She's a beauty, isn't she? That's the U.S. Mail Ship Illinois, christened in 1851. The vignette was engraved around 1857. It also appears on an...
Fyi, I just posted a new thread with some stunning examples of the engraver's art: http://www.cointalk.com/t113481/
Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Art. I'll add a couple others to the pot. These are the Philatelic Truck sheets, which are often...
A few more fantastical items from The 52 Collection, including a couple from the Cyrus Durand work book. Feast your eyes!
I just got my catalog for Stack's "The 52 Collection" auction coming up June 29 in NYC. If you have not seen this yet, I recommend you buy a copy...
I enjoyed reading this one, too. I've always liked the Grant portrait, but didn't realize it was done by Lorenzo Hatch. Do you know if he was any...
I'm a bit late to the party, but wanted to let you know I enjoyed this one a lot, too. Thanks for all your intrepid research Darryl.
Just followed that link you posted on BABNC's "Early Years" and realized it's basically a rehash of the history section of the book -- and all the...
Hmmmm, maybe. But apart from personal birthdays can you think of any other events that honor a 90th anniversary? Companies typically celebrate...
If you've got a local library that's hooked up to the interlibrary loan system, you can track down some really scarce books. Probably no Heath's...
Yeah, I am, too. Duke, pretty much every one of the images you posted looks like it's been moved or deleted. Is it me or is there some weird...
Oh no! The Photobucket image has been deleted. :confused: Can you repost, so I can see it, too? This is one of the drawbacks of using a third...
Thanks to both of you. I hope folks do view the other thread. BABNC does some beautiful work, but it rarely gets any attention.
I finally got a hold of this book and have scanned pages and created a new thread: http://www.cointalk.com/t109727/#post899360
Plate 4 The last plate contains four transportation vignettes, from historic to modern. I had not seen most of these vignettes before and this...
Plate 3 Plate 3 features rural scenes, some of which I've posted in the aforementioned thread. I won't repost those, just the other two.
Plate 2 The second plate focused on engraved portraits, some historical, some allegorical.
Plate 1 The first intaglio plate is of the 1870 introductory letter that BABNCo used to drum up business. It contains a vignette of the young...
I was finally able to track down a copy of "90 Years of Security Printing: The story of the British American Bank Note Company Limited,...
I'd love to see more obsoletes. There doesn't seem to be many images of these out there.
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