De La Rue is a British commercial printer and paper maker. The company was founded in London in 1821 by Thomas de la Rue (b. March 24, 1793 in The Forest, Guernsey). In 1958, Thomas de la Rue changed the corporate name to De La Rue Company Limited PLC, and in 1991 to De La Rue PLC.
Among a wide range of products, De La Rue sells high-security paper and printing technology for over 150 national currencies; they claim to be the largest such corporation in the world. However, US currency is printed on paper made by Crane & Company .
Thomas de la Rue's designs for playing cards are the basis for the modern standard design.
The company has also printed postage stamps for Great Britain and some of its colonies.