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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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Here is a signed proof for a Mozart Cinderella. It is signed by the designer G Wimmer.
QI Fact: There is much confusion over Mozart's full name. He was formally baptised, in Latinised form (the rendering of non-Latin names in Latin style), Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus. From this array of names, Mozart, mainly, chose to use Wolfgang and the Latin equivalent of Theophilus (a word that comes from the Greek and means Love of God), Amadeus. |
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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Here is an attractive pair of stamp essays. The first one is actually a photographic proof for an Overseas Dominion stamp by De La Rue. The second is an essay for the one pound Postal Union Congress stamp for 1929, it is a reproduction
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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Steve ![]() Mint ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 March 2010 Location: Wrexham Status: Offline Points: 3310 |
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Nice Daniel
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The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look!
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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This is a British Empire Air Mail essay one penny value. It is signed on the back but I can't read the signature. It appears to have some age.
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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This card, mocked up from 3 other card essays, shows Andrew Restall's design for the British Ships stamps for 1969. It was used to test a red varnish.
Ultimately, David Gentleman's designs were used for the stamp issue.
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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Here is a set of proofs from Andrew Restall for the 1983 British Fairs stamps. Although Restall was the successful designer for this issue, his final designs were very different to these.
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Colin ![]() Mint ![]() Joined: 29 March 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2271 |
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I think I may have some examples of the final designs, if I can find them I will post them here.
His signature reminds me of so many of my art school tutor's handwriting, there is something about it that is very 1980s, compared to the calligraphic hand of Anthony Halliwell, and the roundhand script of the Mozart proof a couple of posts above it. Were these from Stampex?
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My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - is now open again :-)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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No, I didn't get them from Stampex. Looking at some older proofs at Stampex, they seemed to start at £100 plus. These were much cheaper on ebay from someone who had acquired a nice lot of his artwork.
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Daniel ![]() Unhinged ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Twickenham Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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Here are the issued stamps along with the proofs for comparison:
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