Stamp
Printers by Country GREAT BRITAIN
Introduction
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
Printer names in italic against "Stamp printing
primarily done by..." signifies
that the printer has been seen used by that country within a mid-2011
or later philatelic magazine
new stamp issue listing. Non-italicised
signifies a recent use, but prior to mid-2011.
First postage stamp issued: 1840
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by:
De La Rue (GB), Walsall (GB), Enschedé (Netherlands),
Phil@Poste through Cartor and for intaglio
only (France) and Cartor
(France).
Companies A-D Companies E-K
Companies L-R Companies S-Z
From the very first stamp
onwards, Britain has largely utilised private printing companies to print its
postage stamps. Other countries frequently
have a state printing works or bureau that might be part of a larger
governmental security printing complex. Often, these state-run enterprises also
print the bank notes, bonds, passports and the like for the nation. The state
bank, internal revenue department or survey department might be commissioned to
generate the stamps. In the early days
of stamp production, it was not uncommon for the local newspaper office to
print the stamps as they obviously possessed the necessary printing equipment.
But back to Britain....
There is much more work to be
undertaken into researching the British
printers of stamps and I have only scraped
the surface with this section. I have dozens
of reference materials that have not been
included at this stage, due to my desire
to get the whole world launched on this
web-site. Please bear with me. Living in London,
England, the home of the postage stamp and
where the world's first stamp was printed,
it is perhaps not surprising that I have
a special interest in the output of Great
Britain.Some of the names reproduced
here may well surprise visitors. The well-known
names such as Waterlow, Questa and Harrison
are familiar the world over, but few collectors
would be aware of many of the others.
Glenn
Morgan FRPSL, 17 April 2006
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Version: 1.1, 2012. All material Copyright ©
2000-Date Glenn H Morgan FRPSL.
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