Samir Ghantous.

[rodney]

I remember Googling for Samir Ghantous seven years ago,
when I began collecting Dunes.

He is apparently a "famous" Lebanese painter.

Some proof sheets of his from Yemen
http://tiny.cc/rOBlR

There is an image of one "Samir Ghantous" on facebook,
but I have no idea if the image and the painter are the same
person.

He may have been the painter behind a lot of Clive Feigenbaum's labels

[rodney]

Tchad
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/etqxbSVnhS.htm


from "ostriches on stamps"
http://www.struthie.com/book.html

Post by rodney
I remember Googling for Samir Ghantous seven years ago,
when I began collecting Dunes.
He is apparently a "famous" Lebanese painter.
Some proof sheets of his from Yemen
http://tiny.cc/rOBlR
There is an image of one "Samir Ghantous" on facebook,
but I have no idea if the image and the painter are the same
person.
He may have been the painter behind a lot of Clive Feigenbaum's labels

[Victor Manta]

Post by rodney
Tchad
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/etqxbSVnhS.htm

Thanks, Rodney!

This MS was issued on 20th June 1972 in the name of Chad. It isn't listed by
my Scott or by Michel, so that I can suppose that it was issued by one of
those three agencies that couldn't "convince" the Chad officials, apparently
including the President Tombalbaye (as Scott mentions it), to list the MS as
a recognized issue. Just to notice that President Tombalbaye is known for
having arrested some major political companions for allegedly using
witchcraft to overthrow him. The name of the capital, Fort-Lamy, that
appears on the cancellation, was changed by Tombalbaye on April 6, 1973 to
N'Djamena, and he changed his own name to Ngarta, both actions under the
guise of so-called "authenticité".

http://www.marci-postale.com/History/Printing/stamp-printing-in-ro.htm
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Victor Manta

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Post by rodney
Tchad
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/etqxbSVnhS.htm

Thanks, Rodney!
This MS was issued on 20th June 1972 in the name of Chad. It isn't listed
by my Scott or by Michel, so that I can suppose that it was issued by one
of those three agencies that couldn't "convince" the Chad officials,
apparently including the President Tombalbaye (as Scott mentions it), to
list the MS as a recognized issue. Just to notice that President
Tombalbaye is known for having arrested some major political companions
for allegedly using witchcraft to overthrow him. The name of the capital,
Fort-Lamy, that appears on the cancellation, was changed by Tombalbaye on
April 6, 1973 to N'Djamena, and he changed his own name to Ngarta, both
actions under the guise of so-called "authenticité".
http://www.marci-postale.com/History/Printing/stamp-printing-in-ro.htm

Correction: In Michel, that lists quite everything, the Scout MS is
mentioned as Block 39A.
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Victor Manta

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[rodney]

Fujeira
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/eufRxgA0Zn.htm

Poor scans from 7 years ago.

Probably under influence, the printings were changed on a lot of the Dunes,
and the later issues were printed "Imp Liban" amongst others.

Post by rodney
Tchad
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/etqxbSVnhS.htm

[Victor Manta]

Post by rodney
Fujeira
Ghantous
Bucaresti
http://cjoint.com/data/eufRxgA0Zn.htm
Poor scans from 7 years ago.
Probably under influence, the printings were changed on a lot of the Dunes,
and the later issues were printed "Imp Liban" amongst others.

Thanks again, they are more then good for my illustration purposes! Have
used one of them on the revisited page
http://www.marci-postale.com/History/Printing/stamp-printing-in-ro.htm
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Victor Manta

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[rodney]

A respectable printing house in Vienna,
The Rosenbaum brothers, mainly litho, printed
a Lichtenstein issue in 1930
Here printing Dunes
http://cjoint.com/data/etqMWxYiPe.htm

They dissolved in 1980.

Post by rodney
I remember Googling for Samir Ghantous seven years ago,
when I began collecting Dunes.
He is apparently a "famous" Lebanese painter.
Some proof sheets of his from Yemen
http://tiny.cc/rOBlR
There is an image of one "Samir Ghantous" on facebook,
but I have no idea if the image and the painter are the same
person.
He may have been the painter behind a lot of Clive Feigenbaum's labels