Ridinger – Ceskoslovensko – Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm) 1698 – (Augsburg) 1767 – 2.40 Kčs. Postage-stamp in color as upper right plate block of four (with selvage) showing the title sheet of the master’s majestic 18-sheet set New Riding School (Th. & Schwarz 628-645), also referred to as Large or Viennese School, of 1734 within the five-sheet set “Horses”. Ed. by the Czechoslovakian postal authorities. April 21/24, 1969. Steel engraving by Bedřich Housa (Prague 1926 – 2020) together with autotype rotogravure. 4¾ × 3⅜ in (12 × 8.5 cm). – Mint.

The highest value of the set and the one and only in color, too! The other four motifs – each as plate block of four as above – in the sequence of their values as following: Hendrik Goltzius (Millebrecht/Venlo 1558 – Haarlem 1617, Eqvvs liber et incopositvs, -.30 Kčs.) – Matthäus Merian (Basel 1593 – Schwalbach 1650, Le Bonite, -.80) – Vaclav Hollar (Prague 1607 – London 1677, Don Goncalo Fernandes de Cordva, 1.60) – Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nuremberg 1528, The Large Horse, 1.80).

See Niemeyer, Ridinger Erlebnisse 1698-2020, 2021, p. 237 with color ill.

Offer no. 13,370 | sold

– – The same, but each of the five values as single copy of à 2⅛ × 1¼ in (5.4 × 3.3 cm).

Offer no. 13,371 | price on application