stamp printers by country
E
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
EAST
TIMOR
First postage stamp issued:
2002.
No stamps appear to have
been produced locally.
ECUADOR
First postage stamp issued: 1865.
Editorial
Colon C.A., Quito.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1961 for Ecuador.
Graficas Boli,
Quito.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1952 for Ecuador.
Instituto
Geografico Militar, Quito. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1969 for Ecuador.
English Translation: Military Geographic
Institute Main
printing process(es): Litho, gravure.
National Printing Works,
Quito.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1947 for Ecuador.
Offsetec S.A., Quito.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1971 for Ecuador.
Offsetec S.A., the Ecuadorian
arm of the Grupo
Carvajal of Colombia.
M. Rivadeneira, Quito.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1865 for Ecuador. EGYPT

First postage stamp issued: 1866. Click country name or flag
to access this database. EL
SALVADOR 
First postage stamp issued: 1867.
Acoasergerac, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2003 for El
Salvador.
Direccion
de Servicios Graficos Ministerio
de Hacienda, [Where?] English
language translation of name: Direction
of Graphic Services, Ministry of Works. Abbreviation
known by: DSG.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1978 for El
Salvador.
L. Dreikorn, San
Salvador.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1951 for El
Salvador.
National Printing Works,
San
Salvador.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1942 for El
Salvador.
Carlos Parrage, San
Salvador.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1906 for El
Salvador.
School of Graphic Arts,
San
Salvador.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1930 for El
Salvador.
Tipografia Central,
San
Salvador.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1978 for El
Salvador. ENGLAND
(See
GREAT BRITAIN) EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
First postage stamp issued: 1968.
No stamps appear to have
been produced locally. ERITREA
First postage stamp issued: 1893.
No stamps appear to have
been produced locally.
ESTONIA

First postage stamp issued: 1918.
E.
Bergmann, Tartu. First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1919 for Estonia.
G. Bolau,
Nomme.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1918 for Estonia.
General Post Office,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1920 for Estonia.
Government Printing Works,
Tallinn.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1920 for Estonia.
Ilutrukk, Tartu.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1941 for Estonia.
Military Topography Printing
Works, Tallinn.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1921 for Estonia.
A. & J. Paalmann,
Tallinn.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Estonia.
Trukikoda
Vaba Maa AS, Tallinn. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1992 Christmas
for Estonia. Main printing process(es):
Litho.
Vaba
Maa is a Certified Security
Printer with the scope of
selling and producing bank cheques, identity
documents, visas, bonds, shares, lottery
tickets, diplomas, post stamps and tax labels,
especially for governmental organizations
and banks.
Uhiselu, Tallinn.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1920 (Surcharges)
for Estonia. ETHIOPIA

First postage stamp issued: 1894.
Artistic
Printing Press, Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1950 (Surcharges)
for Ethiopia.
The largest private printing
press in Ethiopia is the Artistic Press
which occupies a new modern factory in Addis
Ababa.
Berhanena Selam Printing
Press, Addis Adaba. English
translation of name: "Light and Peace"
Press.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 (Stamps
and Overprints) for Ethiopia.
There
are several government, private, and
mission presses in Addis Ababa. The
largest government press is the Berhanena
Selam Printing Press which opened an
eight-storey building in 1965 with the
most up-to-date presses.
It
was still around at the end of 2000,
having hit the headlines by refusing
to publish its newspaper for a few days
as a protest against the price of paper.
Commercial
Printing Press, Addis Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1960 (Overprints)
for Ethiopia.
This company would appear
to be primarily book printers. One internet
entry read "Barbayiig of Tanzania,
IN: Ghaffar A, Ahmed M, Abdel HA (Eds):
Managing Scarcity: Human Adaption in East
African Drylands". Commercial Printing
Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996."
A. Desvages Printing Press,
Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1917 (Overprints)
for Ethiopia
Ethiopian Post Office,
Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1943 (Overprints)
for Ethiopia.
Ethiopia Printing Press,
Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1959 (Surcharges)
for Ethiopia.
Government Printing Presss,
Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1943 (Surcharges)
for Ethiopia.
Merhe Tibeb Printing Press,
Addis
Adaba.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1943 for Ethiopia.
Leon de Robillard Printing
Press, Addis Adaba. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1930 (Overprints)
for Ethiopia.
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