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Encyclopedia > Perkins Bacon

Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co printed the first Penny Black postage stamps in 1840. They completed their printing contract for the line-engraved stamps on 31 December 1879.


In 1861 they lost the contract to print stamps as a punishment for giving copies of new issues away to friends of the management without permission from the governments involved.


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  • "When Perkins Bacon Fell From Grace" (http://www.psestamp.com/articles/article973.chtml)

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