Shiny S-200 DIY Printing Kit 4mm and 5mm Character Height

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Top Row - Fay Thompson - Ian Sellars - Ann Morris - Rob Passmore - Shiela Vidler - Roger Cloony and Christine Lemuri. For those who don’t know what on earth I am on about, I’d better explain that John Bull was the brand name and the set included long bendy strips of black rubber letters and numbers, which you cut into single letters with scissors and composed into words and sentences in a small red plastic rack with a handle at the back. The smallest set was marginally larger than a box of kitchen matches while the largest dwarfed a standard Monopoly board game box.

You then inked-up the stamp from a black or red sponge and hey-presto, you could print letterpress-style!John Bull Printing Sets are among Britain’s oldest and most popular toys and the most common childhood introduction to ‘relief printing’. Sadly, with the demise of John Bull printing sets, young letterpress printers today must seek their inspiration elsewhere.

The John Bull Printing Outfit No 9 is contained in a colourful cardboard box and originates in the 1960s. Invented in 1924 by Alfred Kings and Bernard Simons, the Mapograph system used a deep relief rubber stamp on a wooden roller. A boxed John Bull printing outfit set went for auction for just 5 pounds last week, so you can still pick them up for a bargain. That is so much the story of my life, and my father printed newspapers and I ended up woring for Associated Press for 12 years.All information and advice on this forum is subject to the WARNING AND DISCLAIMER located at https://www. When I was first at work some basic items that required printing were sent to a local printer whose work was of not of great quailty. I think you were intended to set it up once and keep on using the same message (which is what I did, I put a shortened version of my postal address on it to stamp the back of envelopes, etc) but there is no reason why you can't change it.

The top rated TV show was Labour Party Political Broadcast (all channels) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations.Surplus manufacturing capacity allowed the production of components for another maker of educational rubber stamps. If you are not happy to accept these you must stop using the forum and delete our cookies from your browser. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . The manufacturer’s name varies according to the age of each set and boxes sometimes carry “Charter Series”, “Carson-Baker” or “Carbak” names and logos, depending upon when they were made. Simple arrange the letters in the little wooden grooves, press into the inkpad and well, print away!