William Caxton

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Tile produced by Eleanor Greeves in 1976

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Max Cigarettes card 1935   This Age of Power & Wonder Series

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A & M WIX cigarette card 1938.      William Caxton & Printing Press was card number 205 in a series of 250

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Issued in 1924 Milhoff Cigarettes in a 25 card series 'Men of genius'
Number 12 was William Caxton

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W.A. & A.C. Churchman Cigarette card from 1934    The Story of London   A set of 50 cards  Number 19 was Caxton's Press

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William Caxton. Based on an illumimated manuscript at Lambeth Palace. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled 'Celebrities of British History' produced by Carreras Ltd, 1935.

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Atlantic Petrol Stations - English Historical Series of 32 Cards   Number 15 was Caxton's Printing Press
Given by Atlantic Petrol Stations in Australia (1958)   

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Issued on 29 September 1976 to celebrate 500 years of printing in England.



I attach the insert from the Post Office pack which gives some detail about the stamps.



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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Issued in 2018, this is one of the numerous personalized se-tenent stamp sheets issued recently by Ukrposhta  (Укрпошта), Ukraine's national postal service provider. The actual stamp is the narrow tab with letter V as shown in first picture. The blank label area can be personalized with images submitted by customers to Ukrposhta. "V" face value corresponds to 9 UAH Ukrainian hryvnia.

(This stamp is equivalent to tariff of sending non-priority ordinary letter with weight up to 50 gr within Ukraine).

Stamps with different designs that are attached to one another are called "Se-tenant" by stamp collectors ."Se-tenant" translates from French as meaning "holding together or "joined together".

Quite a number of Postal Authorities allow these types of productions- normally a certain number have to be ordered (and paid for!). Some also allow actual personalised stamps- some people even collect them!



This sheet shows William Caxton (England's first printer)

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I was fortunate enough to receive this poster from a friendly postmaster in Oxford.



Some years later I managed to get hold of the Welsh version