youpiao
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Post by youpiao on Sept 8, 2018 12:48:56 GMT
I have a topical collection going, spotlighting specific engravers. Does anybody know the engraver of the US Architecture series?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 14:01:51 GMT
There is a note to the effect that it was
Designed by Walter D. Richards and modeled by Frank J. Waslick - if modeled=engraved?
Unless it is hidden somewhere, a thread by engraver would be nice and it would feature some of the great classics.
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youpiao
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Post by youpiao on Sept 8, 2018 16:01:14 GMT
There is a note to the effect that it was
Designed by Walter D. Richards and modeled by Frank J. Waslick - if modeled=engraved?
Unless it is hidden somewhere, a thread by engraver would be nice and it would feature some of the great classics.
I don't know what a modeler is. In reference to a different stamp (World Peace Through Law, Scott #1576), I found this decription, "The modeler was Frank J . Waslick and the engravers were Thomas P. Hipschen ( vignette) and Albert Saaverda (lettering)." |
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youpiao
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What I collect: Worldwide, mainly classic-era, Topicals: Classical music, Literature/Fiction Writers, Accordions, Novelty stamps.
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Post by youpiao on Sept 8, 2018 16:35:34 GMT
The only explanation I have been able to find is in the glossary found on the web site of the United States Stamp Society.
Model: the final, approved drawing of a stamp. It can be in the form of a drawing, a sketch, a photograph, a print or engraving, or any combination, or composite, of layers.
I'm guessing this means that the modeler takes the designer's design and the artist's original art and creates a final image of the stamp which is then used to create the printing plates for photogravure or lithographed stamps. But for engraved stamps, you still require an engraver to create a master die for the production plates.
Am I on the right track here?
That does bring me back to my original query. Who engraved the Architecture stamps? The US Stamp Society web site search engine returned zero results for the search term "architecture."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 17:39:39 GMT
That does bring me back to my original query. Who engraved the Architecture stamps? The US Stamp Society web site search engine returned zero results for the search term "architecture." Since it was printed at the US Bureau of Engraving, I would send a request to their Historical Resource Dept which is set up for such inquiries
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 8, 2018 19:42:46 GMT
...Since it was printed at the US Bureau of Engraving, I would send a request to their Historical Resource Dept which is set up for such inquiries... I sent them a request earlier today and will post any information that I receive. |
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youpiao
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What I collect: Worldwide, mainly classic-era, Topicals: Classical music, Literature/Fiction Writers, Accordions, Novelty stamps.
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Post by youpiao on Sept 8, 2018 21:41:56 GMT
Thanks. I could swear I knew, once, but I can't find the name, now, in anyh of my notes.
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youpiao
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What I collect: Worldwide, mainly classic-era, Topicals: Classical music, Literature/Fiction Writers, Accordions, Novelty stamps.
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Post by youpiao on Sept 10, 2018 10:10:31 GMT
I found a partial answer: 7 of the 16 stamps in the series were engraved by Kenneth Kipperman.
1979 - He engraved all 4 stamps, Scott 1779-82
1980 - the Smithsonian Institution, Scott #1838
1981 - The Palace of Arts in San Francisco, Scott #1930
1982 - Gropius House, Scott #2021
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 10, 2018 12:18:44 GMT
Love that series, as you can imagine by my avatar.
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Post by expat on Apr 5, 2020 18:46:55 GMT
Thought we would share a couple from this newly inherited small collection  |
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angore
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Post by angore on Jan 22, 2023 12:19:08 GMT
The US had a series on college and university buildings. There seems to be multiple topics related to buildings.  |
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