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Engraved Stamp Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:10
by lithograving
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:45
by Allanswood
Absolutely beautiful work.
Look at that detail.
Now I want some!
I think every year, every country should release a "Heritage Issue" of stamp, done by a master engraver resulting in stamps like the one above. 
8)
That alone would draw many more into the stamp collecting fraternity. They will consider stamps as works of art, like they used to.

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:50
by lithograving
I agree with you totally but how many countries or printing companies for that matter still have recess capabilities and where are the master engravers ?
And on top of everything the cost of producing engraved vs offset/lithography is much more expensive which is of course of primary importance to Postal Authorities and who can blame them.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 13:00
by jugoslavija_post
Which one did he do for the US? The Greta Garbo one?
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 13:04
by lithograving
jugoslavija_post wrote:Which one did he do for the US? The Greta Garbo one?
Yes and a few others
http://www.slaniastamps-heindorffhus.com/
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 13:49
by lithograving
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 13:48
by PeterS
Hard to go past Engraving for beauty. This is one of my favourites.

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:11
by Lakatoi 4
The early Canada revenues were always nice examples of the engraver's art:

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:11
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:14
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:22
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:25
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:28
by Global Administrator
Many forget
SLANIA engraved just one set for Australia too -- the 1984 Aviation. Our first intaglio/recess printed stamps for decades.
I only remembered that when adding this lot for sale with the Lawrence Hargraves stamp in specially numbered sheets of 25!
https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3576

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Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:41
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 14:46
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 17:32
by crazygerman
I love the John Bauer booklet pane.
The four stamps belong to best ever printed IMHO.
Recess printing is art at its best.
Regards, Lars
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 17:56
by kerailija
figmente wrote:
I remember reading an article saying that Slania engraved himself (and couple of his friends) on this stamp. If I remember correctly, the skiier on the bottom left corner is Slania.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:39
by lithograving
Yes keep those beauties coming.
Here are a couple of recent Canadian engraved examples which I find very well done.
Canada Post has issued very few engraved stamps in the last 20 years even though Canadian Bank Note (one of the 2 Canadian security printers) apparently bought a new printing press specifically for multicolour intaglio a couple of years back. Since CBNC also prints banknotes I suppose it is mainly used for that purpose.

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:29
by wastrel
That 'founding of Quebec' Canadian stamp was a joint issue with France. Here's France's version (detail from a joint issue FDC):
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Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:39
by Catweazle
Such detail on engraved stamps - amazing! That's partly the reason why I love to collect pre-decimals.

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 14:27
by jugoslavija_post
Found a nice one, as well:
Dead link removed but I believe this was the stamp

Canada Millenium Dove
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 19:39
by HILLS
Hi ,The detail on some of these is just breathtaking,which is why I dont like newer processes for producing stamps.All about cost now these days and very little to do with Quality.
Cheers
Wayne
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 29 Jan 2010 13:53
by figmente
There are many engraved stamps wich are are well done but I don't particularly favor them over other or newer processes.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:32
by Draccae
[quote="jugoslavija_post"]Found a nice one, as well:
I love how the feathers are done in this stamp!
Great stuff in the entire thread.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:01
by Global Administrator
I loved this one when I scanned it. Superb - a classic . .and only $A30 when I sold it!
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:39
by lithograving
That's a great looking stamp Glen, nice scan
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:53
by lithograving
There are many engraved stamps wich are are well done but I don't particularly favor them over other or newer processes.
Yes there are many nice labels printed nowadays such as lenticular stamps, gold foil, varnish on stamps, photo/litho stamps just as fine as photographs, embossed, etc, etc... but for my money
engraved stamps are king.
Just to add a little here though. Back in the middle sixties when all Canadian stamps where printed by steel engraving, mostly one colour but some bi-colour, I wrote a letter (still have it) to the Philatelic section complaining about the drab, boring engraved stamps and asking why they can't finally issue some colourful stamps like other countries.
Lesson there, be careful what you wish for.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 31 Jan 2010 13:05
by BACK O BOURKE
The
1929 50c dark blue Bluenose is one of my favorites. A cornerstone of any collection of Canadian stamps.

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 31 Jan 2010 13:23
by MrSamoa
The Canadian Bluenose has got to be one of the best ever. It's beautiful.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 31 Jan 2010 14:01
by jugoslavija_post
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 31 Jan 2010 16:35
by Catweazle
jugoslavija_post wrote:
That's a
terrific one, Erik!
I don't have a scanner myself, but here's the best photo I've taken of a stamp:
And some more from the internet:
Tobacco Stamp
Ethiopia 1 Thaler
Perak $1 Elephant
Mexico 1866

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 31 Jan 2010 16:58
by BACK O BOURKE
1898 10c GRAY VIOLET HARDSHIPS OF EMIGRATION ex David Barton
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
The scans in this thread are just fantastic

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:57
by Marcel
Don't forget the engraved seahorse:

Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:02
by Marcel
lithograving wrote:
This one stamp is very nice! The artwork and details are just amazing!
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:52
by pmbirner
I didn't realize that there were so many contemporary stamps that were still being engraved. I've enjoyed seeing what is out there. Thanks everyone.
It was the beauty of the older engraved stamps that got me into collecting more of the older stuff. For whatever reason a lot of S. American/Central American stamps were produced out of country. I don't know if they were the equivalent of the C.T.O. stamps of today but these beauties are literally a dime a dozen when it comes to catalog value. I especially like the stuff the American Bank Note Company put out. Here's one that's a little busy and they sure didn't scrimp on the ink pallet:
Another thats more conservative and more to my liking:
And finally here is a stamp that just jumps off the page everytime you turn to it. It reminds me of looking in one of those old nature books with the wonderful engraved pictures. This one is from Waterlow and Sons:
Phil
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:06
by lithograving
Eric, those are nice scans especially the 5/ Robe.
Yes the Bluenose is also one of my favourites but alas I don't have copy myself. I didn't know until I saw your closeup that there was a 1 and a 2 engraved in the sails.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:38
by lithograving
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:19
by wastrel
It's hard to resist this thread.
Canada has so many great engraved stamps:
I've begun looking through catalogs, looking for engraved stamps from many countries, to add to my want list. I figure this will give me plenty of collecting opportunities for many decades.
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Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 14:17
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 14:23
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 14:32
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 14:35
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:57
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:21
by lithograving
Yes Czechoslovakia had some fine engravers. I suppose the Czech Republic still engraves most stamps but not sure.
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:55
by figmente
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:10
by lithograving
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:29
by jugoslavija_post
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Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:39
by lithograving
Re: Engraved Beauties
Posted: 08 Feb 2010 13:07
by lithograving
I don't know if someone has posted this link previously but this is an excellent site showing Czech stamp designers and engravers.
http://www.batz-hausen.de/titel.htm