Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 872023, member: 24274&quot;]<b>BABN pastoral vignettes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This last set, from the 1982 calendar, depicts mostly rural scenes of farming and agriculture. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of these, however, shows a forest scene with deer. This one puzzled me, because the same scene can be found on the first USPS commemorative panel (<a href="http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp001.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp001.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp001.jpg</a>), printed by ABNC, which identifies it as being engraved in 1859. I also have an original vignette which clearly shows an imprint of the National Bank Note Company. </p><p><br /></p><p>Close examination reveals that these are separate engravings, with subtle differences in the cascade, the antlers and elsewhere. It would be interesting to see the original art these were based on. Obviously there was some competition between BABN and other bank note companies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in