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Kirsten Lubach was born in Troisdorf, Germany, in 1973. After graduating from high school, she trained as an engraver at the Drawing Academy in Hanau and then went to Lahti, Finland, on a scholarship for further study, passing the master engraver’s examination in 1999. After working for a few years for a specialized company in Vienna, she moved to the Austrian State Printing Office in 2003. There she was initially responsible for the correction and retouching of printing plates. The first Austrian stamp she engraved was the “Lynx” in the “Animal World of Austria” series in 2006. In 2012 Kirsten Lubach set up her own business as a designer, draftswoman and engraver, with her own studio for copper and steel engravings in Vienna. In the meanwhile she has designed numerous stamps for various postal administrations.
This year, 69 stamps from 55 postal administrations were selected as candidates. Collectors from 48 countries participated in the voting via internet or at the IBRA 2023 International Stamp Exhibition. With 7.59% of the votes, the stamp designed by Alejandro Muntz featuring ballet dancer María Noel Riccetto took 2nd place. The stamp was issued in Uruguay on 28.11.2022 as part of the U.P.A.E.P. (Unión Postal Américas, España, Portugal) joint issue devoted to “Art”. Third place, with 7.08% of the vote, went to the Greek painter and graphic artist Myrsini Vardopoulou for a stamp from the Greek set “100 years of the first urban refugee settlements”, issued 14.9.2022.
