American Bank Note Company Stamp Engravers

I open this thread dedicated specifically to engravers from North American printers, such as American Bank Note Co, Canadian Bank Note Co, etc.
I'm going to start by publishing here the information that I have uploaded in another thread the last few weeks.
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PANAMA - 1936
IV-Spanish American Postal Congress - Panama Tree
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Clifford Harold Dawson (1884-1944)
Scroll: Joseph Keller (1903-1987)
Frame & Lettering: Theodore A. Hartman (1887-... )


ECUADOR - 1939
Commemoration of the First Bolivarian Games of 1938
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: William Fraser Ford (1895-1963)
Frame and Lettering: Theodore A. Hartman (1887-...)


CANADA - 1939
Royal Visit - Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose
Printed by Canadian Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Sydney Smith (1901-1942)
Frame & Lettering: William Hartwick Maple (1872-1949)


PANAMA - 1915
Balboa taking possesion of the South Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: William J. Brown
Frame & Lettering: George Henry Seymour (1852-1943)

LUXEMBOURG - 1926
Grand Duchess Charlotte
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Robert Savage (1868-1943)
Frame and Lettering: William Hartwick Maple (1872-1949)

1944 Worked up by William Edgar Jung (1895-1950) and new frame and lettering engraved by William Hartwick Maple (1872-1949)


PANAMA - 1942
Anniversary of the Settlement of the Costa Rica-Panama border dispute.
Printed by Americab Bank Note Co.
Flags (red and blue) printed in offset/litho.

Engravers:
Vignette (Coats of Arms): Wesley Jerndal (1914-1942)
Frame and Lettering: William Robert Honings (1903-...)
W. Jerndal died on January 18, 1942. A few months before the issue of this stamp (April 25, 1942). It was his last work.


HAITI - 1933
King's Gallery, Citadel.
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Clifford Harold Dawson (1884-1944)
Scroll: Carroll Stanley Mabie (1894-1944)

HAWAII - 1883
Queen Kaleleonalani aka Queen Emma
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Alfred Jones (1819-1900), and worked up by George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924).
Frame & Lettering: Douglas Stewart Ronaldson (1825-1902)


ECUADOR - 1939
Commemoration of the First Bolivarian Games of 1938
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Sydney Smith (1901-1942)
Frame & Lettering: Charles Hector Milks (1895-1972)


CHILE - 1901
Columbus.
1 ct. (green), 2 cts. (red), 5 cts. (blue)
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Robert Savage (1868-1943)
Frame & Lettering: George Henry Seymour (1852-1943)

HAITI - 1933
Vallières Battery
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: William Edgar Jung (1895-1950)
Scroll/ornaments: Carroll Stanley Mabie (1895-1944)


NICARAGUA - 1862
Maribios Volcanos
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraver: James David Smillie (1833-1909)



ECUADOR - 1947
Jesuit Church in Quito
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraver: Joseph Keller (1903-1987)

CHILE - 1904
Columbus
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Charles Skinner (1841-1932) (Die C-281)
Frame and Lettering: Elmer Farrington (1875-...)

COLOMBIA - 1939
Portrait and background worked up from Die C-281 by Elie Timothée Loizeaux (1873-1956) and William Fraser Ford (1895-1962)
Frame & Lettering: Theodore A. Hartman (1887-...)


PHILIPPINES - 1952 (1968 with black )overprint
Fruit Tree Fundation
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engraver: John Hay (1908-1989) (vignette, frame & lettering)


PANAMA - 1936
IV - Spanish American Postal Congress
C. Columbus
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Sydney Smith (1901-1942)
Scroll: Joseph Keller (1903-1987)
Frame & Lettering: Theodore A. Hartman (1887-...)

PANAMA - 1939
Postal Tax Stamp
Pierre and Marie Curie
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: William Fraser Ford (1895-1962)
Scroll: Joseph Keller (1903-1987)
Frame & Lettering: Edward T. McAvoy


Change years 1940-43-45-47

These changes were made by the engravers Edward T. McAvoy and William Robert Honings (1903-...)


LIBERIA - 1942
Bay-Thighed Diana Monkey
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignete (monkey): Harold Osborn (1893-1968)
Background: Warrell Alfred Hauck (1912-1983)
Frame & Lettering: Albert E. Nichols

PANAMA - CANAL ZONE 1917
Panama Steamer in Corte de Culebra
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: William J. Brown
Frame& Lettering: William Hartwick Maple (1872-1949)

Beautiful images! Worth getting out the magnifier for a closer look. I especially like the Ecuador Olympic set.

Many thanks, jorgesurcl, for starting this thread. The great works of ABNC like the stamps you posted, deserve a special thread.

I have few sets of stamps engraved and printed by the ABNC to share here. The first is a set from Belgium issued To publicize the Summer Olympic Games held in Antwerp in 1920. The stamps were designed and engraved by the ABNC but I have no the engravers names. Year later, on May 6, 1921, the stamps were revalued and reissued.

canyoneer and LaoPhil, thanks!. I agree with your comments.

CHILE - 1910
Centenary of Independence. Admiral Thomas Cochrane.
He was a British Admiral who commanded the national fleet during the War of Independence.
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Charles Schlecht (1843-1932)
Frame & Lettering: George Henry Seymour (1852-1943)

HAITI - 1933-38
Airmail - Fokker Trimotor over Christophe's Citadel
50 cent. red brown (1933), olive (1935), carmin red (1937), black (1938)
1 Gd. ultramarine (1933)
60 cent. brown (1940)
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette & Frame: Arthur C. Vogel (1893-1959)
MacPherson: worked over new face value "60" in 1940

COSTA RICA - 1941 Airmail
Caribbean and Central American Soccer Championship.
Sc. C57/C66
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Joseph Keller (1903-1987)
Flags: Warrell Alfred Hauck (1912-1983)
Frame & Lettering:
Charles Hector Milks (1895-1972)
Charles Edward Kirstein (1907-1992)

CHILE
CORRECTION to a previous post.
Frame and lettering engravers of the Chilean stamps of Columbus 1904.

Elmer Farrington (1875-...): 10-12-15-20 and 30 cts.
George Henry Seymour (1852-1943): 50 cts

Elmer Farrington:


George Henry Seymour:

In regard to the scholarship value of this thread (and many others like it), and the recent "CORRECTION to a previous post" posting, may I suggest adding brief bibliographic references to where this engraver information is coming from? Thanks in advance.

Hi
I made the previous correction because I initially attributed the frame/lettering engraving of the entire series to E.Farrington. But a second revision of the Index Copy Cards (ABNC) allowed G.H.Seymour to be included with the engraving of the 50 cts.

These are my sources
About engravers and their works:
The Collectors Club Philatelist
The Engravers Line - Gene Hessler
The Essay-Proof Journal

More accurate information:
Index Copy Cards - American Bank Note Co.
Signed proofs
ABNC archives - Work orders
National archives - Canada

Engravers (dates of birth and death)
Genealogy sites
US Census, etc.

Here is a post with Index Copy Card (ABNC) included.

CHILE - 1902
Telegraph stamp - Pedro de Valdivia.
Printed by American Bank Note Co.

Engravers:
Vignette: Elie Timothée Loizeaux (1873-1956)
Frame & Lettering: George William Downs (1850-1904)