Metal Type: Home | Library | Forum | Free Ads | Store

Postage stamps

Started by printsmurf, June 06, 2020, 11:05:32 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.



Printle: A Printing Word Game from Metal Type


printsmurf

Issued on 23 April 1991   Evolution of knowledge and technique                             (Uruguay)




printsmurf

Issued on 14 October 1996     Planning of the Stamp and Coin Museum                                (Monaco)

The press on the left is an image that has been used on various stamps by different countries.....see posts 105 and 107 on page 8 for two examples





printsmurf

Issued on 20 January 2022   The tradition of Czech stamp production   (Czech Republic)
 



printsmurf

Issued on 10 July 1995   Albin Savola was a Finnish priest and missionary, who served as one of the first Finnish missionaries in Ovamboland (modern day Namibia) and published literature in the Oshindonga language.
(Namibia)



printsmurf

Issued on 5 July 1957   Karel Klič, Czech graphic artist and printer who in 1878 invented the most precise and commercially successful method of photogravure printing.
(Czechoslovakia)



printsmurf

Issued on 25 June 1987     125th Anniversary of the Hungarian Press Workers' Union   (Hungary)



Stamp shown has been issued imperforate (unperforated)



printsmurf

Issued on 4 July 1961   One of a set celebrating 100 years of L'Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of Vatican City State, the world's smallest nation-state.      (Vatican City)




printsmurf

Issued on 16 April 1970 to celebrate the 100th birth year of Vladimir Lenin      (East Germany)



printsmurf

Issued on 16 February 1973    American Bicentennial: Rise of the Spirit of Independence       (U.S.A.)



printsmurf

Issued on 12 October 1964 for the 6th Congress of the International Graphic Federation    (Austria)



printsmurf

Two stamps with same image

Issued on 20 October 1972 to celebrate a stamp day     (Berlin)



Issued on 6 May 1974  stamp printing press, State Mint, Guanabara   (Brazil)




printsmurf

Issued on 25 July 1972 to celebrate the centenary of the State Stamp-Printing Works    (Romania)



printsmurf

Issued on 9 January 1965 to celebrate Israel-Togo Friendship. Togolese stamps being printed on an Israeli press.     (Togo)



printsmurf

Issued on 11 September 1971 to celebrate 100 years of Hungarian stamps.  The actual stamp shows a griffon with a pair of ink balls and the two side labels show printing presses.     (Hungary)





printsmurf

Leading on from previous stamp - another griffon with ink balls
Issued on 3 April 1950 to celebrate the press and printing industry   (Germany, Saarland)





Quick Reply

Name:
Verification:
Please leave this box empty:
Type the letters shown in the picture
Listen to the letters / Request another image

Type the letters shown in the picture:

Shortcuts: ALT+S post or ALT+P preview


Printers' Tales - Over 30 stories from the pre-digital age. Buy now on Amazon/Apple Books



☛ Don't miss our illustrated newsletters. Click here to see examples and subscribe. ☚