BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Vittorio Nicastro, brother of Pietro Nicastro, was born in Rome on 28 May 1916. He worked at the Italian Government Printing Works from 1932 to 1972. He was an autodidact. The first stamps he engraved were the 80c and 10l values of the 1938 airmail set for the Vatican City. In 1950, he engraved his first stamp for his native Italy; the 100l from the Occupations definitive set.
He has also engraved stamps for Libya.
STAMPS BY YEAR
1938
Italian East Africa, Definitives
Vatican City, Air 80c and 10l (2)
1940
Vatican City, Pope Pius XII
1949
San Marino, UPU
1950
Italy, Italy at Work definitive 100l
1951
Italy, Verdi 10l
San Marino, Red cross
Vatican City, Decree of Gratian
1952
Italy, Milan fair
1953
Somalia, First Somaliland stamps
Vatican City, St. Peter's basilica
Vatican City, Express letter stamps
1954
San Marino, Air
Vatican City, Marian year
1955
San Marino, Sports
1956
Vatican City, Air
Vatican City, Swiss guard
Vatican City, St. John of Capistrano
1957
Italy, Antonio Canova
Italy, Filippino Lippi
Italy, St. Francis of Paola
Vatican City, Capranica college
Vatican City, Mariazell basilica
1958
Italy, Mary at Lourdes
Italy, Giovanni Fattori
Italy, First Naples stamps
Italy, Evangelista Torricelli
Vatican City, Mary at Lourdes
1959
Italy, First Sicilian stamps
Italy, Byron monument
Italy, Camillo Prampolini
San Marino, Lincoln
1960
Italy, Refugee year
Italy, Vittorio Bottego
Vatican City, Transfer of relics
1961
Italy, Michelangelo definitives 1000l
1962
Italy, Court of Accounts
1963
Vatican City, Coronation of Paul VI
1964
Vatican City, Michelangelo
Vatican City, Nicholas Cues
1965
Vatican City, Ugandan Martyrs
1966
Vatican City, Poland's millennium
1967
San Marino, Cathedrals
1968
Italy, Philosophers
1969
Vatican City, St. Peter's society
1970
Italy, Erasmo da Narni
Italy, Jacopo Tatti
Vatican City, First council
1971
Italy, Grazia Deledda
San Marino, Etruscan art
Vatican City, Frescoes
1972
Italy, Antonio Canova
San Marino, Life of St Marinus
1973
Italy, Caravaggio
Italy, Enrico Caruso
Vatican City, St Narsete Shnorali
1974
Italy, Luigi Einaudi
San Marino, Europa
1975
Vatican City, Pentecost
Vatican City, Apostolic library
1976
Vatican City, Titian
OTHER WORK
1940
Spain, Portrait on 500p banknote P119 (1)
1974
Italy, Illustration on back of 500l banknote
Notes:
1) Collecting by engraver - Stampcommunity website
2) stampboards.com
Vittorio Nicastro, brother of Pietro Nicastro, was born in Rome on 28 May 1916. He worked at the Italian Government Printing Works from 1932 to 1972. He was an autodidact. The first stamps he engraved were the 80c and 10l values of the 1938 airmail set for the Vatican City. In 1950, he engraved his first stamp for his native Italy; the 100l from the Occupations definitive set.
He has also engraved stamps for Libya.
STAMPS BY YEAR
1938
Vatican City, Air 80c and 10l (2)
1940
Vatican City, Pope Pius XII
1949
San Marino, UPU
1950
1951
Italy, Verdi 10l
San Marino, Red cross
Vatican City, Decree of Gratian
1952
Italy, Milan fair
1953
Somalia, First Somaliland stamps
Vatican City, St. Peter's basilica
Vatican City, Express letter stamps
1954
San Marino, Air
Vatican City, Marian year
1955
San Marino, Sports
1956
Vatican City, Swiss guard
Vatican City, St. John of Capistrano
1957
Italy, Antonio Canova
Italy, Filippino Lippi
Italy, St. Francis of Paola
Vatican City, Capranica college
Vatican City, Mariazell basilica
1958
Italy, Giovanni Fattori
Italy, First Naples stamps
Italy, Evangelista Torricelli
Vatican City, Mary at Lourdes
1959
Italy, First Sicilian stamps
Italy, Byron monument
Italy, Camillo Prampolini
San Marino, Lincoln
1960
Italy, Refugee year
Italy, Vittorio Bottego
Vatican City, Transfer of relics
1961
1962
Italy, Court of Accounts
1963
Vatican City, Coronation of Paul VI
1964
Vatican City, Michelangelo
Vatican City, Nicholas Cues
1965
Vatican City, Ugandan Martyrs
1966
Vatican City, Poland's millennium
1967
San Marino, Cathedrals
1968
Italy, Philosophers
1969
Vatican City, St. Peter's society
1970
Italy, Erasmo da Narni
Italy, Jacopo Tatti
Vatican City, First council
1971
Italy, Grazia Deledda
San Marino, Etruscan art
Vatican City, Frescoes
1972
Italy, Antonio Canova
San Marino, Life of St Marinus
1973
Italy, Caravaggio
Italy, Enrico Caruso
Vatican City, St Narsete Shnorali
1974
San Marino, Europa
1975
Vatican City, Pentecost
Vatican City, Apostolic library
1976
Vatican City, Titian
OTHER WORK
1940
Spain, Portrait on 500p banknote P119 (1)
1974
Notes:
1) Collecting by engraver - Stampcommunity website
2) stampboards.com