Jacques Wiener

[Germany][Belgium] (b 1815/d 1899)

"Belgian engraver; born at Hoorstgen, Rhine Province, 1815; died at Brussels Nov. 3, 1899. When thirteen years of age he was sent to Aix-la-Chapelle to be instructed in drawing, modeling, and engraving by his uncle Baruch, who was an artist of considerable merit. In 1835 Wiener went to Paris for further study; and in 1839 he settled in Brussels as a medal-engraver. His work attained a high degree of perfection, and his reputation as a medalist spread to foreign countries, notably Germany. He was especially distinguished for his fidelity to the minutest details. In 1872 he lost his eyesight through overwork, and was compelled to renounce his art, which, however, he had taught to his brothers Karl Wiener (d. 1867) and Leopold Wiener. 

Wiener was decorated with the Order of the Leopold Knights and with that of the Prussian Eagle. 

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Biographical Dictionary of Medalists

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Luxembourg 1852 "Grand Duke William III" (3,1) [Engr (J.H. Robinson)][Recess (F.Barth-Wahl, Luxembourg)] Sc(1,2,3)

Charles Louis Baugniet

[Belgium] (b 1814/d 1886)

"He attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels during 1827-29. His first attempts with lithography date from 1827, and his reputation grew steadily with the appearance of his first portraits in the magazine L'Artiste in 1833. (..) He was commissioned to do portraits of the Belgian Royal Family, and this led to his appointment as court painter in 1841. In 1843 he moved to London where he became a leading society portrait painter, creating a portrait of Prince Albert in 1851. Later he often returned to London to do portraits of celebrities such as Charles Dickens and the French composer Hector Berlioz. Baugniet also designed the first Belgian postage stamp (the so-called Epaulettes type) brought into circulation on 1 July 1849. The stamp depicted Leopold I of Belgium after a painting by Liéven De Winne." 

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Belgium 1849 "Leopold I of Belgium" (2,1) [Engr (J.H. Robinson)][Recess]  Sc(1,2) [ all the Process was made with the Supervision of Jacques Wiener ] [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Belgium 1849/1850 "Leopold I of Belgium" (3,1) [Engr (J.H.Robinson)][Recess] Sc(3,4,5) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Kurt Plowitz

[Czechoslovakia][USA] (b 1912/d 1969)

"This Czech-born American artist and illustrator supposedly designed the yellow smiley face for a 1951 or '52 UNICEF fundraising campaign called "A Smile for UNICEF," but since the United Nations never copyrighted the image it was picked up in the mid-1960s and has become an icon; as a staff artist for the U.N. Graphic Presentation Unit , he was quite active between 1956 and 1964 and designed several U.N. stamps. (..)" 

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United Nations (New York) 1956 "United Nations Day" (2,1) [Recess (De La Rue)] Sc(45,46)

Belgium 1958 "United Nations Commemoration" (15,15,1) [Engr (C. Leclercqz)][Recess] Sc(524) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

United Nations (New York) 1961 "International Court of Justice" (2,1) [Photo (Government Printing Works, Tokyo)] Sc(88,89)

United Nations (New York) 1961/1964 "Various Designs" (9,9,1) [Photo (Harrison & Sons, Co.)] Sc(104) [1962]

United Nations (New York) 1962 "UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" (2,1) [Recess (Bradbury Wilkinson)] Sc(112,113)

United Nations (New York) 1963 "Air Mail" (5,5,1) [Photo Courvoisier)] Sc(C10)

United Nations (New York) 1963 "United Nations General Assembly Buildings" (2,1) [Photo (GPW,Tokyo)] Sc(119,120)

United Nations (New York) 1964 "Narcotics Control" (2,1) [Recess (Canadian Bank Note Co.)] Sc(131,132)

United Nations (New York) 1964 "Education for Progress" (3,1) [Photo (Courvoisier)] Sc(134,...,136) [ 11c image is credit of Stampworld ]

United Nations (New York) 1965 "ITU Centenary" (2,1) [Photo (Curvoisier)] Sc(141,142)

United Nations (New York) 1965 "Various Designs" (5,5,1) [Photo (GPW,Tokyo)] Sc(146)

United Nations (New York) 1966 "20th Anniversary of UNICEF" (3,3,3) [Litho (De La Rue)] Sc(161,...,163)

Georg Jung

[Austria] (b 1899/d 1957)

Jung was born in Salzburg and studied Medicine in Vienna..He attended night classes at the Applied Arts Academy and his first exhibition was in Salzburg 1918... From 1935 on , he worked also with furniture building  , interior Design and wall-painting... between the Wars he designed two of the most significant Austrian  Postage stamp series..; during all of his life , Jung dealt with literature , writing short stories and novels...

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Austria 1934 "Various Austrian Costumes" (20,20,20) [Typo][Recess (3s,5s)] Sc(354,...,373) [ image credit of WorldStamps ]

[ There is another large series of 1935 designed by Georg Jung, but I don't show it because it isn't present in the catalog I use to do these blog...I found out also that there are some difference between the information's provided by some of the other Main catalogs about this Air Mail series , in what concerns to the Printing Method.. some say it is a [recess] series, others a [Photo] series.. If You want to see this series please follow the link to WorldStamps...]