
Collection of 22 different duplicate plates and moulds
Collection of 22 different duplicate plates and moulds, all of the same subject, design incorporating the words "Letterpress Duplicate Plates of 1971". All were made by Herbert Smart at the London College of Printing in 1971


Proof print

Synthetic rubber stereotype
Thermoplastic mould

Thermoplastic plate, with sample of uncured material

Rubber plate, made from granules

Rubber plate with hard rubber facing
Stereotype mould
Thermosetting mould

Thermoplastic plate produced from micro-porous sheet

Thermoplastic plate, stiffer material, with uncured material sample

'College' electro

Nickel-faced electrotype

Stereotype

Two rubber plates

Synthetic rubber plate

Plate made from thermoplastic granules

Thermoplastic plate with rubber backing

Laminated thermoplastic plate

Plate made from phenol-formaldehyde resin

Plate made from thermoplastic granules
