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

Cinderella stamp from Poland

TWZW - TAJNE WOJSKOWE ZAKLADY WYDAWNICZE - Secret Military Establishment

Pamieci drukarxy TWZW - in memory of the printers from 1941 -1944
Down the lwft side of the stamp   Dochod ze sprzedazy przeznaczony na rozwoj kolportazu - Proceeds from sales allocated to development distribution

Down the right side of the stamp    zt100   Poczta Niezalezna Druk STOP - Freelance Mail Foot Printing (picture is of foot operated treadle platen press)

Issued on 3 January 1961 to celebrate 300 years of the Polish Press                              (Poland)



Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny was the first Polish newspaper, published from 1661, first in Kraków, then in Warsaw.



The magazine Proletariat was established in Warsaw in 1883



On 23 July 1944, when the war had not yet ended, the first issue of Rzeczpospolita, a newspaper of the Polish Committee of National Liberation, was published in Chełm.

Issued on 5 May 2000 for the centenary of the newspaper Gorkhapatra.                                (Nepal)

Issued on 29 May 2019 on the centenary of the war of independence                               (Turkiye)

Issued on 14 December 2018 to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Publishing of the Bible in Albanian                          (Albania)

Issued on 10 October 1977 for the EUCEPA Conference in Vienna (European Liaison Committee for Pulp and Paper)                      (Austria)

The image is the Coat of Arms of the Paper Producers.

Issued on 5 March 2016 in a series 'Technical Monuments - Paper Mill' - Paper Mill, Naujieji, Verkiai                      (Lithuania)

Two from North Macedonia



Issued on 13 Septemner 1994 50 years of the newspapers "Nova Makedonija" and "Mlad Borec"


Issued on 10 June 2011 The 100th anniversary of the Albanian Language Newspaper Shkupi

Two stamps issued on 25 June 2008 to celebrate 500 years of the first book in Romania



Side pane shows some young printers


FDC


Second stamp


Mini-sheet

 Harris Rotary Press, but feeder table missing

Issued on 12 June 2016 as part of a mini-sheet 'The Great War Centenary'                  (Belgium)

The Clandestine Press

Issued on 26 November 2011 in a series 'Trades of Yesteryear'                  (Luxembourg)
The 1.20€ (with 0.25€ surcharge) is titled 'Bookprinter'

Issued on 26 June 1990 in a series 'International Literacy Year'                     (Jersey)

Issued on 8 November 2011 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible               (Cayman Islands)