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• August 27th 1944 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

/// 112 Sa To the Editor of the Bankers Magazine. your magazine for August there is un article upon the Powertion of Foyery of Bank Mites which however averse we have ever been to pufficig, pufficing, we feel duty to notice. and. six it the the Parties and the the feel it a pare The article professes to describe the subject genem- the position of the Bank of England the Bank of Eugland in relation to this subpu the properties which should be combuied in a hote to give greatest security aganist Porgery: which have at different times appeared before the Publie and it wuids up in such a wag that every plain minder reader would suppose that all the houor and merit of successfully carrying out the principles you advocate debor to lusst Chipper & Bast. Having as we beleive fairly stated the the article, let us for a moment glance at what really the facts. Without the use of Heel Plates, and have nature. of and. as ww softening transferring the Cost of such combuiation 30% very properly recommend would render their use impraction but Engraving upon Steel, and all these other adjuncts unknown in Great Britain until introduced by Mo Jacob Perkins the father of our H feric was. he who sent a (ave thunk / 181/s the secret of using Sheet for bugraving to r fruid at Mand? who employed Mr Wassen ine expérime which at that time failed . It was he who succe successfully uitroduced all these things in London in 1819. It was te who took out Patents for them who with his Partwers not only the first to promulgate but for many years to a the site practice without any Competitors; Que firin have prepared such holes as you describe with approbation for 25 years, they have been employed by hundreds of Bankers and Banks, and prodused many Millions of hotes before elust ! Skipper and beast could, or did, produce one, and yet i mentioned from the We are neither. puffers in this or any. weither our Jeric nor elv. Perkins are once so much as other aje one end of the article to the other. nor boasters and few persons can who have possessed so valuable. be нашев discoveries and written so little about their - but ou. this occasion we must say - even at the risk of being laughed at, that a paper published in England at the present day professing to give give the past and present state of Foyery of Bank notes, without naming Jacob Perthuis is little less than the Play of Hamlet, with the character of Hamlet left out, we will not add by particular desire, because had no intention of suppressing anything. you probably Were panegynés passed upon other Baute hote Pupraven for anything truly belonging to them, we should be silent, but it is rather too much to expect us to remane prassive while our own Invuctions and discoveries are put before the Publié as the result of the talents of others. We doubt not your sense uisert the above. seuse of justice will induce (signed) P.BAP. 69 Fleet Street London August. 27th 1944. you te But here there is au crior in supposing that the Bank issived the hote recommended by the Royal Commission for although they prepared the Plates and Printed many hotes upon the plans of luss? Applegarth & Cowper they never issued. one.

• English

Summary: The letter critiques an article in the Bankers Magazine about forgery prevention of bank notes, emphasizing the contributions of Jacob Perkins and disputing claims made about other parties. It asserts the importance of recognizing Perkins' role in engraving technology and forgery prevention.

To: Editor of the Bankers Magazine

From: P. Bap

Date: August 27th 1944

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