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Issued on 23 April 1991   Evolution of knowledge and technique     (Uruguay)




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Issued on 14 October 1996     Planning of the Stamp and Coin Museum     (Monaco)

The press on the left is the same image as in posts 105 and 107





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Issued on 20 January 2022   The tradition of Czech stamp production   (Czech Republic)
 



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Issued on 10 July 1995   Albin Savola was a Finnish priest and missionary, who served as one of the first Finnish missionaries in Ovamboland (modern day Namibia) and published literature in the Oshindonga language.
(Namibia)



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Issued on 5 July 1957   Karel Klič, Czech graphic artist and printer who in 1878 invented the most precise and commercially successful method of photogravure printing.
(Czechoslovakia)



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Issued on 25 June 1987     125th Anniversary of the Hungarian Press Workers' Union   (Hungary)



Stamp shown has been issued imperforate (unperforated)



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Issued on 4 July 1961   One of a set celebrating 100 years of L'Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of Vatican City State, the world's smallest nation-state.      (Vatican City)




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Issued on 16 April 1970 to celebrate the 100th birth year of Vladimir Lenin      (East Germany)



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Issued on 16 February 1973    American Bicentennial: Rise of the Spirit of Independence       (U.S.A.)



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Issued on 12 October 1964 for the 6th Congress of the International Graphic Federation    (Austria)



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Two stamps with same image

Issued on 20 October 1972 to celebrate a stamp day     (Berlin)



Issued on 6 May 1974  stamp printing press, State Mint, Guanabara   (Brazil)




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Issued on 25 July 1972 to celebrate the centenary of the State Stamp-Printing Works    (Romania)



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Issued on 9 January 1965 to celebrate Israel-Togo Friendship. Togolese stamps being printed on an Israeli press.     (Togo)



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Issued on 11 September 1971 to celebrate 100 years of Hungarian stamps.  The actual stamp shows a griffon with a pair of ink balls and the two side panes show printing presses.     (Hungary)





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Leading on from previous stamp - another griffon with ink balls
Issued on 3 April 1950 to celebrate the press and printing industry   (Germany, Saarland)





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