Stephen Alonzo Schoff was born in Danville, VT, on 16
January 1818. He started his first apprenticeship as an engraver at the early
age of 16. Having first worked in Boston for a firm making greeting and other
cards, Schoff applied for a job at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where
he was taken on board at the end of 1869.
Schoff, together with a select group of other engravers,
would go on to strongly influence the development of the American Bank Note Style
of engraving. His work is mainly in the banknote sector, though. So far, only
one stamp can be positively attributed to him; the 12c Hawaii definitive of
1875 portraying Prince Leleiohoku.
Stephen Alonzo Schoff passed away in Brandon, VT, on 6 May
1905.
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