Pentti Rahikainen [1st Part Finland 1960/1968)]

[Finland] (b 1928)

"Pentti Rahikainen is a Finish Illustrator.. He graduated from the Helsinki Applied Arts College in 1953.. Since 1960 he has been awarded with several International Stamp Design prizes.. His special areas of expertise are securities, banknotes, stock certificates, checks and stamps "

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Photo [ Posthorn Philatelic Magazine ]

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Finland 1960 "World Refugee Year" (2,1) [Engr (B. Ekholm)][Recess] Sc(368,369)

Finland 1960 "Karelian National Festival" (1) [Engr (R. Achrén)][Recess] Sc(372)

Finland 1960 "Europa" (2,1) [Engr (B. Ekholm)][Recess] Sc(376,377) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1960 "150th Birth Anniversary of Cygnaeus (founder of Elementary Schools)" (1) [Engr (R. Achrén)][Recess] Sc(378)

Finland 1961 "75th Anniversary of the Finnish Postal Savings Bank" (1) [Engr (R. Achrén)][Recess] Sc(382)

Finland 1961 "Birth Centenary of Aho (writer)" (1) [Engr (R. Achrén)][Recess] Sc(384)

Finland 1961 "150th Anniversary of the Finnish Central Building Board" (1) [Engr (R. Achrén)][Recess] Sc(385)

Finland 1962 "150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Helsinki as Finnish Capital" (1) [Engr (B. Ekholm)][Recess] Sc(392)

Finland 1963 "Centenary of Finnish Representative Assembly" (1) [Engr (B. Ekholm)][Recess] Sc(420)

Finland 1963 "Military field Post" (1) [Litho] Sc(M8) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1963 "40th Years of Finnish Civil Aviation" (2,2,2) [Engr (B. Ekholm 0.35)(R. Achrén 0.40)][Recess] Sc(421,422) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1964 "Red Cross Fund" (4,4,1) [Engr (B. Ekholm)][Recess] Sc(B171) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1964 "Tuberculosis Relief Fund" (3,3,3) [Recess] Sc(B173,...,B175) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1967 "Abolition of Industrial Customs Tariffs" (1) [Recess] Sc(444) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1967 "Finnish Settlers in Sweden" (1) [Photo][Litho] Sc(447)

Finland 1968 "50th Anniversary of Finnish Army" (3,3,3) [Photo] Sc(471,472,473) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Finland 1968 "Finnish Wood Processing Industry" (1) [Recess][Litho][Embossed] Sc(475)

Finland 1968 "Opening of Saima Canal" (1) [Litho] Sc(476)

Finland 1968 "Finnish Metal Industry" (1) [Litho] Sc(479)

Edmund John

[Poland] (b 1894/d 1989)

"Edmund John began his studies in the Architecture Department at the Warsaw Polytechnical Institute and continued at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Besides being interested in graphics and applied art, he was also a painter and poster designer, beginning the latter in 1918. John participated in the following national poster exhibitions: "Art of Warsaw from the Middle Ages to the Mid-Twentieth Century," held in Warsaw in 1962; "From Young Poland to the Present," held in Warsaw in 1966. He also participated in international exhibitions, one in Paris in 1925, where he was awarded a silver medal for his poster "Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa w Poznaniu" [The General National Exhibition in Poznan], and another in Paris in 1937. John was a member of the Graphic Artists Advertising Circle (KAGR). "  it appears that  Edmund John also designed some Banknotes,and medals..

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Poland 1948 "Workers Class Unity Congress" (3,3,1) [Photo] Sc(445)

Poland 1949 "Trades' Union Congress,Warsaw" (3,3,3) [Photo] Sc(451,...,453) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1950 "60th Anniversary of May Day Manifesto" (2,2,1) [Photo] Sc(472)

Poland 1953 "Polish National Day" (2,1) [Photo] Sc(582,583)

Poland 1953 "Third World Student's Congress, Warsaw" (3,3,1) [Photo] Sc(584,..,586)

Poland 1953 "Reconstruction of Warsaw" (3,3,3) [Engr (S. Lukaszewski)(B. Brandt)(M.R. Polak)][Recess] Sc(595,...,597) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1954 "Railway Workers Day" (2,2,1) [Photo] Sc(612,613) [ after a painting by A. Porebski ]

Poland 1954 "500th Anniversary of the return of Pomerania to Poland" (5,5,1) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(643) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1955 "Warsaw Monuments (1st Series)" (8,8,3) [Engr (J. Miller 20g)(C. Slania 40g)(B.Brandt 60g)][Recess] Sc(671,672,674) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Poland 1956 "Warsaw Monuments (2nd series)" (3,3,1) [Engr (C. Slania)(M.R. Polak)(E. Konecki)][Recess] Sc(737,...,739) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

[ I don't have data for Poland after 1970, so updates with new information are possible... the info about the "Warsaw Monuments (1series)" of 1955, could be incomplete... ]

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate

[Netherlands] (b 1822/d 1891)

"Herman ten Kate the Elder  was a student of Cornelis Kruseman from 1837 and 1841. After his education he traveled to Belgium, Germany, Italy and France. In Paris, Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier advised him on his painting and on his return from his travels, he studied in the Municipal Academy (1842) and at the Royal Academy of Art (1841–42). (..) During wartime, there was a decline in the sale of his military themed art work so he shifted his emphasis to landscape paintings. (..) He was director of the Arts Academy during the 60's decade..."

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Biography and Portrait

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Netherlands1872/1888 "King William III" (11,2,2) [Engr (G. Schilling)][Typo] Sc(23,...,33)

Paul Daxhelet

[Belgium] (b 1905/d 1993)

Paul Daxhelet studied at the Liege Fine Arts Academy. during the 30's his work was mainly focused in the sport Activity..After the WWII his Art was devoted to the description of his many voyages through out the world , Belgium and France African Colonies, the Orient and South America...in his work color and movement are always predominant..

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Some of Daxhelet Work

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Belgium 1948 "Antwerp and Liege Monuments Fund" (2,2,1) [Photo] Sc(B461)

Belgium 1949 "Anti Tuberculosis Fund" (9,9,4) [Engr (L. Janssens][Typo] Sc(B468,...,B471) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Belgium 1950 "Anti tuberculosis and Other Funds" (7,7,4) [Typo] Sc(B485,...,B488) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Belgium 1955 "Lioege Exhibition 125th Anniversary of the 1830 Revolution" (2,1) [Photo] Sc(492,493)

Belgium 1966 "Cultural Series" (4,4,1) [Engr (De Vos)][Recess] Sc(B793)