Stamping Collection

Gpo Sorting, 1875
The General Post Office, London : stamping and sorting letters

Stamping Cavalry Saddles during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Ronot press, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Ronot press, reconstructed, and statue of Allegory of Industry, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy

Corner of the Stamping Room, Pether's Sign Makers, London
A corner of the Stamping Room, Pether's Sign Makers, London Date: 1903

Stone Dies used for Stamping out the Pans of Iron Crusie Lamps Last used at Red Bay, Co Antrim, about 1789. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Various stages in order of making the palm oil and vegetable fats into a finely-scented eramic soap in Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1907

Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire
Process at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- three images showing how the threading hole is stamped into the needles. Date: 1843

Button-making, Elliots Button Factory, Birmingham 1844
Women working at long benches stamping, pressing and punching on buttons at Elliots Factory, Birmingham. Date: 1844

BALANCING THE BOOKS
An accountant checks his ledger and balances his books before rubber stamping them. Date: 1930s

STAMPING THE PRESS
Delivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press. Date: 1842

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Caricature of Sir William Harcourt, Liberal politician
Caricature of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Liberal politician, at this time Home Secretary in Gladstones government

Stamping Clay by Foot
This method of stamping clay by foot was still employed as late as the 1930s for making the large pots used for melting glass - the method used by the Ancient Britons. Date: 17 February 1933

Royal Mint Machinery
Bars of gold being fed into the stamping machines at the Royal Mint. Date: 1930s

Chad Valley Sign Writer, letter and ink stamp pad kit for printing, 1900 Date: 1900

Christian propaganda postcard
A postcard depicting the Ayasofya Mosque with a fascinating inset picture showing the Turkish crescent shoe stamping on the Christian cross and on the reverse of the card the caption reads

Sorting room at the General Post Office
Engraving from 1875, showing the sorting room of the General Post Office with workers (all male) stamping and sorting mail

Stamp machine
A Machine which will not cheat and cannot be cheated. The first penny-in-the-slot machine for stamping envelopes

The inland letter office of the General Post Office, London showing male workers weighing, stamping and sorting letters

Newspaper Stamp Duty
Delivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press

Stamp Office 1809
Housed in Somerset House : at this time the government derived substantial duty from the stamping of documents of all kinds, including newspapers

Gpo Postmark Stamping
The General Post Office, postmark stamping machine

Stamping Metal Toys 1890
Workers stamp metal toys in a factory

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