Postage stamps

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Issued on 1 June 2004 for the 50th Anniversary of the Young Pioneers newspaper              (Vietnam)

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Eric Gill
Issued on 10 August 2004 for the 250th anniversary of the Royal Society of Arts.          (Great Britain)



Issued on 21 March 1995   Decor from "All the Love Poems of Shakespeare" (Eric Gill)    (Great Britain)

All the Love Poems of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Eric Gill (Illustrator)
First published in 1947, the distinguished English sculptor and engraver Eric Gill designed the format and also contributed the attractive decorations that appear in this edition.

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Issued on 9 October 1974 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Independent Newspaper                    (Australia)



The chap on the stamp is W.C. Wentworth, co-founder of "The Australian"

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Issued on 2 September 1976 for the 75th Anniversary of Royal Netherlands Printing Association

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Issued on 16 April 2024  EFIRO 2024 Philatelic Exhibition, Bucharest              (Romania)



150 ani - Legea timbrului și înregistrări = 150 years of the Stamp and Registration Law

The design shows fiscal stamps of 1874 and printing press.

This First Day Cover shows the original fiscal stamps

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Issued on 16 September 1971 for the 50th Anniversary of El Universo newspaper             (Ecuador)



The chap on the stamp is Ismael Pérez Pazmińo, founder of the newspaper.

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Some First Day Covers for the Frederic Ives stamp in post 253 on page 17







Issued on 9 February 2019 in an issue for Liberty Ships
The SS Frederic E Ives was launched on 23 September 1944 and was sold in 1947 and scrapped in 1968

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Issued on 26 September 1990 in a series 'Cultural Media'               (Uruguay)



One of the very few stamps to show a piece of lead type, this one even shows the pin mark in the side of the body

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Issued on 9 July 2024       A Free Press: 200 Years       (Australia)

In 1824, the first two uncensored newspapers were published in the colonies. The first was edition no. 422 of the Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, printed on 4 June by then Government Printer Andrew Bent without submitting any proofs Before publication, all proofs of the newspaper had to be submitted for government censorship. 

The second uncensored newspaper was The Australian, first printed in Sydney on 14 October 1824 and published until 1848. The first edition of the paper declared it to be "independent, yet consistent—free, yet not licentious — equally unmoved by favours and by fear — we shall pursue our labours without either a sycophantic approval of, or a systematic opposition to, acts of authority, merely because they emanate from government". Government censorship of newspapers was abandoned in New South Wales from this point.

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Issued on 1 October 1982 for the Centenary of Graphical Union of Norway

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Issued on 20 February 1972 in a series 'Christmas - paintings'          (Equatorial Guinea)

Although not print-related I include it here as it shows the make up of a four colour image.
Proof sheet.


Full stamp

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Post 70 on page 5
Some First Day Covers for this stamp

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Some First Day Postcards







First Day Sheet

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The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881, often called the Press Law of 1881 is a law that defines the freedoms and responsibilities of the media and publishers in France.

Issued on 30 May 1981 to celebrate the centenary                       (France)



The stamp also commemorates the 350th anniversary of 'la Gazette', founded by Théophraste Renaudot who appears on the stamp.
It also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of Émile de Girardin who was the founder of 'La Presse' in 1836.

These two appear on some first Day Sheets









Some First Day Covers













Some Maxicards

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Issued on 12 December 2023 on the 75th anniversary of the First Postage Stamps of Israel.



The "Doar lvri" stamps were prepared and printed in secret at a time when it had not even been decided on the name to be given to the embryo State. Thus, the first stamps of Israel carry only the phrase "Doar Ivri" (Hebrew mail). The stamps were designed by Otte Wallish using ancient coins from the First Jewish–Roman War and later Bar Kokhba revolt and printed on a Victoria platen. Otte Wallish can be seen on the stamp inspecting a sheet off the press. On the bottom of the stamp, is part of the block used to print the stamps.

First Day Cover



Maxicard which also shows the first sets of Doar Ivri stamps