Harrison and Sons was a major worldwide engraver and printer of postage stamps and banknotes.
It went through similar names and retained Harrison family ownership until 1979 when sold to Lonrho.
Initially, using printing machines manufactured by Timsons of Kettering, it went on to produce most of the British stamps over the 60-year period from the 1930s until the 1990s, including the first UK stamp using the photogravure method in 1934 and the first photogravure commemoratives in 1935 for Silver Jubilee of King George V. The first UK Christmas issue in 1966, on the specially designed Jumelle press, was also printed at Harrison and Sons.
[4] The company (abbreviation H&S) also printed stamps, banknotes, passports and gift vouchers for over 100 other countries from 1881.
In February 1997, it was sold to De La Rue with the High Wycombe plant refurbished.