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Johann Fust & Peter Schöffer Printer's Colophon Enamel Pin Badge



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Cinderella stamp from Hungary c.1970      Athenaeum Press



The image is taken from the postage stamp issued on 27 January 1969 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Athenaeum Press, Budapest.                                     


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Plaquette - Le Petit Journal



Obverse:  Seated woman carrying branches of laurel and oak under a tree.

Lettering:
OFFERT
PAR LE PETIT JOURNAL
CH. PILLET

Reverse:  Under a laurel branch, a rooster with a paw on a globe bearing the words "FRANCE". 2 crossed oak branches below.

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Alois Senefelder Bust     Cincinnati Litho Club      A bust of A. Senefelder who was the Inventor of Lithography. The bronze bust fits on a wooden pedestal. The bronze bust is 8.25 inches tall and fits on a 5 inch pedestal. The total height is 13.25 inches.



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BERGER & WIRTH (LEIPZIG)    1923
5 Publicity posters for the Berger & Wirth firm, pigment manufacturers and printers







Berger & Wirth was a Leipzig-based printing ink manufacturer founded in 1836, specializing in black and coloured inks for various printing processes. Expanding globally with branches in Berlin, London, New York, and Moscow, the company operated through the GDR era before closing in 1997.

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These 5 are dated later (early 1930's is the date I have)



Along with a coloured trade (date unknown)



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L'Ouest-Éclair was a regional daily newspaper which was published in Rennes, France from 1899 to 1944



Postcard from 1902 showing atelier de clicherie   (platemaking workshop)

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Another postcard of la clicherie, this one from Le Petit Journal    Le Petit Journal was a daily newspaper, published in Paris from 1863 to 1944.    They seem to have shared space with their linotype machines


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