NEW HEALTH STAMPS
INTAGLIO PLATE SYSTEM
What is really remarkable about the new health stamp, now on sale, is that it is tho first New Zealand stamp engraved and printed by the intaglio process. The design is etched on copper, and the lines so made are filled with ink which is transferred to the paper in the intaglio printing process. This process, not generally used in New Zealand, is the highest form of craft printing, and, as a rule, is associated with the best of material—good paper and high-grade ink. Mr. H. T. Peat, who engraved the d ei sign, made one master plate, from which two 60-image plates were made, so that every time the double-plate is printed 120 stamps are produced.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21345, 21 November 1932, Page 8
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123NEW HEALTH STAMPS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21345, 21 November 1932, Page 8
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