Engraved Stamp Beauties

BACK O BOURKE · Post by **BACK O BOURKE** » 16 Feb 2010 20:19

1927-1928 SWA overprint

beardmore10 · Post by **beardmore10** » 16 Feb 2010 21:25

1951 (SG173) really like the lattice work on this...

...closer look at the detail.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 17 Feb 2010 05:46

Just noticed that the selvage imprint on the South West African 20/ has Bradbury,Wilkinson & Co.Ld.Engravers whereas on the others it's omitted.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 19 Feb 2010 09:27

Another one from Slania, this time for Denmark. The 5Kroner stamp in the stamp was issued in 1912 and I don't know if the original die was used for this stamp or whether Slania re-engraved it.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 19 Feb 2010 09:43

More from Denmark all engraved by Arne KÃ¼hlmann.

The two Europa stamps have a couple of scenes I have not seen portrayed on stamps before , street sweeper and garbage man, but both absolutely vital in keeping our cities clean.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 19 Feb 2010 10:50

One more engraved by KÃ¼hlmann.

.....and one from 1941 Third Reich Germany portraying Mozart which was engraved by Ranzoni who later did many Austrian stamps. I find the centering very poor on many of these German war year stamps.

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 21 Feb 2010 04:43

I always like the black proofs of any well engraved stamp - it helps to highlight the varied techniques of shading. Here is a nice set from Austria:

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 21 Feb 2010 04:46

The Ashmun sheet of Liberia. My terrible scanner does not do it justice.

iomoon · Post by **iomoon** » 21 Feb 2010 05:35

Czeslaw Slania's 1,000th stamp (for Sweden).

Detail of Great deeds by Swedish Kings by David Ehrenstrahl

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iomoon · Post by **iomoon** » 21 Feb 2010 05:58

Detail of the lion

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lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 21 Feb 2010 06:28

NewPhilatelist wrote:I always like the black proofs of any well engraved stamp - it helps to highlight the varied techniques of shading. Here is a nice set from Austria:

I have these as issued but they look quite good in black too.A wonderful example of design & engraving. Are these what is called schwarzdruck ?

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 21 Feb 2010 07:45

Yes, these are Schwarzdruck or "black print/stamp". They are stuck on a full page card stock with information such as the names of designer, printer, engraver, etc. I think these were made for presentation purposes, but I am no expert in Austrian items.

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 21 Feb 2010 09:25

Here is a black proof of Slania's 1000th.

And another Slania piece.

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 21 Feb 2010 09:48

These North Borneo stamps are what inspired me to collect engraved beauties.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 21 Feb 2010 10:14

NewPhilatelist wrote:Here is a black proof of Slania's 1000th.

It looks absolutely stunning in black/blue much better than the multicolour version as issued. Since the stamp is supposed to portray Slania's excellent engraving technique why would Swedish Post issue it on such a way which detracts from the engraving. Guess they figured everyone likes lots of colour in their stamps.

adam c · Post by **adam c** » 21 Feb 2010 12:17

I didn't see any Monaco posted yet...

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 21 Feb 2010 13:16

You're right Adam, Monaco has some really fine engraved stamps. I bought sheets from a couple of the ones below from the Monaco Philatelic Centre because I really liked them. Apparently stamps sold to collectors were at one time one of Monaco's main foreign income.
They were produced by the State Printers in Paris

KevinHedley · Post by **KevinHedley** » 21 Feb 2010 17:59

Sweden continues the tradition

These are the 2009 set "Snow-white Animals":

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 22 Feb 2010 08:08

[quote="KevinHedley"]Sweden continues the tradition

These are the 2009 set "Snow-white Animals":

They look so clean and fresh, amazing what can be achieved using only one colour.
Which makes me think back many years ago to around 1966 when I complained to Canada Post Philatelic Section about why they didn't print multicolour litho stamps like some other countries instead of the boring, single & bicoulored engraved stamps they were issuing at the time.
How does the saying go again? Be careful what you wish for.

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 22 Feb 2010 08:28

KevinHedley wrote:Sweden continues the tradition

Thank goodness for Sweden! There are very few countries remaining who value the skills of a master engraver.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 23 Feb 2010 10:10

More Slania, this time from Denmark.

Corner block of the sheet stamps.

And the stamp close up.

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 23 Feb 2010 13:29

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 23 Feb 2010 13:34

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 23 Feb 2010 13:39

Draccae · Post by **Draccae** » 24 Feb 2010 01:26

KevinHedley wrote:Sweden continues the tradition

These are the 2009 set "Snow-white Animals":

Really nice! They did a fantastic job with them.

Post by **admin** » 24 Feb 2010 01:46

I listed up this lovely recess printed set today ... they don't make too many sets like that today!

Portugal 1928 3rd Independence set 16 mint. https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17393

NewPhilatelist · Post by **NewPhilatelist** » 24 Feb 2010 02:04

admin wrote:I listed up this lovely recess printed set today ... they don't make too many sets like that today!

Portugal 1928 3rd Independence set 16 mint. http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17393

If you have a closeup of the 6c, 32c, or 96c could you post it as well? I think the expression on the woman's face is worth a closer look

Is that a pot of boiling oil in her hands?

Post by **admin** » 24 Feb 2010 02:32

NewPhilatelist wrote: Is that a pot of boiling oil in her hands?

Perhaps it is a bedpan?

SOME lethal weapon!

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 24 Feb 2010 07:40

iomoon wrote:There is an article on this in January's Scott Stamp monthly.

It seems that

Emanuel Hahn did Scott #'s 323-324, 330, 335-336, 352, 360-361

Lawrence Hyde #'s 365-369

Carl Mangold # 371

A.L. Pollock # 334, 363, 375-376, 381, 395, 400, 411

Gerald Trottier # 378-379

Philip Weiss # 390, 398, 410, 412.

I finally got a hold of Scott Stamp Monthly for Feb 2010 at the library. Thanks iomoon for pointing this out to me, it's a good article. It lists the Canadian stamps which do not have a hidden date; wish I knew that before I spent hours looking for something that wasn't there.

jugoslavija_post · Post by **jugoslavija_post** » 24 Feb 2010 09:56

BACK O BOURKE · Post by **BACK O BOURKE** » 24 Feb 2010 21:00

1913 50c and $1carmine rose ParcelPost

panda.bear · Post by **panda.bear** » 25 Feb 2010 08:32

jugoslavija_post · Post by **jugoslavija_post** » 25 Feb 2010 09:49

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 26 Feb 2010 08:45

Norway has also produced some fine engraved stamps such as the Architecture series.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 26 Feb 2010 08:49

A little more detail

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 26 Feb 2010 08:52

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 26 Feb 2010 08:55

And a few more

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 26 Feb 2010 09:01

Here is one for the 25th year of reign for Olav V, King of Norway.

nigelc · Post by **nigelc** » 26 Feb 2010 09:10

lithograving wrote:Norway has also produced some fine engraved stamps such as the Architecture series.

I was looking at this set yesterday and I never noticed all the detail in these engravings.

I particularly like the way the engraver has picked out the detail of both the grass on the roof and the wood carving on the 2.50 value. 8)

Kev · Post by **Kev** » 26 Feb 2010 10:16

BACK O' BOURKE wrote:1927-1928 SWA overprint

I've just noticed that the SuidAfrika overprints S.W.A do not have a stop after the A whereas the SouthAfrica overprint S.W.A. does have the stop after the A.

Is this standard practice?

Kev.

lithograving · Post by **lithograving** » 28 Feb 2010 10:00

I like this 1961 West German Personalities set not so much because of the engraving but these line drawings look almost like caricatures.
Letterpress was used to print up to the 25pf and the rest were engraved.
An identical set was issued in West Berlin inscribed Berlin

All of the stamps are the same size but after cropping I got this variation.

I think Goethe looks quite mad, reminds me of the old movie The Picture of Dorian Grey

BACK O BOURKE · Post by **BACK O BOURKE** » 28 Feb 2010 10:49

Kev wrote:
BACK O' BOURKE wrote:1927-1928 SWA overprint

I've just noticed that the SuidAfrika overprints S.W.A do not have a stop after the A whereas the SouthAfrica overprint S.W.A. does have the stop after the A.

Is this standard practice?

Kev.

Kev, the missing stop is a printing error. The 1/- is a very rare value of which only a few
examples have been recorded. Below is another example.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » 28 Feb 2010 11:16

BACK O' BOURKE wrote:
Kev wrote:
BACK O' BOURKE wrote:1927-1928 SWA overprint

I've just noticed that the SuidAfrika overprints S.W.A do not have a stop after the A whereas the SouthAfrica overprint S.W.A. does have the stop after the A.

Is this standard practice?

Kev.
Kev, the missing stop is a printing error. The 1/- is a very rare value of which only a few
examples have been recorded. Below is another example.

G'day BACK O'BOURKE,

thanks for that - still learning!

Cheers, Kev.

machin head · Post by **machin head** » 04 Mar 2010 04:50

Some brilliant examples here, breathtaking stuff - decided to post this one again 8)

ernelopez · Post by **ernelopez** » 04 Mar 2010 09:51

Hi
Here are some values of the Buenos Aires 1877 revenue stamps, printed by the American Bank Note Cº:

Best regards
Ernesto

tonymacg · Post by **tonymacg** » 04 Mar 2010 09:52

Elsewhere, I promised Pertinax I'd post some examples of the engraved work by Perkins, Bacon for the Indian States. This is no place to do an exhaustive study, but here's a quick run-through of some specimens of the printer's work.

Bhopal - SG 100, 1908

Perkins, Bacon also did some very similar government service stamps for Bhopal from the same year, through into the 1920s.

Jaipur - SG 7, 1904

Kishangarh - SG 44, 1904

These were relatively short-lived contracts - only the one set, with perforation variations - each for Jaipur and Kishangarh. However, Perkins, Bacon had rather longer-running contracts with Cochin and Indore.

tonymacg · Post by **tonymacg** » 04 Mar 2010 10:07

The Cochin contract must have been quite a nice little money-spinner for Perkins, Bacon in its declining years. Here is SG 27 of 1911

SG 38 of 1923

and a plate proof of the 6 Pies stamp in the colour finally used for the 4 Pies

and what must have been one of Perkins, Bacon's last remaining contracts, SG 58 of 1933:

tonymacg · Post by **tonymacg** » 04 Mar 2010 10:18

Perkins, Bacon won the contract for Indore stamps from Waterlow in 1904. Here is a plate proof of the 1904 ½ Anna, in near the issued colour

and the long 1927-1937 set:

Plate proof of the 4 Anna, SG 26, in the issued colour

and of the 1 Rupee, in an unadopted colour combination:

jugoslavija_post · Post by **jugoslavija_post** » 04 Mar 2010 10:32

I like the one rupee Indore, Tony. 8)

pertinax · Post by **pertinax** » 04 Mar 2010 16:05

Thanks so much Tony, that's all very interesting.

I hadn't seen any of these Perkins Bacon items before.

Scott