Postage stamps

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Two from Mexico

Issued on 15 August 2016 for the 100th anniversary of Universal newspaper   
             


Issued on 24 June 1972 for the 250th anniversary of Gaceta De Mexico

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Two stamps issued on 25 June 2008 to celebrate 500 years of the first book in Romania

Side pane shows some young printers



FDC





Mini sheet

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Issued on 7 May 2004 for the Tenth Government Postage Stamp Printers' Conference, Krakow           (Poland)



A 'black print/dry proof' of the stamp - not for postal use



That is the last of the 'lost posts'.

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Issued today (28 September 2023)      Traditional Professions : Engravers           (Spain)

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Issued on 26 November 2011 in a series 'Trades of Yesteryear'              (Luxembourg)
The 1.20€ (with 0.25€ surcharge) is titled 'Bookprinter'

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Issued on 17 November 1970 for the 50th Anniversary of the Newspaper Unen                 (Mongolia)



The 70th anniversary was celebrated by the issue of a stamp on 1 April 1990

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Issued on 19 November 1984 for the 150th anniversary of Observer newspaper             (Sri Lanka)



Issued on 7 May 2006 for the centenary of Sinhala Bauddhaya newspaper

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Issued on 11 April 1979 to celebrate the first Publication of Khalq          (Afghanistan)



Khalq was a faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, as well as the name of the leftist newspaper produced by the same movement.

Nur Muhammad Taraki (1916-1979), President of the Republic.

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Issued on 8 October 2008 for the 20th anniversary of Latvijas Tautas Frontei and Atmoda



Latvijas Tautas Frontei (Latvian People's Front) and Atmoda (Awakening)(first independent opposition newspaper).

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Issued on 18 December 2006 for the 50th anniversary of the Creation Newspaper El Moudjahid        (Algeria)

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Issued on 9 March 1978 to celebrate 500 years of printing in Geneva           (Switzerland)

Frontpage of the First Geneva Book "Melusine"



First Day Cover



Four page booklet

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Issued on 23 October 1985                    (Peru)
First Book Printed in South America - Doctrina Christiana, 1585

The stamp shows the frontispiece

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Issued on 22 April 2000 for the 475th anniversary of First Known Printed Publication in Estonia, the Lutheran Catechism

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Issued on 11 May 1941 for the 400th anniversary of the first Bible in Swedish                            (Sweden)

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Issued on 17 December 1975     Textile printer      (Bhutan)



Re-issued with a surcharge in October 1978