Waterlow and Sons

Waterlow and Sons
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustrySecure printing
Founded1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Defunct2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FateAcquired (1961; 63 years ago (1961))
Dissolved (2009; 15 years ago (2009))
SuccessorDe La Rue
HeadquartersUK
ProductsBanknotes
Postage stamps
Stock and bond certificates
International Certificates of Vaccination
A promotional stamp produced in 1925 by Waterlow for the British Empire Exhibition.

Waterlow and Sons Limited was a major worldwide engraver of currency, postage stamps, stocks and bond certificates based in London, Watford and Dunstable in England. The company was founded as a family business in 1810. It was acquired in 1961 by De La Rue.