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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave M, post: 952170, member: 17469&quot;]Krispy, thanks for adding to this thread. The various places this Semeuse shows up are quite varied. I&#039;m adding three stamps to the thread, I hope you don&#039;t mind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 50c is the Semeuse Fond Ligné (lined background)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]90114.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>The 2c green is a Semeuse Camee or &quot;fond plein&quot; (Cameo, or solid background)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/misc/pencil.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH]90113.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This last one is an essay, France never (until modern times I think a &quot;retro&quot; stamp used this design) issued a 50/50 Sower like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]90115.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that like French banknotes, the artist (Oscar Roty) name appears in the lower left margin, and the engraver (Eugene Mouchon) in the lower right. For a time, France used the terms INV and SC to denote artist and engraver as they do on banknotes, but removed them for lack of space.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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