Perkins D cylinder Printing Press

British Library

London

Photograph 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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This machine printed the original Penny Black and Two Pence Blue postage stamps first issued in May 1840. The inventor of the machine, Joseph Perkins, was an American living in London.

Last modified 15 January 2006