1565) Crafts - Metal Engraver, France: "La Poste" (French Post) has issued a 1.40 Euro Postage stamp commemorating the Art of Metal Engraving: Date of stamp issue: 18.11.2020:

1565) Crafts - Metal Engraver, France: "La Poste" (French Post) has issued a 1.40 Euro Postage stamp commemorating the Art of Metal Engraving: Date of stamp issue: 18.11.2020:

Engraving refers to all artistic, artisanal and industrial techniques which consist of incising or hollowing out an object with a sharp tool. The images or texts can be printed (print engraving) or adorn various media (engraving). 

The history of Art has many engraved metal objects - cult objects, vases, dishes, boxes, jewellery, weapons, medals and coins. 

Sometimes the metal is worked by removing the material, sometimes it is repelled, deformed, chiselled etc.

From Prehistory to Antiquity, people marked stone and clay with inscriptions. These materials then gave way to wood and metal which allows information to be reproduced. 

The Middle Ages gave birth to the Art of Printmaking.

In the 15th Century, intaglio engraving on copper became widespread in the Rhine Valley, and benefitted from the know-how of goldsmiths. Performed with a chisel, it involves hollowing out the metal to form "sizes" that will hold the link before printing.

Today, "intaglio" designates all the intaglio engraving processes, whether they are direct carving (burin, drypoint, mezzotint) or acid (etching, aquatint, varnish, soft).

It allows for the dissemination of knowledge through illustrations of books, sheet music, maps of geography, bookplates, banknotes and postage stamps. The success of intaglio engraving was built on the use of metal.

Iron, zinc, bronze, aluminum, copper, brass, steel - resistant, allow for strong compression, necessary to print the ink deposited in the hollows and withstands wiping, mandatory in intaglio.

Imparting finesse and precision, metal engraving is a medium loved by artists and manufacturers who can print their products with complete safety.

The Commemorative Stamp:

This Stamp of 1.40 Euros is presented in a reduced format, with its margins enriched with metal engraving tools.

These are either tools (binocular magnifier, milling machine, chisel, cradle, burnisher, scraper, roulette, hand press, chisel hammer) or manual gestures such as engraving a medal or a coin, coin, chasing or intaglio punch engraving.

The Technical Details:

Stamp Issue date: 18.11.2020

Designer: Elsa Catelin & Pierre Barra

Illustrator: Elsa Catelin & Pierre Barra

Process: Taille Douce

Stamp Value: 1.40 Euros

Posts on Coins and stamps issued by France:

 1) Honouring Louis Braille on the Bicentenary of his birth in 2009

2) Honouring Charles Eduord Jeanneret popularly known as Le Corbusieur, the French architect who built the modern city of Chandigarh & several other projects: A 10 Franc Banknote issued by the Swiss National Bank 

3) Fort St. George Museum, Chennai (Part iii): i) Indo-Danish coins ii) Indo-Dutch coins iii) Indo-French coins iv) Indo-Portuguese coins 

4) a) Central Bank of West African States issues: the "Franc African Financial Community" (FCFA) b) Bank of Central African States issues : the "Franc Financial Cooperation in Central Africa (FFCCA)

5) French Indo-China issues: A silver one Paistre coin issued in 1895 

6) Financial Institution for issuing uniform currency/coinage for French Overseas Territories in the Pacific & French Southern Territories of Antarctica: The Institut d'emission d'outre-Mer (IEOM) for French Polynesia (Tahiti), New caledonia, Wallis-et-Futuna and the erstwhile New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu)  

 7) Coinage of the French Polynesian Island of New Caledonia (or Nouvelle-Caledonie in French) - the CFP Franc

8) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's exile to St. Helena (Part I): A one Crown Commemorative Coin issued by the Ascension Island 

9) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's exile to St. Helena (Part II) : coins commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo: 1) A 5 GBP coin issued by the Royal Mint UK: 2) A "Drie Landen Zilverset" issued by the Royal Dutch Mint - which includes coins of Netherlands, Belgium and UK 

 10) Jeanne d'Arc or Joan of Arc or "The Maid of Orleans" or "La Pucelle": "Women of France Coin Series": 200 & 50 Euro gold coins and 10 Euro Silver coins issued by Monnaie de Paris in July 2016

11) i)"Europa Coin Programme" or the Eurostar Programme ii) Monnaie de Paris has issued a series of six coins with the theme "The Age of Iron & Glass" in January 2017

12) 100th Anniversary of Auguste Rodin's passing away commemorated with gold and silver Euro coins issued by the Monnaie de Paris under its on-going "The 7 Arts" Coin Series

 13) Statue of Liberty, Paris, France: "Treasures of Paris": Coin series issued by Monnaie de Paris on 20.01.2017

14) Marianne (or Liberty): "The Trilogy": A set of Euro denominated coins in Gold and silver brought out by Monnaie de Paris in January 2017 

15) Dakota Aircraft & the Berlin Airlift: Latest coins in the "L'Aviation Historie" ("Aviation and History) Coin Series issued in 2018 by the Paris Mint:

16) The "Baroque & Rococo Era" in France : Coins feature, The Hall of Mirrors, Rococo elements of the Palace of Versailles, philosopher Voltaire and the Dancing King Louis XIV in gold & silver coins issued during 2018, under the "Europa Coin Programme"

17) George Sand: "Women of France Coin Series": Third Coin in the Series issued during 2018 by the Monnaie de Paris, France on 04.05.2018

18) "Paris, The Banks of the River Seine" ("Rivos de la Seine") : UNESCO World Heritage Site: "The Louvre Museum"(Musee du Louvre") and "Pont des Arts": Gold and Silver Euro coins issued by the Monnaie de Paris on 14.06.2018

19) Notre Dame de Paris, France "Reconstruction": Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) restrikes 2013 Silver 10 Euro Coin, Bronze Medal and Silver-coloured Mini-Medal, part proceeds of which will go towards the reconstruction of the iconic Cathedral which was partially burnt in a fire on 15.04.2019

20) The Micro-Currency called - "EUSCKO" , France circulates in the French Basque Country and is the largest such currency in circulation today in the world, fully backed by the Euro; ii) It is one of 44 such micro-currencies circulating in French cities; iii) Paris is on the vetge of introducing a micro-currency.

21) Guerlain, France: A set of two stamps in the denominations of 0.97 and 1.94 Euros issued by La Poste, France: Date of Stamp Set issue: 13.01.2020

22) "Ancient Postal Routes", France: A postage stamp of 1.40 Euro issued by La Poste (French Post): Date of Stamp issue: 05.06.2020

23) "Treasures of Notre Dame Cathedral" - Reconstruction over a period of five years (2019-2024): La Poste (French Post) is issuing a series of stamps under its Stamp Series every year till completion of the project: Date of Souvenir Sheet issue: 15.04.2020

24) "Fardier de Cugnot", France: 250th Anniversary of the "Fardier a Vapeur" (1770-2020): "La Post" (French Post) has issued a postage stamp of 1.16 Euro dedicated to the French inventor who built the world's first full-size, self-propelled mechanical land vehicle, the "Fardier a vapeur": Date of Stamp issue: 19.10.2020

25) "Chateau des Ducs de Bourbon", France: La Poste, France (French Post) has issued a postage stamp of 1.16 Euro depicting the famous historic castle: Date of Stamp issue: 21.09.2020

26) Vincent van Gogh, France: "Museum Masterpieces of French Museums Coin Series": A self-portrait depicted on Gold (50 Euros) and Silver (10 Euros) Coins, minted by the Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint): Year of Coin issue: 2020

27) Mount Olympus, Mont Saint-Michel & Mount Fuji, France: Gold and silver Coins issued by the monnaie de Paris on these UNSCO World Heritage Sites in phases during2020: Mount Olympus Coins issued on 07.07.2020

28) 600 Years of the Forbidden City China, France: "UNESCO World Heritage Sites Coin Series": Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) has issued Gold (250, 50 & 5 Euro), Silver (10 Euro) and Base Metal Coins (1/4 Euro)

29) Golden Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, France: A set of four stamps of 12.00 Euro showcasing the knowhow of the Printing Press and an artistic representation of Paris: Date of Stamp issue: 19.11.2020

30) Crafts - Metal Engraver, France: "La Poste" (French Post) has issued a 1.40 Euro Postage stamp commemorating the Art of Metal Engraving: Date of stamp issue: 18.11.2020