Security Engravers Vignette Presentation by connor1

connor1 · 10-18-2009, 09:21 AM

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Certificate
The Eagle was engraved by M.W. Baldwin in 1898,the two ships were engraved separately by L.S. Schofield in 1904,and the lettering was engraved by F.Lamasure and H.L. Chorlton in 1915.
The composite die was used to make a "Certificate for Cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy".
The 4 engravers careers biographies are documented by Gene Hessler's book "The Engravers Line".
M.W. Baldwin was born in Irvington,NJ. in 1853 and died in NYC in 1925.He was apprenticed at the American BNCo under Louis Delnoce and Alfred Jones and studied evenings at the National Academy of Design. In 1869 Balwin was with the National BNCo and remained after consolidation with the American BNCo in 1878.Two years later he formed Baldwin,Gleason & Co in NYC.From 1891 Baldwin engraved privately and continued to do so after he joined the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the 5th of Jan.1897.He retired from the BEP on Aug.20,1920 and returned to the American BNCo on May 4th.1921.His first work at the BEP was the non-portrait engraving on the ticket for the Presidential Inaugural Ball.In 1897 he retouched the controversial educational notes $(sky),$2(female head) & the $5 (leaves);notes with these changes were not issued.At the BEP,Baldwin executed every type of engraving.He engraved the backs for the$20(H848) and $50 (H1044) Federal Reserve notes of 1914 in only 20 working days.Postage stamp engravings outnumbered his bank note engravings.He also engraved Military Payment Certificates,& Foreign Bank Notes.
H.L Chorlton was born in Brooklyn,NY in 1869 and died in South Pasadena,CA in 1955.He studied engraving with Richard Berry,Franklin BNCo engraver.From1884 to 1886 he engraved for the Hamilton BNCo.During this time he engraved about 12 stamps for Latin American countries. Sometime after leaving HBNCo Chorlton joined the Homer Lee BNCo.In 1894,along with G.F.C. Smillie and Thomas F.Morris ,Cholton moved from the HLBNCo to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.He retired in 1916 but was recalled to the BEP until 1919. He is credited with the "Great Seal of the U.S. on the $10 Gold Certificate,(H605-611 and the ship engraving on the Canada 450 note,(PS1376).
L.S. Schofield was born in Paoli,PA in 1868.He was the grandchild of John Sartain and studied with Emily Sartain.He began his apprenticeship at the BEP in 1888; he was named an engraver in1893 at $1000 per year.A letter dated Sept.2,1893 from the BEP to the U.S, Treasury Department said that unless there was a salary increase,the government would loose a talented engraver.Schofield engraved almost 100 postage stamps.He retired Mar,31,1932.
Frank Lamasure was born in Philadelphia in 1876 ,he died in June,1838.He came to the BEP as a plate cleaner in1896;he became an engraver on July,13,1901.Lamasure resigned in 1906 to join the AMERICAN BNCo,he returned to the BEP in 1908.He is one of eight engravers who executed the ornamental work on the 1935 $1 Silver Certificate.It is possible that he also worked for the Western BNCo.

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