Ferdinand Joubert

An 1871 stamp of Guatemala, engraved by Joubert.

Jean Ferdinand Joubert de la Ferté (15 September 1810 – 17 November 1884)[1] was a French engraver, photographer and inventor who developed new photographic techniques and engraved dies for numerous notable postage stamps while working for De La Rue in London. His engravings were used to produce stamps of the United Kingdom, the Confederate States of America, Belgium, Italy and several British colonies including British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Malta (the Halfpenny Yellow),[2] Mauritius and New South Wales.[3]

  1. ^ "Joubert's Long Head as used for the Great Britain Revenue Stamps of 1855" by Malcolm J. Givans in The London Philatelist, Vol. 123, No. 1414, April 2014, pp. 86-98.
  2. ^ Bonnici, A. (December 2010). "The Queen Victoria Malta Half Penny Yellow Postage Stamp" (PDF). Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society. 39/3: 4.
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