Holger Philipsen

[Denmark](b 1912/d 1993)

"Holger Philipsen was a dazzling cartoonist, a great humorist and one of the most important names in Danish cartoon golden age...he was educated at the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the 1940s and created the "Carlt-nemli" humor magazine, where Carlt and his boss quickly became an institution in the newspaper and the popularity rose to unprecedented heights when Philips during the occupation (2 World War II) let its main characters express themselves unequivocally about the Germans. (..) In the end, the series stopped and Philipsen went underground - where he continued to make artwork for illegal resistance magazines...he has also designed several postage stamps starting from 1964 to 1984...(...)"

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Biography : www.comicart.dk

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Denmark 1964 "25th Anniversary of Stamp Day" (1) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(413)

Denmark 1974 "350th Anniversary of the Danish Post Office" (2,2,2) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(562,563)

Denmark 1975 "Hafnia 76 Stamp Exhibition (1st Series)" (4,4,4)(MS) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(565a,...,565d)

Denmark 1975 "Hafnia 76 Stamp Exhibition (2nd Series)" (4,4,4)(MS) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(585a,...,585d) [ Image credit of Stampworld ]

Denmark 1976 "Hafnia 76 Stamp Exhibition (3rd Series)" (1)(MS) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(591)

Denmark 1979 "Viking 'Gripping Beast' Decoration" (2,2,2) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(653,654)

Denmark 1984 "Scout Movement" (1) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(754)