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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 12, 2019

Allen Engraving of the day

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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 11, 2019

Aarts Engraving of the day

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BIOGRAPHY: Willem Steelink Sr

on November 10, 2019

Biographies Stang Steelink

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BOOKS: Porträttgravyr på sedlar och frimärken

on November 09, 2019

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BIOGRAPHY: Mikael Askwall

on November 08, 2019

Askwall Biographies

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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 07, 2019

Bétemps Engraving of the day

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CHARLES AND FREDERICK HEATH: The Original Whodunit (part 5)

on November 06, 2019

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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 05, 2019

Engraving of the day Munier

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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 04, 2019

Cottet Engraving of the day

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ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

on November 03, 2019

Engraving of the day Serres

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CHARLES AND FREDERICK HEATH: The Original Whodunit (part 3)

FRED. J. MELVILLE
No, if we’re looking for something a bit more substantiated we need to turn our attention to the writings of Fred. J. Melville. Melville entered the fray in 1909 with his booklet Great Britain: Line-engraved stamps, which was reviewed in the London Philatelist of 1909 (volume 18). Interestingly enough, Melville takes aforementioned article by Wills and Hannay as the basis for his treatment of the creation of the Penny Black, though adding ‘details since ascertained’.
Taking the bull by the horns, Melville begins by saying that the engraving has been variously attributed to both Charles and Frederick, and blames ‘apparent confusion between the authorities’ for this. Citing a number of publications professing that Charles was the engraver, he eventually comes up with his trump card proving the opposite: an entry dated 7 April 1840 in Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co.’s books stating that Frederick received payment for this or similar work. Only to weaken his argument b…

CHARLES AND FREDERICK HEATH: The Original Whodunit (part 4)

AN AUSTRALIAN ASIDE
Interestingly, though not strictly related to the subject in hand, Smith also mentions Frederick’s other stamps, those being the 1870 GB halfpenny, the New South Wales coin stamp and the New South Wales diadem issue of 1856. But he goes on to say that Frederick probably also engraved the 1856 ‘Queen on Throne’ stamps of the Australian state of Victoria. As far as I know, this is the only source linking Frederick (or any engraver for that matter) to this particular stamp.
Unfortunately, the author is no longer with us, so inquiries as to his sources can no longer be made. But seeing that Smith had been given access to the privately produced Records of the Heath Family, dating from 1913, it could be argued that he was well informed. If true, it is another link with New South Wales, because proofs exist of the Queen on Throne design with the colony’s name being New South Wales rather than Victoria. Seeing that New South Wales never ordered any such stamps, it is pre…

ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

1987
Scotland
£1 Royal Bank of Scotland note
Lord Ilay, first governor
Engraved by Stanley Doubtfire

ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

1959
Cameroun
Definitives
Bunch of bananas and Africans on jungle path
Engraved by Claude Durrens

BIOGRAPHY: Alfred Sealey (aka Sealy)

Alfred Sealey (also known as Sealy) was born in New York, USA, in 1815 or thereabouts. He had been engraving ever since the late 1830s. In 1860 he joined the American Bank Note Company.

Sealey’s main strength was portrait engravings and together with a small group of engravers he would strongly influence the development of the American Bank Note Style of engraving. Most of his portraits are for banknotes but he did engrave a small number of stamps as well, for New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Alfred Sealey probably passed away in 1868, in Canada.

You will find Alfred Sealey's database HERE.

ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

1987
Iceland
Stamp Day
Auguste Mayer's Djúpivogur Trading Station
Engraved by Czeslaw Slania

PRINTERS: Harrison and Sons Limited

Harrison and Sons Limited was founded in 1750. They were located in London, Hayes and High Wycombe respectively. In 1997, the company was bought by De La Rue.

For more information, see the Stampprintersinfo website.

ENGRAVERS WHO WORK(ED) FOR THE PRINTERS
Downey, Alfred Jones
1928

ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

1950
Cayman Islands
Definitives
Thatch rope industry
Vignette engraved by Nigel Alan Dow

CHARLES AND FREDERICK HEATH: The Original Whodunit (part 5)

BRINGING HOME THE BACON

As is so often the case, once one starts delving into a certain matter, more and more information comes to light. And so, when I thought I had somewhat exhausted all possibilities, I came across Bacon’s The Line-Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain Printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. Published in 1920, it was billed as the definitive book on their stamp production between 1840-1880, with use of the Perkins Bacon records and with full cooperation of its managing director, James Dunbar Heath.
For the first time we find information about actual documents of the day which shine a bit more light on the question. What we have is letters to and from Charles Heath which make it clear he was closely involved with the project, being asked to ‘have it engraved’ and to give his ‘personal attention’ to it. Other letters mostly deal with the sending and receiving of the dies. This includes a letter, now in a private collection, with the line ‘If that does not transfer we…

ENGRAVING OF THE DAY

1953
Southern Rhodesia
Definitives
Farm worker
Vignette engraved by Nigel Alan Dow

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Martin Mörck's website
Pierre Albuisson's website
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