French Andorra Artist's Proofs

Artist's proofs of just over 200 French Andorra stamps were produced in the 40 years from 1962-99 - about 1,200 different color artist's proofs (200 x 6) and 3,600 total proofs (200 x 18). Artist's proofs of 18 postage dues and about 25 "negative" dis were also printed. The Andorra gallery shows photos of over 330 of these proofs.

Artist's proofs of the two main topical subjects produced by Andorra during this period - art (36 stamps) and Europa (42 stamps) - are emphasized, but other topics, including nature protection and sport, are also shown.

Several engravers figured prominantly in Andorra stamps of the period 1965-95:

• Combet engraved about 30 Andorra stamps, including 18 in the art series of 1967-72
• Béquet engraved 18 stamps in a variety of subjects.
• Lacaque engraved 14 stamps, including 8 of the 10 art stamps from the period 1980-90
• Bétemps engraved 12 stamps, including many in his specialty, sports, and several art stamps
• Albuisson, Andréotto, Decaris, Durrens, Forget, Goffin, Guillame, Haley, Luquet, Mauvoisin, and Quillivic each engraved 5-10 Andorra stamps