Stamp Art

Friday, May 15, 2015

Paul Mettke

[Germany] (b ?/d ?)

Arrived to Buenos Aires in 1928 to work for "Caza de Moneda" as Designer and Engraver .. while still in Germany , he worked at the Leipzig Graphic Institute..

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Argentina 1929 "Day of the Race" (3,3,3) [Litho] Sc(371,...,373)

Argentina 1930 "6th September Revolution" (17,2,2) [Litho] Sc(374,...,392)

Argentina 1933 "50th anniversary of the foundation of La Plata" (5,5,4) [Litho] Sc(409,410,411,413)

Argentina 1934 "32th International Eucharistic Congress, Buenos Aires" (2,2,2) [Litho] Sc(414,415)

Argentina 1935 "Various Portraits" (11,11,9) [Litho] Sc(?)

Argentina 1936 "National Resources" (16,11,5) [Litho] (434,...,450)

[ The last two series have some details to search and study... Updates on this post are possible and Caution is required in the use of this data , for now.. ]

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Pierre-Eugene Vibert was a Swiss Painter, Illustrator, Designer and Engraver. After three Years of Drawing Studies , at the age of 17 he went to Paris, where the first times were not easy.. wood engraving work for some 'cheap editions' were at that time the only perspective of income .. time has come when he need to accept works that together with free time for his paintings , assure him a certain income stability.. Engravings for Fashion catalogs gave him six months of hard work for year and the possibility of dedicate many of his time to his Artistic life...in 1898 he exhibited for the first time at the National Society of Fine Arts in Paris and in 1903 was one of the founders of the "Salon D'Automne" , where he also exhibited..in 1914 he was nominated Professor at the Geneva School of Fine Arts..

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Switzerland 1924 "Air Mail" (3,1) [Typo (PTT Printing bureau,Berne)] Sc(C10,...,C12)

Switzerland 1929 "Air Mail" (2,1) [Typo (PTT Printing bureau, Berne)] Sc(C13,C14)

Switzerland 1930 "Air Mail" (1) [Typo] Sc(C15)

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Philip Christian Batz

[Denmark] (b 1820/d 1890)

At the age of 18 he went to Copenhagen to study Sculpture at the Art Academy... But his artistic career took him to a different way ; in 1842 he began to work as an engraver and later as a silversmith. First, he worked for the Danish National Bank. with several Danish banknotes designed from the years 1860 to 1873 . Very soon he began with designing and stinging of stamps for the Danish postal administration. Philip Batz also designed stamps for Norway and Iceland , in those days under Danish Government..

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Denmark 1870/1871 "Royal Emblem" (8,1) [Engr (Philip Christian Batz)][Typo] Sc(16,...,24) [ value in sk ]

Denmark 1875/1877 "Royal Emblem" (10,2) [engr (Philip Batz)][Typo] Sc(25,...,34) [Value in Ore][ image credit of Stampworld ]

Iceland 1873 "Numeral and Crown" (7,1) [Engr (Philip Batz)][Typo (H.H. Thiele , Copenhagen)] Sc(1,...,7)

Iceland 1873 "Official stamps" (3,1) [Engr (Philip Batz)][Typo (H.H. Thiele, Copenhagen)] Sc(O1,..,O3)

Iceland 1876 "Numeral and Crown" (7,1) [Engr (Philip Batz)][Typo (H.H. Thiele, Copenhagen)] Sc(8,...,14)

Iceland 1876 "Official Stamps" (6,1) [Engr (Philip Batz)][Typo (H.H. Thiele, Copenhagen)] Sc(O4,...,O9)

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Sven Ewert

[Sweden] (b 1895/d 1959)

Sven Ewert was educated in Vienna 1906-16 and during this period , one of his Professors was the Austrian Engraver and Designer Ferdinand Schirnböck. He debuted seriously as stamp engraver of the Swedish postal service in 1928 and engraved almost all Swedish stamps until his death in 1959. In addition to the Swedish Post Office,Sven Ewert also engraved a number of stamps for the Danish Post Office.

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Sweden 1930 "AIR / Night Flight Over Stockholm" (2,1) [Engr (Sven Ewert)][Recess] Sc(C6,C7)