Worldwide Stamp Printers Archives

There are very few archives relating to stamp printing companies that have been preserved around the world. Of those that did once exist, many have since been dispersed to raise capital. The following list comprises those that still exist in Britain and The Netherlands.

British Printers
The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive
Archive held at: The British Library, Philatelic Collections, London.
Content includes: a wide range of philatelic and written material which were the Crown Agents
original working records.
Records between: [to be ascertained]
See: www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpre...lescrown.html

De La Rue plc
Archive held at: University of Reading Library, Reading, Berks.
Content includes: mainly business records, with just the odd philatelic item.
Records between: 1830 and 1965.
See: http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/0702delarue.html

Archive held at: The British Postal Museum & Archive, London.
Content includes: the correspondence and day books.
Records between: start date?] and about 1940.
See: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/gbstamps

Harrison and Sons Ltd
Archive held at: The City of Westminster Archive, London.
Content includes: mainly business records, with just the odd philatelic item.
Records between: 1739 and 1971.
See: www.calmview.eu/Westminster/...Serve.Catalog
(enter the two words HARRISON SONS in the "any Text" field)

Archive held at: The British Library, Philatelic Collections, London
Content includes: mainly Egypt 1921-22 issue and Palestine 1927-45 issue. Donated by De La
Rue plc in 2002.
Records between: 1921-22 and 1927-45.
See: www.bl.uk

Perkins Bacon & Co Ltd
Archive held at: The Royal Philatelic Society London.
Content includes: 1) Printing warrants, 1840 to 1845 or 1851.
2) Engraving book, 1837-1840.
3) Daily printing record, 1840 to 1844.
Records between: 1837 and 1844
See: www.rpsl.org.uk/catalogue_pbindex.asp

The only non-British archive traced by me is for Enschede:
Royal Joh. Enschedé Security Print
Archive held at: Company premises in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Content includes: the company archives plus overview of company and the role of the Enschedé
family.
Records between: 1703 to the present day.
See: www.joh-enschede.com/?page=jea.news.museum
and also
www.museumenschede.nl

Here's hoping that you can share your additions here, please.

Regards,

GLENN

Glenn Morgan

Thanks for the urls Glenn

I will check into those when I get time. It is always amazing what information some of these archives can hold and the illustrations available in some too.

Chimo

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