Trade cards, Cigarette cards, Labels, etc.

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Geschichte des Buchgewerbes quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel Pößneck, manufatured by Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik, c.1989. The illustrations convey information about the invention of the art of printing, the original graphic arts, typesetting, reproduction techniques, printing processes (letterpress, flat printing, gravure) and bookbinding. The card backs are decorated with pink fleurons (also known as printer's flowers). 32 cards + 4 information cards in box.






The backs on the English version carry an advert for MAN-Roland

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The chap on the note is Hristo Gruev Danov (27 August 1828 - 11 December 1911), a Bulgarian enlightener, teacher and book publisher of the Bulgarian National Revival who is regarded as the father of organized book publishing in the Bulgarian lands and hailed as the "Bulgarian Gutenberg".

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The chap on the note is Guðbrandur Þorláksson, bishop of Hólar from 8 April 1571 until his death. He was the longest-serving bishop in Iceland and is known for printing the Guðbrandsbiblía, first complete Icelandic translation of the Bible.

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The chap on this note is Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal (1765 – 1824. He was a Colombian ideological precursor of the independence movement in New Granada (present day Colombia). In 1794, Nariño procured a copy of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man", which was being distributed by the French Assembly. He translated it from its original French into Spanish and printed several copies from his own private press. A copy of the declaration can be seen on the left of the front and a small wooden handpress can be seen bottom right of the reverse

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Issued in 1992 - 5,000 Pesetas (V Centenary Discovery of America - 4ª series)     (Spain)
Image of a printing press

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Commemorative issue for the 150th anniversary of the Independence of Belgium
Christophe Plantin


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2012 World Heritage token from Belgium
Christophe Plantin




Different front design

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Christophe Plantin. Medal from the 31st Bestendig Festival in 1920 for the 400th birth anniversary

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Robert Estienne (1503-1559) was a French lexicographer and printer. Francis I appointed him, before 1539, royal printer for Hebrew and Latin, as well as for Greek from 1544.




Obverse description: Dressed bust from the front, signed: J.-P. RETHORE.
Obverse legend: +1503-1559. ROBERT ESTIENNE. PRINTER OF THE KING+.

Reverse description: Representation of the Estienne genealogy, a character at the foot of a tree on the right.
Reverse legend: LES "ESTIENNE" - PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES.

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 5 Manat (135th Anniversary of the National Press)   (Azerbaijan)



Front: Incuse map of Azerbaijan above year 2010 on a decorated circular field
AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBiKASI
(translated: Republic of Azerbaijan)
(lower-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, value) 5 MANAT
Back: Bust journalist Hasan bey Zardabi (front-left)
between (left, vertical subject) HƏSƏN NƏY / ZƏRDABi
(right, vertical peiod years) 1857-1907
(Farsi script) اکينچی (ī.ch.n.y.k.ā ← Əkinçi, translated: The Cultivator)
(low-right) 135il (135 years)
Founder of the first Azeri-language newspaper Akinchi("The Ploughman") in 1875.

That is the last of the 'lost posts'.

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Commemorative coin celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Christophe Plantin (1520-2020).
Inscription : Labore et constantia Christoffel Plantin 1520 2020
Translation: through work and perseverance.

Is it the first currency where the United Kingdom appears as a non-EU country?

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In the 1970s and 1980s, a New Zealander named Bruce Grenville began a hoax, claiming to have founded the Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno. He invented a history for the Sultinate and produced many cinderella stamps for his creation.
On 21st September, 1989 he issued Great Print Inventors.

Ottmar Mergenthaler appears on the 2 cent and 2 dollar stamps
The other two stamps in this set feature Chester Carlson, best known for having invented the process of electrophotography, which produced a dry copy rather than a wet copy, as was produced by the mimeograph process. Carlson's process was subsequently renamed xerography, a term that literally means "dry writing."

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A First Day Cover from the The British Postal Museum & Archive issued for Victorian Innovation. The cachet depicts a Folding Machine made by Thomas De La Rue & Company and was exhibited at The Great Exhibition of 1851.

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5 kuna from 1994- 500th anniversary of the Printing of the Senj Glagolitic Missal      (Croatia)




Obverse
In the middle of the coin, number 5 is surrounded by a square. On the left side of a square is written "KUNA" in Latin letters and on the right side of the square, it is written "KUNA" in Glagolic letters. Above the number, there is placed the Coat of Arms of The Republic of Croatia. Under the number, there is placed the Coat of Arms of the Senj Town. Around the edge, there is written "REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA" twice. On the upper half in Latin letters and on the lower half in the Glagolic letters.

Lettering:
·REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA·ⰓⰅⰒⰖⰁⰎⰋⰍⰀ ⰘⰓⰂⰀⰕⰔⰍⰀ
KUNA
5
ⰍⰖⰐⰀ

Reverse
In the inner circle, there is letter "S" written in Glagolic (S like Senj). Letter S (top part) turns into a book with a cross - Missal. Under the Missal, on the right, it is written the year 1494. in Arabic numbers and on the left side, under the Missal, the same year (1494.) is written in Glagolic numbers. The body of the letter S, in the lower part, turns into a silhouette of a Nehaj Town. On the right side of the silhouette is written the year of minting ('94.) and on the left side is author's signature (MD).

Lettering:
500. OBLJETNICA TISKANJA SENJSKOGA GLAGOLSKOG MISALA ·
ⰝⰖⰒⰃ 1494.
SENJ
MD ⰔⰅⰐ' '94.

There were also some 200 of these coins issued in gold

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Cinderella stamp showing a Victoria platen      (date unknown)



Two images of the press