stamp printers by country
JAPAN
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
First
postage stamp issued: 1871.
Late
2011 - A user of this site kindly provided
the following information:
"As for current stamp issues in
Japan, this page (Japanese Philatelic Society Foundation ) is the most
informative written in English.
British Commonwealth Command
Headquarters, Kure.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 (Overprints)
for British Commonwealth Occupation Force
[BCOF], Japan.
Dai-Nippon Printing Company
Limited, Tokyo. Abbreviation
known by: DNP. Founded: 1876.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1936 for Japan.
In 1876, Shuueisha was Japan's
first full-scale printing company in Central
Tokyo. In 1894 it became an incorporated
company. A rename to Dai Nippon occurred
in 1935 following a merger with Nisshim
Printing Co. Ltd. DNP got its start in publication
printing and has become today's largest
supplier for the publishing industry in
Japan.
The company has since diversified
its operation to contribute to the interactive
multimedia society and to expand its global
digital information networks, but still
has its roots in print.
Government Printing Works, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1873 for Japan.
Hirayama-Shuzando, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Japan.
This company became involved
in stamp printing due to post-war conditions
in Japan.
Insatsu Kyoku, Tokyo.
English
language translation of name: Printing Bureau.
(See Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau
entry.)
Kyodo Printing Company, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for Japan.
No stamp printing activity
noted between 1944 until 1970 when suddenly
they re-appear, having produced a set for
Dominica.
Kyoto Printing Company,
Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1970 for Costa
Rica.
Matsuda Atsutomo, Kyoto.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1871 for Japan.
This private company had
the contract to print Japanese bank notes
and the first postage stamps of Japan, which
appeared in 1871. However, the government
was terribly keen to produce security items
itself in its own printing establishment,
which was a problem as Matsuda tried to
keep secret his processes.
Production of stamps did
however move to the Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau
in
1872, with Matsuda continuing to make the
plates for production. This arrangement
ceased after the government had succeeded
in luring away key-employees from this and
other printing companies.
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau
[Okurasho Insatsukyoku Seizo], Oji
Plant, Kita-Ku, Tokyo North. Founded:
11 September 1871 as the Paper Money Office
under the Ministry of Finance. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1872 for Japan.
Name changed 2003 - see National Printing
Bureau. Main
printing process(es): Litho, gravure.
Japan's
Paper
Money Office was the predecessor
to the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau,
which was renamed the Paper
Money Bureau (Shihei Ryo) in
1871. They commenced printing postage stamps
in 1872.
In March 1963, a new plant
exclusively for the production of postage
stamps and stationery came on-line.
In addition to stamp printing
for Japan and several other countries, the
Bureau also produces bank notes, securities
and revenue stamps, together with official
government publications and forms.
Mitsubishi Corporation, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1978 for United
Nations New York Office.
Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1977 for United
Nations New York Office.
Nakao Company, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1970 for Vietnam.
National
Printing Bureau [Zaimusho Insatsukyoku Seizo], Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2003 for Japan. Main printing process(es):
Litho, gravure.
On 1 April 2003 the Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau changed its name
to the National Printing Bureau, an independent
entity, but still government owned. This
followed major changes in the way that central
government was run.
Late
2011 - A user of this site kindly provided
the following information:
National
Printing Bureau, former Printing Bureau of Ministry of Finance, prints
Japanese definitive regular and commemorative stamps. The bureau once
manufactured all Japanese stamps issued in a year, but currently the
NPB, Toppan, and Cartor are the suppiers of Japanese postage stamps.
Concerning regular stamps, NPB produces all regular stamps even now.
Nihon Seihan Printing
Works, Osaka. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1923 for Japan.
Shihei
Ryo, Tokyo.
English
language translation of name: Paper Money
Bureau.
(See
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau entry.)
Shihei Shi, Tokyo.
English
language translation of name: Paper Money
Office.
(See
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau entry.)
Shuueisha Printing Works, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1923 for Japan.
Shun Printing Company
Asato, Okinawa. First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1952 (Overprints)
for Ryuku Islands.
Teikoku Printing Company, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Japan.
This company became involved
in stamp printing due to post-war conditions
in Japan.
Tokyo-Shoken, Sapporo
and Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Japan.
This company became involved
in stamp printing due to post-war conditions
in Japan.
Tokodo, Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Japan.
This company became involved
in stamp printing due to post-war conditions
in Japan.
Toppan
Printing Company Limited [Toppan Insatsu
Kabushiki Kaisha Seizo], Osaka
and Tokyo.
Founded:
1900.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Japan. Main
printing process(es): Litho.
In 1900, Toppan Printing
Limited Partnership was founded by a group
centred around former engineers from the
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau, who
used what was then the most advanced printing
technology available, the Erhoht letterpress
(galvanoglyph) process. It acquired its
current name in 1908.
This company became involved
in stamp printing due to post-war conditions
in Japan.
Late 2011
- A user of this site kindly provided the
following information:
Toppan
Printing manufactures Japanese commemorative stamps. This company is
one of the largest Japanese printing Companies, its amount of sales is
almost same as Dai-Nippon Printing, which also printed postage stamps at
one time.
Tsukiji Type Foundry Co., Tokyo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1894 for Municipal
Post of Chunkiang, China.

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