Ferdinand Schirnbock

[Austria] (b 1859/d 1930)

"Schirnbock studied at the Art School of the Austrian Trade Museum , and at the Vienna Academy of Art . There he attended a special Engraver class. He first worked in Buenos Aires and designed Argentine banknotes and stamps , for which he sculpted the copper and steel engravings. In 1892 he returned to Austria and worked for the Austria-Hungarian Bank (today Austrian National Bank ) and the State Printing House . With the Designer Koloman Moser he made ​​the engravings for several stamp series that made ​​him internationally famous. In 1906, he engraved the stamp series for Bosnia and Herzegovina , which differed from the then customary representations of heads of state and coat of arms and showed landscapes. The stamp series from 1908 to the 60th jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I. ,  influenced by the Art Nouveau was printed multicolored and highly influenced the portrait presentation on stamps" [ Wikipedia ]

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Germany (Bavaria) 1914/1920 "Prince Luitpold" (21,3,3) [Photo (F.A. Bruckmann, Munich)] Sc(94,...,114)

Norway 1928 "Ibsen Centenary" (4,1) [Des (S. Hennum)][Offset (Emil Moestue & Co.)] Sc(132,...,135) [ Schirnbock is Co- Designer in this stamp, but I don't know what he has designed...]

Norway 1929 "Abel Centenary" (4,1) [Offset (Emil Moestue & Co.)] Sc(145,...,148)

 Norway 1930 "9th Centenary of Saint Olaf" (4,3,3) [Typo (Knudsen) 10o,02o][Litho (Emil Moestue & Co.)15o][Recess (Norwegian Bank Note Printery) 30o] Sc(150,...,153) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

Poland 1930 "Birth Tercentenary of King John III" (1) [Typo] Sc(262)

[This Post could be for the moment highly incomplete and several updates could be made with time..]

Jules Courvoisier

[Switzerland] (b 1884/d 1936)

"Courvoisier was a student of Charles l'Eplattenier . From 1902 to 1906 he stayed in Munich , then to 1909 in Paris at Jacques-Émile Blanche and Eugène Grasset . In addition to numerous posters Courvoisier also created stamps for the Pro Juventute ." (Wikipedia)

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Switzerland 1933 "Pro Youth Fund" (4,4,3) [Photo (L. Courvoisier, La Chaux -de- Fonds)] Sc(B65,...,B67)

Switzerland 1934 "Pro Youth Fund" (4,3,3) [Photo (L. Courvoisier, Chaux-de-Fonds)] Sc(B69,...,B71)

Switzerland 1935 "Pro Youth Fund" (4,3,3) [Photo (L. Courvoisier, Chaux-de-Fonds)] Sc(B73,...,B75)

Switzerland 1936 "Pro Youth Fund" (4,3,3) [Photo (L. Courvoisier, Chaux-de-Fonds)] Sc(B82,...,B84)

Sverre Hennum

[Norway] (b 1887/d 1967)

Sverre Hennum was student at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo.. he attended the Paris Julian Academy in 1912 and the Oslo State Academy of Art in 1916-1917.. He spent the Years 1912/1914 travelling and studying in Paris and Switzerland...from 1933 to 1950 he was teacher of Freehand Drawing and Design at the Oslo State Academy of the Arts ...His works are mainly spread through several Art museums and collections in Oslo...

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Norway 1925 "Air Mail / Amundsen's Polar flight" (7,1) [Des (Th. Holmboe)][Typo (Knudsen)] Sc(104,...,110)

Norway 1927 "Air Mail" (1) [Des (J. Kolbel)][Engr (H. rui)][Typo (Knudsen)] Sc(C1)

Norway 1928 "Ibsen Centenary" (4,1) [Des( F. Schirnbock)][Offset (Emil Moestue & Co.)] Sc(132,...,135)

Norway 1932 "Birth Centenary of Bjornstjerne Bjornson" (4,1) [Photo (Emil Moestue & Co.,Oslo)] Sc(154,...,157)

Norway 1940 "Norway Lion" (4,1) [Photo] Sc(203,...,206)

Antal Megyer-Meyer

[Hungary] (b 1883/d 1948)

Antal Megyer-Meyer received a diploma of the Fine Arts Academy in 1906..later he became a professor in the Academy in 1923 (Graphic Design) and Rector in 1937/1939...Mostly know by his Ecclesiastical Art work in Churches and in shrine design, he also had activity in furniture and carpet design, metal work , Decorative Painting and  of course Graphic Design ..

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Hungary 1924 "Air Mail" (6,1) [Typo] Sc(C6,...,C11)