Postage stamps

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In similar vein to previous post. Issued on 5 September 1980       (Switzerland)



A postcard of the stamp used as a First Day Cover with the stamp stuck on the front.



First Day Cover

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Issued on 19 April 1991 to celebrate 350 years of L'Imprimerie Nationale, the French Government Printing Works
     
If you look carefully at the stamp there is a portrait of Gutenberg



An accompanying First Day Cover has a press on it

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Issued on 14 May 1969 to celebrate the bicentenary of the National Press      (Portugal)

The stamps show King José 1, promoter of the press & coat of arms







The accompanying First Day Cover shows the coat of arms in a bit more detail and you can make out that the eagle is holding a composing stick and what appears to be ink balls



Enlargement of coat of arms on Cover and also the postmark

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Post 114 on page 8
Two First Day Covers

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Post 15 on page 2

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Issued on 28 January 2019 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the printing press at Goražde. Printing press on souvenir sheet.
(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Issued on 16 December 1940  100th Anniversary of Bulgarian Book Printing     Nikola Karastoyanov, the first Bulgarian printer           (Bulgaria)

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Issued on 26 June 1893 to commemorate 400 years of printing in Montenegro, the Principality of Montenegro did not miss the opportunity to celebrate this important event, and issued a commemorative series of stamps. Specifically, this release consisted of the preceding regular issues which were overprinted in Cetinje with: "Printing House Anniversary 1493-1893".            (Montenegro)

Although there are no print related images on the stamps, these are the oldest stamps that I know of to celebrate printing or the print industry

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Issued on 4 April 1981 to celebrate bookbinding this stamp shows a binding press.      (France)



The First Day Cover shows a bookbinding press in operation



The stamp also appears on this First Day Cover from October 1981 which celebrates 500 years of Gutenberg and shows a printing press

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Post number 9 on page 1 and post number 135 on page 10 - William Caxton

Stamps in greater detail along with a couple of First Day Covers showing presses.










Side panel in greater detail



Signed by the designer



William Caxton also appears on a stamp issued on 20 February 2008 in a series Kings and Queens, The Houses of Lancaster and York

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Off topic again        Caxton also appears on a specimen banknote      Thomas De La Rue - William Caxton and Gutenberg Press - Intaglio Specimen Test Note

Particularly rare test note, even scarcer in this version with the serial number

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Issued on 18 June 1974 for the 50th Anniversary of the International Chess Federation.        (Hungary)
The image shows a woodcut from the second edition of 'The Game and Playe of Chesse' by Caxton

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Issued on 1 April 2001 to celebrate The 55th Anniversary of Military Geographic Institute      (Ecuador)

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In 2008 this postcard (with pre-printed stamp) was issued to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Brazilian Press     (Portugal)

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Post 15 on page 2     Postcard postmarked on first day of issue