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Stationery Office

British  

noun

  1. (in the UK) the company that supplies the civil service with all its office supplies, machinery, printing and binding, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another company that specializes in copying the crown jewels provided crowns, tiaras and jewelry, based on descriptions in a book issued by the royal Stationery Office.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2019

Anyone wanting to buy a copy will have to pay £767 and contact The Stationery Office, the private firm which has printed the document.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2016

He sought easier occupations, but his apprenticeship to a cheesemonger resulted in failure, as did a job as an errand boy at Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2012

We started when there were two heavy-hitting centralised buyers, Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Property Services Agency.

From The Guardian Oct. 11, 2010

William Moran & Co.'s old indigo and silk mart was situated on the site of the present Stamp and Stationery Office, and, as far as I recollect, extended from Church Lane to the Strand.

From Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Montague Massey

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