The Story of Paper

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Token - Olinkraft Pulp and Paper Mill from 1974

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Krasnaya Zvezda Paper Mill JSC, Red Star Paper Mill badge from 1986 celebrating 100 years.
The Chashniki paper mill was opened in 1886. In 1923, the Vitebsk Economic Council assigned the name "Red Star" to the paper mill.

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Video of Bathford Paper Mill in the 1930's


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvpGhMAQ4rE

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Mitsubishi Paper Mills Continuous Service Badges

20 years of continuous service badge - 1st variation in silver




2nd variation in base metal




25 years of continuous service

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Numismatics of Industry    Papier    Marais Ste Marie Laplanche et St Denis 1828 octagonal silver token

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Numismatics of Industry Paper Papeteries de Prouzel (Somme)    Octagonal silver token



Obry Fils Jules Renard and Co. Company - Hand stamp (1845-1860)

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The United Paper Mills    75th Commemorative Bronze Medallion 1920 to 1995

Front features  1920 to 1995 anniversary and heavily embossed central boss.  Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy was a Finnish forest industry company which was created in 1920

Reverse shows forest, river and logging operations.

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Issued on 2 April 2001        Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Museum                (Finland)



First Day Cover



Verla's Groundwood and Board Mill became Finland's first factory museum in 1972.

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I posted this stamp in the 'Paper & Watermark Museum, Italy - video' thread by Dave Hughes, but it should be here as well as it is a paper-making related stamp.

Issued on 16 September 1994   Paper and Watermark Museum, Fabriano                              (Italy)

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Issued on 8 April 2010              700 Years of Paper Use in Hungary



The letter of papal legate Cardinal Gentile de Montefiore to Benedict, Bishop-elect of Transylvania, issued in Pressburg (Bratislava), 2 May 1310. This is the first preserved document written on paper from medieval Hungary.

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Cinderella stamp from U.S.A.      1940 250th Anniversary of American Paper Making