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- De La Rue
- Also known as
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De La Rue
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primary name: De La Rue
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other name: De La Rue & Co
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other name: De La Rue, Cornish & Rock
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other name: De La Rue, James & Rudd
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other name: De La Rue, Thomas
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other name: Denaluo yinchao gongsi (德納羅印鈔公司)
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other name: Denaluo yinchao gongsi (德那羅印鈔公司)
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other name: TDLR
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other name: Thomas De La Rue and Company Ltd
- Details
- organisation; publisher/printer; British
- Other dates
- 1813- (founded in)
- Address
- 110 Bunhill Row, London (manufactory)
No.20, Finsbury Place, London (De La Rue, James & Rudd)
Queen Street, Finsbury Square, London (De La Rue, Cornish & Rock)
- Biography
- Printing company founded in Guernsey in 1813 by Thomas de la Rue; 1821, set up as printer, stationer, playing-card makers, and fancy goods manufacturer in London; mid 19thC official printer of stamps and paper money; 1921 de la Rue family left the business which became a public company. The company printing works, at 110 Bunhill Row, London, was destroyed by an air raid in 1940. 1944-77 conglomerate phase, acquiring a range of other businesses on an international scale; 1969 playing card business sold to John Waddington. Now primarily famous as printers of banknotes and related securities.
Trade card in Heal Collection (Heal,99.40+) advertises "Specimen of Patent Enamelled Cards For Copper Plate Printing Manufactured by De La Rue, James & Rudd, 20, Finsbury Place, London" with "View of De La Rue & Cos. Manufactory on Bunhill Row." Trade card in Heal Collection (Heal,111.51) advertises "De La Rue, Cornish & Rock, Manufacturers of Embossed and London Drawing Boards, Cards with Ornamental Coloured Borders, Superfine German Porcelain Paper, and Porcelain Tablets and Cards, With Gold and Silver Borders, Queen Street, Finsbury Square, London."
- Bibliography
- www.delarue.com
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