There are 30 stamps in the book..and dates of issue are from the late 70's.
Love the Italian word for a postage stamp...Francobolla.

My 3rd post...second today..This is fun. Forgive me if I post stamps that may have already been featured in this post...but with 78 pages and still going strong..it's hard to remember what's been posted. Also i'll remember to indicate Scott catalog numbers.

Two French ladies as engraved by Charles Mazelin

Scott B191


Scott 197

These are part of a set that arrived in the mail today.
French Soudan 1937.

Pierre Meunier
Scott CD76



Gabriel-Antoine Barlangue
Scott CD78


Albert Decaris
Scot CD79

Here'e the rest of that 1937 French Soudan set

Albert Decaris
Scott CD77


Emile Feltesse
Scott CD75


Pierre Cottet
Scott CD74

Nice scans graphis;all those French and colonial ladies
are certainly wonderfully engraved.

So you bought a collection recently? ebay?

Where is everybody? Lately there has been a real lack of activity here.

Where are you AnthonyUk, Jorge, Glenn Morgan, Florian ?

JonEBoy, haven't heard from you for awhile.

cliffhicker don't be afraid to post, no one is going to be mad
at you if you post a non-engraved stamp.

stampgal, join in sometimes, after all you started this thread
over 2 years ago.

Even nethryk seems to have cooled down.

I was hoping to get 100 pages for this Collecting by Engraver thread
and 100,000 views by the end of 2012.