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