Paolo Caccia Dominioni

[Italy] (b 1896/d 1992)

Paolo Caccia Dominioni was a Italian Military, Writer, Engineer and Designer...descending from a noble family , he traveled with his father to France, Austria , Tunisia and Egypt in the exercise of his Diplomatic Career.. after returning to Italy, he joined the Milan Royal Engineer Polytechnic... with the start of WWI Paolo  immediately joined the Royal Army and in May 1917 , as a young Lieutenant  he won a Military Merit Honor during a delicate operation where he was mildly injured..after the end of the War he was in Libya and was transferred to Egypt in 1924 where he started to work as an Engineer , projecting important buildings in all the Meddle East...He achieved the grade of Captain during an operation in the South of Libya in 1931...in 1935 he was called again to fight once more in the Ethiopia War , where he won the Cross of Merit in Battle (War) ...the WWII starts and he won several Military Honors during the German/Italy joint effort in the North Africa Campaign... after the War he returned to his Office in Cairo, but the Italian Government asked him to make a report about the condition of the Italian Cemeteries in the El Alamein region.. this task ended 14 years after with the construction of a Religious Building that he designed and projected..in 1962 Paolo started a period of frenetic Engineering and Architectural Activity in the construction of several Chapels in commemoration of the Italian Victims of WWII..At this time he had already an intense Literary Activity with several books printed...  

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Biography and Photo : wikipedia (In Italian)

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Italy 1949 "27th Milan Fair" (1) [Photo] Sc(509)

Egon Pruggmayer

[Germany] (b 1905/d 1983)

Born in Dresden, the book illustrator and graphic designer pursued his artistic career in Leipzig. Pruggmayer was a student of Swiss Modernist Paul Klee, and his aesthetic vision was shaped by the Bauhaus movement. (..) [In 1936 was published his book 'Deutsche Stilfibel' , a joint work with Ludwig Grote, where his beautiful Architectural Illustrations led the book to be very Popular](..)  In 1946, he joined the faculty of Leipzig’s famous Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Visual Arts), teaching in the book design department. (...) Pruggmayer managed to survive the purges at the Leipzig Art Academy in 1951 and found a way to pursue graphic art within the confines of the Communist system."

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Biography : SacredArtPilgrim.com

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East Germany 1951 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,1) [Litho] Sc(78,79)

Shadan Toptani [ 1st Part (1950/1969) ]

[Albania] (b 1903/d 1979)

"Shadan was sent to Italy to continue his studies in the Fine Arts Academy of Milan in 1920 at 16 years of age, after six years in Austrian Volkschulen elementary school. Upon graduation, he managed the extensive agricultural holdings of his family. After the war until his retirement, he worked as a painter, decorator and theatre stage designer at the Opera Theatre House in Tirana. "

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Biography : [Toptani Family]

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Albania 1950 "Albanian Patriots" (5,5,5) [Photo (Budapest)] Sc(486,...,490) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Albania 1951 "5th Anniversary of the Republic" (3,1) [Engr (Shadan Toptani)][Recess (Budapest)] Sc(465,...,467)

Albania 1951 "International Children's Day" (4,2,2) [Photo (Budapest)] Sc(475,...,478)

Albania 1957 "40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution" (3,1) [Photo] Sc(516,...,518)

Albania 1957 "45th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence"  (4,1) [Litho (Mihal Duri)] Sc(519,...,522)

Albania 1958 "160th Anniversary of the Birth of Vegilharxhi (patriot)" (3,1) [Litho] Sc(523,...,525)

Albania 1958 "Removal of the Ashes of Gurakuqi (Patriot)" (4,1) [Litho] Sc(526,...,529)

Albania 1958 "50th Anniversary of the Battle of Mashkullore" (4,2,2) [Litho] Sc(534,...,537)

Albania 1958 "15th Anniversary of the Albanian People's Army" (4,2,2) [Litho] Sc(530,...,533) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Albania 1967 "Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble" (6,6,6) [Litho] Sc(1103,...,1108) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Albania 1968 "500th Death Anniversary of Castriota Skanderbeg (2nd Issue)" (8,8,8) [Litho] Sc(1110,...,1117) [ images credit of Ebay ]

Albania 1968 "Olympic Games ,Mexico" (8,8,8) [Litho] Sc(1177,...,1184) [ images credit of Ebay ]

Albania 1968 "Enver Hodja's 60th Birthday" (4,1) [Litho] Sc(1186,...,1189)

Albania 1968 "60th Anniversary of the Monastir Language Congress" (2,1) [Litho] Sc(1191,1192)

Albania 1969 "16th European Basketball Championships, Naples" (5,5,5) [Litho] Sc(1240,...,1244) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Albania 1969 "90th Birth Anniversary of  Joseph Stalin" (4,1) [Litho] Sc(1264,...,1267)

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[ALB] Shadan Toptani

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