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Waterlow prepared the master dies of the vignette and frames. Duplicates were provided to the other two printers. This accounts for the differences in varieties seen. Bradbury and Waterlow undertook the printing for 15 colonies each (see below), while De la Rue did the printing for 14 colonies.</div> <bR> <div> To view a brief history of each printer click on the Printer's name below.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="574" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="156"><div> <A HREF="#bradbury" TITLE="Printers background"><U><B>Bradbury</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="216"><div> <A HREF="#de_la_rue" TITLE="Printers background"><U><B>De la Rue</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> <A HREF="#waterlow" TITLE="Printers background"><U><B>Waterlow</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 241 WIDTH="156"><div> Bechuanaland </div> <div> British Honduras </div> <div> Falkland Islands </div> <div> Gambia </div> <div> Gibraltar </div> <div> Gilbert & Ellice Islands Gold Coast </div> <div> Hong Kong </div> <div> Jamaica </div> <div> Malta </div> <div> Newfoundland </div> <div> Seychelles </div> <div> Sierra Leone </div> <div> Swaziland </div> <div> Trinidad & Tobago</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Antigua </div> <div> Bahamas </div> <div> Basutoland </div> <div> British Guiana </div> <div> British Solomon Islands </div> <div> Cayman Islands </div> <div> Ceylon </div> <div> Dominica </div> <div> Fiji </div> <div> Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika </div> <div> Mauritius </div> <div> Northern Rhodesia </div> <div> St. Helena </div> <div> St. Lucia</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> Ascension </div> <div> Barbados </div> <div> Bermuda </div> <div> Cyprus </div> <div> Grenada </div> <div> Leeward Islands Montserrat </div> <div> Nigeria </div> <div> Nyasaland </div> <div> St. Christopher & Nevis </div> <div> St. Vincent </div> <div> Somaliland </div> <div> Straits Settlement </div> <div> Turks & Caicos </div> <div> Virgin Islands</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>Plates: </B>1 - 12</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Plates:</B> 2A, 2(A), 2B, 2(B), 4, 4/</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Plates:</B> 1, 2A, 2B, 3 - 10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> A number of other printers undertook the production of the <B>non-common design</B> stamps. The table below lists the various Printers and various countries and dependencies for whom they were contracted. .</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="514" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="236"><div> <B>Printer</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> <B>Country/Dependency</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#bradbury" TITLE="Printers background"><U><B>Bradbury Wilkinson & Co</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >.</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="32" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> New Zealand</div> <div> South West Africa</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="236"><div> Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> Canada</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Commonwealth Treasury, Melbourne</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> Nauru</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="236"><div> Government Printing Office, Wellington</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="48" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> Cook Islands</div> <div> Niue</div> <div> Samoa</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 WIDTH="236"><div> Harrison & Sons</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="96" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Great Britain</div> <div> Morocco Agency - British Currency</div> <div>                               - French Zone</div> <div>                               - Spanish Zone</div> <div>                               - Tangier</div> <div> British Forces in Egypt</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="236"><div> John Ash, Melbourne</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="48" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> Australia</div> <div> New Guinea</div> <div> Papua</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Security Printing Press, Nasik</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> India</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="236"><div> Union Government Printing Works, Pretoria</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> South Africa</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="236"><div> <A HREF="#waterlow" TITLE="Printers background"><U><B>Waterlow & Sons</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="236"><div> Southern Rhodesia</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Limited</U></B>  <A NAME="bradbury"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 193 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>1850's</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1861</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1903</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1935</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>1967</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1986</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="471"><div> Company founded by Henry Bradbury.</div> <bR> <div> Renamed Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Printed bank notes, stamps, bonds/shares.</div> <bR> <div> Acquired by American Bank Note Company but retained name.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Printing for Silver Jubilee: 15 colonies plus New Zealand and South West Africa</B></div> <bR> <div> Stopped printing stamps.</div> <bR> <div> Acquired by De la Rue and Co. Lost name.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Thomas De la Rue & Co. Limited</U></B>  <A NAME="de_la_rue"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> De la Rue & Co. are the world's largest security printer and papermaker.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 272 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>1813</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1821</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1855</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1925</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1935</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1940</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1961</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1986</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1997</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Thomas De la Rue published his first newspaper.</div> <bR> <div> Established himself as a printer in London.</div> <bR> <div> Began printing British Postage stamps. Contract for all Indian postal requirements.</div> <bR> <div> Converted to public ownership.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Printing for Silver Jubilee: 14 colonies</B></div> <bR> <div> London factory destroyed in Blitz. Many valuable records lost.</div> <bR> <div> Acquired Waterlow & Sons.</div> <bR> <div> Acquired Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.</div> <bR> <div> Acquired Harrison & Sons.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Waterlow and Sons Limited</U></B>  <A NAME="waterlow"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 176 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>1810</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1852</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1877</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1920</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1935</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1961</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> James Waterlow opened printing shop in London. Called Waterlow and Sons.</div> <bR> <div> First stamps printed - British Guiana.</div> <bR> <div> Family dispute. Second company, Waterlow Brothers formed.</div> <bR> <div> Two Waterlow companies amalgamated under name Waterlow and Sons.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Printing for Silver Jubilee: 15 colonies plus Southern Rhodesia</B></div> <bR> <div> Acquired by De la Rue. Lost name.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>