Postage stamps

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Issued on 30 December 2001 as part of a mini-sheet titled 'History of Humanity'          (Mongolia)

A printing press is shown on left of stamp.

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1971 Postal Strike.
The strike commenced on 20 January 1971 and ended on 7 March the same year.
 
During the period of the strike the Post Office licensed a great many firms, organisations and individuals to carry out various types of postal services and deliveries.
During the period of the Strike over 400 delivery companies were set up and it is estimated that during the 47 days it lasted some 20 million items were delivered whereas the normal volume that Royal Mail dealt with was 35 million items per day.
 
Various methods by which Mail was transported and delivered: car, on foot, taxi, hovercraft, bicycle, horse, milkman, paper boys, bus, plane, courier etc.

Stamp issued for local use.

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Issued on 26 January 1966 in a series 3rd Anniversary of the "White Revolution"                    (Iran)
Printing industry: Diagram of a cylinder press

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Issued on 30 November 1997 to celebrate 50 years of Al Ma'Arif Printing Press.                (Kuwait)

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Issued on 10 February 2012 for the 30th Congress of Philatelic Associations. Paris           (France)
Image shows a 19th century hand operated stamp printing press.

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Issued on 28 October 1988 on the 25th anniversary of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Ltd.

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Issued on 7 December 1989 - State Printing Office.                         (Bangladesh)

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Issued on 22 April 2004 for the 400 anniversary of printing of Bartol Kasic's First Grammar.      (Croatia)
Bartol Kašić was a Jesuit clergyman and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation, who wrote the first Croatian grammar and translated the Bible and the Roman Rite into Croatian.

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Issued on 15 March 1994 in a series 'Book and press'                (Switzerland)
This stamp is supposed to celebrate letterpress printing

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Issued on 27 July 1984    New Building - State Printing Press                 (El Salvador)

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Issued on 28 November 1970 to mark the 25th anniversary of the new Building of the State Printing House                         (Argentina)

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Issued on 2 April 2020 to show CMYK printing        (Israel)

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Another First Day Cover for Ottmar Mergenthaler

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Issued on 27 September 1995 on the 175th anniversary of the Government Printing House.       (Egypt)

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Issued on 21 April 1989 a pair of stamps titled 'early printing methods'                (South Korea)