Maclure, Macdonald and Co.
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maclure-macdonald-and-co-193-13067861
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Maclure, Macdonald and Co.
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MacLure, MacDonald & Co. were, in Victorian times, "Ornamental Printers to the Queen". They invented a power-driven lithographic printing press in 1853. They engraved and produced stamps for Uruguay (1866), Sarawak and telephone stamps for Great Britain (1884). Next to stamps they produced prints. The company was founded in 1835 and was acquired in 1992 by J R Reid Printers of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire.
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19th century printing press company
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclure,_Macdonald_and_Co.
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2023-05-06T14:38:31Z
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