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1917 WW I Great Britain Poster Stamp Glory To The Allies Set/2 With Error Stamp
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Oldbrooklynguy (3272)
1917 WW I Great Britain Poster Stamp Glory To The Allies Printed By David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Mdx. Set/2 One With Blue Print Unused Very Tiny Hinge Mark 90% Original Gum. One Without and No Back Print Unused No Gum. David Allen (1830-1903) started ... Read More
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- 1917
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1917 WW I Great Britain Poster Stamp Glory To The Allies Printed By David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Mdx. Set/2 One With Blue Print Unused Very Tiny Hinge Mark 90% Original Gum. One Without and No Back Print Unused No Gum. David Allen (1830-1903) started a printing firm in Belfast in 1857. This would be the beginning of a family advertising and printing business that would last over 100 years. Run by the family, at least up to 1966. Originally printing Theatrical Posters, the company would expand to Dublin, Liverpool, Glasgow, Harrow, London and Brentford. Perhaps best known in the stamp world for their World War I posters and poster stamps. Several generations of Allens ran the business but by 1966 the company had become David Allen Holdings Ltd. They are now based in Brentford but are now ultimately owned by the French advertising family Decaux of JCDecaux fame. In the 1916 Penrose Annual, they were featured in an illustrated article which I am reproducing here. It is believed that Gaston Fontanille, known as Delandre, used this book as the basis for copying the David Allen stamps depicting images produced for the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee and the War Savings Committee. David Allen & Sons, sometimes known as David Allens, printed both the original full size posters as well as the stamps. Special Thanks To And More Information At:Seller Information
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