Collecting By Engraver

Refugee girl amid ruins, semi-postal stamp designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by France on April 7, 1960 to publicize World Refugee Year, Scott No, B340, Y&T No. 1253.

- nethryk

lithograving - I am interested in the Austria Scott 388-389 as exemplifying a sort of wishful thinking (rather than an intentional picture puzzle hidden in the design) concerning postage stamps appearing in the historical context of those dramatic events in Austria.

What I believe some Austrians might have discerned as the Hitler menacing profile in a steel helmet bent over his spoils can be described in the following way:

Take the section of the stamp showing the central rose of the design in your posting of Dec. 6.

The base of the section just cuts off the tip of of the profile's nose represented by a small green leaf of the rose. To the right of the nose, the profile's lips and its chin are suggested by the cross-hatching seen there.

Now if you draw a line around the edge of the outer, outspread petals of the central rose (leaving the inner, not yet fully open petals out of consideration, of course) you will get the shape of a steel helmet donned on the profile of the face as if leaning over the spoils.

Could you specify where you believe to perceive Hitler's eyes with two arrows in a single section of the stamp and his hair, etc. in still more sections, please? I quite agree there could be more interpretations than the one I arrived at. Thanks.

The 1968 Austrian Christmas stamp commemorated the 150th Anniversary
of the first performance of the carol Silent Night in the parish church Oberndorf, Salzburg.

Designer : Otto Zeiller

Engraver : Georg Wimmer

Scott 823

The theme for the 1978 Swedish Christmas stamps was toys.
Four were printed multicolour photo and two engraved.

The engraver was Martin Mörck and these were some of his first
stamps he worked on.


Scott 1265 - 66





Here is a short bio of the artist from an article
I can no longer where from.

Mr. Mörck was born in Sweden in 1955 of Norwegian nationality.
While studying art, he came in contact with stamp engraving.
His father is an artist and philatelist, and so the combination of engraving and
art was also present during his childhood.

Because there was not much opportunity to learn engraving in
art school, he spent some time with Sweden Post learning from
the engraver Arne Wallhorn.As a result he fell in love with
engraving, which has become a passion that has remained with
him year after year.

He began work as a freelance engraver/designer, and his first
stamp design was a "cat owl" issued in 1977 for Sweden. Since
that time, he has designed and/or engraved over 400 stamps for
more than 10 different countries, including all the Scandinavian
countries, as well as the United States, Canada, France, Monaco,
Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

In addition to designing stamps, Mr. Mörck is also an illustrator
for books and advertising and works as an artist with monotypes
and watercolour paintings. His artwork has been exhibited in
New York as well as Sweden.

"The reason that stamps are so interesting to work with," says
Mr. Mörck, "in addition to the passion of engraving itself,
is that I learn a lot while reading about the tasks that I shall
shape into the form of a small stamp. It also gives me the opportunity
to travel."

Mr. Mörck currently resides in Grötö, a small island with 90
inhabitants west of Gothenburg.

Below is Martin Mörck's first stamp as mentioned in the previous post.
It's obvious he had great talent, right from the beginning.

Sweden

Scott 1212

Space without Affiliation, sculpture by Arne Jones

Engraver : Martin Mörck


Sweden 1978

Scott 1233

Issued for EUROPA 1978 these two portrayed Swedish architecture.

Engraver : Martin Mörck
In his second year of engraving stamps and only 23 old he was already
turning out works like these two. Unbelievably talent.

Scott 1235 - 1236





Here is a link to an article in the China Daily about Mörck.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sunday...14998727.htm

I like this part:

He is Norwegian and his address is in Sweden, but he actually lives in Denmark. He also spends two to three months a year in Greenland.

I scanned a few more of my Swedish engraved stamps and looking at them close up it's like seeing them for the first time.

For example this short definitive set from 1976, five stamps by four engravers.



Scott 1173
Bronze buckle (5th century)

Engraver : Majvor Franzen




Scott 1174
Pilgrims badge (12th century)

Engraver : Arne Wallhorn 1921 - 1994





Scott 1175
Wooden drinking horn (14th century)

Engraver : Majvor Franzen






Scott 1176
Chimney sweep

Engraver : Zlatko Jakuš





Scott 1177
Wooden sculpture Girl's Head by Bror Hjorth , 1922

Engraver : Czeslaw Slania

These stamps from a booklet issued in 1976 were in recognition
of Swedish inventors.


Scott 1178 - 1182

Designer : Svenolov Ehren (born 1927) is a well known Swedish
graphic artist and painter. He has designed many Swedish stamps.


Engravers : Majvor Franzen , Zlatko Jakuš , Arne Wallhorn

Florian as you requested I zoomed in on the stamp with my cheap little digital microscope and pointed out what I believe are the features of the face.

Sorry for the poor quality but like I said it was cheap.

I still don't see any steel helmet though.


Image is lost

Globe and wreath, designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by France on November 17, 1946 to publicize the UNESCO conference held in Paris, Scott No. 572, Y&T No. 771.

- nethryk

Madonna and Child a painting by Albin Egger-Lienz was the basis
for the 1969 Austrian Christmas stamp.

Engraver : Rudolf Toth

Printing : 1 colour photo, 1 colour engraved.

Scott 857





The stamps looks a lot better than the actual painting which
to me appears " muddy ".

These 1977 booklet stamps were issued to promote physical fitness
in Sweden.

Engravers : Zlatko Jakuš,Majvor Franzen, Czeslaw Slania

Scott 1196 - 1200

Can anyone direct me to some stamps featuring images of engravers at their workbenches or with implements used in engraving?? Thanks to all.

Swedish booklet stamps for Public Transportation.

Engravers: Notice how the two stamps by Martin Mörck have finer detail than the others by Zlatko Jakuš
Two different engraving styles are obvious here, one who works with fewer deeper lines and the other more shallow and finer lines.
Also keep in mind that Mörck was only 22 years old.

At least that's how it appears to me, others here may have
different opinions which I would love to hear.


Scott 1220 - 1224 1977