Louis Jules Dumoulin

[France] (b 1860/d 1924)

"Student of Henry Gervex, Dumoulin  was in 1890 one of the creators of  the Fine Arts National Society..he regularly exhibited in Paris and in 1887 received an Honorable Mention of the 'Salon Des Artistes Français'.. His travels through numerous Countries brought him much of the inspiration for his paintings. (..)

In 1887 he was asked by the Fine Arts Director Jules-Antoine Castagnary to travel to Japan.. An exhibit was organized after his return, with brilliant studies not only about Japan , but also about China, and other SE Asia countries..Dumoulin travels constantly to Brazil, Senegal, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Syria and Tunisia .. He is nominated Painter of the Navy Ministry  and of the Colonies Ministry in 1891. He was in charge of the 1906 Marseilles Colonial Exhibition and in 1908 he creates the Colonial Society of French Artists...(..) Several of his works are kept in Paris , in the Guimet Museum and at the National Museum of Africans and Oceania Arts.. "(Lynne Thornton,  'Les Africanistes. Peintres Voyageurs 1860/1960' 1990 ACR Edition p. 318 )

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Tunisia 1906 "Various Designs" (29,4,4) [Engr (J. Puyplat)][Typo] Sc(29,...,57)

Tunisia 1906 "Parcel Post stamps" (10,1) [Engr (J. Puyplat)][Typo] Sc(Q1,...,Q10)

France 1917 "War Orphan's Fund" (8,6,5) [Engr (L. Ruffe)][Typo] Sc(B3,B5,...,B10) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

France 1918 "Red Cross" (1) [Engr (L. Ruffe)][Typo] Sc(B11)

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.. ]

Pierre-Eugene Vibert

[Switzerland] (b 1875/d 1937)

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)

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)