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Post by KirkS on Mar 25, 2015 20:50:40 GMT
Here's a question that probably everyone knows the answer -- except me.
How many series of stamps are there (worldwide) that are named for the Photographer / Artist responsible for the design?
For example,
KGV -- Downey Heads
QEII -- Machins
QEII -- Wildings ?
etc.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 25, 2015 22:44:12 GMT
A tough one, Kirk. Mulready Envelopes? and for bonus points........ (Printing plate, carved into boxwood by John Thompson)  |
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Post by KirkS on Mar 25, 2015 23:06:47 GMT
Great one, Rod. Not a stamp series, but an interesting tangent. Thanks.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 25, 2015 23:18:40 GMT
Great one, Rod. Not a stamp series, but an interesting tangent. Thanks. Crikey! I would debate you on that, Mr. Kirk  It prepaid postage, had a value tablet of 1 Penny, and had a series. Mulready's (so-called because the design was by William Mulready) came out at the same time as the 1d black & 2d blue. There were two values (1d in black and 2d in blue) and two formats. The two formats were letter-sheet (a rectangular shape) and envelope (a diamond shape that the purchaser folded into an envelope). The Mulreadys were printed in sheets of 12 called Formes. Each Mulready in a Forme has a number (eg. A180) printed on the reverse above the "Postage". These numbers are called Stereo numbers. There were a number of different Formes used with a specific Stereo being in a particular place in the Forme. Some of the Stereos wore out and were replaced in the Forme so there may be more than 12 Stereos known for a particular Forme. |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 26, 2015 0:10:39 GMT
France Blanc type.
French designer of 1900 Joseph Blanc.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 26, 2015 0:26:04 GMT
One on a Tangent. United States A set of "Nina's" A set of stamps by Al Hirschfield, the set named after his Daughter Nina. "Nina" appears as a secret mark on all these stamps  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 26, 2015 0:34:18 GMT
How about the Chalon head portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon. I know that that image was used in many countrys including Canada, New Zealand and most of the Commonwealth. I believe it was first used on early Canada, here is a later use on the Jubilee issue. |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 26, 2015 0:40:12 GMT
Bravo Admin, "Chalon Heads" are certainly referred to in NZ. "Vurtheims" Stamps of the Transvaal, designed by J Vurtheim, Enschede and Sons Haarlem.  |
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Post by KirkS on Mar 26, 2015 12:22:59 GMT
Crikey! I would debate you on that Well said. You've changed my mind. I was thinking of Mulready as only the envelope, but what you say makes sense - especially now that you've educated me a bit  |
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Post by KirkS on Mar 26, 2015 12:25:06 GMT
Chalons -- good one, Jack.
Vurtheims -- once again, Rod. Your knowledge is far greater than mine. I'd never heard of Vurtheims.
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Post by jaysee on Mar 26, 2015 13:24:57 GMT
Like the Blanc early French definitives of the 1900s, there are the Merson (for Luc-Olivier Merson) and Mouchon (for Louis-Eugene Mouchon) stamps. The various French Marianne definitives are known by the names of their designers: www.abelard.org/france/marianne.php |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 26, 2015 19:44:31 GMT
Crikey! I would debate you on that Well said. You've changed my mind. I was thinking of Mulready as only the envelope, but what you say makes sense - especially now that you've educated me a bit It's a curly one, taking on board, a pre stamped cover as a stamp, I imagine it as a stamp with very large margins |
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Post by KirkS on Mar 26, 2015 19:51:41 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Mar 29, 2015 0:06:53 GMT
Hmmm - as far as Canadian definitives are concerned, I can't say I know how the rest of the world refers to them. Here, the Karsh portraits and the Wildings are the only ones I know of that are commonly known by designer (or photographer, in these cases). These are the first two definitive series featuring QE II. After this we had the Cameos and the Caricatures, and after that, we started getting fractured series where the low values and high values were different than the letter-rate definitives..   Ryan |
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