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Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co printed the first Penny Black postage stamps in 1840. They completed their printing contract for the line-engraved stamps on 31 December, 1879.

In 1861 they lost the contract to print stamps as a punishment for giving copies of new issues away to friends of the management without permission from the governments involved.

Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co printed stamps for a number of British Colonies, including the first stamps of the Cape of Good Hope, which were printed in 1853.

[edit] External links

• "When Perkins Bacon Fell From Grace"
• "The Perkins Bacon Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope