Collecting By Engraver

The 1987 Austrian Christmas stamp shown earlier gives a good example of that impossible Sütterlin / Kurrent script. I have a tough enough time with Fraktur, but Sütterlin and Kurrent leave me completely 100% baffled. There are professional translation firms that will turn old German script into something that modern man can understand ...

"Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht, alles schläft, einsam wacht"

Ryan

The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy on January 5, 1477 between the forces of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and (the winner) René II, Duke of Lorraine. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Battle of Nancy, designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by France on June 25, 1977 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the battle, Scott No. 1552, Y&T No. 1943.

- nethryk

Ryan, I agree with you regarding those German scripts.

I have a few Post cards written in Kurrent which are totally
Greek to me .

The 1991 Austrian Christams stamp portrayed the " Birth of Christ"
from a fresco in the Baumgartenberg Church in Upper Austria.

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel (1946- )

Printing : 1 colour (black) engraved, multicolour photogravure

Austria 1991
Scott 1552

For the 1992 Austrian Christmas stamp we have an altar painting
in the Lilienfeld Abbey (Lower Austria) by Johann Georg Schmidt.


Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel


Austria 1992
Scott 1584

The 1993 Austrian Christmas stamp showed yet another "Birth of Christ"
by an itinerant late Gothic painter only known as the Master of
the Krainburger Altar (Styria), circa 1510.

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel

Austria 1993
Scott 1632

Sweden issued these two coils for the sport of Bandy which
on the surface looks similar to ice hockey but is quite different.
In bandy there are 11 players on each team instead of the six
in ice hockey.
Bandy uses a ball, not a puck. The goalie has no stick. etc etc

Engraver : Martin Mörck

Sweden 1979
Scott 1273 - 1274

Martin Mörck also engraved this stamp issued for the International year
of the child


Sweden 1979
Scott 1275

This stamp was issued for the 100th anniversary of the Sundsvall strike, the first large Swedish strike.

Engraver : Martin Mörck Notice the heavy lines in the engraving and the choice of brown
which gives the stamp a kind of bleak appearance.

Sweden 1979
Scott 1291

Lorenzo James Hatch (1856-1914) and William A. Grant (1868-1954), were engravers in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in U.S. and in 1908 travelled to China contracted by the Government to work in the newly established Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The contract was for 6 years.
Unfortunately, Hatch died in China in 1914, a few months before the end of the contract.
Grant continued in China until 1928, when he retired and returned to United States.

1912 - Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (Scott 187)
Vignette : Lorenzo J. Hatch
Frame & Lettering: William A. Grant



1912 - President Yuan Shih-Kai (Scott 191)
Vignette : Lorenzo J. Hatch
Frame & Lettering : William A. Grant

Jorge, those two show the excellent work of Hatch and Grant.

I always wondered why the work load was split between
the vignette and lettering when it came to American engravers.

Up to the mid fifties the Canadian Bank Note Co also
had different engravers sometimes working on the same stamp but
I haven't heard that this practice was common for
other printing firms.
Or was it?

Anyway it's nice to see you back posting here Jorge.

Otto Stefferl (born 1931), painter, graphic artist, engraver, began designing stamps in 1964 and a couple of years later years later also engraved his first stamp.
Altogether he worked on 157 Austrian stamps but received no more contracts from the Austrian State Printer after the year 2000.

Here is an interview he did in 2010 but it's only in German.
http://www.austrianposters.at/pages...tefferl.html

This stamp below for the 25th Anniversary of The Carinthian Summer
Festival is a good example of his fine workmanship.


Austria 1994
Scott 1643

For the annual Tag der Briefmarke (Stamp Day) issue
Austria began in 1991 a new series.
Every year in sequence two letters of the words BRIEFMARKE & PHILATELIE.
would appear.

For this stamp Otto Stefferl was only the designer.

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel

Printing : 1 colour (deep red) engraved, 2 colour photogravure


Austria 1991
Scott B357

Stamp Day 1992 showed the R and the H
BRIEFMARKE PHILATELIE.

Designer : Otto Stefferl

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel



Austria 1992
Scott B358

Stamp Day 1993 showed two i s

Briefmarke Philatelie

Designer : Otto Stefferl

Engraver : Werner Pfeiler

Austria 1993
Scott B359