stamp printers by country
C
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
CAMBODIA
 Country
no longer exists by this name.
(See KAMPUCHEA)
CAMEROUN

First postage stamp issued: 1897. No stamps appear
to have been produced locally.
CANADA
First postage
stamp issued: 1851.
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CANAL
ZONE First postage stamp issued: 1904. Country
no longer exists by this name. See
Panama.
Isthmian Canal Commission Press, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1906 (Overprints
and surcharges) for Canal Zone.
Panama
Canal Press, [Where?]. First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1915 (Overprints) for Canal Zone.
CAPE
OF GOOD HOPE
Country
no longer exists by this name.
(See SOUTH AFRICA)
CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS
First postage stamp issued: 1877. No stamps appear to have been
produced locally.
CAYMAN ISLANDS
First postage stamp issued: 1900.
No stamps appear
to have been produced locally.
CENTRAL
AFRICAN EMPIRE
First postage stamp issued:
1959.
No stamps appear to have been produced locally.
CEYLON
Country
no longer exists by this name.
(See
SRI LANKA)
CHAD
First postage stamp issued: 1959.
No stamps appear to have been produced locally.
CHILE
First
postage stamp issued: 1853.
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CHINA

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CHINA [TAIWAN]
Cardon
Enterprise Company Limited, Jaigsuybgm,
Taipei
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2003.
China
Color Printing Company Inc, Hsintien
Founded: 1961. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 2003 Main
printing process(es): Litho
Products
produced include monthly magazines, posters,
scanning for colour separation, postage
stamps, brochures and books.
China
Engraving and Printing Works, Taipei.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].
The functions of the Central
Engraving and Printing Plant ("the
Plant") is directly supervised by the
Central Bank of China ("the Bank"),
specializes in the business of printing
Bank notes, and may engage in the business
of printing important government documents
and other securities (i.e. stamps). When
necessary and with the permission of the
Bank, the Plant may engage in the business
of printing , manufacturing ink, producing
paper and printing equipment, processing
used notes, and destroying worn-out notes
CHRISTMAS
ISLAND
(See
AUSTRALIA)
Stamp production and promotion
for Christmas Island stamps is undertaken by Australia
Post, who use their own printers.
COCOS ISLAND
First postage stamp issued: 1963.
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
COLOMBIA
First postage stamp issued: 1859. Click country name
or flag to access this database.
COMOROS
First postage stamp issued: 1975.
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
CONGO
BRAZZAVILLE
First postage stamp issued: 1959.
No stamps appear to have been produced locally.
CONGO-KINSHASA
(Formerly
ZAIRE)
First postage stamp issued:
1998. No stamps appear to have
been produced locally.
COOK
ISLANDS
First postage stamp issued: 1892.
Government
Printer, Rarotonga. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1899 (Surcharges) for Cook
Islands.
The Government Printer in
Rarotonga mainly printed such items as a
Translation of the Cook Islands Act 1915 into Rarotonga
Maori (1915),
Trotter's Glossary of English and Rarotongan
(c.1917),
and H. Bond James's Rough Notes on Rarotongan
(1923).
COSTA
RICA
First postage stamp issued: 1863.
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CROATIA
First postage stamp issued: 1941.
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CUBA
First postage stamp issued:
1855.
Cia
Impresora de Cuba S.A., [Where?]. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1929 for Cuba. Company
changed its name to Cia Nacional de Artes
Gráficos de Cuba
in
1936 following a change of ownership
The Cuban Government
Warranty Seals on cigars were once produced
by Cia Impresora de Cuba S.A., a renowned
engraver and printer of fine, high quality
documents, so stamp production would have
presented them with little difficulty.
Cia
Nacional de Artes Graficos de Cuba,
[Where?]. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1927 for Cuba. Company
changed its name to Cia Impresora de Cuba in
1929 following a change of ownership.
Cuban National State Printing
Works.
(See
entry Empresa de Correos, Prensa
y Filatelia below.)
Empresa
de Correos, Prensa y Filatelia, Havana. English
language translation of name: [what?]. Abbreviation
known by: COPREFIL. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: [when?]. Main
printing process(es): Litho,
P. Fernandez y
Cia, Havana. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1936 for Cuba.
Los Talleres de Grabado
en Acero y Timbre del Estado de La Habana,
Havana. English
language translation of name: The Stamp
Printing and Steel Engraving Plant of the
Government in Havana.
National Printing Works,
Havana. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1960 for Cuba.
J. L. Rodriguez, Havana. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1914 for Cuba. Company
changed its name to Cia Nacional de Artes
Graficos de Cuba in 1927 following
a change of ownership.
CURACAO
First postage stamp issued: 2011.
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
CYPRUS
First postage stamp issued: 1880.
Government
Printing Office, Nicosia. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1881 (Overprints);
1882 (Surcharges) for Cyprus.
Christos
Papachristoforou Ltd, Nicosia. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2005 (Vending
labels) for Cyprus.
As
Cyprus's main label manufacturer, they were
the natural choice to print the latest vending
machine labels.
CYPRUS
[TURKISH
CYPRIOT
POST]
First postage stamp issued: 1974.
Devlet
Basimevi, Lefkosa (Nicosia). English
language translation of name: Turkish Cypriot
Government Printing House. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1991 for Cyprus [Turkish]. Main
printing process(es): Litho
Halkin
Sesi, Lefkosa (Nicosia). First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1975 (Surcharges)
for Cyprus [Turkish]. Halkin Sesi is
the oldest national daily newspaper in Northern
Cyprus.
Tezel
Matbaasi VE Ofset Printing House, Lefkosa
(Nicosia).
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1982 for Cyprus
[Turkish]. Main printing process(es):
Litho
Tezel Ofset appear to be
primarily book printers / publishers, based
on their inclusion in Internet bibliographies.
This company became involved in the printing
of postage stamps when they applied to the
postal administration of the Federated State
of Northern Cyprus for permission to tender
for contracts.
Following production of trial
printings (which later leaked on to the
philatelic market, upsetting the Post Office),
they were accepted as a supplier.
Ticaret
Matbaacilik T.A.S, Izmir. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1977 for Turkish Cypriot Posts. Main
printing process(es): Litho
This
firm of printers is recorded in directories
as being primarily a publisher.
Turk
Tarih Kurumu, [where?]. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1977 for Turkish Cypriot Posts. Main
printing process(es): Litho
This
firm of printers is recorded in directories
as being primarily a publisher.
CZECH
REPUBLIC
First postage stamp issued: 1993.
Postovni
Tiskarna Cenin
Praha A.S., Prague. English
language translation of name: Posal Printing
House of Securities Incorporated. Abbreviation known
by: PPH, PTC Praha a.s..
Re-Formed:
1992. Main
printing process(es): Litho, gravure, recess
PTC
is a specialised company focussing on the
printing of postage stamps and other securities,
entailing a high level of security. As of
late 20011, this company prints stamps for
the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia.
In
late 2011, an employee of the company kindly
supplied the following information "The Postal Printing House of Securities Prague, Inc. was established on 1
May 1992 to replace the Czech Post's Technical Centre of Machines.
However the tradition of the printing house began already in 1952 when a
dedicated printing house was established by the Ministry of
Communication to print postage stamps and other products requiring a
high level of protection. Since 1994 we have been among the top security
printing houses. And for Slovakia we are printing postal stamps from the beginning (Postovni tiskarna cenin Praha a.s.) - nobody else."
Statni
Tiskarna Cenin, Prague. English language
translation of name: State Security Printworks. Abbreviation
known by: STC. The history of foundation of Statni tiskarna cenin, state enterprise
(State Printing Works of Securities, hereinafter STC), dates back to the
foundation of independent Czechoslovak Republic. It was in the interest
of the state to ensure complete production of quality Czechoslovak
paper currency in its own printing house. State banknote printing house
was consequently built between 1924 and 1927 and in January 1928 the
company started its production. Before the end of the year, it had a
staff of as many as 133.
And as early as in 1937, the printing house was awarded Diploma of
Honour at the Paris International Exhibition of Art and Technology for
the production of its Kc 1000 bank note printed after the design of Max
Svabinsky.
In the period until WW2, the printing house unremittingly improved its
technical equipment and was gaining extensive experience from production
of paper currency.
In July 1953, the bank note printing house was detached from the
Czechoslovak State Bank and as a state-owned company was transferred
under the authority of Ministry of Finance to produce paper currency,
documents, securities, and other state-issued printed matters. Its
machinery was modernized to cope with broadened product range.
An important milestone in the history of STC was the period after 1989
within which STC was extensively modernized. The goal set was to equip
and furnish STC so that the level and quality of production would match
state-of-the-art ones. STC currently offers its customers complete
services in the field of printing arts production starting from graphic
design through composition, pre-press, printing proper up to ware
delivery to customer's site.
The
organisation re-formed on 1 May 1992, following
a transformation of the Central Postal Administration
state enterprise. PTC
is, in essence, the exclusive supplier of
printed documents to the Post Office of
the Czech Republic. At the end of August 1996,
postage stamp printers PTC opened a new
production line, following the investment
of 22 million crowns by Canadian-based stamp
printers Canadian Bank Note.
Victoria
Security Printing a.s., Prague. Abbreviation known
by: VSP.
Founded:
1991.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1994 for Czech
Republic.
Main
printing process(es): Litho. Graham & Whiteside's
Business Description: Commercial printing;
security printing of bank notes and commercial
stationery
Employees:
105
This company was a private
printing house specialising in the field
of valuables and advertising. They were responsible
for Czech identity cards, postage stamps,
plus entry cards, coupons for buses, trams
and tube, cheques, certificates and food
tickets. On the advertising front they printed
catalogues, books and the like. In
late 2011, an employee of PTC Praha supplied
the following information about VSP, which
corrects the above information (which had,
none the less, been supplied to your compiler
by VSP): "Victoria Security Printing a.s. is not exist more than one year
(bankrupt). Their machines and some staff bought company OPTYS, but they are not doing (like Victoria never did) postage stamps. They
did only commercial stationery (not cards or identity cards)."
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
First postage stamp issued: 1918.
Country
no longer exists by this name. See
Czech
Republic.
Cartographic
Section, Czech Army, [Where?]. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovak Graphic Union,
Prague. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1926 for Czechoslovakia.
Grafia,
Bratislava. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: circa 1945
for Czechoslovakia.
K. Kolman, Prague. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakian
Army in Serbia.
Makusin
and Posochin, Irkutsk.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakian
Army in Serbia.
Tiskarna Andrej, Bratislava. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Czechoslovakia.
United Czech Printing
Company, Prague. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1918 for Czechoslovakia.
Wiko, Kosice. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Czechoslovakia.

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