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12392Canada Stamp - Samuel de Champlain Surveys the East Coast - 1606 - Issued May 28, 2006
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Back - Francis Back
  • Côté - Martin Côté
  • Canada Post
  • 2006
Lithographed and engraved postage stamp
Description:
Lithographed and engraved postage stamp
10720Francis Emeritz Hamabe Poster, Southwest Harbor
  • Object, Printing, Silkscreen
  • Places, Harbor
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
  • 1955 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
Description:
Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
12564United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1947
  • Boston MA
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
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Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
10864Samuel Atkins Eliot I
  • Object, Art, Silhouette
  • People
  • 1820 c.
  • England, London
Miers painted silhouette, probably by John Field
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Miers painted silhouette, probably by John Field
12393Canada Stamp - Pierre Dugua de Mons - 1604 - Issued June 26, 2004
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Duranceau - Suzanne Duranceau
  • Lavergne - André Lavergne
  • Canada Post
  • 2004
  • St Croix Island ME
Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne
Description:
Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne
12563United States Stamp - USS Constitution - The War of 1812 - Issued August 18, 2012
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Breeding - Greg Breeding
  • Cornè - Michele Felice Cornè
  • United States Postal Service
  • 2012-08-18
  • Boston MA
Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000
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Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000 [show more]
12571United States Stamp - Jack London - Issued January 11, 1988
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Sharpe - Jim Sharpe (1936-2005)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1988-01-11
Postage Stamp Title: Jack London Scott Cat. Number: 2182 Subject: London - John Griffith London (1876-1916) Design: Richard Sparks of Norwalk, Connecticut, under the direction of Howard Paine, a design coordinator for the Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Artist – vignette: Sharpe - Jim Sharpe (1936-2005) Typographer: Bradbury Thompson Engraver - vignette: Hipschen – Thomas R. Hipschen (1950-) Engraver – lettering and numerals: Dennis Brown Media: Intaglio Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue Size: 18.03 mm x 20.82 mm Country: United States Postage Value: 25 cents Issue Series: 27th in the Great American Series Issue Origin: Jack London’s 110th birthday Issue Date: January 11, 1988 Issue Location: Glen Ellen, California – location of London’s Wolf House estate, now the Jack London State Historic Park. Issue Size: 59,850,000 Richard Sparks based his design on a photograph of London taken in 1914 by the author’s wife, Charmian. Kittredge – Charmian (Kittredge) London (1871-1955) See: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885).
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Postage Stamp Title: Jack London Scott Cat. Number: 2182 Subject: London - John Griffith London (1876-1916) Design: Richard Sparks of Norwalk, Connecticut, under the direction of Howard Paine, a design coordinator for the Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Artist – vignette: Sharpe - Jim Sharpe (1936-2005) Typographer: Bradbury Thompson Engraver - vignette: Hipschen – Thomas R. Hipschen (1950-) Engraver – lettering and numerals: Dennis Brown Media: Intaglio Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue Size: 18.03 mm x 20.82 mm Country: United States Postage Value: 25 cents Issue Series: 27th in the Great American Series Issue Origin: Jack London’s 110th birthday Issue Date: January 11, 1988 Issue Location: Glen Ellen, California – location of London’s Wolf House estate, now the Jack London State Historic Park. Issue Size: 59,850,000 Richard Sparks based his design on a photograph of London taken in 1914 by the author’s wife, Charmian. Kittredge – Charmian (Kittredge) London (1871-1955) See: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885). [show more]
12493India Stamp - William Carey (1761-1834)- Issued January 9, 1993
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Samanta - Shanka Samanta
  • Department of Posts, India
  • 1993
  • India, Serampore
Photogravure.
Description:
Photogravure.
12386Canada Stamp - Don de Dieu - Issued May 16, 2008
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Back - Francis Back
  • Canada Post
  • 2008-05-16
  • Canada, Quebec
Engraved postage stamp
Description:
Engraved postage stamp
12553Wet Paint - Lawler Paint Company Sign
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Store Business
10246Luggage Tag from the Stanley House
  • Object, Writing, Label
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description:
The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine