De La Rue then as a stationer and printer. In 1831 he secured his business a Royal Warrant to produce playing cards. In 1855 it started printing postage stamps and in 1860 banknotes. In 1896, the family partnership was converted into a private company. In 1921, the de la Rue family sold their interests. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1947. Then called "Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited", it changed its name in 1958 to "The De La Rue Company Limited". A takeover bid for De La Rue was made by the Rank Organisation plc in
Rue de la Bûcherie Rue de la Bûcherie Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and Boulevard Saint-Germain Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest Rive Gauche streets. In the Middle Ages damaged meats were salted and boiled here to feed the poorest. In the 17th century, La Voisin, a chief personage in the famous "affaire des poisons", which disgraced the reign of Louis XIV, lived here. Nicolas-Edme Rétif, the French novelist, lived on Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading