Stamp Art: Samuel Louis (Sem) Hartz [1st Part 1936/1948 ]

[Netherlands] (b 1912/d 1995)

"Hartz grew up in a liberal Jewish environment; his father was the portraitist Louis Jacob Hartz . Sem studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam and from 1936 worked most of his life at Joh. Enschede . At the Haarlem printing company he would work in the design and Engraving of stamps and banknotes . Sem Hartz was a good friend and colleague of Jan van Krimpen , who also worked at Enschede. During WWII he start spending some time with the creation of Fonts and letters..he designed in 1958 the letter 'Juliana' for the English company Linotype... From 1964 to 1972, Hartz worked with another printer, Cees van Dijk .

An important part of Hartz 'personal archive after his death went to the Library of the University of Amsterdam...

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Netherlands 1936 "Cultural and social Relief Fund" (4,4,2) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B86,B89) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Netherlands 1937 "Cultural and Social Welfare Fund" (4,4,2) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B94,B97) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Netherlands 1938 "Social and cultural Welfare Fund" (5,5,2) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B104,B106)

Netherlands 1939 "Cultural and social Welfare Fund" (5,5,1) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B114)

Netherlands 1940 "Cultural and social Welfare Fund" (5,5,1) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B126)

Netherlands 1941 "Cultural and social Welfare Fund" (5,5,1) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B138)

Netherlands 1943/1944 "Dutch Naval Heroes" (10,10,2) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Photo 7.5c][Recess 40c] Sc(252,261) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Netherlands 1946 "Child Welfare" (6,3,3) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B164,...,B169) [ image credit of Stampworld ]

Netherlands 1947 "Queen Wilhelmina" (16,2,2) [Photo (5c to 40c)][Recess (40c to 60c)] Sc(286,...,300)

Netherlands 1947 "Cultural and social Welfare fund" (5,5,1) [Engr (Sem Hartz)][Recess] Sc(B177)

Netherlands 1948 "Cultural and social Relief fund" (4,4,4) [Engr (J. Staphorst)(W.Z.Van Dijk 6c/20c)(C.A.Mechelse)][Recess] Sc(B185,...,B188) [ image credit of Stampworld ]