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ISSUE 177 - September 5, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine

The Stamp Specialist:
The Development of Rotary Press Printing      

by Max G. Johl.
(From The Stamp Specialist Book #1, published in 1939)

Landlocked Country - Ethiopia, Part 2 The Office Department has recently announced that in the future most of the commemorative stamps would be printed from rotary press plates, and in addition to that would be printed on plates especially prepared for use on the electric eye perforator. While this is the latest development, it can hardly be said to be unexpected; for over thirty years the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has been experimenting with methods which would decrease . . .

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