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(Confucius, 551 - 479 BC)
last treatment: 25 November 2018
"ä" = "ae"
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
A
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Aarts , Johannes Josephus
1871
1934
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1923) ; {{PD-old-70}} (license unclear)
Abramowski-Lautenschläger , Ursula
1939
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Abreu , Luis Filipe de
1935
?
Portugal
NO
(e.g. Portugal 2010)
Acqua , Amadeo dell'
1905
1987
Argentina
YES
(e.g. 1954) ; {{PD-AR-Gov}}
Adolph , William
1866
1947
Hawaii, Haiti
YES
(e.g. 1915, 1920) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Ahrlé , René
1893
1976
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German stamps}} (license unclear)
Albuisson , Pierre
1952
-
French Antarctica
NO
Aleksiev , Rayko
1893
1944
Bulgaria
YES
(1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Alevizos , Anastasios
1914
1985
Greece
NO
published his works mostly under the pseudonym "A. Tassos "
Alexy , Janko
1894
1970
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1948)
Ali-Khodia , Ali
1923
2010
Algeria
NO
Allen , Silas Robert
1888
1958
Canada
NO
(e.g. 1947)
Almeida , Alvaro Duarte de
1909
1972
Portugal
NO
Al-Muharraqi , Abdullah
1939
-
Bahrein
NO
Alves , Vernâncio
1853
1933
Portugal
YES
(e.g. Portugal 1882) {{PD-Portugal-URAA}}
Amorsolo , Fernando Cueto
1892
1972
Philippines (US)
NO
(e.g. 1934) ; (unclear license)
Anderegg , Hansjörg
1950
-
Liechtenstein
YES
(e.g. 1991) ; {{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Andersen , Valdemar Peter
1875
1928
Denmark
YES
{{PD-DenmarkGov}}
Andreasen , Astrid
1948
-
Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
YES
(Mrs.) ; {{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Andréotto , Claude
1949
-
France, Monaco, French Antarctica
NO
(e.g. France 1990, Frech Antarctica 1980)
Andric , Dragisa
1942
-
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. 1976)
Angelushev , Boris
1902
1968
Bulgaria
?
(1930s)
Anisdahl , Leif Frimann
1937
?
CEPT-states
YES/NO
(creator of the Europa-stamps design 1973)
Anker , Albert Samuel
1831
1910
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. Switzerland 1952)
Anton , Ottomar
1895
1978
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Antonini , Annapia
1942
?
France
NO
(e.g. France 1989)
Antonov , Mikhail Illarionovich
1871
1933
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1921) ; {{PD-Russia-1923}}
Araújo , João
1929
?
Portuguese colonies
NO
Araújo , Renato de Penha e Cantos de Sousa
1911
1950
Portugal
NO
(Portugal 1941)
Archer , Edward P.
1924
1990
USA
YES
{{PD-USGov}}
Aretz , Gerd
1930
2009
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Arghittu , Pietro Nicolo
1946
?
Italy, Vatican City
NO
(e.g. Vatican City 1979, Italy 1993)
Arkö , Jordi
1951
?
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 19949) (license unclear)
Arlt , Carl Theodore
1889
1958
USA, Canal Zone
YES
(e.g. Canal Zone 1939) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Arnason , Barbara
1911
1975
Iceland
NO
(Mrs.)
Arno , Enrico
1913
1980
USA
YES
(e.g. 1955) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Arnold , Ingo
1931
?
GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Artsimenev , Juri Nikoláyevich
1937
?
Sowjet Union, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova
YES/NO
"YES" for Sowjet Union (e.g. 1971) ; "NO" for AZE; "?" for KAZ, MOL {{PD-Russia-1923}}
Asberg , Stig
1909
1968
Sweden
YES
(e.g. 1958/59) ; {{PD-Sweden-URL9}} (license unclear)
Askwall , Mikael
1959
1985
Sweden a.o.
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1980)
Atkinson , George
1880
1941
Ireland
YES
(e.g. 1931) ; {{PD-IrishGov}}
Attems , (Countess) Maria Viktoria
1899
1983
Austria
NO
(Mrs.) , (e.g. 1933)
Aufschneider , Gilbert
1927
?
Austria, States of former French colonies
NO
(e.g. New Caledonia 1970)
Aufseeser , Ernst
1880
1940
German Empire
YES/NO
(other spelling of his name: "Aufsesser") ;(e.g. 1927) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Aumiller , Jozef
1892
1963
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1925)
Axelson , Ragnar
1958
-
Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Axter-Heudtlass , Werner von
1898
1949
German Empire
YES/NO
(together with his wife "Maria von Axter-Heudtlass") ;{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Azedo Gneco , Eudócio de
1849
1911
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1876) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Azzurri , Francesco
1831
1901
San Marino
YES
(e.g. 1894) ; {{PD-old-100}} , {{PD-San Marino}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
B
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Badzhov , Stefan
1893
1953
Bulgaria
NO
(e.g. 1900s-1920s)
Baiardi , Mario
1909
1972
Italy, Argentina
NO
(e.g. Argentina 1949)
Balaguer , Sergi Mas
1930
?
Andorra (French Administration)
NO
Baláž , Jozef (Josef)
1923
2006
Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
NO
(e.g. Slovakia 1996)
Baldwin , Marcus W.
1853
1925
Panama, El Salvador, Belgian-Congo
YES
(1890s-1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Bang , Viggo
1885
1967
Denmark
NO
(1960s)
Bannister , James
1821
1901
Argentina
NO
(1960s)
Barata , Jaime Martins
1889
1970
Portugal
NO
(1946, 1970s)
Bard , Harold J.
?
1973
United Kingdom
NO
(worked as engraver for "Waterlow & Sons, London")
Barlangue , Gabriel-Antoine
1874
1956
France, French colonies + oversea territories
NO
(1930s, 1940s)
Barraud , Maurice
1889
1954
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1932) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Barre , Jacques-Jean
1793
1855
France
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Barriviera , Lino Biandri
1906
1985
Vatican City
NO
(e.g. 1975)
Barth , Carl Josef (Karl Josef)
1896
1976
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Barth-Uchatzy , Ludwig
1898
1983
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. FRG 1951) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Bartholomäus , Herbert
1910
1973
Germany (DBZ 1945-49, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
YES/NO
{{PD-DBZ stamps}}
Bartolomiejczyk , Edmund
1885
1950
Poland
YES/NO
(e.g. 1919/21) ; {{PD-Polishsymbol}}
Baskin , Leonard
1922
2000
USA
YES till 1978
(e.g. 1967) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Bassarab , Ioana
1902
?
Romania
YES
(1930s, 1940s) ; {{PD-RO-exempt}}
Bast , Jean de
1883
1975
Belgium
YES/NO
(e.g. Belgium 1966) , {{PD-Belgium-exempt}}
Batz , Phillip Christian
1820
1890
Denmark, Danish West Indies, Norway, Iceland
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Bauer , Carl Franz
1879
1954
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1946)
Baugniet , Charles Louis
1814
1886
Belgium
YES
(the first stamps of BEL, 1849/50) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Beaujard , Yves
1939
?
French Southern & Antarctic
NO
(Father of the engraver Sopie Beaujard)
Baumberger , Otto
1889
1961
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1919, 1932, 1944) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Bazel , Karel Petrus Cornelis de
1869
1923
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1913) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Becker , Edmond Henri
1871
1971
France
NO
(1920s)
Beer , Paul
1904
1979
Germany (FRG, Berlin)
NO
(1970s/1980s)
Behounek , Jiri
1929
2005
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1960s, 1970s)
Belkin , Arnold
1930
1992
Mexico
YES
(1970s, 1980s) ; {{PD-MX-exempt}}
Bellew , George
1889
1993
United Kingdom
YES
(e.g. 1939, 1948) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Benavente , José Moreno
1905
1981
Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador
YES/NO
(1930s-1960s) ; see {{PD-Chile}} , (worked foe "Casa de Moneda de Chile")
Bendel , Piotr Emilyevich
1905
1989
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1977)
Bengs , Axel
1925
1988
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Benzing Jr., Joachim Clarence
1880
1970
Canal Zone
YES
(e.g. Canal Zone 1934)
Benyahia , Ahmed
1943
?
Algeria
YES till 1967
(e.g. 1964) ; {{PD-Algeria}}
Béquet , Pierre
1932
2012
France, states of former French colonies + TOM, Tunesia
NO
(e.g. Tunesia 1962)
Berke , Hubert
1908
1978
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Bernardelli , Henrique
1857
1936
Brazil
YES
(e.g. 1906/09) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Berry , James
1906
1979
New Zealand
NO
(1930s)
Berry , Melchior
1801
1854
Switzerland (Basel)
YES
(e.g. 1845) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Bertholdt , Jochen
1936
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Bertram , Axel
1936
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Bertuchi , Mariano
1884
1955
Spanish-Morocco
NO
(1928-1939)
Bessarab (also Bassarab ), Iona
1902
?
Romania
YES/NO
(1928-1939)
Bessarab (also Bassarab ), Ludovic
1866
1933
Romania
YES
Bétemps , George
1921
1992
France, Iceland, French colonies + TOM, Europa-CEPT
NO
Bickel , Carl (Junior)
1923
1964
Switzerland
YES
(1960s) , {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Bickel , Carl (Senior)
1886
1982
Switzerland
YES
(1920s) , {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Biczó (Biezó ), András
1888
1957
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1924)
Bielschowsky de Aguirre , Joana (Mrs.)
1950
?
Brazil
YES
"YES" until 1983 ; (e.g. Brasil 1980) ; {{PD-BrazilGov}}
Bigola , Ludovico
1822
1905
Italy
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Birnbach , Heribert
1956
?
Germany (reunified)
YES/NO
(e.g. 2009) ; {{PD-German stamps}}
Bittrof , Max
1890
1972
Germany (DBZ 1945-49; FRG)
YES/NO
(1940s, 1950s) ;{{PD-DBZ stamps}} , {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Bitzer , Margot (Mrs.)
1936
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
her name was
"Margot Sachs" 1960-1964, "Margor Bitzer-Sachs" 1964-1967, "Margot Sachs" 1967-1972; "Margot Bitzer" from 1972
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Bivel , Ferdinand
1888
1950
France
NO
(e.g. 1930)
Björklund , Matti (August Matias)
1895
1957
Finland
YES
{{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Bjornstrom , Johan Theodor
1890
1959
Estonia
YES
(1920s) ; {{PD-EE-exempt}}
Blampied , Edmund
1886
1966
United Kingdom (Jersey)
YES
(e.g. 1943/44) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Blanc , Paul-Joseph
1846
1904
France
YES
(e.g. 1900) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Blase , Karl Oskar
1925
2016
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1961) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Bläser , Erika
1934
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Bläser , Gerhard
1933
2009
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}} (was Professor)
Blechner , Heinrich
1895
1983
Austria
YES/NO
"YES" for all stamps designed by Blechner issued in or before 1947 "NO" for all stamps designed by Blechner issued after 1947;{{PD-Austria}}
Bobbe , Karl-Heinz
1949
1990
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1960s-1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Böckskör , Auguste
1929
2003
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Böhm , Ernst
1890
1963
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1919, 1924) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Börnsen , Holger
1931
?
Germany (FRG), Germany (reunified)
YES/NO
(1960s-1990s) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} , {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}} , {{PD-German stamps}}
Boesch , Paul
1889
1969
Switzerland
YES
(1940s) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Bohm , János
1860
1944
Hungary
YES
(e.g. 1900) ; {{PD-Hungary}} ; {{PD-old-70}}
Bolton , Meade
?
1970
Canal Zone (USA)
YES
{{PD-USGov}}
Bongard , Hermann
1921
1998
Norway
NO
Bonnevalle , Oscar Hector
1920
1993
Belgium, Rwanda
NO
(e.g. Belgium 1963, 1974)
Boratynski , Waclaw
1908
1938
Poland, German Empire
YES
(e.g. Poland 1938)
Bordenache , Aurel
1902
1987
Romania
YES
(e.g. 1930s)
Borja Freire , Francisco de
1791
1869
Portugal
YES
(the first stamps of Portugal (1853-56)) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Bormann , Siegfried Heinrich
1902
1982
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Born , Adolf
1930
?
Czech Republic
NO
Bosco , Alfonso
1858
1921
Argentina
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Boto , Daniel Caraude
1911
?
Spain
NO
(unclear license) ; retired in 1960
Bouda , Cyril
1901
1984
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1954)
Boullaire , Jacques
1893
1976
France-TOM
NO
(e.g. French Polynesia 1948)
Bourne , Herbert
1825
1907
Queensland, Falkland Islands, Chile, Haiti, Liberia
YES
{{PD-old-100}} , (worked for "Bradbury, Wilkinson & C." and for "Waterlos & Sons")
Boursier , Louis
1974
?
French Antarctica
NO
Brandt , Boguslaw
1909
1983
Poland
YES/NO
(e.g. Poland 1953) ; {{PD-Polishsymbol}}
Brandt , Muriel (Mrs.)
1909
1981
Ireland
YES/NO
(e.g. Ireland 1949) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968 (analogue United Kingdom)
Brattaberg , Runi
1896
?
Faroe Islands
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Brayer , Yves
1907
1990
France
NO
(e.g. 1978)
Brefort-Porche , Antonin
1869
1923
Monaco
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Brenet , Albert
1903
2005
France, French Indian Settlements
NO
(e.g. 1949)
Brishna , Abdul Gofour Khan
1907
1974
Afghanistan
NO
Britze , Johannes August Marius
1895
1960
Denmark, Iceland
YES/NO
(1930s, 1940s) ; "YES" for DAN {{PD-Denmark}} ; "NO" for ISL
Brocquy , Louis Le
1916-2012
2012
CEPT-states
YES/NO
(creator of the Europa-stamps 1970)
Brooks , Charles Antoni Johnson
1829
1917
Great Britain (Sarawak)
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Brooks , Charles A.
1905
1993
Canal Zone
YES
(e.g. 1939-1965) {{PD-USGov}}
Brudi , Walter
1907
1987
Germany (FRG), Switzerland
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} ,{{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Brun , Donald
1909
1999
Switzerland
NO
(e.g. 1958)
Brunner , Vratislav Hugo
1886
1928
Czechoslovakia
YES
(e.g. 1919/22) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Brunovsky , Albin
1935
1997
Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Slovakia
NO
Bruynseraede , René
1909
1991
Belgium
NO
Brylka , Andreas
1931
2016
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Bual , Artur
1926
1998
Portugal
NO
(unclear license)
Bucas , Bernardas
1903
1979
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Buchholz , Max
1878
1942
Danzig
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Buisseret , Louis
1888
1956
Belgium
NO
Buracas , Jonas
1898
1977
Lithuania
YES
(e.g. 1923/24) ; {{PD-LT-exempt}}
Burba , Jonas Juozas
1907
1952
Lithuania
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-LT-exempt}}
Burt , Charles K.
1823
1893
Brazil, Chile, Argentina
YES
(e.g. 1867) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
C
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Cachet , Carel Adolph Lion
1864
1945
Netherlands
YES/NO
(license unclear) ; (1920s)
Cadsky , Nico (Klaus Peter Robert)
1937
2011
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Calcagnadoro , Augusto (Antonio)
1876
1935
Italy, Italian colonies
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Calle , Paul
1928
2010
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. USA 1971, 1978) ; "YES" until to 1978 ; {{PD-USGov}}
Calvi , Gian
1938
?
Brazil
NO
Cambelotti , Duilio
1876
1960
Italy
NO
(1920s)
Cami , Robert
1900
1975
France, Madagascar, Cameroun
NO
Campos , Frederico Augusto de
1814
1895
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1870s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Caravia y Montenegro , Enrique
1905
1992
Cuba
NO
(e.g. 1954)
Cardinaux , Emil
1877
1936
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1931) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Carolis , Adolfo de
1874
1928
Fiume
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Carpentier , Steve
1945
?
USA, Monaco
YES/NO
"YES" for USA to 1978: {{PD-USGov}} ; "NO" for Monaco
Carte , Antoine
1886
1954
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1922) ; {{PD-Belgium-exempt}}
Cassio , Carlo
1907
1964
Italian-Eritrea
YES
(e.g. 1930) ; {{PD-ItalyGov}}
Castells , Carlos
1881
1983
Uruguay
NO
(e.g. 1925)
Catelin , Elsa
1975
?
France
NO
Cayon , Henry
1879
?
French colonies
YES/NO
(1930s) ; "YES" until to 1948
Celis , Francisco Núñez de
1919
1996
Spanish West Africa, Spanish Guinea
NO
(e.g. 1950)
Cellini , Guiseppe
1855
1940
Italy
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Cerny , Jan
1907
1978
Czechoslovakia
NO
Chaconas , Gary M.
1949
?
USA
NO
Chapelet , Roger
1903
1995
States of former French colonies
NO
(designer, e.g. Gabon 1968)
Chaunzhe , Sun
1916
1995
China
NO
(e.g. 1949)
Chauvet , Jules Adolphe
1828
1906
French-Réunion
YES
(e.g. 1907/08) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Cheesman , Florence Edith
1877
1964
Iraq
YES
(Mrs.) ; (e.g. 1923) ; {{PD-Iraq}}
Cheffer , Henry
1880
1957
France, French colonies + Oversea territories, Algeria, Luxemburg, Andorra (French adm.), Monaco
NO
(1920s)
Chiapelli , Francesco
1890
1947
Italy
YES
(e.g. 1932) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Chickering , Charles Ransom
1891
1970
USA
YES
{{PD-USGov}}
Chiossone , Edoardo
1833
1898
Japan
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Chitrakar , Amar
1920
1999
Nepal
NO
Chludzinki , Stanislaw Czeslaw
1899
1975
Poland
NO
Chmielowski , Alfred von
1896
1967
Austria
NO
Chomicz , Witold
1910
1984
Poland
NO
(designer, e.g. Poland 1960)
Christensen , Poul
1907
1977
Denmark
NO
(e.g. 1970)
Chughtai , Abdur Rahman
1894
1975
Pakistan
NO
Chuóc , Bùi Trang
1915
1992
French-Indochina, Vietnam
NO
(e.g. Indochina 1943)
Ciaburro , Antonio
1951
?
Italy
NO
Ciaburro , Antonio
1951
?
Italy
NO
Cigánik , Rudolf
1961
?
Slovakia
YES/NO
(unclear license) , {{PD-SlovakGov}}
Cinovsky , Martin
19%§
?
Czech; Slovakia
YES/NO
(unclear license) , {{PD-CzechGov}} , {{PD-SlovakGov}}
Cisari , Giulio
1892
1979
Italy
NO
Cissarz , Johannes Joseph Vincenz
1873
1942
German Empire
YES
(e.g. 1922) ; {{PD-old-70}} ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Clerissi , Hubert
1923
2000
Monaco
NO
(e.g. Monaco 1960)
Coatantiec , Raymond
1933
?
France, CEPT-states
YES/NO
(e.g. Europa-stamps 1990s)
Coca , Jesús Terriza de
1929
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1965)
Coizeaux , Elie Timothée
1873
1956
Chile, Nicaragua
YES/NO
(1900s-1920s)
Combet , Jacques
1894
1975
France, states of former French colonies + Oversea territories
NO
(other source: 1920-1993 <--) , (e.g. Dahomey 1965)
Constantinescu , Stefan
1898
1983
Romania
YES
{{PD-RO-exempt}}
Cooch , William
1898
1950
New Zealand
YES
(1930s, 1940s) , {{PD-New Zealand}}
Cossio , Carlo
1907
1964
Italian colonies
NO
Cossmann , Alfred
1870
1951
Austria. Bosnia-Herzegowina
NO
Costa , Daciano
1930
2005
Portugal
NO
(1970s)
Costa , Eduardo Avelino Ramos da
1881
1970
Portugal
NO
(1920s)
Cottet , René
1902
1992
France, French colonies + Oversea territories, Monaco, Luxemburg, Poland
NO
(1950s)
Cottinelli Telmo , José Angelo
1897
1948
Portugal
YES
(1940s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Courvoisier , Jules
1884
1936
Switzerland, Turkye
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-old-70}} ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Creamer Junior, Joseph S.
1923
2000
USA
YES/NO
("YES" till 1978) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
D
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Dabrowska , Casimira
1890
1972
Vatican City
NO
(license unclear)
Dachauer , Wilhelm
1881
1951
German Empire, Generalgouvernement, Austria
NO
(license unclear)
Damman , Benjamin
1835
1921
Denmark, French colonies + Oversea territories
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Danielsen , J.
1888
1938
Greenland (Denmark)
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Danielsen , Steffan
1922
1976
Faroe Islands
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Dawson , Clifford H.
1892
1944
Haiti, Panama
YES
(e.g. Haiti 1929, Panama 1940) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Daxhelet , Paul
1905
1992
Belgium
YES
(1940s-1960s) ; {{PD-Belgium-exempt}}
Decaris , Albert
1901
1988
France, French colonies + TOM
NO
Decuyper , Henri
1928
?
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1950s)
Degorce , George-Léo
1894
1943
France, French colonies + TOM, Monaco
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Delhom-Rodriguez , Camilo
1894
1970
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1938)
Dell'Aqua , Amadeo
1905
1987
Argentina
YES
{{PD-AR-Gov}}
Delnoce , Louis
1872
1943
Venezuela, Canada
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Delnoce , Luigi
1822
1890
Peru
YES
(e.g. Peru 1866) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Delpech , Jean
1916
1985
France, states of former French colonies, French Antarctica
NO
(e.g. 1970s, 1980s)
Delziers , Antonin Jean
1873
1943
France, French colonies + Oversea territories, Andorra, Monaco
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Denev , Boris
1893
1969
Bulgaria
NO
(1930s, 1940s)
Derible , Patrick
1956
?
French-TOM
NO
(e.g. St. Pierre et Miquelon, 2005)
Derrey , Jacques
1907
1975
French colonies + Oversea territories, states of former French colonies
NO
(1960s)
Detlefsen , Hans
1923
1992
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Diebitsch , Karl
1899
1985
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1935) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Dijk , Willem Zion van
1915
1994
Netherlands
NO
(e.g. 1951)
Dingli , Edward Caruana
1876
1950
Malta (United Kingdom)
YES
(1920s) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Dintaman , Arthur W.
1919
2004
USA
YES/NO
"YES" until to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Diosy , Antal
1895
1977
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1933)
Dobbenburgh , Aart van
1899
1988
Netherlands
NO
(license unclear)
Donnini , Eros
1928
?
Italy
NO
(e.g. 1958)
Doré , Paul Gustave
1832
1883
France
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Dorfstecher , Dietrich
1933
2011
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Dorner , Josef
1900
?
Germany (Occupation Zones 1945-49)
YES/NO
{{PD-German stamps}}
Dow , Nigel Alan
1900
?
Malta (United Kingdom)
YES/NO
"YES" until to 1957; (e.g. 1956) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Downey , Alfred J.
1883
1945
Greece
YES
(e.g. 1930) ; {{PD-old-70}} }}
Dragisa , Andric
1942
?
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. 1976)
Drahos , Istvan
1895
1968
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1937, 1952)
DuBois , Alphée
1831
1905
French colonies
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Dudzicki , Ryszard
1930
?
Poland
NO
(e.g. Poland 1981)
Dufresne , Charles-Paul
1885
1956
France
NO
(1940s)
Dulac , Edmund
1882
1953
United Kingdom, France, French colonies + Oversea territories
YES/NO
"YES" for UK until to 1957 {{PD-UKGov}} ; "NO" for France + areas
Dumitrana , Ion
1923
1976
Romania
YES
(1940s, 1950s) ; {{PD-RO-exempt}}
Durheim , Carl
1810
1890
Switzerland
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Durrens , Claude
1921
2002 (2003)
France, Iceland
NO
Duyvis , Debora
1886
1974
Netherlands
NO
(Mrs.) ;(e.g. 1927) ; (license unclear)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
E
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Eckmann , Karl Wilhelm
1866
1940
Sweden, Brazil
YES
(other spelling of his prename: "Carlos") ;(e.g. Brazil 1900) ; {{PD-BrazilGov}}
Edmondson , John S.
1901
?
Canada
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-Canada-stamp}}
Effert , Paul
1921
?
Germany (FRG, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} ,{{PD-German stamps}}
Ege , Eduard
1893
1978
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1958, 1960s) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Ehmcke , Fritz Helmut
1878
1965
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1922) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Ehrén , Svenolov
1927
2004
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1973)
Ehrstrom , Eric O.W.
1881
1934
Finland
YES
(1920s, 1930s) ; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Eichens , Friedrich Eduard
1804
1877
Prussia
YES
(1850s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Eidenbenz , Hermann
1902
1993
Switzerland, Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}} ,{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Einovský , Martin
1953
?
Czech Rep., Slovakia
YES/NO
(unclear license)
Eissler , John
1873
1962
USA, Canal Zone
YES
(1920s, 1930s) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Ekström , Victor Torsten
1926
2015
Finland
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued before 1991, {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Elliott , Frederick James
1864
1949
Queensland, Australia
YES
(e.g. 1900) ; {{PD-Australia}}
El-Mekki , Hatem (Hakem)
1918
2003
Tunesia
NO
(e.g. Tunesia 1960s, 1970s)
Ender , Anton
1898
1984
Liechtenstein
NO
Engelhardt-Kyffhäuser , Otto
1884
1965
German Empire, Generalgouvernement
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Engels , Michel
1851
1901
Luxewmbourg
YES
(e.g. 1893) , {{PD-old-100}}
Erne , Stefan
1975
?
Liechtenstein
NO
Erni , Hans
1909
2015
Switzerland
YES
(1945-1995) , {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Eschle , Max
1890
1979
German Empire
YES/NO
(1945-1995) , {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Esslinger (Eßlinger ), Johann Martin
1793
1841
Switzerland
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Ewert , Sven
1895
1959
Danmark, Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1947)
Exax , Alexander
1896
1994
Austria
NO
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
F
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Fabres , Alejandro Inostroza
1949
?
Chile
NO
Fairweather , Georges R.
1875
?
United Kingdom + colonies
YES/NO
Fahringer , Carl
1874
1952
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Falz , Egon
1932
2010
Germany (FRG, Berlin (West))
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}}
Fantini , Ottavio
1943
2009
Monaco
NO
(e.g. 2009)
Farleigh , John
1900
1985
United Kingdom
NO
(e.g. 1929)
Fauck , François
1911
1979
French-Algeria
NO
(e.g. 1946)
Fausto , Florestano di
1890
1965
Italian islands; Italian colonies
NO
(e.g. Rhodos 1929)
Feher , Joseph
1908
1987
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; (e.g. 1959) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Fejt (Fajt) , Václav
1952
?
Czech Rep., Liechtenstein
YES/NO
YES for LIEː {{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Feltesse , Émile Henri
1881
?
French Col. + TOM
YES/NO
(unclear death yes)
Felver , Edward Russell
1931
2009
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Fenneteaux , Roger
1913
2000
French colonies, States of former French colonies, Monaco
YES/NO
(1941-1972) ; "YES" for the most stamps issued to 1948
Fenton , Matthew Daniel
1906
1992
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Fernandes , Constantino de Sobral
1878
1920
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1912); {{PD-old-70}}
Fernandez , Antonio Manso
1934
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. 1961)
Fernez , Louis
1900
1984
France, French-Algeria
NO
(e.g. 1944)
Ferraris , Guiseppe
1791
1869
Italy
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Ferté-Joubert , Ferdinand Jean de la
1810
1884
France
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Fiala , Vaclav
1896
1980
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1955)
Fichter , Herb
1920
1995
USA
YES
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; (e.g. 1951) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Fick , Ole
1948
?
Denmark
NO
(e.g. Dänemark 2003)
Fiedler , Detlef
1955
?
Germany (GDR, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}} ; {{PD-German stamps}}
Firle , Otto August Max
1886
1966
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Fischer , Alfred
1926
?
Austria, Liechtenstein
YES/NO
(e.g. Austria 1967) , {{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Fischer , Hans
1909
1958
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. Switzerland 1938, 1951) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Fischer-Nosbisch , Dorothea (Mrs.)
1921
2009
Germany (FRG, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} ; {{PD-German stamps}}
Fleury , Hugo
1893
1963
United Kingdom and colonies
YES
(e.g. 1930s, 1940s) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Flora , Paul
1922
2009
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1980s)
Foldes , Imre
1881
1948
Hungary
YES
(e.g. 1918) ; {{PD-Hungary}}
Ford , William Fraser
1892
1962
USA, Panama, Liberia
YES
(e.g. Panama 1918) ; {{PD-Panama}}
Forget , Pierre
1923
2005
France, Monaco, States of former French colonies
NO
(1970s)
Forseth , Einar
1892
1988
Sweden
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1921)
Fouqueray , Charles
1869
1956
French-Indochina
NO
(e.g. 1927)
Franco , Henrique
1883
1961
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1940)
François , Georges (Géo)
1880
1968
French colonies + TOM
YES/NO
(e.g. 1930s/1940s)
Frank , Hugo
1892
1963
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Franke , Rupert
1888
1971
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1946, 1951)
Franzén (aka "Ewing", "Matthews"), Majvor
1938
?
Greenland, Sweden
YES/NO
Fraser-Brunner , Alec
1906
1986
British Colonies (Malaysia)
NO
Frei , Hans
1868
1947
Switzerland
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Frères , André
1902
1977
Tunesia
NO
(e.g. Tunesia 1962)
Friebel , Ingeborg (Mrs.)
1919
2009
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Friedman , Barnett
1901
1958
United Kingdom
YES
(e.g. 1935) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Frigerio , Friderico
1973
1959
Italy
NO
(e.g. 1949)
Friis , Klaus Anton
1917
1999
Denmark
NO
(1970s)
Fristrup , Nilaus
1875
1928
Denmark
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Fritz , Georg
1884
1967
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1936, 1938) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Froitzheim , Paul
1886
1920
German Empire
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Frommelt , Anne(artist's nameː "Artemis")
1941
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Frommelt , Anton
1895
1975
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Frommelt , Martin
1933
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Fryer , Leonard Douglas
1891
1965
British Colonies (Nigeria)
YES
{{PD-UKGov}}
Fuchs , Emil
1866
1929
United Kingdom
YES
{{PD-UKGov}}
Fuchs , Hans-Joachim
1955
1993
Germany (FRG, Berlin (West))
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} ;{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}}
Fuchs , Robert
1896
1981
Austria
NO
Füle , Mihály
1914
2005
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1973)
Fuglø , Edward
1965
?
Faroe Islands
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Fujikawa , Gyo (Mrs.)
1908
1998
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Fustier , Georges
1892
1982
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1932) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}} ; (license unclear)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
G
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Galanis , Demetrios
1879
1966
France, Greece
NO
(e.g. France (1930s), Greece (1950s))
Galdikas , Adamas
1893
1969
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Gallen-Kallela , Akseli
1865
1931
Finland
YES
{{PD-old-70}} ; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Gallen-Kallela , Jorma
1898
1939
Finland
YES
{{PD-old-70}} ; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Galli , Stanley W.
1912
2009
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Gameiro , Alfredo Roque
1866
1935
Portugal
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Gameiro , Racque Roque
1889
1970
Portugal
NO
(e.g. Portugal 1941)
Games , Abram
1914
1996
United Kingdom, Israel
YES/NO
UK: "YES" for stamps to 1968; {{PD-UKGov}} ISR: "YES" for stamps to 1967; {{PD-Israel}}
Gandon , Pierre
1899
1990
France, French COL.+TOM; States of former French colonies, Monaco, Belgium, Saarland
NO
(Son of "Gaston Gandon" (engraver e.g. France 1936-39))
Gangel , Richard
1918
2002
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Garcia , Antonio
1925
?
Portugal
NO
Garcia , Arnaldo Ressano
1880
1947
Portuguese colonies
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Garelli , Franco
1909
1970
Italy
NO
(other source: 1909-1973)
Garrasi , Renato
1898
1954
Italy, Argentina, San Marino
NO
(other source: 1915-1990)
Gassner , Christof
1941
?
Germany (reunified)
YES/NO
(e.g. Germany 2002) ; {{PD-German stamps}}
GauThier , Jacques
1931
?
France, French colonies + TOM, Mauritania
NO
(e.g. French Antarctica 1984)
Gebhardt , Gonczi
1902
1993
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1941/42)
Geiger , Wilhelm
1856
1943
Germany
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Geirsdottir , Friderika
1935
?
Iceland
NO
(1970s, 1980s)
Gellner , František
1874
1914
Austria
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
George , Frederico
1915
1994
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1956, 1974)
Gessner , Karl
1909
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Gestel , Leo
1881
1941
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1921) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Gid , Raymond
1905
2000
France
NO
Gil , Julio
1924
2004
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1957, 1964)
Gilliéron , Emile
1850
1924
Greece
YES
{{PD-old-70}} (identical with Emile Guillieron (1850-1924)...?)
Gimel , Georges
1898
1962
French colonies + Oversea territories
NO
(e.g. Saint Pierre et Miquelon, 1932)
Girlino , Grace (Mrs.)
1901
?
Ireland
YES/NO
(e.g. 1922, 1935) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968 (analogue United Kingdom)
Gismondi , Italo
1887
1974
Italy
NO
Giusti , George
1908
1990
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1958) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Gjelseth , Kai
1940
?
Norway
NO
(Kai Havig-Gjelseth)
Glintzer , Emmy
1899
1992
German Empire
YES/NO
(Eugenie Mathilde Emma Glintzer) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Gloser , Gerhard
1947
?
Liechtenstein
NO
(e.g. 1983) ;
Goetz , Karl
1875
1950
Germany (1945-49)
YES/NO
{{PD-German stamps}}
Goffin , Marie-Noëlle (Mrs.)
1935
?
France
NO
(e.g. France 1982)
Goldschmied , Jaroslaw
1890
1977
Bohemia & Moravia, Czechoslovakia
YES/NO
YES for "Böhmen und Mähren";{{PD-German Empire stamps}} (license for Czechoslovakia unclear)
Golvanov , Leonid
1904
1980
Soviet Union
YES/NO
(e.g. Soviet Union 1958) , {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Gomez y Báez , Maximo
1826
1905
Cuba
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Gonzague , Daniel René
1930
?
BEL, FRA, GER, ITA, LUX, NED
NO
(was designer of the 1956 Europa stamps)
Gònzi-Gebhardt , Tibor
1902
1994
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1958)
Gorgi , Abdelazis
1928
2008
Tunesia
NO
(e.g. 1962)
Gorgon , Vinzenz
1891
1961
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1954)
Górka , Wiktor
1922
2004
Poland
NO
(e.g. Poland 1959)
Gottschall , Manfred
1937
2015
Germany (GDR, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}} ; {{PD-German stamps}}
Goulinat , Jean-Gabriel
1883
1972
Monaco
NO
(e.g. Monaco 1933)
Granado , Waldir
1919
1980
Brazil
NO
(1950s, 1960s)
Grant , William A.
1868
1954
China
YES
(e.g. 1912) , {{PD-China}}
Graschberger , Antonia
1958
?
Germany (reunified)
NO
Grasset , Eugène Samuel
1845
1917
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1900, 1914) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Grassi , Vittorio
1878
1958
Italy
NO
Gravenhorst , Fred
1896
1977
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Greco , Emilio
1913
1995
Italy, San Marino
NO
Gregoire , René (Emile)
1871
1941
France
YES
(e.g. Frankreich 1936, 1938) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Gronowski , Tadeusz Lucjan
1894
1990
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1950)
Grove , Edward R.
1912
?
USA
YES/NO
(1930s, 1940s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-USGov}}
Gruner , Erich
1881
1966
Germany (1945-49, GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1948, 1950) ; {{PD-German stamps}} ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Grzheshkevich , Yuri Romanovich
1921
?
Sowjet Union
YES/NO
(e.g. USSR 1956) ; {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Guedes , Pedro
1874
1965
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1915)
Guerrini , Giovanni
1887
1972
Italy
NO
Guillame (Guillama), Cécile (Mrs.)
1933
2004
France, States of former French colonies, French Andorra
NO
(e.g. French Andorra 1977)
Guillieron , Emile
1850
1924
Greece
YES
(e.g. 1896) ; {{PD-old-70}} (identical with Emile Gilliéron (1851-1914)...?)
Gunn , Edwin
1876
1940
Panama, Costa Rica
YES
(e.g. Peru 1905, Costa Rica 1934) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Gutiérez , Antonio Sanchez
1932
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1986)
Gutierrez , Francisco
1906
1943
Mexico
YES
(e.g. 1929, 1934) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Gutschmidt , Heinz W.
1906
1974
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1963)
Guttuso , Renato
1912
1987
San Marino
NO
(e.g. San Marino 1983)
Guy , Kenneth Graham (Ken)
1926
2011
Panama
YES/NO
(e.g. 1964) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-Panama}}
Gyudzhenov , Dimitar
1891
1979
Bulgaria
YES
(1920s, 1930s) ; {{PD-BulgarianGov}} (license unclear)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
H
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Hadank , Oskar Herrmann Werner
1889
1965
German Empire
YES/NO
(1920s) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Haley , Claude
1923
1988
Austria, Monaco, French Antarctica, Cameroun
NO
(e.g. Monaco 1969, French Antarctica 1986)
Hall , Phillip Goodwyn
1905
1979
British colonies, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Jamaica, New Zealand
YES/NO
(1930s/1940s) , attend national single licenses
Hamori , George
1929
?
Israel
NO
(1950s)
Hanniquet , Louis-Norbert
1910
1980
States of former French colonies, Monaco
NO
(1966-1975)
Hanno , Wilhelm von
1826
1882
Norway
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Haranghy , Jeno
1894
1951
Hungary
NO
(1910s, 1920s)
Harrison , Johann Augustus Charles (Jack John)
1872
1954 (1955)
United Kingdom, Uruguay, Spain, Chile
YES/NO
{{PD-UKGov}}
Hartz , Sem L.
1912
1995
United Nations, Belgium, Luxembourg
YES/NO
"YES" for UN stamps issued to 1987; {{PD-US-no notice-UN}}
Haseney , Johann Peter
1812
1869
Bavaria, German Empire
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Hatch , Lorenzo James
1856
1914
China
YES
(e.g. China, 1912) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Hauck , Warrell
1912
1983
Venezuela, Coasta Rica
NO
(e.g. Costa Rica 1941)
Hauri , Edi
1911
1988
Switzerland
NO
(e.g. Switzerland 1969)
Havsteen-Mikkelsen , Sven
1912
1999
Denmark
NO
(e.g. Denmark, 1967)
Hay , John
1908
1989
Philippines, Indonesia, Venezuela
NO
((1940s, 1950s)
Hedlund , Bertil Bull
1893
1950
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1950) ;
Heilmann , Gerhard
1859
1946
Denmark (Greenland)
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Heinsdorff , Reinhard
1923
2002
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Heinz , Bohumil
1894
1964
China, Czechoslovakia, Ceylon, Greece, Bohemia & Moravia, Sweden, United Kingdom + colonies, New Zealand and others
NO
Heise , Hannelore
1941
?
Germany-GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Helbing , Ferenc
1870
1958
Hungary
NO
(1920s)
Helguera , Francisco Eppens
1913
1990
Mexico
NO
(e.g. 1938, 1944)
Heller , Fritz
1924
2012
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Hellingrath , Berthold
1877
1954
Danzig
YES/NO
(1920s) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Hendrickx , Henri
1817
1894
Belgium, Greece
YES
(e.g. Belgium, 1884) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Hennig , Klaus
1895
1998
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Hepburn , Andrew Hopewell
1880
1967
USA
YES
{{PD-USGov}}
Herbert , Cedric Donald
1937
2011
States of former British colonies
NO
(1970s, 1980)
Herèík (Hercik ), Josef
1922
1999
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1976)
Herger , Helga (Mrs.)
1954
?
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1989)
Herrera , Carlos Maria
1875
1914
Uruguay
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Hertenberger , Claude
1912
2002
France, French colonies + Oversea territories, States of former French colonies
NO
(1950s, 1960s)
Herviault , André
1884
1969
French colonies + Oversea territories
NO
Heusser , Heinrich
1881
1943
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Heyart , Ben
1927
2009
Luxemburg
NO
(e.g. 1960-64)
Hilscher , Hubert
1924
1999
Poland
NO
(e.g. Poland 1959)
Hines , Robert W.
1912
1994
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Hjortzberg , Olle
1872
1959
Sweden
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1919)
Hloznik , Vincent
1919
1997
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1976)
Hoch , Hans-Peter
1924
2011
Germany (FRG, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} , {{PD-German stamps}}
Hörwater , Walter
1883
1963
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1958)
Hohlwein , Ludwig
1874
1949
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Hoke , Giselbert
1927
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1988)
Homolka , Antonin
1909
1964
Czechoslovakia
NO
Hoop , Armin
1974
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Horn , Otto
1887
?
Germany, SBZ
NO
Horniak , František
1956
?
Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
NO
Horowicz , Arthur
1898
1962
Poland
NO
Horvath , Endre
1896
1954
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1949-50)
Hourriez , Georges
1878
1953
French colonies + TOM
NO
(e.g. Madagascar 1930)
Hourtal , Henri
1877
1944
French-Morokko
YES
(e.g. 1939, 1942) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Housa , Bedrich
1926
?
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1950s)
Houyoux , Leon
1856
1940
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1922) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Houyoux , Leon
1856
1940
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1922) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Hove , Anne-Birthe (Mrs.)
1951
2005
Greenland
NO
(e.g. Greenland 2002)
Hudesek (Houdecek ), Frantisek
1909
1990
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1957, 1960, 1964)
Hunziker , Max
1901
1976
Liechtenstein
YES
(e.g. Liechtenstein 1976) , {{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
I
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Ilgenfritz , Heinrich
1889
1969
Germany (1945-49, GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-DBZ stamps}} ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Ironside , Christopher
1913
1992
United Kingdom
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1968; {{PD-UKGov}}
Ironside , Robin
1912
1965
United Kingdom
YES
{{PD-UKGov}}
Iselin , Faustina (Mrs.)
1915
2010
Switzerland
YES
(1945-1962) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
J
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Jaeger , Louis
1930
?
Liechtenstein
NO
Jahn , Sepp
1907
2003
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1948)
Jakac , Božidar
1899
1989
Slovenia, Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. Yugoslavia 1962/63)
Jakelic , Peter
1938
?
Croatia
NO
(e.g. Croatia 1993)
Jaksevicius , Adomas
1908
1967
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Jakuš , Zlatko
1945
?
Croatia, Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1976)
Janacek , Ota
1919
1996
Czechoslovakia
NO
Janota-Bzowski , Elisabeth von
1912
2012
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. FRG 1980) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Jaques , Faith
1923
1997
United Kingdom
YES/NO
(e.g. 1961) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968; {{PD-UKGov}}
Jarvelainen , Juha
1932
2015
Finland
YES/NO
(1960s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1990; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Jeanneret , Charles-Édouard pseudonym "Le Corbusier"
1887
1965
France
NO
Jensen , Axel Peder
1885
1972
Denmark
YES/NO
"NO" for Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Jirka , Ladislav
1914
1986
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1963)
Joensen-Mikines , Samal
1906
1979
Faroe Islands
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Joergensen , Aksel
1883
1957
Denmark
YES/NO
(1930s) ; "NO" for Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Joergensen . Bentil Skov
1968
?
Denmark
YES/NO
"NO" for Germany, Austria, Switzerland
John , Edmund
1894
1989
Poland
NO
(1950s)
Johnstone , James Alexander
1899
?
New Zealand
YES/NO
(e.g. 1950) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968; {{PD-NZ-50-years}}
Jonchère , Évariste
1892
1956
French-Indochina
NO
(e.g. 1940-43)
Jongert , Jacob
1883
1942
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1929) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Jones , Albert (Alfred)
1819
1900
USA, Bolivia, Hawaii, Argentina
YES
(e.g. 1870s-1890s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Jones , Robert Joseph
1922
?
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Jordi , Eugen
1894
1983
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1934) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Josso , Camille Paul
1902
1986
French colonies + Oversea territories
NO
(e.g. French-Morokko 1939-42)
Jubert , Jacques
1940
?
France
NO
(e.g. France 1980s-2000s)
Juliá , Eugenio
1842
1908
Cuba
YES
(designer of the "Esperania" on Cuban stamps)
Jumelet , Claude
1946
?
Laos, Monaco, States of former French colonies
NO
(e.g. Monaco 1971)
Jung , Georg
1899
1957
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1936)
Jung , William
1895
1950
Panama, El Salvador, USA, Canada
YES/NO
(e.g. Canada 1935, El Salvador 1940), {{PD-Panama}} {{PD-USGov}} (Canada/El Salvador ...?)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
K
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Kaczmarczyk , Czeslaw
1899
1971
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1962)
Kahrl , Ursula Maria
1949
?
Germany-reunified
NO
Kåks , Olle
1941
2003
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1981)
Kalashnikov , Anatoly Ivanovich
1930
2007
Soviet Union, Russia
YES
(e.g. Soviet Union 1969) , {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Kallas , Vello
1942
2013
Estonia
NO
Kalvoda , Alois
1875
1934
Czechoslovakia
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Kaplicky , Josef
1899
1962
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1947)
Kardovski , Dimitry
1866
1943
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1925) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Karel , Eduard
1861
1950
Czechoslovakia
NO
Karimo , Aarno
1886
1952
Finland
YES
{{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Karjalainen , Aarne
1898
1965
Finland
YES
(e.g. Finland 1956) , {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Karlsson , Hordur
1933
?
United Nations, Luxembourg, USA
YES/NO
(1960s) ; (dependent on the issue country)
Kasatkin , Nikolai Alexeyevich
1859
1930
Soviet Union
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Kasimir , Luigi
1881
1962
Austria
NO
Kass , János
1927
2010
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1987)
Kate senior, Herman Frederik Carel ten
1822
1891
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1872, 1888) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Kauffmann , Leo C.
1899
1970
USA, Venezuela
YES/NO
(e.g. USA 1941, Venezuela 1955) ; "YES" for stamps issued in Venezuela to 1958:{{PD-Venezuela}}
Kaufmann , Bruno
1944
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Kaulbach , August Friedrich von
1850
1920
Bavaria
YES
(e.g. 1911) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Kedzierski , Apoloniusz
1861
1939
Poland
NO
Keen , Joseph Lawrence
1919
2004
United Nations
NO
Keller , Joseph
1909
1987
Panama, Suriname, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
YES/NO
(e.g. 1930s, 1940s) ; "YES" for stamps in Panama issued to 1968; {{PD-Panama}}
Kent , Corita (Mrs.)
1918
1986
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Kerhor , Jean (aka André Dupuis)
1876
1974
French colonies + TOM
NO
(Tchad 1930)
Kiljan , Gerard
1891
1968
Netherlands
NO
(e.g. 1931)
Kim-McCarthy , Sojung (Mrs.)
?
?
Liechtenstein
YES
(from South Korea) , {PD-Liechtenstein-official}
King , Richard Joseph
1907
1974
Ireland
YES/NO
(1930s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968 (analogue United Kingdom)
Kinnen , Frantz
1905
1979
Luxembourg
NO
Kipperman , Kenneth
1946
?
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1952) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Kissling , Richard
1848
1919
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1914) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Klein , Richard
1890
1967
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Klemke , Werner
1917
1994
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Klopfel , Horst
1924
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Knöpfli , Bruno
1951
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Knudsen , Christian Holtermann
1845
1929
Norway
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Koch , Erno
1898
1970
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1926)
Koch , Pieter Frans Christian (Pyke)
1901
1991
Netherlands
NO/YES
(1930s, 1940s)
Kocmut , Bozidor
1899
1977
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. 1952)
Koelbel , Johannes
1883
1983
Norway
NO
Kößlinger , Ernst
1926
?
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. FRG 1987) , {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Kolb , Alois
1875
1942
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Konecki , Edward
1912
1990
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1965)
Konecsni , György
1908
1970
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1941, 1845)
Konijenburg , Willen Adriaan van
1868
1943
Netherlands
YES
(1920s-1940s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Konow , Jürgen von
1915
1959
Sweden
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1954, 1964)
Kopecki , Jan M.
1945
?
Poland
NO
(e.g. Poland 1954)
Korab , Karl
1937
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1984)
Kosel , Hermann Clemens
1867
1945
Liechtenstein
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Koslow , Howard
1924
2016
USA
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Kotrba , Emil
1912
1983
Czechoslovakia
NO
Kovacs , Erzebét (Mrs.)
1889
?
Hungary
NO
(1920s)
Kowalska , Barbara (Mrs.) "Szymanska-Kowalska"
1932
?
Poland
NO
Kowalski , Zbigniew
1928
?
Poland
NO
(1960s)
Krabbé , Hendrik Maarten
1868
1931
Netherlands
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Kranchev , Stefan
1915
2001
Bulgaria
NO
Krasauskas , Eduardas
1911
1979
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Kraus (Krausz), Franz
1905
1998
Israel
YES
(e.g. 1949/50) ; {{PD-Israel}}
Kreische , Gerhard
1905
1974
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1950) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Krimpen , Jan van
1892
1958
Netherlands
NO
(1920s-1940s)
Krivickas , Alfonsas
1919
1990
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Krzywda-Polkowski , Frantiscek
1881
1948
Pöland
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Ksidias , Percicles Spiridonovich
1872
1942
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1921) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Kühne, Ursula , (Syn. "Rauschenbach, Catja")
1949
?
Liechtenstein
YES
(from 1989 onwards) ; {{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Kulhanek , Oldrich
1940
2013
Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic
NO
(e.g. Czech Republic 1995)
Kumpf , Gottfried
1930
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1978)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
L
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Lacaque , Eugène
1914
2005
Iceland, Stamps of former French colonies
NO
(e.g. Niger 1970)
Lalia Alfredo
1907
1971
Italy
NO
Lamasure , Frank
1876
1936
Canal Zone
YES
(z.B. Canal Zone 1934) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Lambert , George Robert
1864
1946
Panama, Canal Zone
YES
(e.g. Canal Zone 1920) , {{PD-old-70}}
Lambert , Pierrette
1928
?
France
NO
(e.g. 1966)
Larrivière , Jacky
1948
?
Iceland, Finland, and others
YES/NO
(Creator of the EUROPA-stamps, 1984) ; "YES" for stamps issued in Finland before 1990: {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Lastra , Julián González de la
1954
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1985)
Laurens , Paul Albert
1870
1934
France
YES
{{PD-old-80}}
Laurent , Jean-Émile
1906
?
French-Morokko
NO
(e.g. 1939-42)
Laurent , Maria Magdalena (Mrs.)
1938
?
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1972, 1974)
Lawrenson , Edward Louis
1868
1940
Ireland
YES
(e.g. 1930) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Lebeau , Chris
1878
1945
Netherlands
YES
(1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Leclerqz , Charles
1922
2013
Belgien
NO
(1960s)
Le Corbusier pseudonym for "Charles-Édouard Jeanneret"
1887
1965
France
NO
Légrády , Sandor
1908
1987
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1932)
Lehmann , Bert
1916
1975
Israel, Togo
YES/NO
(e.g. Togo 1960)
Lehmann , Ralf-Jürgen
1933
?
GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Lemagny , Paul-Pierre
1905
1977
France
NO
Lemaire , Georges Henri
1853
1914
Belgium
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Lengellé , Paul
1908
1993
France
NO
(e.g. 1976)
L'Éplattenier , Charles
1874
1946
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1907) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Levigne , Nicholas Joseph Hubert
1905
1989
Netherlands
NO
Liesler , Josef
1912
2005
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1964)
Lieven , Karin
1899
1978
Switzerland
NO
(e.g. Switzerland 1949, 1954)
Lima , Antonio
1891
1958
Portugal
NO
Lindahl , Sophus
1849
1935
Norway
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Lindas , Arne
1924
2011
Norway
NO
Lindner , Berthold
1937
?
GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Liner , Carl August
1871
1946
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1937-41) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Lino , Antonio
1914
1998
Portugal
NO
Lipenska-Kolarova , Jarmila (Mrs.)
1917
1976
Czechoslovakia
NO
Liuksiala , Aarno
1902
1988
Finland
YES
{{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Ljunggreen , Reinhold
1920
2006
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1965)
Lobisser , Switbart
1878
1943
Austria
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Løkke-Sørensen , Knut
1931
?
Norway
NO
(e.g. Norway 1967)
Lohse , Otto
1925
2016
Germany
YES/NO
Loizeaux , Elie Timothée (Mrs.)
1873
1956
Belgian-Congo, Suriname
NO
(e.g. Suriname 1945)
Lortz , Helmut
1920
2007
Germany (FRG, Berlin (West)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}} ,{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}}
Lozano , Armandina (Mrs.)
1952
?
USA
NO
(e.g. 1996)
Lucic , Dusan
1937
?
Yugoslavia
NO
Luckenbach , Heinz
1913
1985
Germany (1945-49)
YES/NO
{{PD-DBZ stamps}}
Lüders , Lutz
1942
2004
GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}} , from Schönwalde bei Berlin
Lüdtke , Fritz
1920
?
GER (reunified)
NO
Lütcke , Willy
1905
1982
German Empire (Danzig)
YES
(e.g. 1937) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Lukaszewski , Stefan
1918
?
Poland
NO
Lukavsky , Jaroslav
1924
1984
Czechoslovakia
NO
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
M
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Maass , John
1918
1991
USA
YES/NO
(1960s) ; "YES for stamps issued to 1978; {{PD-USGov}}
Mabie , Caroll S. (Mrs.)
1895
1944
Costa Rica, El Salvador
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Macdonough , James
1820 (ca.)
1903
USA
YES
(e.g. USA 1863) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Machado , José Antonio
1862
?
Canada
YES
(e.g. 1908) ; {{PD-Canada}}
Mackennal , Bertram
1863
1931
Great Britain
YES
(1910s) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Magnussón , Kristjan H.
1903
1937
Iceland
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Magnússon , Tryggvi
1900
1960
Iceland
NO
Mahias , Robert
1890
1962
French-Réunion
NO
(e.g. 1947)
Mailick , Erik
1907
1990
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1967) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Mailick , Erik
1907
1990
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1967) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Major , James Parsons
1818
1900
USA
YES
(e.g. 1847) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Majorova , Lidiya Fedorovka (Mrs.)
1927
2008
Soviet Union
NO
(born: "Zhavoronkova") (e.g. USSR 1943-1983)
Malecki , Stefan
1924
2012
Poland
NO
(1960s)
Mancioli , Corrado
1904
1968
Italy, Liechtenstein, San Marino
YES/NO
"YES" for San Marino: {{PD-San Marino}} and Liechtenstein {{PD-Liechtenstein-official}} ; "NO" for Italy
Manley , Frank Davies
1894
1976
Australia
YES/NO
(e.g. 1931/32, 1960s) ; "YES" for stamps issued before 1968: {{PD-AustraliaGov}}
Manta , João Abel
1928
?
Portugal
NO
(1960s)
Manz , Ewald
1884
1968
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1942) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Marangoni , Tranquilo
1912
1992
Italy
NO
Marec , Victor
1862
1920
Ethiopia
YES
(e.g. Ethiopia 1909) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Marggraff , Gerhard
1892
?
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1943) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Marten , Franz
1898
1970
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1935) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Martin , José Manuel Mata
1931
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1965)
Martin , Thierry
1949
?
Belgium
NO
("TM" on stamps = "Thierry Martin")
Martino , Edoardo de
1838
1912
Argentina
YES
(e.g. 1892) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Martón , Ferenc (Franz)
1884
1940
Hungary
YES
(e.g. Hungary 1930s) ; {{PD-Hungary}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Márton , Lajos
1891
1952 (1953)
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1930)
Marx , Enid
1902
1998
United Kingdom
YES/NO
(1950s, 1976) ; "YES" for stamps issued before 1968: {{PD-UKGov}}
Marussig , Guido
1885
1972
Fiume, Italy, Austria, Croatia
YES/NO
(license unclear) ; "YES" for Croatia: {{PD-Croatia-exempt}} ; "NO" for Austria, Italy
Masatoshi , Hioki
1911
?
Japan, United Nations (Geneve)
YES/NO
(1940s, 1978) ; "YES" for stamps issued for the United nations before 1987: {{PD-US-no notice-UN}} ; "YES" for Japan: {{PD-Japan-exempt}}
Massonet , Armand
1892
1979
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1932, 1960s)
Matheson , Fredrik
1908
1999
Norway
NO
Mathéy , Georg Alexander
1884
1968
German Empire, Germany (Berlin (West))
YES/NO
(e.g. 1919, 1951) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}} ,{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}}
Matic , Dušan
1939
?
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. 1976)
Mauquoy , Hubert
1878
1945
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1929) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Maura , Bartholomé
1842
1926
Spain
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Mayo , Eileen (Mrs.)
1906
1994
New Zealand
NO
(e.g. 1969, 1970s)
Mazelin , Charles
1882
1964
France, French colonies + Oversea Territories; Monaco, States of former French colonies + Oversea territories
NO
McCloskey , Victor Stephen
1908
1988
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1948) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
McLauchlan Nairn , James
1859
1904
New Zealand
YES/NO
(e.g. 1950) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-New Zealand}}
Mechelse , Cornelis Arend
1898
1969
Netherlands
NO
(e.g. Netherlands 1951)
Medvecká , Maria (Mrs.)
1914
1987
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1954)
Meerwald , Erich
1895
1973
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Mees , Fokko
1887
1968
Saarland, Netherlands, Dutch Indies, Curaçao
YES/NO
"YES" for the Saarland (e.g. 1928) : {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Megyer-Meyer , Antal
1883
1948
Hungary
YES
(e.g. Hungary 1924) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Mele , Tullio
1929
2008
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
NO
(1951-1981)
Merson , Luc-Olivier
1846
1920
France
YES
(1900s-1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Meschendörfer , Harald
1909
1984
Romania
YES
(e.g. Romania 1950s) ; {{PD-RO-exempt}}
Metzl , Ervine
1899
1963
USA
YES
(1950s) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Mezzana , Corrado
1890
1952
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
NO
Michaluk , Tadeusz
1938
?
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1965)
Michetti , Francesco Paolo
1851
1929
Italy
YES
(e.g. 1906/08) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Miermont , Jean
1915
1973
French-Morocco, Tunesia
NO
(e.g. Tunesia 1962)
Mignon , Abel Justin
1861
1936
France, French colonies, Andorra
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Milén , Eduard
1891
1976
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1958)
Milenkovic , Andreja (Mrs.)
1923
2005
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. Yugoslavia 1965)
Miller , Jerzy
1921
?
Poland
NO
Miller Junior, Robert L.
1911
?
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1947) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Minne , Bernard
1918
?
Monaco
NO
(e.g. 1950s)
Minoru , Hisano
1918
?
Japan
NO
(e.g. 1940s/1950s)
Miranda , Irenio
1896
1964
Philippines
YES
(e.g. 1930) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-Philippines}}
Mitchell , Donald J.
1930
2010
Canada
YES/NO
(e.g. Canada 1958/59) ; "YES" for stamps issued in Canada to 1968: {{PD-Canada-stamp}}
Mitchell , Leonard Cornwall
1901
1971
British colonies
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued in British territory to 1968: {{PD-UKGov}}
Mitov , Anton Stefanov
1862
1930
Bulgaria
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Mörck , Martin
1955
?
Denmark, Sweden
NO
Molero , Pablo Sampedro
1935
?
Spain
NO
(1950-2000)
Molkenboer , Antoon
1872
1960
Netherlands
NO
Moltke , Harald Viggo (Graf von)
1871
1960
Greenland
NO
(e.g. 1938)
Monassi , Guerrino Mattia
1918
1981
Italy
NO
(e.g. 1969)
Montader , Pierre Marie Alfred
1885
1925
Saarland
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Montald , Constant
1862
1944
Belgien
YES
(e.g. 1910) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Monvoisin , Michel
1932
1982
France, French colonies + TOM, Iceland, Monaco
NO
(1960s, 1970s)
Moraes , Alfredo
1872
1971
Portugal
NO
Moravov , Alexander
1878
1961
Soviet Union
YES/NO
(license unclear) ; {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Morelli , Enzo
1896
1976
Italy
NO
(e.g. 1911)
Moreno , José
1905
1981
Chile
YES
(e.g. 1945) , {{PD-Chile}}
Morison , George Pitt
1861
1946
Australia
YES
(e.g. 1929) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Morken , Sverre
1945
?
Norway, Faroes Islands
YES/NO
"YES" for the Faroes: {{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Morriss , Peter
1934
?
Christmas Islands
NO
analogue Australia
Morycinska-Zajdel , Wanda (Mrs.)
1950
?
Poland
NO
(published her works also under the name "W.Zajdel ")
Mosdossy , Imre von
1904
1995
Colombia
NO
(1950s)
Moser , Koloman
1868
1918
Austria, Bosnia-Herzegowina
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Moss , Donald
1920
2010
USA
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Mouchon , Louis-Eugène
1843
1914
France, French colonies + Oversea territories, Greece, Guatemala, Portugal, Azores, Belgium, Netherlands
YES
{{PD-old-100}} ;(published his works also under the name "Mouchon-Cilli ")
Mracek (Mráèek ), Jan
1909
1987
Czechoslovakia
NO
Mucha , Alphonse
1860
1939
Czechoslovakia
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Müller , Louis-Charles
1902
1957
France, Algeria
YES/NO
NO for France, Yes for Algeria (e.g. "Marianne du Muller", 1955) {{PD-Algeria}}
Müller-Rabe , Klaus
1910
1991
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. Germany 1943) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Münger, Rudolf
1862
1929
Switzerland
YES
(1918-1928) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Munce , Howard
1917
2016
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1971) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Munier , Pierre
1889
1962
France, Belgian-Congo
NO
(e.g. 1938)
Murnu , Ary
1881
1971
Romania
YES
{{PD-RO-exempt}}
Murphy , Denis
1935
2012
South Africa
NO
(e.g. 1993/95)
Muus , Mary Jane Craford (Mrs.)
1919
2007
Denmark
NO
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
N
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Naescher (Näscher) , Manfred
1973
?
Liechtenstein
YES
(e.g. 2018) , {{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Nagy , Zoltán
1916
1987
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1950)
Naszarkovski , Piotr
1952
?
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1993)
Naumann , Horst
1908
1990
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1950s-1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Nefe , Alfred
1923
?
Austria, Vatican City
NO
(e.g. 1970)
Negreiros , Almada
1893
1970
Portugal
NO
Nehls , Gunnar
1955
?
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 2005)
Nellemann , Rasmus
1923
2004
Denmark
NO
(e.g. Denmark 1963/64)
Nelson , Harold Edward Houghes
1871
1948
United Kingdom
YES
(e.g. 1924, 1929) ; {{PD-UKGov}}
Neri , Edoardo del
1890
1932
Italy
YES
{{tl|PD-old-70}
Nescher , Marco
1954
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Neste , Alfred (Joseph Auguste) van
1874
1969
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1896)
Neu , Paul
1881
1940
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1921) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Neuwirth , Arnulf
1912
2012
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1987)
Néziere , Joseph de la
1873
1944
French colonies + Oversea territories
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Nicastro , Giorgio (Jorge)
1935
2016
Argentina
YES
(e.g. Argentina 1966) ; {{PD-AR-Gov}} (son of Pietro)
Nicastro , Pietro
1907
1976
San Marino
YES/NO
YES for Argentine (e.g. San Marino 1935, Argentina 1966) ; {{PD-AR-Gov}} (brother of Vittorio)
Nicastro , Vittorio
1916
?
Italy & col., San Marino, Vatican City
NO
(brother of Pietro)) + banknotes for Spain
Nichols , William D.
1835 (ca.)
1880 (ca.)
USA
YES
(e.g. USA 1863) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Nielsen , Jais
1885
1961
Denmark
NO
(e.g. 1937)
Nopsanen , Aarne
1907
1990
Finland
YES
(e.g. Finland 1941) ; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Norman , Gunnar
1912
2005
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1966)
Noten , Jean van
1903
1982
Belgium
NO
Nüesch , Wilhelm Gottfried
1893
1926
Argentina
YES
(e.g. Argentina 1902) ; {{PD-AR-Gov}} , {{PD-old-70}}
"ø", "ö" = "oe"
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
O
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Obovsky (Obrovski ), Jakub
1882
1949
Chechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1919)
Oehry , Walter
1926
2014
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Ørkov (Örkov), Ida (Mrs.)
1922
2007
Denmark
NO
(daughter of Johannes Georg Oppenheuser (engraver))
Öyama , Sukeichi
1858
1922
Japan
YES
{{PD-Japan}} {{PD-old-70}}
Oldani , Bruno
1936
?
Norway
NO
Swiss living in Norway
Olofsson , Pierre
1921
1996
Sweden
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1963)
Olsen , Spang
1921
2012
Denmark
NO
(e.g. Denmark 1981)
Ondracek , Milos
1936
?
Czechoslovakia
NO
Oorthuuijs , Casparus
1908
1975
Netherlands
NO
(1950s-1970s)
Opic , Pierre
1933
?
Senegal
NO
(e.g. 1966)
Oppenheuser , Johannes Georg
1884
1961
Denmark, Danisch West Indies
NO
Orbe , German Martin
1892
1975
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain 1950)
Osborn , Harold
1892
1968
Venezuela, Guatemala, Liberia
NO
O'Sullivan , Sean
1906
1964
Ireland
YES
(e.g. 1943/44) ; {{PD-IrishGov}}
Ourdan , Joseph Prosper
1828
1881
USA, Hawaii
YES
(e.g. USA 1863, Hawaii 1981) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Ouvré , Achille
1872
1951
France, French colonies + TOM, Germany (Occupation zones 1945-49)
YES/NO
"NO" for France + areas; "MAYBE" for Germany (1945-49): {{PD-DBZ stamps}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
P
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Pakrashi , Chitta Ranjan
1920
?
India
YES/NO
{{PD-India}}
Parmeggiani , Carlo
1881
1967
Italy
YES
(1920s)
Parrini , Manlio
1901
1968
Italy
YES
(not to confuse with the artist Amerigo Parrini)
Paschetto , Paolo
1885
1963
Italy
YES
(e.g. 1929)
Pashkov , Georgy Pavlovich
1886
1925
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1923) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Patellière , Cyril de la
1950
?
Monaco
NO
(1950s)
Payne , George Allan
1904
1990
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Pellens , Eduard
1872
1947
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1912) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Petey , Jean Marie
?
2005
France
NO
(1960s)
Petruccelli , Antonio
1907
1994
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Péturssen , Halldór
1916
1977
Iceland
NO
Pfeiler , Werner
1941
?
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1970)
Pheulpin , Jean
1907
1991
France, Monaco, Peru
NO
(1970s)
Philipsen , Holger
1912
1993
Denmark
NO
(e.g. 1964, 1970s)
Phungchaleun , Ky
1938
?
Laos
NO
(e.g. 1969-74)
Piacková , Júlia (Mrs.)
1951
?
Slovakia
YES
(e.g. Slovakia 1996) ; {{PD-SlovakGov}}
Piatti , Celestino
1922
2007
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1990) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Piel , Jules
1882
1978
France
NO
(e.g. 1949)
Pilch , Adalbert
1917
2004
Austria
NO
Pimenov , Valery
1920
?
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1973) .; {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Pinkney , Jerry
1939
?
USA
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Pinto , Candiolo Coasta
1911
1976
Portugal
NO
(1950s)
Pio , Palle
1917
?
Denmark
NO
(e.g. Denmark 1971)
Pirngadi , Mas
1875
1936
Netherlands-India
YES
(1930s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Piwczyk , Jan
1897
1972
Poland, German Empire, Generalgouvernement, Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(1939-51) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}} ,{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Podzemna-Suchardova , Anna (Mrs.)
1909
1991 (1994)
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1960)
Pointner , Rudolf
1907
1991
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1991)
Polacek , Josef
1949
?
Czech Republic
NO
(e.g. 1995)
Polak , Marian Romuald
?
1966
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1950)
Polasek , Viktor
1911
1989
Czechoslovakia
NO
Pompilian , Jean
1972
1938
Romania
YES
(1900s, 1910s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Pongratz , Peter
1940
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1990)
Ponickau , Robert
1846
1920
USA
YES
(e.g. USA 1898) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Poortman , Maurice
1890
1954
Belgium
YES
(BEL 1933-1956) ; {{PD-Belgium-exempt}}
Poppe , Marta (Mrs.)
1940
?
Brazil
YES/NO
(1970s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1983: {{PD-BrazilGov}}
Porter , Esther F. (Mrs.)
1927
2004
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Portielje , Gerard
1856
1929
Belgium
YES
(e.g. 1898) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Possolo , Carlos
1967
?
Portugal
NO
Pruggmayer , Egon
1905
1983
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1951) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Puchinger , Erwin
1876
1944
German Empire, Generalgouvernement
YES/NO
(e.g. 1951) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Puyplat , Jules-Jacques
1843
1916
Franch colonies
YES
(1900s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
Q
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Quieti , Aleco (also: Quietli, Alcoo)
1922
2014
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
NO
Quillivic , René
1879
1973
Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)
NO
Quillivic , René
1925
?
France
NO
(e.g. France 1975)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
R
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Radillo . José Rodriguez
1915
1977
Cuba
NO
(1960s)
Raebiger , Heinz
1903
1955
German Empire, Liechtenstein
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}} , {{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Rahikainen , Pentti
1928
?
Finland
YES/NO
(e.g. 1963) ; "YES" for stamps issued before 1990: {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Rajewicz , Joseph
1919
2010
France
NO
(e.g. France 1985)
Ramalho , Antonio Monteiro
1959
1916
Portugal
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Ranzoni der Jüngere, Ernst Hans
1896
1991
Austria, Liechtenstein
NO
Rau , Marcel
1886
1966
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1936)
Rawlinson . Elaine (Mrs.)
1911
?
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. 1938) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Rebelo , Domingos
1891
1975
Portugal
NO
(1950s, 1960s)
Reber , Bernhard
1910
1992
Switzerland
YES
(1937-1984) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Regende , Julio
1917
2001
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1962)
Rego , Domingos Alves do
1873
1960
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1904, 1910)
Reis , Carlos Antonio Rodrigues dos
1863
1940
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1895) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Reitsma-Valença , Engelien (Mrs.)
1889
1981
Netherlands
NO
(1920s, 1930s)
Renner , Josef Franz
1886
1957
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1920)
Repettati , Enrico
1835
1894
Italy, San Marino
YES
{{PD-old-100}} ; (father of Alberto Repettati)
Restall , Andrew
1931
?
United Kingdom
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-UKGov}}
Rezek , Ivo
1898
1979
Croatia
NO
(1940s)
Richards , Walter DuBois
1907
?
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Rieß , Joachim
1937
?
Germany (GDR, reunified)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}} , {{PD-German stamps}}
Rigal , Louis (Pierre)
1889
1955
France
NO
(e.g. 1930/1931)
Ring , Ludwig (Louis)
1929
2005
Germany (FRG, Saarland)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Ringel , Franz
1940
2011
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1994)
Roach , William A.
1888
1969
USA
YES
(e.g. 1940) : {{PD-USGov}}
Robert , Paul Théophile
1879
1956
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1919) : {{PD-Switzerland-official}} (other source: 1854-1954)
Rochóll , Carlos
1875
1945
Paraguay
YES
(1930s) : {{PD-Paraguay}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Rodici , Mateja
1929
?
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. Yugoslavia 1960)
Rodriguez , Camilo Delhom
1894
1970
Spain
NO
(unclear license)
Rohse , Otto
1925
2016
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Ronaldson , Douglas Stewart
1825
1902
Chile, USA
YES
(1890s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Rondini , Guiseppe
1881
1955
Italy
NO
(e.g. Italy 1936 - Horace-jubilee)
Rosa , Fabian de la
1869
1937
Philippines
YES
(e.g. 1935) : {{PD-old-70}}
Rose , Hajo
1910
1989
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Rosenmeyer , Christian
1811
1872
Denmark
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Rosing , Jens Christian
1925
2008
Greenland
NO
(e.g. 1983)
Rosing , Johannes
1858
1942
Denmark, Greenland
XES
{{PD-old-70}}
Roty , Louis-Oscar
1846
1911
France
YES
(e.g. 1906-37, Semeuse) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Roubal , Franz
1889
1967
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1943) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Roubtzoff , Alexandre
1884
1949
Russia, French-Tunesia
NO
Roule , Bohdan
1921
1960
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1950s)
Ruegg , Oscar
1896
1987
Switzerland
YES
(1940s) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Rueter , Georg
1875
1966
Netherlands
NO
(e.g. 1924)
Ruppen , Silvia
1949
?
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
S
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Saarinen , Eliel
1873
1950
Finland
YES
{{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Saavedra , Albert
1927
2009
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Sachs , Margot (Mrs.)
1936
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
her name was
"Margot Sachs" 1960-1964, "Margor Bitzer-Sachs" 1964-1967, "Margot Sachs" 1967-1972; "Margot Bitzer" from 1972
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Sainson , Huguette
1929
2011
Germany (Saarland)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Saint Romain , José Alberto
1909
?
Uruguay
NO
(e.g. 1935)
Salgado , José Veloso
1894
1945
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1894) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Sallberg , Harald
1895
1963
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1944/45, 1960)
Sallinen , Raimo
1939
?
Finland
YES/NO
(e.g. Finland 1989) ; "YES" for stamps issued in Finland before 1990:{{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Samerjean , George Eugeny
1915
2005
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Sami Bey , Ali
1872
after 1927
Turkey
YES
{{PD-Turkey}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Samsom , Ismail
1934
1988
Algeria
NO
(1970s)
Sanchez-Toda , Alfonso López
1914
2000
Spain, Spanish-Tanger
NO
(unclear license) , (Brother of José Luis Lopez Sanchez-Toda)
Sanchez-Toda , José Luis Lopez
1901
1975
Spain
NO
(unclear license) , (Brother of Alfonso López Sanchez-Toda)
San Martin , José Luis Zorrilla de
1891
1975
Uruguay
NO
(e.g. 1935, 1961)
Sartori , Augusto
1880
1957
Italy
NO
Savage , Robert
1868
1943
USA, Italy, Panama, Chile
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Schantz , Philip von
1928
1998
Schweden
YES
{{PD-Sweden-URL9}}
Schardt , Hermann
1912
1984
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Scheuner , Harry
1935
?
GDR
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Schiestl , Matthäus
1869
1959
Liechtenstein
YES/NO
{{PD-Liechtenstein}}
Schillinger , Heinz
1929
2008
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Schimek , Herbert Toni
1905
1982
Austria, Liechtenstein
NO
(1950s)
Schirnböck (Schirmbock ), Ferdinand
1859
1930
Austria, Bavaria, Bosnia & Herzegowina, Argentina, Norway
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Schlecht , Charles
1843
1932
Chile
YES
(e.g. Chile 1911) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Schmidt , Fritz Ludwig
1922
2008
Germany (Saarland)
YES/NO
(e.g. Saarland 1955) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Schmidt , Harold von
1893
1982
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Schmidt , Jindra (Jindrich, Henry)
1897
1984
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1940s, 1950s)
Schmidt , Werner Hans
1944
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Schmirl , Gerhard (Gerhart)
1942
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1980s)
Schmögner , Walter
1945
?
Austria
NO
(designer, Austria 1987)
Schnell , Leon
1881
1961
German Empire, Germany (Occupated zones 1945-49, FRG)
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}} , {{PD-DBZ stamps}} ,{{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Schober , Robert
1892
1971
Austria
NO
Schoff , Stephen Alonzo
1818
1904
Hawaii
YES
(e.g. Hawaii 1875) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Schoner (Schauer ), Engelbert
1906
1977
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Schopfer , Pierre
1943
?
Switzerland
NO
(engraver, e.g. Switzerland 1980s, 1990s)
Schrage , William Karl
1896
1964
USA
YES
{{PD-USGov}}
Schrom , Ernst
1902
1969
Austria
NO
(1940s, 1950s)
Schuricht , Arthur
1882
1945
Germany, Austria
YES/NO
(e.g. Austria 1933) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}} ; {{PD-old-70}}
Schurmann , Ivan
1935
?
Czech Republic, Slovakia
NO
(e.g. Czech Rep. 1991, Slovakia 2009)
Schutz , Eva (Mrs.)
1909
1993
Netherlands-Surinam
NO
(1930s)
Schwabe , Heinz
1910
1988
Germany, SBZ
NO
Schwahn , Hermann
1927
2003
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1986) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Schwartz , Herman Herbert
1885
1962
Canada
YES
(e.g. 1920s, 1947) ; {{PD-Canada}}
Schwatlo , Carl
1831
1884
North German Confederation
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Schweitzer , Hans Herbert
1901
1980
Germany (Nazi-)
YES/NO
(Pseudonym "Mjölnir")
Sciortino , Antonio
1879
1947
Malta
YES
(license analogue to United Kingdom)
Seegers , Hendrik
1878
1956
Netherlands, Curaçao
NO
(1930s)
Seger , Josef
1908
1998
Austria, Liechtenstein, San Marino
NO
(1950s, 1960s)
Seidel , Wolfgang
1946
?
Austria, Iceland
NO
(1980s)
Seitz , Franz Max Joseph
1812
?
Bavaria
YES
(e.g. 1849) , {{PD-old-100}}
Seizinger , Karl Friedrich Wilhelm
1889
1976
Czechoslovakia, Bohemia & Moravia; Croatia, Yugoslavia, Portugal, United Nations
NO
Semar , Sepp
1901
1971
Austria
NO
Serres , Raoul
1881
1971
France
NO
Sert i Badia , Joseph Maria
1874
1945
Spain
NO
(e.g. Spain, 1966 (stamp post mortem))
Serup-Hansen , Dan
1918
1995
Denmark
NO
Serveau , Clement
1886
1972
France
NO
(e.g. France 1963)
Severin , Marc Ferdinand
1906
1987
Belgium
NO
(1942-1985)
Sezanne , Augusto
1856
1935
Italy
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Shadr , Ivan
1887
1941
Soviet Union
YES
(1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Sharpless , Howard Franklyn
1918
2003
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Shishkin , Georgy Georgeyevivh (Chichkine , Guergui Gueorguievich)
1948
?
Monaco
NO
(e.g. 2011)
Silva , João Pedroso Gomes da
1825
1890
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1880/81) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Silverman , Burton
1928
?
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Šimon , Tavik František
1877
1942
Czechoslovakia
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Simonis , Kazys
1887
1978
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Simpson , Marcus
1937
?
Chile
NO
(e.g. Chile 1977)
Sjööblom , Lars
1956
?
Sweden
NO
Skinner , Charles
1841
1932
Panama, Canada, Venezuela
YES
(1890s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Slama , Viktor Theodor
1890
1973
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1955)
Slania , Czeslaw
1921
2005
many, mostly Scandinavian countires
NO
Sliwka , Karol
1932
2018
Poland
NO
Sluyters , Jan
1881
1957
Netherlands
NO
(e.g. 1928, 1930)
Smillie , George Frederick Cumming
1854
1924
Mexico
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Smillie , James
1807
1885
Costa Rica
YES
(e.g. Costa Rica 1863) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Smith , Sidney
1901
1942
Venezuela, Panama, Columbia
YES
(e.g. Columbia 1940) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Smith , William Arthur
1918
1972
USA
YES
(e.g. 1952, 1972) ; {{PD-USGov}}
Šnejder , Bohumil
1936
?
Czech Republic
NO
Sobral Fernandes , Constantino de
1878
1920
Portugal, Portuguese colonies
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Somers , Francine (Mrs.)
1923
?
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1966)
Sousa (Souza ), Alberto de
1880
1961
Portugal
NO
(e.g. Portugal 1925)
Sousa Araujo , Renato de Penha e Cantos de
1911
1950
Portugal
NO
(e.g. 1940)
Sparre af Söfdeborg , Pehr Ambjörn
1828
1921
Sweden
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Spiegel , Friedrich Ferdinand von
1879
1950
German Empire
YES/NO
(1930s) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Spinoy , Constant
1924
1997
Belgium
NO
(1960s)
Spitz , André
1883
1977
France
NO
(e.g. France 1949, 1964)
Srb , Martin
1954
?
Czech Republic
NO
Štáfl , Otokar
1884
1945
Czechoslovakia, Bohemia & Moravia
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Stage , Mads
1922
2004
Denmark
NO
(e.g. 1963)
Stang , Rudolf (Rudolph)
1831
1927
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1888, 1899) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Stauf , Gerhard
1924
1996
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1958) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Stefferl , Otto
1931
?
Austria, USA
NO
Steiner , Ernst
1935
?
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1989)
Steinwendner , Bernd
1939
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. 1970) , {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Stika , Karel
1898
1975
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1954)
Stiubei , Dimitrie
1901
1986
Romania
YES
(1930s-1950s) ; {{PD-RO-exempt}}
Strebel , Walter ("Rapallo")
1951
2006
Liechtenstein
YES
{{PD-Liechtenstein-official}}
Stretti , Mario
1910
1960
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1955)
Strnad , Ivan
1926
?
Czechoslovakia
NO
Strohofer , Hans
1885
1961
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1948)
Suffrian , Dorothea (Mrs.)
1894
?
Ecuador, Columbia
NO
(e.g. 1929/32)
Suknarowski , Franciszek
1912
1998
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1947)
Surbek , Victor
1885
1975
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1939) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Svabinský , Max
1873
1962
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1950s/60s)
Švec , Ján
1930
?
Slovakia
NO
(e.g. Slovakia 1994)
Svengsbír , Jirí Antonín
1921
1983
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1949, 1950s-1970s)
Svolinský , Karel
1896
1986
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. 1968, 1977)
Szesztokat , Willy
1884
1973
German Empire
YES/NO
(1920s) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Szklarczyk , Andrzej
1934
?
Poland
NO
(engraver, e.g. Poland 1960)
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
T
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Tägtström , David
1894
1981
Sweden
NO
(e.g. Sweden 1961)
Tarabildaite , Domiciele
1912
1985
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}} ; (Mrs) ; ("Tarabildaite" = maskuline variant of the name (= variant in documents, passports ..etc.), "Tarabildiene" = feminine variant of the name (= original name))
Taru , Eugen
1913
1991
Romania
NO
(e.g. 1950)
Tassos , A. Pseudonym: "Anastasios Alevizos"
1914
1985
Greece
NO
Tegner , Hans
1853
1932
German Empire
YES/NO
{{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Terzi , Aleardo
1870
1943
Italian colonies (Tripolitania)
YES
{{PD-Italy}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Teubel , Friedrich
1884
1965
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1948)
Thelander , Henry
1902
1986
Denmark
NO
(1960s)
Therchilsen , Julius
1873
1954
Austria, Norway
NO
Thiriar , James
1889
1965
Belgium
NO
(e.g. 1934, 1960s)
Thompson , Bradbury
1911
1995
USA
YES/NO
(1960s-80s) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Tianjiao , Lu
1934
?
China
NO
(1950s)
Tichy , Franticek
1896
1961
Czechoslovakia
NO
(1950s)
Tideblad , Ture
1889
1967
Sweden
NO
(r.g. Sweden 1924)
Tièche , Adolf
1877
1957
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1924) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Tinaye (Tinayre ), Louis
1861
1942
Monaco
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Tofani , Dino
1895
?
Italy
NO
Toorop , Jan
1858
1928
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1923) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Toptani , Shadan
1903
1979
Albania
YES
(e.g. Albania 1968) ; {{PD-Albania-exempt}}
Torneman , Axel
1880
1925
Sweden
YES
{{PD-old-70}}
Toth , Gyula (Mrs.)
1891
1970
Hungary
NO
(e.g. 1943)
Toth , Rudolf
1918
2009
Austria
NO
(other source: 1918-2009)
Trémont , Auguste Nicolas
1892
1980
Luxemburg
NO
(License unclear)
Trier , Hann
1915
1999
German Empire
YES/NO
(e.g. 1939) ; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Trojanowski , Edward
1873
1930
Poland
YES
(e.g. 1918, 1920s) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Troyer , Johannes
1902
1969
Liechtenstein
NO
(e.g. 1939, 1940s)
Trpin , Janez
1908
1973
Yugoslavia
NO
(e.g. 1934, 1940s/50s)
Tull , Ödön (Edmund)
1870
1911
Hungary
YES
(1900s-20s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Tuma , Adolf
1956
?
Austria
NO
(e.g. 1996)
Turner , Charles
1869
1912
Australia
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Tvrdoò , Jaroslav
1950
?
Czech Republic
NO
"ü" = "ue"
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
U
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Uhlemann , Karl
1910
1992
Ireland
YES/NO
(e.g. 1948) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1968: {{PD-IrishGov}}
Unrein , Janos
1829
?
Hungary
YES
(e.g. 1871) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Uzunov , Dechko
1899
1986
Bulgaria
NO
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
V
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Vacek , Wlodzimierz
?
1961
Poland
YES/NO
(e.g. Poland 1938)
Vahtero , Pirkko
1936
?
Finland
YES/NO
(e.g. 1984) ; "YES" for stamps issued before 1990: {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Vallet , Edouard
1876
1929
Switzerland
YES
other source: 1876-1926(e.g. 1919) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Vaquer , Enrique
1874
1931
Turkey
YES
(e.g. Turkey 1914) ; {{PD-Turkey}}
Varnas , Adomas
1879
1979
Lithuania
YES
{{PD-LT-exempt}}
Vavpotic , Ivan
1877
1943
Slovenia
YES
(e.g. 1919/20) ; {{PD-Slovenia-exempt}}
Vaz , João José
1859
1931
Portugal
YES
(e.g. 1898) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Vertel , József
1022
1993
Hungary
NO
(e.g. Hungary 1954)
Vespäläinen , Olavi
1927
1993
Finland
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued before 1990: {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Vibert , Pierre-Eugène
1875
1937
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1924) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Vicario , Juan Carlos Heras
1961
?
Spain
NO
(e.g. 1986) , (unclear license)
Vik , Karel
1883
1964
Czechoslovakia, Bohemia & Moravia
YES/NO
(e.g. 1936) ; "NO" for Czechoslovakia "MAYBE" for Böhmen & Mähren: {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Viola , Héctor Amadeo
1934
?
Argentina
YES
{{PD-AR-Gov}}
Vladimirov , Ivan
1869
1947
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1925) ; {{PD-RU-exempt}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Vloors , Emile
1871
1952
Belgian Congo, Martinique, Gabon
NO
(1920s)
Vogel , Arthur C.
1893
1953
Ecuador, China
NO
(e.g. Ecuador 1938, China 1946) ; {{PD-China}} {{PD-EC-exempt}}
Vogenauer , Ernst Rudolf
1897
1972
German Empire, Austria
YES/NO
(1940s) ; "NO" for Austria; "MAYBE" for German Empire: {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Voigt , Gerhard
1926
2005
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(e.g. GDR 1971) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Volkamer , Oswin
1930
2016
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Volkamer , Oswin
1930
2016
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
(1970s, 1980s) ; {{PD-GDR stamps}}
Volkov , Alexander Nikolaevich
1886
1957
Soviet Union
YES
{{PD-RU-exempt}}
Vollet , Henry-Emile
1861
1945
French colonies (French New Caledonia)
YES
(e.g. 1905/08) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Vondrous , Jan Charles
1884
1970
Czechoslovakia, Bohemia & Moravia
YES/NO
(1930s-50s) ; "NO" for Czechoslovakia; "MAYBE" for Böhmen und Mähren: {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Vossen , André van der
1893
1963
Europa-CEPT
NO
(Europa-stamps 1958)
Vürtheim , Joseph
1808
1900
Netherlands
YES
(e.g. 1869, 1890s) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Voz , Myriam
1961
?
Belgium
NO
("MV" on stamps = "Myriam Voz")
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
V
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Waldraff , Paul Eduard
1870
1917
German Empire
YES
{{PD-German Empire stamps}} ; {{PD-old-100}}
Wallander , Joseph Wilhelm
1821
1888
Sweden
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Wallhorn , Arne
1921
1994
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 1953-1986)
Wandenkolk , Eduardo
1838
1902
Brazil
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Weech , Sigmund von
1888
1982
German Empire
YES/NO
other source: 1903-1990; {{PD-German Empire stamps}}
Weiskönig , Werner
1907
1982
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1938-1973) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Weiler , Max
1910
2001
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1993)
Welde , Henry
1914
1991
Norway
NO
(e.g. 1965)
Welti , Albert
1862
1912
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1907/09) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}} ; {{PD-old-100}}
Wendelin , Rudolph Andreas
1910
2000
USA
YES/NO
"YES" for stamps issued to 1978: {{PD-USGov}}
Werenskjöld , Erik
1855
1938
Norway
YES
(e.g. 1941) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Weyer , Lex (Senior)
1914
2005
Europa-CEPT
NO
(from Luxembourg; e.g. Europa-stamps 1962)
Whelan , Leo
1892
1956
Ireland
NO
(e.g. 1929, 1954)
Wich , Ole
1953
?
Faroe Islands
YES
{{PD-Faroe stamps}}
Wiener , Charles
1832
1888
Portugal, Belgium
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Wiener , Jacques
1815
1899
Luxemburg, Belgium
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Wiese , Bruno K.
1922
?
Germany (FRG)
YES
(e.g. FRG 1984) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Wilczyk , Jozef
1902
?
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1945/46)
Williams , Lily (Mrs.)
1847
1940
Ireland
YES
(e.g. 1922, 1935) ; {{PD-old-70}}
Williamson , Harry
1940
?
Australia
NO
(worked for NPB, National Reserve Bank of Australia)
Wimmer , Georg
1894
1975
Austria
NO
Winn , James Buchanan
1905
1979
USA
YES/NO
(e.g. USA 1945) ; "YES" for stamps issued in the USA to 1978: [[tl|PD-USGov}}
Wirkkala , Tapio
1915
1985
Finland
YES
(e.g. Finland 1952) ; {{PD-FinlandStamp}}
Wirth , Kurt
1917
1996
Switzerland
NO
(e.g. Switzerland 1986)
Witkamp , Pieter Harmen
1816
1892
Netherlands
YES
{{PD-old-100}}
Wouw , Jolijn van der
1942
2001
Netherlands
NO
Woyty-Wimmer , Hubert
1901
1972
Austria, United Nations
NO
(e.g. 1948/51)
Wurnitsch , Valentin
1946
?
Austria
NO
(e.g. Austria 1983)
Wyon , Alfred Benjamin
1837
1884
Spain
YES
(e.g. Spain 1876) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Wyon , Leonard Charles
1826
1891
Great Britain
YES
(e.g. Great Britain 1948/51) ; {{PD-old-100}}
Stamp designers and engravers (with known biographical datas)
V
Name
born
death
stamp country
free license in 2018
Remarks
Yersin , Albert Edgar
1905
1984
Switzerland
YES
(e.g. 1941/45) ; {{PD-Switzerland-official}}
Young , Blamire
1862
1935
Australia
YES
{{PD-Australia}}
Yttri , Arild
1958
?
Norway
NO
(e.g. Norway 1970, 1995)
Yutaka , Yoshida
1889
?
Japan
YES/NO
(e.g. 1921/24) ; {{PD-Japan}}
Zainea , Serban
1907
1990
Romania
NO
(e.g. 1958)
Zajdel (Morycinska-Zajdel ), Wanda (Mrs.)
1950
?
Poland
NO
Zakrzewski , Wlodzimiercz
1916
1992
Poland
NO
(e.g. 1951)
Zapf , Hermann
1918
2015
Germany (FRG)
YES/NO
(1950s) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost stamps}}
Zarrinsh (Zarins, Zarinš, Zarinsch, ????????), Richard
1869
1939
Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Latvia
YES
(1910s/20s) ; {{PD-RU-exempt}} , {{PD-LV-exempt}}
Zavyalov , Vasili Vasilievich
1906
1972
Soviet Union
YES
(e.g. 1951) ; {{PD-RU-exempt}}
Zechowski , Stefan
1912
1984
Poland
NO
Zeiller , Otto
1913
1988
Austria
NO
other source: 1896-1967
Zemaitis (Zmuidzinavicius ), Antanas
1876
1966
Lithuania
YES
(mostly catalogized as "A. Žmuidzinavicius-Žemaitis") ; {{PD-LT-exempt}}
Zenziger , Rudolf
1891
1978
Austria
NO
Zeppel-Sperl , Robert
1944
2005
Austria
NO
(designer, e.g. Austria 1990)
Zerritsch der Jüngere, Fritz
1888
1985
Austria
NO
Zetterström , Dan
1954
?
Sweden
NO
(e.g. 2002)
Zhelezarov , Georgi
1898
1962
Bulgaria
NO
(e.g. 1925/26)
Zihrul , Ansis
1883
1942
Latvia
YES
{{PD-LV-exempt}} , {{PD-old-70}}
Zill , Hilmar
1940
?
Germany (GDR)
YES/NO
̣{{PD-GDR stamps}}
Zimbal , Hans
1889
1961
Germany (Berlin (West))
YES/NO
(e.g. Berlin 1957) ; {{PD-Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamps}}
Zlamalik , Matija
1905
1965
Yugoslavia
YES/NO
(e.g. Yugoslavia 1952) ; "YES" for stamps issued to 1948: {{PD-old-70}}
Zmeták , Ernest
1919
2004
Czechoslovakia
NO
(e.g. Czechoslovakia 1974)
Zotow , Eugen
1881
1953
Liechtenstein
NO
(e.g. 1939-43)
Abbreviations and Initials on or relating to stamps [ edit ]
Abbreviations and Initials on/around stamps (and catalogues) relating to the designer, engraver or printery
- "A. " (Spain) = "José Luis Lopez Sanches-Toda"
- "ABN ", also: "ABNC " (USA and others) = "American Bank Note Company, New York"
- "AEI " (Italy) = "Aero Espresso Italiana" = Italian Airmail Service
- "AFIS " (Italian Somalia) = "Amministrazione Fiduciana Italiana della Somalia"
- "A.G. " (Australia) = "Attorney General"
- "A.M. " or "AM " (Germany) = "Allied Military Government"
- "A.M. " (Greece) = "Axia Metalliki" = "value in coin"
- "AMB. " (Italy) = "Ufficio ambulante" = TPO in Italy ("Travelling post office")
- "A.M.G. " (Italy, Pacific and Oceanian states) = "Allied Military Government" = occupated areas by British and US-American military units
- "A.M.G.V.G. " (Italy) = "Allied Military Government, Venezia Giulia" = occupated areas by British and US-American military units in Venezia Guilia
- "A.M.G.F.T.T. " (Italy, Croatia) = "Allied Military Government, First Trieste Zone A" = occupated areas by British and US-American military units in Trieste
- "A.N. " (Liechtenstein) = "Alfred Nefe"
- "A-MP-D " (Åland) = "Anna-Mareet Pitkänen-Danmark"
- "A.O. " (Australia) = "Audit Office" = official stamps
- "A.O. " (German) = "Afrique orientale" = Belgian occupation of German East Africa
- "A.R. " (Bolivia, Chile, Panama) = "Aviso de Reception" = "Advice of Receipt"
- "A.RECEBER " (Portugal, Portuguese colonies) = "A receber" = "Postage Due"
- "A. & S.H-M. " (Denmark) = "Alan und Sven Havensteen-Mikkelsen"
- "A & T " (French colonies in Indochina) = "Annan and Tonkin"
- "B " (in oval) (Belgium) = Belgian Parcel Post
- "B " (Straits Settlements) = "Bangkok"
- "B.A. " (British occupations during WWII) = "British Administration"
- "BABNC " (Canada) = "British American Bank Note Company"
- "B.C.A. " (African colonies) = "British Central Africa"
- "B.C.A.O. " (West African countries) = "Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest" = Westafrikanische Zentralbank, Herausgeber des CFA-Franc
- "B.C.M. " (British colonies) = "British Consular Mail"
- "B.C.O.F. " (Japan, Pacific States) = "British Commonwealth Occupation Force"
- "B.D. " (Australia) = "Barracks Department"
- "B.G. " (Italy) = "Bollo Gazzette" = newspaper stamp
- "B.I.O.T. " (Seychelles) = "British Indian Ocean Territory"
- "B.J. " (Denmark) = "Bent Jacobsen"
- "BLP " (Italy) = "Busta Lettera Postale" = stamps for covers with room for advertisements
- "B.M. " (Australia) = "Bench of Magistrates"
- "B.M.A. " (British occupations during WWII) = "British Military Administration"
- "B.N.F. " (Turkey) = "Base Navale Française"
- "B.P.C./V.K. " (Belgium) = "Bureau de Poste de Campagne / Veld Post Kantoor" = Belgian military postal service
- "B.R.A. " (China) = "British Railway Administration"
- "BW " = "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Sons" = printery in London (in later times as London branch of the ABNC)
- "C " (Paraguay) = "Compana"
- "C. " (Australia) = "Customs"
- "CABO " (Nicaragua) = "Cabo Gracias a Dios" = stamp used to prevent cuppency manipulations
- "CBNC " (Canada) = "Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa"
- "C.CH. " (French colonies in Indochina) = "Cochin China"
- "CL " (Switzerland) = "Charles L'Éplattenier"
- "C.L. " (Belgium) = "Charles Leclercqz"
- "C.L.N. " (Italy) = "Comitati di Liberazione Nazionale" = Fascist Northern Italy in 1944
- "C.M.T. " (Romania) = "Comandamentul militar teritorial" = occupated territory by Romanian military units (e.g. in Ukraine)
- "C.S. " (Belgium) = "Constant Spinoy" (1924-1993)
- "C.S.B.N. " (Argentina) = "Compania Sudamericana de Billets de Banco, Buenos Aires"
- "CTO " - "cancelled to order"
- "del " (sometime as name additive) = "delineavit" = "he/she drew it" = "designed by..."
- "DLR " = "Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited, London and Basingstoke" = Printery of the De La Rue-Group
- "d.V. " (Belgium) = "Jan de Voss"
- "EEF " (Palestine) = "Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine"
- "EMB " (Switzerland) = "Eidgenössische Münzstätte, Bern"
- "F.M. " (France) = "Franchise militaire" = French Military Postal Service
- "F.N.M.T. " (Spain) = "Fábrica National de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid"
- "FRM " (Denmark) = "Frimærke" = definitive stamp
- "G " (Mauritania) = "George Bétemps"
- "G " (Czechoslovakia) = "Jaroslav Goldschmied"
- "Grav. " (Brazil) = "Gravados"
- "H.D. " (Belgium) = "Henri Decuyper"
- "H.H. " (Sweden) = "Hans Hammarskjöld"
- "H.N. " (United Kingdom) = "Harold Nelson"
- "H & S " = "Harrison and Sons Limited, London, Hayes and High Wycombe" (printery)
- "H.-V. Paris " (France) = "Hélio-Vaugirard S.A., Paris"
- "H.V. " (Belgium) = Herman Verbaere
- "I.E.F. " (Great Britain, British India) = "Indian Expeditionary Forces" = Postal Service of the British Military Forces in India
- "I.K.E. " (Sweden) = "Inga-Karin Eriksson"
- "Inc. " = (Italy) = "Incisione" = engraving
- "INCM " (Portugal) = "Imprensa National - Casa da Moeda"
- "IPPP " (or similar, sometime on sheet margins) = "Intaglio, Letterpress, Photogravure"
- "I.P.S." (or in variants) (Italy) = "Instituto Poligrafico di Stato" (mostly with additional "Officina Carte Valori") = printery in Rome and Novara (The "Officina Carte Valori" was located initially in Turin.)
- "I.P.Z.S. " (Italy) = "Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato" = printery in Rome
- "ISTRA " (Italy, Croatia, Fiume 1944-1948) = short-lived state on the Istrian peninsula around Trieste and Fiume, stamps of the Fascist North Italy with overprint after occupation by Yugoslavian military forces
- "J. " (France) = "Claude Jumelet"
- "J.B. " (Belgium) = "Jan de Bast"
- "J.D. " (Belgium) = "Jan de Bast"
- "J.L. " (Spain) = "José Luis Lopez Sanches-Toda"
- "J.S. " (Czechoslovakia) = "Josef Sejpka"
- "J.S. " (Norway) = "John Søraune"
- "J.V. " (Belgium) = "Jan de Vos"
- "K LØKKE-S " (Norway) = "Knut Løkke-Sørensen"
- "K.S. " (Liechtenstein, Czechoslovakia) : = "Karl Seizinger"...?
- "L.J. " (Belgium) = "Leon Janssens"
- "L.K. " (Sweden) = "L.Karlsson"
- "L.S. " (Sweden) = "Lars Sjööblom"
- "MVTM " (Belgium) = "Myriam Voz and Thierry Martin"
- "N " (United Kingdom) = "Harold Nelson"
- "N & C " (United Kingdom) = "Newbauer & Co."
- "NPB " (Australia) = "Reserve Bank of Australia, Note Printing Branch, Craigieburn" (Printery in Australia)
- "NVPH " (Netherlands) = "Netherlandse Vereiniging van Postzegelhandelaren"
- "O.B. " (Belgium) = "Oscar Bonnevalle" (1920-1993)
- "ÖSD ", also: "OeSD " (Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein etc.) = "Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Wien" = Austrian State Printery in Vienna
- "O.M.F. " (France and others) = "Occupation Militaire Française" = French-occupated territories
- "Oy " " (Finland) = "Osakeyhtiö" = Aktiengesellschaft in Finnland
- "P.H. " (Belgium) = Paul Huybrechts
- "PM " (Italy) = "Posta Militare" = Italian military postal service
- "P.N. " (Sweden) = "Piotr Naszarkowski"
- "Ppal " (France) = "Bureau principal" in postmarks at locations with more as one post office
- "P.P.T.iT " (Poland) = "Polska Poczta, Telegraf i Telefon" = Post of Poland 1928-1939, 1945-1987
- "P.T.T. " (Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Marocco etc.) = "Bureau de telégraphe, poste et téléphone"
- "P&T " (Denmark) = "Post- og Telegrafvaesenet" (official name of the Royal Post of Denmark 1927-1991)
- "P.W.P.W. " (Poland) = "Panstwowa Wytwómia Papierów Wartósctowya SA" = Polish State Printery in Warsaw, founded 1919
- "QCSPL " (Trinidad & Tobago) = "Questra Colours Security Printers Limited"
- "ROLI " (Israel) = "Gerd Rothschild + Ze'ev Lippmann"
- "R.S.M. " (San Marino) = "Repubblica di San Marino"
- "SBNC " = "Security Bank Note Company" = printery in Philadelphia (USA)
- "S.A.A.P.C. " (Nepal etc.) = "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation"
- "SbPA " (GDR) = "Selbstbedienungspostamt" (= "Self-Service Post Office") (at registration labels)
- "S.E. " (Sweden) = "Sven Ewert"
- "S.P.O. " (Sweden) = Swedish Post Office
- "S.O. " (Poland, Hungary and others) = "Schlesien-Ost" or "Oberschlesien" = Eastern Silesia
- "sc. " (sometime as name additive) =
- "S.H.-M. " (Denmark) = "Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen"
- "STIF " (Belgium, France, Finland) = "Technique d'Impressions Fiduciaires" = print annotation in regard to the used press technnique
- "STIF-4 " (Belgium, France, Finland) = "Technique d'Impressions Fiduciaires" = print annotation in regard to the used press technnique
= 4-colors-print (at Recess printing)
"GIORI " = print process = 1 plate + 4 colors (print variant of the STIF-4 process)
- "STIF-6 " (Belgium, France, Finland) = "Technique d'Impressions Fiduciaires" = print annotation in regard to the used press technnique
3 inks direct plate printing (used at recess printing)
3 inks indirect plate printing (used at offset printing)
- "STPE " = (Chad) = "Société tchadienne des postes et de l'épargne"
- "TDLR " = (verschiedene) = "Thomas De La Rue and Company", London and Basingstoke = main printery of the De La Rue group
- "T.E.O. " = (France and others) = "Territoires Ennemis Occupes" = occupated ennemy territory by French military units
- "T.I.E.V." " (Mexico) = "Talleres de Impreción de Estampillas y Valores" = printery in Mexico-City, founded 1875
- "U.K.T.T. " (Nigeria etc.) = "United Kingdom Trusted Territory"
- "VARIG " (Brazil) = "Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense"
- "V.B. " (Denmark) = "Viggo Bang"
- "V.H.B. " (Czechoslovakia) = "Vratislav Hugo Brunner"
- "VUJA " (Yugoslavia) = "Vojna uprava jugoslavenske Armija"
- "VUJA S.T.T. " (Italy, Croatia, Yugoslavia) = area in the Trieste Zone B occupated by Yugoslavian military forces
- "WIFAG " = (SWE, SUI, CZE) = "Winkler, Fallert & Co. AG" = printery in Sweden
- "W.P. " (Denmark) = "Walter Pedersen"
- "ZKD " (German Democratic Republic) = "Zentraler Kurierdienst"
- "Zrt " (Hungary) = "Zártkörűen működő részvénytársaság" = geschlossene Aktiengesellschaft in Ungarn (e.g. "Magyar Posta Zrt.")
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