Printing for the common design stamps was undertaken by three companies (Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., Thomas De La Rue & Co., and Waterlow and Sons). 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.

Bradbury	De la Rue	Waterlow
Bechuanaland British Honduras Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Gilbert & Ellice Islands Gold Coast Hong Kong Jamaica Malta Newfoundland Seychelles Sierra Leone Swaziland Trinidad & Tobago	Antigua Bahamas Basutoland British Guiana British Solomon Islands Cayman Islands Ceylon Dominica Fiji Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika Mauritius Northern Rhodesia St. Helena St. Lucia	Ascension Barbados Bermuda Cyprus Grenada Leeward Islands Montserrat Nigeria Nyasaland St. Christopher & Nevis St. Vincent Somaliland Straits Settlement Turks & Caicos Virgin Islands
Plates: 1 - 12	Plates: 2A, 2(A), 2B, 2(B), 4, 4/	Plates: 1, 2A, 2B, 3 - 10

A number of other printers undertook the production of the non-common design stamps. The table below lists the various Printers and various countries and dependencies for whom they were contracted. .

Printer		Country/Dependency
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.		New Zealand South West Africa
Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa		Canada
Commonwealth Treasury, Melbourne		Nauru
Government Printing Office, Wellington		Cook Islands Niue Samoa
Harrison & Sons		Great Britain Morocco Agency - British Currency - French Zone - Spanish Zone - Tangier British Forces in Egypt
John Ash, Melbourne		Australia New Guinea Papua
Security Printing Press, Nasik		India
Union Government Printing Works, Pretoria		South Africa
Waterlow & Sons		Southern Rhodesia

1850's

1861

1903

1935

1967

1986

Company founded by Henry Bradbury.

Renamed Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Printed bank notes, stamps, bonds/shares.

Acquired by American Bank Note Company but retained name.

Printing for Silver Jubilee: 15 colonies plus New Zealand and South West Africa

Stopped printing stamps.

Acquired by De la Rue and Co. Lost name.

1813

1821

1855

1925

1935

1940

1961

1986

1997

Thomas De la Rue published his first newspaper.

Established himself as a printer in London.

Began printing British Postage stamps. Contract for all Indian postal requirements.

Converted to public ownership.

Printing for Silver Jubilee: 14 colonies

London factory destroyed in Blitz. Many valuable records lost.

Acquired Waterlow & Sons.

Acquired Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.

Acquired Harrison & Sons.

1810

1852

1877

1920

1935

1961

James Waterlow opened printing shop in London. Called Waterlow and Sons.

First stamps printed - British Guiana.

Family dispute. Second company, Waterlow Brothers formed.

Two Waterlow companies amalgamated under name Waterlow and Sons.

Printing for Silver Jubilee: 15 colonies plus Southern Rhodesia

Acquired by De la Rue. Lost name.