J Salmon Ltd

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J Salmon Ltd
Company typePrivate company
IndustryPublishing
Founded Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
(1880 (1880))
Founder Joseph Salmon
Area served
United Kingdom
Website JSalmon.com

J Salmon Ltd, founded in 1880, was a UK-based printing and publishing firm, and was the oldest established postcard and calendar publisher in Britain. [1] It was based in Sevenoaks, Kent. It ceased trading in 2017.

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History

Joseph Salmon was a bookseller in London that bought a stationer's store in 1880 aiming to establish a general printing business in Kent. He held the reins of the business until 1898 when his son also Joseph Salmon took over control.

In July 2017, it was announced that the company would cease trading, due to family reasons and challenging market conditions. The copyright on imagery owned by the company is retained by the family. [2] [3]

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References

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

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