Perkins, Bacon & Co.

1819 – 1935

Printing company of Jacob Perkins, which is known for having printed the world’s first self-adhesive stamp, the “Penny Black”.

The company, Perkins, Bacon & Co., was later taken over by Perkins’ son, Angier March Perkins, and the name and address changed several times thereafter.

Dec. 1819: founded as Perkins, Fairman & Heath
1820: located at 69 Fleet Street
1822: name changed to Perkins & Heath, later to Perkins & Bacon
1834: name changed to Perkins, Bacon & Petch
1852: name changed to Perkins Bacon & Co.

See location: Jacob Perkins & Co. printing house.

Traveljournal 1825

Acquaintance with Jacob Perkins, 10 June 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Perkins’ Siderogrpahic Institute, 5 December 1826

Heath, James Dunbar: Records of the Heath Family. Selected and arranged by George Heath for private circulation. 1913. S. 103ff. (Internet Archive, Stand 17.11.2022).

wikipedia-(en)

Cite as: Perkins, Bacon & Co.. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7920, viewed on 7 June 2025.

[[title]] — Penny Black, the first self-adhesive stamp, issued by Perkins Bacon & Co., after William Wyon, 1840