stamp printers by country

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
companies G to K

    = Understood to be a current stamp printer.

companies A-A      companies B-F
companies G-K      companies L-Q
companies R-S      companies T-Z
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A. B. Graham Bank Note Company, Washington.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1895 for Korea.


Government Printing Office, [where?].  
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].

The Government Printing Office produces and procures printed and electronic publications for Congress and the departments and establishments of the Federal Government. It furnishes printing supplies to all governmental activities on order. It catalogues, distributes, and sells Government publications in printed and electronic formats.

The Government Printing Office (GPO) began operations in accordance with Congressional Joint Resolution 25 of June 23, 1860. The activities of GPO are defined in the public printing and documents chapters of Title 44 of the US Code.


Guilford Gravure Incorporated, Guilford.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1970 for USA.
Main printing process(es): Litho.

Guilford Gravure is the George Schmitt & Company facility for rotogravure and rotary letterpress printing as well as in-line and off-line die cutting.  Widely diverse varieties of products are manufactured and products produced at Guilford Gravure include USPS postage stamps, pharmaceuticals and OTC labels, liquor labels, cigar bands and gift-wrap for numerous NYC based cosmetics and fragrance companies.

Innovative techniques in pre-press and printing have allowed Guilford Gravure to secure USPS stamp contracts resulting in billions of stamps being printed via the rotogravure process.


Hamilton Bank Note & Printing Company, New York.
Abbreviation known by: HBNC.
Founded:  1881 and located on Broadway.  
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Costa Rica.

In 1884 the company was incorporated as the Hamilton Bank Note Engraving & Printing Company, with N F Seebeck (of the Latin American "Seebeck" stamp issues fame), as general manager and secretary.  It was, according to "Seebeck: Hero or Villain?" absorbed by Security Bank Note Company of Philadelphia in 1951.


Hart & Maypother, Louisville.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1858 (Carriers' stamp) for USA.


Hass Bank Note Engraving Company, New York.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1911 for Honduras.


R. R. Heywood, New York.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1930 for Dominican Republic.


Holland, Boston.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1853 for Hawaii.


Hoyer and Ludwig, Richmond.
Abbreviation known by: H&L.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1861 for the Confederate States of America.

On Tuesday 2 April 1861, a proposal for postage stamps for the Confederate States of America appeared in the Richmond Enquirer. Virginia was still an integral part of the Union when this advertisement appeared.  Two weeks later she sided with sister States of the South.  

Several companies submitted bids for printing postage stamps, but they were all in the North, this being prior to Virginia leaving the Union, which eliminated all bidders but one.  This was lithographic company Hoyer and Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia.


International Security Printers, Inc., New York.


H. Jaffe & D'Arcy Lithographic Company, New York.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Liberia.

Note only single "e" in company surname, compared with entry below.


Herman Jaffee, New York.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Liberia.

Note extra "e" in company surname, compared with entry above.

This company was apparently the first in the world to print postage stamps by six colours, at a time when single colour printing was still very much the norm.


Jeffries Bank Note Company, [where?].
Abbreviation known by: JBN or JBNC.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].
JBN worked under contract to the American Bank Note Company.


K.C.S. Industries Incorporated, Milwaukee.  
Abbreviation known by: KCS.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1991 for USA.
Main printing process(es): Litho.

A Banta Corporation company.


Keating & Ball, Columbia.
Abbreviation known by: K&B.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1864 for the Confederate States of America.

K&B were engravers and produced banknotes as well as stamps.


Kihn Brothers, New York.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1907 for Honduras.