I found the recent
information regarding the above printer
contained within the pages of India Post
to be most interesting, especially the letter
from John A Fochtmann in volume 32 (1998)
page 153.
Unfortunately,
I have not had sight of the Stamp Digest
article referred to by John. However, the
information regarding the replacement of
Timson presses with Rembrandt due to the
ship that foundered encouraged me to check
an auction purchase made earlier this year.
I obtained a lot containing 42 items of
Indian presentation material for £85
all-in and it included two bound volumes
of 1960 photogravure specimen trials from
India Security Press.
Details are:
Version
: |
One |
Two |
Cover
Colour: |
Maroon
leather-cloth with gold logo
and INDIA SECURITY PRESS, NASIK
ROAD text |
Dark
blue, otherwise as version one
but with poor printing of gold
colour |
Outer
dimensions |
183mm
high x 250mm wide |
193mm
high x 240mm wide |
Binding,
ink colour and paper: |
Hardbacked,
loose leaf, held together by
orange, white and green knotted
silk cord. Dark blue-grey ink
on yellow paper throughout with
see-through interleaving |
As
version one, but gold ink on
off-white paper throughout |
Contents:
Title page |
[logo]
GRAVURE / TWO COLOUR TRIALS
/ INDIA SECURITY PRESS, NASIK
ROAD / 1960 |
As
version one |
Pages
two to eight |
Blocks
of 4 labels worded DAHLIA with
INDIA SECURITY PRESS imprint.
Depicted are 3 dahlias. Background
colours vary from bright to
dark green with purples,
oranges or reds for the flowers |
-
|
Pages
two to four |
- |
Blocks
of four labels worded SPECIMEN
with INDIA SECURITY PRESS imprint.
Depicted is a tiger in undergrowth.
Background colours vary from
dark to bright green with oranges
for tiger |
Page
five |
- |
[logo]
GRAVURE / THREE COLOUR TRIALS
/ INDIA SECURITY PRESS, NASIK
ROAD / 1960 |
Pages
six to eight |
- |
As
pages 2-4 , but with a 3rd colour
adding detail to design |
My research
files reveal that a single copy of the Dahlia
label had an estimate of £50 in an
[unknown] 1990 sale, but I cannot reveal
if it sold. It adds to our information
by stating that it is on Asokan watermarked
paper with perforations of 14 x 13.5 in
rose-carmine and blue. I have not
previously seen the Tiger label recorded.
I hope that
this information will be of interest and
that it may stimulate further research /
correspondence into ISP.
(First published in the society
journal 'India Post', 1998)
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Version: 1.1, 2012. All material Copyright ©
2000-Date Glenn H Morgan FRPSL.
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