Benjamin Damman

[France] (b 1835/d 1921)

Benjamin-Louis-Auguste Damman was born in Dunkirk, France..He won medals in 1879 and 1883 and was awarded with the prestigious Gold Medal of the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition.. he was specialized in Etching..

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Biography ("Union League Club, Chicago")

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Madagascar 1903 "Zebu and Lemur" (15,1) [Engr (Benjamin Damman)][Recess] Sc(63,...,77)

Leon Helguera

[Mexico][USA] (b 1899/d 1970)

The Artist Leon Helguera had a long successful career as an American artist/illustrator ; among his accomplishments were illustrating the First United Nations Stamp plus some United States Postage Stamps. Leon Helguera also did numerous commercial posters including some extraordinary Pan American Airways Posters.

Helguera was noted for his use of symbolism in his illustrations.

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Biography and Photo

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USA 1943 "Allied Nations" (1) [Engr (C. A. Brooks (vignette))(A. W. Christensen (lettering))][Recess] Sc(907)

USA 1947 "US Postage stamp Centenary" (1) [Engr (M.D. Fenton)][Recess] Sc(947)

USA 1947 "AIR MAIL" (3,3,1) [Recess] Sc(C35)

USA 1948 "Canada / USA Friendship Issue" (1) [Engr (G.A. Gundersen)][Recess] Sc(961)

United Nations (New York) 1951 "First Series" (11,6,1) [Recess (Enschedé, Haarlem)] Sc(2,10)

United Nations (New York) 1953 "Human Rights Day" (2,1) [Recess (De La Rue)] Sc(21,22)

United Nations (New York) 1959 "UN Trusteeship Council" (2,1) [2nd Designer (O. Hamann)][Recess (Canadian Bank Note Co.)] Sc(73,74)

[ Updates are possible because the existence of more USA stamps designed by Helguera is possible, but I don't have any data for the moment...]

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... ]