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- ↑ "CLOSED". www.jsalmon.com.
- ↑ "Calendar and postcard supplier J Salmon set to close - betterRetailing". www.betterretailing.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "UK's oldest postcard firm set to close". BBC News. 25 September 2017.
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