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Post by expat on May 13, 2020 10:02:01 GMT
Moderator Note: A handful of posts on William Caxton and his contributions to printing were merged into this broader thread on the Printer's Art, hence the result that this initial, older post appears ahead of the later first post in the new thread.Full Thread Title: The Black Art of Printing.... and Ancillary Trades
Hi, a customer of our has a son who has a small museum dedicated to the history of printing and also runs a business producing lithographs etc on a Garamond Common Press. This is his tribute to Caxton printed on the Garamond press and using first day of issue commemorative stamps, Thought it would be interesting to share it with you,    
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 26, 2023 7:48:54 GMT
........and ancilliary trades. I have started this thread in here as opposed to Arts as, although printing started off as an art, it progressed into an industry. My interests and my collection involve anything to do with printing - printing presses, famous printers, state printing works, typography, stamp printing, books, newspapers and paper making etc. Here we go - in no particular order Issued on 14 March 1983 to commemorate the 390th anniversary of the first local printing press in the Philippines.   Issued by Belgium on 23 June 1973. Dirk Martens set up his press in Aalst in 1473   Issued on 22 May 1958 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the National Printing Works. (Brazil)  Stamp issued by West Germany on 9 April 1991 to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of Lette Foundation - set up to promote careers for women. Women compositors setting type.   Issued on 1 April 2001 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of first Danish stamp (Denmark) The 4 kroner stamp shows Martinus William Ferslew, designer & engraver  The 5.5 kroner stamp shows Andreas Thiele, printer  There are four stamps which, when placed together, form an image of the first Danish stamp as shown on the accompanying First Day Cover  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 26, 2023 8:12:55 GMT
Paper making Although archaeological evidence suggests that a form of fused silk and paper substance was in use in China around 100 BC, the first record of true papermaking is the report to the Emperor Ho Ti of the work of a Chinese court official named T'sai Lun in 105 AD. His work to produce paper with hemp, mulberry bark, fishing nets and rags, earned him the title of patron of papermaking throughout China. Issued on 1 December 1962 in a series 'Ancient Scientists of Ancient China' - Ts'ai Lun (China)  |
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Post by djcmh on Sept 26, 2023 11:59:58 GMT
Spain will issue a stamp on 28 September 2023 honoring the traditional profession of engravers  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 26, 2023 15:42:34 GMT
thanks djcmh, I have a couple of engraver/engraving stamps that I will be posting in this thread later such as this one Issued on 14 October 1996 - Planning of the Stamp and Coin Museum (Monaco) A stamp engraver is shown here  |
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Post by cursus on Sept 26, 2023 15:53:58 GMT
Abbey of Montserrat (Catalonia). February 2000. 500 years of the printing works of the monastery
The Abbey of Montserrat is Catalonia's spiritual center, as Our Lady of Montserrat is Catalonia's Patron Saint, as well as a cultural center. The mountain of Montserrat (60 km NW of Barcelona) is also a very popular and easily accessible treking area.
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 26, 2023 22:00:12 GMT
Thanks cursus, I have the leaflet that goes with the stamp   |
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 27, 2023 6:46:49 GMT
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Post by cursus on Sept 27, 2023 12:12:40 GMT
Barcelona. March 1966: Graphispack. Printing and packaging fair.
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 6:30:38 GMT
cursus, this is one of only a small handful of stamps that actually show metal type.............some others Issued on 15 June 1943 when Slovakia declared itself independent of Czechoslovakia. Newspaper stamps. The N stands for Noviny (Newspaper) As the name suggests, these stamps were used to pay the postage on newspapers sent through the mail.  Issued by the Netherlands on 4 March 2003 to celebrate 300 years of the print firm Johan Enschede.   Issued on 10 February 1983 as part of a set celebrating 500 years of printing in Sweden.  A First Day Cover for the stamp you posted 
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 6:46:30 GMT
Not quite hot metal, more like 'cold rubber' - Issued by Spain on 2 January 2007 in a series 'toys' Printing set.  |
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Post by cursus on Sept 28, 2023 8:00:56 GMT
William Caxton first English printer
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Post by cursus on Sept 28, 2023 8:12:28 GMT
Being in an American forum, this stamp is a must:
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 10:23:35 GMT
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 10:28:14 GMT
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 13:22:31 GMT
These stamps were issued on 29 September 1976 The 8½p stamp shows a woodcut from the second edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales  The 10p stamp shows a decorated initial from The Tretyse of Love  The 11p stamp shows a woodcut from The Game and Playe of Chesse  The 13p stamp shows the first known representation of a printing press from 'Danse Macabre'  Some FDCs    One signed by the designer  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 13:33:17 GMT
William Caxton first English printer
First Day Cover and insert from presentation pack   |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 13:39:22 GMT
Issued on 18 June 1974 for the 50th Anniversary of the International Chess Federation. (Hungary) The image shows a woodcut from the second edition of 'The Game and Playe of Chesse' by Caxton 
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 13:54:36 GMT
Issued on 13 September 1977 for the 90th anniversary of the newspaper El Espectador (Colombia) Fidel Cano Gutiérrez (San Pedro, Antioquia, 1854 – Medellín, 1919) was a Colombian journalist, founder of El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper.  FDC  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 14:02:42 GMT
This is a personalized se-tenent stamp sheet from 2018 issued by Ukrposhta (Укрпошта), Ukraine's national postal service provider. William Caxton (England's first printer)  |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 28, 2023 15:52:13 GMT
To save starting another thread I will post my William Caxton in this thread, there are only a few items. Thanks for your posts, stampsmurf, and thanks for your comment above. If it is correct that there are only a few items attributed to Caxton and his role in printing, then I would think that the best course of action here would be to merge these few posts into your thread on the Printer's Art. The idea behind having a dedicated thread, in my opinion, is that there should be sufficient material for future posts to carry on a discussion about Caxton and material related to his work. If there really isn't enough material for many more posts beyond what is already here, then I would like to merge these posts into your existing thread, which I think is broad enough that there can be plenty more posts from other members on the subject of printing and printers on stamps, and it seems clear that Caxton belongs in that area, too. Please let me know if you agree. Thanks! |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 28, 2023 15:55:38 GMT
BerylliumGuy that's fine by me.....thanks
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 28, 2023 18:56:24 GMT
An old Intaglio Press from Enschede of Holland. It was used at the Guildhall during London 2010, A Festival of Stamps to reproduce the £1 UPU stamp of Great Britain issued in 1929. This picture of the press was used by the British Postal Museum and Archive for their special Presentation Packs sold in a lottery in January 2011.  |
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Post by cursus on Sept 29, 2023 2:52:08 GMT
Barcelona, Catalonia, fall of 1914. Due to the WWI, there's not much work for Catalan printing works. On a time without unemployement pay (like in today's Europe), that meant the misery for ther workers and their families. So, some artists decided to draw some cinderellas, print them at a very good printer (Oliva de Vilanova, Barcelona) and collect some money to help. Hence the text "Socors, per a la vaga forçosa" (help for the unvoluntary strike).
The cinderellas have a face value of 5 cents of pesseta (our currency up to 2001). So, the whole shet, sold for just a pesseta, about 1/166 €. A fraction of today's value.
But, for me the one that I like the most is the iddle printing machine:
Which,by the way, was the work of the ownwer of the Oliva de Vilanova (Barcelona, Catalonia) printing works: Víctor Oliva
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 6:58:07 GMT
Cursus, that is another reason why I collect stamps. Not only are many of them works of art in their own right, but also a slice of social history as in these stamps from Catalonia. I certainly never knew of this small episode in history. Thank you.
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 7:07:43 GMT
Issued on 19 June 1963 to commemorate the centennial of the Hebrew Press in Palestine. Issued in sheets of 16 each stamp shows a nineteenth century compositor at work. The background of the whole sheet shows a page from the first issue in 1863 of Halbanon newspaper, giving each stamp a different background. I have this full sheet, but oddly enough I have no single stamp which is more common 
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Update on 24 November 2023: I have now purchased a single stamp, although it is from the middle of the sheet and therefore has no tab |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 7:14:28 GMT
Issued on 19 May 2022 for the St. George's Historical Society Centenary (Bermuda) Stamp shows a print shop  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 7:16:08 GMT
Issued on 5 November 2008 for the 12th Congress of the Association of State Stamp Printing Companies (Algeria)  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 7:19:17 GMT
Issued on 9 May 1970 (Ivory Coast) Something a little different - textile printing  |
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Post by stampsmurf on Sept 29, 2023 7:21:54 GMT
Issued on 21 December 2008 (India) The birth centenary of T. V. Ramasubbaiyer, founder of Tamil newspaper "Dinamalar".  FDC  |
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