Edward Louis Lawrenson

[Ireland] (b 1868/d 1940)

"E:L: Lawrenson began his Artistic Education in 1881, but had pursued his Artistic Studies in Dublin for only a few months when he went into the Army.. It was not until 1900, when he left his Regiment  (1st Connaught Rangers) , that he went to Paris to study Painting.. Several years after, he start doing Color prints and obtained a Gold Medal at Milan in 1906. At that time , Fine color Prints were not in favor , and he did not receive much encouragement . During latter years, , however, the Art of Color Printings has grown in Popularity and many of his prints are in Museums on the Continent and America , as well as the British Museum ."

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Ireland 1930 "Completion of Shannon Hydro Electric Scheme" (1) [Typo (Government Printing Works, Dublin)]  Sc(83)

Vittorio Grassi

[Italy] (b 1878/d 1958)

Vittorio  Grassi was an Italian Painter, illustrator and Decorator.. worked at the 'Officina carte e valori della Banca d'Italia" where he searched for Typographical means to stop Bank note falsification.. in his free time he continued to pursue his real vocation as a painter...it is the time of his first exhibitions in Rome that largely contributed to rapidly increase his Artistic reputation..he started to work also as illustrator for several Magazines and giving the first steps into the Interior Decoration of  houses and buildings... from 1900 on , he begin to spent some time as scenarist for plays as Macbeth from Verdi and others... also worked with ceramics and as a Professor in the Rome Fine Arts Academy and in the Superior School of Architecture...

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Italy 1911 "Jubilee of the kingdom of Italy" (4,4,2) [Engr (A. Repettati)][Recess] Sc(121,122)

Italy 1922 "50th Anniversary of Mazzini's Death" (3,3,3) [Engr (A. Blasi)][Typo] Sc(140,...,142)

Italy 1953  "Italia" (9,1) [Photo] Sc(626,...,633) [ several issues of this stamp with different sizes, printings and colors were made until 1977 ]

Italy 1953 "Antonello Exhibition, Messina" (1) [Photo] Sc(621)

Italy 1953 "20th 'Mille Miglia' Car Race" (1) [Photo] Sc(622)

Italy 1953 "Creation of the Order of  Meritorious Labor" (1) [Photo] Sc(623)

Italy 1953 "Birth Tricentenary of Corelli (Composer)" (1) [Photo] Sc(624)

Italy 1953 "4th Anniversary of the Atlantic Pact" (2,1) [Photo] Sc(637,638)

Italy 1953 "5th Centenary of the Birth of Signorelli" (1) [Photo] Sc(639)

Italy 1954 "Encouragement  to Tax Payers" (1) [Photo] Sc(651)

Italy 1954 "10th Anniversary of the Resistance Movement" (1) [Photo] Sc(653)

Alfred Montader

[France] (b 1855/d 1926)

Alfred Montader by Eugene Ringot

Pierre Marie Alfred Montader  was a painter and also made numerous Book illustrations [ we can highlight the 'Le Babylone Électrique' (1888) and 'L'Auvergne' (1896)]... (...) his interest for Philately dated from the first days of his Magazine 'Le Postillon' , that will be edited only in 1901...the subject of the magazine are all those falsifications, errors, and other day to day issues of Philatelic origin...Alfred Montader will became a legend in French Philately because of the duration of his Magazine that has survived the WWI and reached the emblematic mark of the 25 years of existence...the last number of the Magazine corresponded to the death of it's creator and editor...

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Somali Coast 1915/1933 "Various Designs" (39,3,3) [Engr (G. Hourriez)][Typo] Sc(80,...,118)

Somali Coast 1915 "Postage Due Stamps" (8,1) [Engr (G. Hourriez)][Typo (Government Printing Works, Paris)] Sc(J1,...,J8)

Algeria 1926/1941 "Various Designs" (35,4,1) [Typo] Sc(38,...,47)

Edmund Dulac

[France][Great Britain] (b 1882/d 1953)

 "Edmund Dulac was a French-born, British naturalized illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of Art at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books and when after the war the Deluxe children's book market shrank , he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps. (..)"

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some beautiful Dulac's Illustrations

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Great Britain 1937 "Coronation" (1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(234)

Great Britain 1937/1947 "King George VI" (14,3,3) [Frame Designer (E, Gill 1st,2nd Designs)][Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(235,...,248)

Great Britain 1939/1942 "King George VI" (6,2,1) [Engr (J.A.C. Harrison)][Recess (Waterlow and Sons Limited, London)] Sc(249,249A,250)

Cameroon 1941 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(282,...,295) [ used in other France colonies ]

Cameroon 1941 "Air Mail" (7,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(C1,...,C7) [ used in other France colonies ] [ image credit of StampWorld ]

French India 1942 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(143,....,156)

New Caledonia 1942 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(252,...,265)

French Oceania 1942 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(136,...,149)

St. Pierre and Miquelon 1942 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(300,...,313)

French Somali Coast 1943 "Djibouti" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(224,...,237)

Madagascar 1943 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(241,...,254)

Reunion 1943 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & sons)] Sc(224,...,237)

Cameroon 1944 "Mutual Aid and Red Cross Funds" (1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(B28) [ used in other France colonies ] [ image credit of StampWorld ]

Wallis and Futuna Islands 1944 "Free France Issue" (14,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(127,...,140)

France 1945 "Marianne" (20,1) [Engr (Léonard Vincent Phillips)][Recess (De La Rue, London)] Sc(504,...,523)

Great Britain 1948 "Olympic Games" (4,4,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(274)

Great Britain 1951 "Festival of Britain" (2,2,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons)] Sc(290)

[ There are two stamps, one from Martinique 1945 and other from Guadeloupe 1945, that must have been designed by Edmund Dulac, but I have no data from the catalogs.. I only know that the printing was from De La Rue.Co, London in both cases.. knowing that Edmund Dulac used always British Printers,we could assume that those stamps were designed by him, but I prefer to follow the Catalogs and so, I don't present those two stamps... ]