stamp printers by country

NORWAY

    = Understood to be a current stamp printer.

 First postage stamp issued: 1855.

Central Printing Works of Hans Jacob Jensen, Christiania (now Oslo).
Abbreviation known by: CPW.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1885 for Norway.
Contract expired: 1895.


W. C. Fabritius & Sons, Christiania (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1909 for Norway.


Geographical Survey Department, Christiania (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 18____ for Norway.  
Contract expired: 1880.


Christian Johnsen, Christiania (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1880 for Norway.  
Contract expired: 1885.


Christian H. Knudsen, Christiania (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1895 for Norway.

Knudsen held on to the contract for 40+ years, until 1 July 1937 when it passed to Emil Moestue.

In 1896, a female employee in the perforating section was caught trying to substitute a sheet of 100 stamps purchased normally from a local post office, for an imperforate sheet then in the production process.


Frimerkeverket (RFSC), Farstad.
Frimerkeverket ended-up as the only stamp producer in Norway. They started production in late 2003/early 2004 and their market was postal administrations worldwide.  They did not produce stamps for Post Norway. Norges Banks Seddeltrykkeri (Bank of Norway) do not produce stamps any more and so this new company bought some of their unwanted equipment. Sadly, they vanished as fast as they appeared.


Mallingske Bogtrykkeri, Christiania (now Oslo).
English language translation of name: Mallingske Printing Works.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1909 for Norway.


Emil Moestue A/S, Oslo.
Abbreviation known by: EMO.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1928 for Norway.

Moestue started printing stamps in 1928 (or 1936, depending on what catalogue you read.  In July 1936, the contracts for stamp printing transferred to "Glenn Morgan/images/images/blue paper background.jpg"f the confusion.)  

Stamp production was but a small part of their output, for they have also printed encyclopaedia, books, travellers cheques, stock certificates, lottery tickets and cheque books, among other things.
  
A new printing press was purchased from Timson of England in 1950.

In 1974 printing in photogravure ceased in favour of offset lithography, the UPU issue being the last issue. The first offset stamps from Moestue were the Flowers of Norway issue of 1973.

Private correspondence between the compiler and the managing director revealed that: "We have been printing stamps since 1936 (1928?), but 1996 was the last year. The Bank of Norway do all the printing now and we have sold all our equipment and also moved the company to another place in Oslo".


Neve Rotaprint


Norges Banks Seddeltrykkeri, Oslo.
English language translation of name: Norwegian Bank Security Printing Company.
Abbreviation known by: NBS.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1914 for Norway.

Norges Bank is a separate legal entity and is owned by the state. The Bank's activities are regulated by Act number 28 of 24 May 1985 relating to Norges Bank and the Monetary System (Norges Bank Act).
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Norges Bank was established in 1816, two years after the union with Denmark was dissolved, with its head office in Trondheim and regional branches in Oslo, Bergen and Kristiansand. On 1 January 1897, the head office was moved to Oslo.

Stamp production ceased in 2000 and Enschede won the Post Norway contracts.These were set to be reviewed in 2005.
   

Norsk Etikett System AS, [where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2002 (coils for vending machines) for Norway.


Petersen, Christiana (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1867 for Norway.


Carl F. Schwenzen, Christiana (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1863 for Norway.

Carl Schwenzen was a lithographer by trade, map making being a particular speciality of his company.


Wulfsberg, Christiana (now Oslo).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1855 for Norway.