The Black Art of Printing........

Issued on 20 July 1999 in a series 'Science and Technology in Ancient China'                         (Togo)

Issued on 16 February 1973 American Bicentennial: Rise of the Spirit of Independence                              (U.S.A.)

Issued on 8 July 1991 to commemorate 500 years of the Polish Papermaking Industry                            (Poland)

Issued on 12 March 1968 to mark 150 years of papermaking at Paper Factory Tervakoski                            (Finland)

Issued on 20 June 1955      Leaders of the German Workers' Movement     Franz Mehring                (DDR)

Issued on 14 May 2009 for the 275th anniversary of Räpina Paper Mill                             (Estonia)

Issued on 13 March 1998 to celebrate 200 years of lithography                                            (Austria)

Issued on 11 June 1979 to commemorate the 100th Death Anniversary of Sir Rowland Hill                              (Guyana)



The same stamp was reissued on 22 July 1981 overprinted for the 150th birth anniversary of Heinrich von Stephan   I have this stamp in my collection


Reissued with different overprint - 14 November 1981 


Reissued with different overprint - 15 February 1982 for the 250th birth anniversary of George Washington


Overprint of an overprint. Stamp from 1979 originally overprinted on 22 July 1981, then further overprinted 0n 1 April 1983             I have this stamp in my collection  


1979 stamp overprinted on 1 April 1983


Another overprint of an overprint. Stamp from 1979 originally overprinted on 15 February 1982, then further overprinted on 22 October 1984

Issued on 22 February 1996 in a series 'Pioneers of Communication'.                                     (U.S.A.)
Ottmar mergenthaler inventor of the Linotype machine.

Issued on 28 February 1985 'Freedom of Speech'                               (Costa Rica)

On a humorous note......

Issued on 6 May 1991 for the International Stamp Exhibition "PHILANIPPON ´91" (Grenada Grenadines)

Issued on 5 February 1963                  Library of Early Buddhist scriptures stamp showing a 13th Century woodblock                       (South Korea)



Re-issued on 25 August 1967


Re-issued on 10 June 1969

Issued on 19 March 1972.            Georgi Dimitrov at a composing frame setting type                     (Bulgaria)

Issued on 15 October 2021 Stamp and Coin Museum of Monaco, 25th Anniversary                    (Monaco)