Can you read what is says There was a parliamentary debate over this stamp. The contract was given to a London Co., Waterlow & Sons, as apparently no one in Ireland could do recess printing that the Post Office decided on.
Quote: There was a parliamentary debate over this stamp. The contract was given to a London Co., Waterlow & Sons, as apparently no one in Ireland could do recess printing that the Post Office decided on.
Do you have more information about that?
De la Rue, Dublin a subsidiary of DLR had already printed about a dozen Irish recess engraved stamps in Ireland since 1950 when the Mary Aikenhead was issued in 1958.
De la Rue, Dublin a subsidiary of DLR had already printed about a dozen Irish recess engraved stamps in Ireland since 1950 when the Mary Aikenhead was issued in 1958.
Part of the debate can be viewed here - there will be other sites that mention it. If there were other printers, it would seem the Post did not do its homework. http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas...opendocument
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Posted 01/11/2015 2:42 pm
