Esther A. Richards

[USA] (b?/d?)

Esther Alethea Richards worked as illustrator and Graphic designer... She graduated from the Moore College of Art & Design in 1921.. Esther Richards was the first woman to design a US postage stamp..

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Moore College of Art & Design

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"Ravelings from a Panama Tapestry"

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USA 1934 "National Parks Year" (10,01,1) [Engr (L. S. Schofield (vignette))(E. H. Helmuth (lettering))][Recess] Sc(749)

[ Updates are probable ]

Hatem El Mekki [1st Part (1957/1960) ]

[Tunisia] (b 1918/d 2003)

Hatem El Mekki  was born in Jakarta, Indonesia..his family ( Tunisian father and Indonesian Mother) traveled to Tunisia when he was 6 years old.. his Designing talent was soon revealed and marked his life as a student due to the Studentships he won at the Tunis Lyceum and later in France, with travels to Paris and Lyon where he acquainted himself with some of the Ideas of the contemporary Artistic currents....El Mekki's Art feeds itself  with a mix of his Asian heritage and North African elements and this particularity of his work allowed him to conquer a place in the European Art market... But , his work , for the Common Tunisian Citizen, will always be linked to the design of Bank Notes and specially of Postage stamps...

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Tunisia 1957 "Proclamation of the Republic" (3,1) [Typo] Sc(312,...,314)

Tunisia 1958 "Opening of Paris UNESCO Headquarters" (1) [Recess] Sc(330)

Tunisia 1959 "Emancipation of Tunisian Women"  (1) [Recess] Sc(331)

Tunisia 1959 "25th Anniversary of the Founding of the Neo-Destour Party" (4,4,4) [Recess] Sc(332,...,335) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Tunisia 1959 "3rd Anniversary of Independence" (1) [REcess] Sc(336)

Tunisia 1959 "African Freedom Day" (1) [Recess] Sc(337)

Tunisia 1959 "United Nations Day" (1) [Recess] Sc(364)

Tunisia 1959 "Living in Tunisia" (28,28,15) [Recess] Sc(338,342,345,348,349,351,352,354,355,356,357,359,360,363A,363B) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Tunisia 1959 "1st Anniversary of the Central Bank" (1) [Recess] Sc(365)

Tunisia 1960 "World Year of Refugees" (2,2,2) [Recess] Sc(366,367)

Tunisia 1960 "Stamp Day" (1) [Engr (Freres)][Recess] Sc(B129)

Tunisia 1960 "Adoption of the Constitution" (1) [Recess] Sc(383)

Tunisia 1960 "5th National Fair, Sousse" (1) [Recess] Sc(382)

Tunisia 1960 "4th Arab Scout Jamboree" (5,5,1) [Recess] Sc(369) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Tunisia 1960 "Rome Olympic Games" (5,5,1) [Recess] Sc(373)

Tunisia 1960 "5th World forestry Congress, Seattle" (4,4,1) [Engr (Combet)][Recess] Sc(381)

Tunisia 1960 "United Nations Day" (1) [Engr (Durrens)][Recess] Sc(387)

[ Hatem El Mekki's was a great surprise .. I'm a great Fan of his Work.. he continued to design stamps until 1995 , so a great number of posts and many more beautiful stamps are waiting... ]

Tunisia

Stamp Designers from Tunisia

[TUN] Hatem El Mekki


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Jean De Bast [1st Part (Belgium 1919/1940) ]

[Belgium] (b 1883/d 1975)



After a very complete artistic training (drawing, painting, engraving), he joined in 1907 the National Postage Stamps Printing-house in Mechelen. Going up step by step in the hierarchy, he finished there his career in 1945, as a senior foreman.In 1926, the Belgian sovereigns realized the artist’s value, following the issue of a stamp for the benefit of the fight against tuberculosis. In accordance with the wish of the King, a competition was organized between four Prix de Rome and De Bast, who was the winner. From that time on, the direction of the Postal Services stopped to appeal to foreign artists, and De Bast became its appointed engraver. While keeping his office at the Postage Stamps Printing-house, De Bast worked then as a free engraver, realizing works of very high quality. He put an end to his engraver’s career in 1967, at the age of 84. In 1964 and 1965, two of his stamps received a golden medal in Paris

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Belgium 1919/1920 "King Albert I" (14,1) [Engr (Henri Cheffer)][Recess] Sc(124,...,137)



Belgium 1923/1931 "Railway Parcels" (34,2) [Typo] Sc(Q139,...,Q172)

Belgium 1926 "War Tuberculosis Fund" (5,2,2) [Typo (Malines) 5c...50c][Recess [Enschedé) >1F.50] Sc(B59,...,B63)

Belgium 1929/1930 "Parcel Post" (4,1) [Recess] Sc(Q176,...,Q179)




Belgium 1929 "Anti tuberculosis Fund" (6,6,6) [Recess] Sc(B93,...,B98) [ images credit of StampWorld ]





Belgium 1930 "Centenary of the Independence" (3,3,3) [Des (after paintings of Jeff Lempoels and Lievin De Winne)][Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess] Sc(218,...,220)



Belgium 1930 "International Philatelic Exhibition, Antwerp" (1) [Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess] Sc(221)

 Belgium 1930 "Anti Tuberculosis Fund" (7,7,5) [Engr (Jean De Bast) > 25c][Recess >25c][Photo <= 25c] Sc(B101,...,B105) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Belgium 1931/1932 "King Albert" (10,3,3) [Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess > 1F][Photo <=1F] Sc(227,...,236)

Belgium 1931 "Anti Tuberculosis Fund" (7,1) [Engr (Jean De Bast][Recess] Sc(B107,...,B113)

Belgium 1932 "Auguste Piccard's Balloon" (3,1) [Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess] Sc(251,...,253)

Belgium 1935 "Brussels Philatelic Exhibition" (1) [Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess] Sc(B169) [ images credit of StampWorld ]

Belgium 1935 "Railway  Parcels / Belgian Railway Centenary" (24,2,2) [Engr (Jean De Bast)][Recess] Sc(Q184,...,Q207)

Belgium 1939 "Railway Parcels / International Railway congress, Brussels" (5,1) [Engr (G. Devreese)][Recess] Sc(Q211,...,Q215)