Huck Press experimental plate proof
National Postal Museum

Huck Press experimental plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · 1957

paper; ink () / engraving
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

During the 1950s and 1960s, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing adopted state-of-the-art printing technologies that transformed stamp production. The new Giori (1956) and Huck 9-Color (1966) presses printed eye-catching, multi-color stamps that celebrated diversity, popular culture, the arts, and the space program.

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