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= 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: 1852.
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by: Enschede (Netherlands),
Walsall (GB) and De La Rue (GB).
N. V. Grafische Inrichting
Johann Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlam.
Now trading as
Joh.
Enschedé Stamps BV, Haarlam.
Founded:
1703.
Abbreviation known by: JES, JESP, JEZ, JESSP
First stamp(s) traced by
compiler: 1864 for The Netherlands..
Main
printing process(es): Litho, recess, thermography,
die-cut, gravure, blind embossing, hexachromic
stochastic screening
www.joh-enschede-stamps.com
Printer Izaak Enschedé (1681-1761) founded the company on
21 June 1703 upon registering with the Printers Guild in Haarlem, making it one
of the oldest printing houses in Europe.
Izaak was succeeded by his son Johannes (1708-1780), which
is abbreviated to “Joh.” in the name of the company. Johannes was responsible
in 1727 for producing the company logo that was in use until the recent past.
It is known as a “spider’s head” imprint, although exactly why is not obvious
to your compiler when looking at the design. Family members have been around in
varying capacities to this day with the archivist still an Enschedé.
The Various Trading Names and Periods of Use
Izaak
Enschedé 1703
- 1743
Izaak
& Johannes Enschedé 1743
- 1761
Johannes
Enschedé 1761
- 1777
Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen 1777
- 1932
Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen NV 1932
- 1972
Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen BV 1972 -
1992
Joh.
Enschedé [Holding] 1992
- 2003
Koninklijke
(Royal) Joh. Enschedé 2003 –
Security Printing Commences
It was 1796 when they realised that the complicated
background patterns could be made-up by using music type, with its many
arabesque-like symbols that could be made-up by using music type. Enschedé
commenced security printing.
Banknotes
Its first banknote appeared in 1814 and continues to print
the latest Euro notes for five countries.
Stamps
Stamps depicting King William III were added to their
portfolio in 1866 and, again, they continue to print this product for many
countries, albeit that it takes second place to banknote production.
Enschedé apparently maintains a very large collection of
stamps that it has printed, as one might expect, but perhaps surprisingly it
also maintains full sheets from competitors as a means of keeping-up with
technological innovations.
The British Connection
Enschedé started printing the 8p definitive stamps for Great
Britain in 1979 as an emergency measure at a time when British industrial
relations were at a low and strikes were a real threat to continuity of
supplies. It is known that other stamp values could have been temporarily transferred
to The Netherlands if circumstances had demanded.
The relationship continues with Royal Mail.
Current Stamp Production
Enschedé currently produces stamps for over sixty countries
but in 2001 it was dealt a severe blow when it lost the Dutch Post Office
three-year contract to print most of The Netherland’s stamps and products to
Walsall Security Printers of the United Kingdom. A Post Office spokesman at the
time stated that the main reason for transferring production was a “combination
of production price, logistic costs and printing quality.”
Fasprint, Leiden.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1972 (Embossed gold foil) for Togo.
Groenoordhallen Exploitatie
Maatschappij B W de Zwygerln,
Leiden.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1927
for Switzerland.
Nederlandse Rotogravure
Maatschappij, Leiden.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1923-29 for
Netherlands.
Rijksmunt, Utrecht.
English language translation of name: The
Royal Mint.
First stamp(s) traced by
compiler: 1852 for The Netherlands.
Verschueren, Antwerp.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1914
for Belgium.
The (3) Mérode stamps
were printed in Antwerp by Verschueren.
With most of Belgium already captured by
the Germans, the printer continued all through
the war to produce counterfeit stamps from
original plates accidentally left behind
by Belgian authorities!
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Version: 1.1, 2012. All material Copyright ©
2000-Date Glenn H Morgan FRPSL.
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