Collecting By Engraver

Graphis, I love those Croatia ones. Seizinger truly was a an engraver
with his own distinct style.


The Belgian ones are also a treat to look at.
I always thought that Belgium had some of the best engravers and I like
their fine details.
Pity I never got around to collecting Belgium but there was a limit
to what I could afford years ago.

nethryk, that Decaris Saar Scott No. 199. is certainly not one
of his best work.

The coarse lines etc makes me think he knocked this off in a couple of hours.
Then again it wasn't for France but only for the occupied
Saar territory, so probably it didn't matter.

lithograving..I was thinking of you when I posted those stamps from Croatia..thanks to this site..i'm learning more about the stamps that I acquired years ago. I'll be posting more later..here's to 100!

All the best wishes to all..for the holiday season!

Miriam Kapili Likelike (1851–1887) was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii, sister of the last two ruling monarchs, mother of Princess Kaulani, last heir to the throne, and mistress of the inahau estate.

Scott 42 ABN Co. 1883-86

Austrian Christmas 2001, the Christ Child.

Engraver : Wolfgang Seidel

Austria 2001
Scott 1860

Below is the first Austrian Christmas stamp with a Euro value.


Designer & Engraver : Werner Pfeiler (born 1941)

Printing : 1 colour (black) engraving, multicolour photogarvure


Austria 2002
Scott 1910

We survived the Mayan calendar prediction so now I'm sure we'll make it.

One of my favorite stamps
USA 1972

Scott 1473 _Roberto Giori Co.

Lithograving, (about 2 or more engravers in one stamp), perhaps working simultaneously in different parts of stamp (or banknote) at the same time, they could move faster at work, like in a assembly line (as industrial production).
Those printing firms (ABNCo, CBNCo, etc) supplied stamps, banknotes, bonds, etc. for many countries around the world.

PHILIPPINES
Printed by ABNCo.
This time, only one engraver (vignette and lettering) : John Hay (1908-1989).

Scott 571 :


Scott 575 :

Sweden FDC and stamps Pulp and Paper production 1990

Scott 1837-1840

Chateaubriand steak, or just chateaubriand, is a recipe of a particular thick cut from the tenderloin, which, according to Larousse Gastronomique, was created by personal chef, Montmireil, for François-René de Chateaubriand, the author and diplomat who served Napoleon as an ambassador and Louis XVIII as Secretary of State for two years

France 1948-Gabriel-Antoine Barlangue eng.
Scott 603

Jean De Bast (Brussels, 1883–1975) is a Belgian postage stamps draughtsman and engraver.
After a very complete artistic training (drawing, painting, engraving ...), he joined in 1907 the National Postage Stamps Printing-house in Mechelen. Going up step by step in the hierarchy, he finished there his career in 1945, as a senior foreman.
His first works in philately are, in 1919, the drawing of the famous series "Helmeted King" and, in 1922, the engraving of King Albert I's effigy ("Houyoux" type).
In 1926, the Belgian sovereigns realized the artist's value, following the issue of a stamp for the benefit of the fight against tuberculosis. In accordance with the wish of the King, a competition was organized between four Prix de Rome and De Bast, who was the winner. From that time onwards, the direction of the Postal Services stopped to appeal to foreign artists, and De Bast became its appointed engraver.
While keeping his office at the Postage Stamps Printing-house, De Bast worked then as a free engraver, realizing works of very high quality.
In 1952, he had a disagreement with the direction of the Postal Services, which had retouched without his agreement the original matrix of a stamp bearing the effigy of King Baudouin. The stamp so issued was so mediocre that it received a bad appreciation from the press and was rapidly withdrawn from sale.
Being in bad terms with the Postal Service, De Bast waited for several years before being entrusted again with stamp engraving. He put an end to his engraver's career in 1967, at the age of 84. In 1964 and 1965, two of his stamps received a golden medal in Paris: "Infant Christ with John the Baptist and two angels" (after Peter Paul Rubens) and "The daughters of the painter Cornelis De Vos".
On the whole, between 1926 and 1967, he engraved more than one hundred postage stamps, ten or a dozen stamps for the Railways, and 5 fiscal stamps for the Ministry of Finance.


Belgium 1985-Engraved by Paul Huybrechts
Scott 1193

Scott 2512 -litho


Scott 2513- lito/engraved

Josef Hercik (1922-1999), a graphic artist and engraver, lived and worked for most of his life in Prague. He portrayed the city's architectural monuments in a series of engravings. Prague and especially its Castle fascinated him and served as an infinite and unlimited source of inspiration. His work includes numerous book illustrations, portraits, heraldic series, series of flowers and more than 350 stamp-engravings.

Scott 1466 Expo 67 Montreal Souvenir sheet

HAWAII 1875 - Scott 36
Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku
Printed by National Bank Note Co.
Engraved : vignette (and maybe the frame) by Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818-1904)