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EXPLANATORY
NOTES
 The generic
entries for each country below are in the
order: Main
Source(s) of Information, General
Printing Articles and
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles.
These
entries are then followed by printer name
and, where there are bibliographic references
to list for an individual company,
they appear in date of publication order,
with material of unknown date appearing
at the beginning of each listing.
Unless
an entry is prefixed by the word
Book, Brochure, General, Leaflet or
similar,
the
entry relates to an article that has appeared
in a philatelic periodical.
CAMBODIA
(See KAMPUCHEA)
CAMEROUN
Main Source(s)
of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since
Independence A-E", First
Edition, 1980.
CANADA
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part
1, British Commonwealth",
1999.
General
Printing Articles:
"The
Stamp Printers VI - Canadian Bank Note Company,
British American Bank Note Company &
American Bank Note Company", Russell
Stern, NSW Philatelist, Volume 23, August
2001.
"Those
Reversed Admiral 'Essays'", David Sessions,
Maple Leaves [GB], October 2002.
"Those
Reversed Admiral 'Essays'", Letter
to Editor, Maple Leaves [GB], January 2003.
"Those
Reversed Admiral 'Essays'", Letter
to Editor, Maple Leaves [GB], October 2003.
"Those
Reversed Admiral 'Essays'", Letter
to Editor, Maple Leaves [GB], January 2004.
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles:
"Canada's Test
Coils" by Alex Worsfold,
Mekeel's [USA], January 20 1995
American
Bank Note Company, Ottawa.
Ashton Potter Limited, Toronto.
Ashton
Potter (Canada) Limited, Mississauga
Brochure:
"Ashton-Potter: A world
leader in postage stamp and
security products", 1996.
"Ashton Potter Canada Will
Move Stamp Production to United
States", Linn's [USA] May
14 2001.
"Expanding
for Miles" by Vincent Hempsall,
Canadian Printer Bizlink, October
1996.
"MDC Unit Lands First
International Stamp Printing
Contract", MDC press release,
16 January 1996
BA
Banknote, Ottawa.
British
American Bank Note Company, Montreal
and
Ottawa.
Book:
"Ninety Years of Security
Printing-The Story of British
American Bank Note Company Limited
1866-1956", W H Griffiths,
[when? 1956?], 25 pages.
"A Prince Albert Die Proof
of 1868", George W Smith,
The Essay-Proof Journal [USA], Number
146.
"Trade Cards of
the British North American Bank
Note Company, Ltd.", Essay
Proof Journa [USA], 1967 Fall.
"Across the Atlantic
and Back Again", George
W Smith, Stamp Monthly [GB],
January 1977.
"British
American Bank Note to Sell Archives",
Charles J G Verge, Linn’s Stamp
News [USA], 22 September 1997.
"Authorities
Assert Ownership; withdraw Proofs from Auctions",
Rob Haeseler, Linn's [USA], October 27 1997.
"Canadian Authorities Withdraw
Auction Items", Rob Haeseler,
Linn’s Stamp News [USA],
27 October 1997.
Canadian
Bank Note Company Limited, Ottawa.
General:
Private correspondence with
the Director, Government Division
at the company, 1990.
Leaflets:
"Canadian Bank Note Group
Corporate Overview), CBN, 1996.
"The
Art of Innovation", Jim Phillips, Details
[Canada],
July-September 2005.
Lowe-Martin, Where.
"New
Big Press is Big News at Canada Post",
Joy Parks, Details [Canada], July-September 2005.
"For
Lowe Martin, Quality is a Pressing Issue",
Joy Parks, Details [Canada], January-March 2006.
McAra
Printing, Calgary.
MDC
(Multi-Disciplined
Communications) Corporation, Toronto.
MDC Press Release, Toronto,
August 10, 1995 .
"Expanding for Miles"
by Vincent Hempsall, Canadian
Printer Bizlink, October 1996
MDC (Multi-Disciplined Communications) Stamp Group, Toronto.
Robinson & Co. Ltd.,
at
the offices of The
Daily News, St.
John's, Newfoundland.
Royal Gazette, St.
John's, Newfoundland.
Saults and Pollard Ltd., Winnipeg.
D. R. Thistle, St
John's, Newfoundland.
CANAL
ZONE
Main Source(s)
of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 22, United States
of America", Fifth
Edition, 2000.
Isthmian Canal Commission Press, [Where?].
Panama
Canal Press, [Where?].
CAPE
OF GOOD HOPE
(See SOUTH AFRICA)
CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 9, Portugal
and Spain", Third Edition,
1991.
"Stanley Gibbons
Stamp Catalogue, Part 12, Africa
Since Independence A-E",
First Edition, 1980.
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth",
1999
CENTRAL
AFRICAN EMPIRE
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since
Independence A-E", First
Edition, 1980.
CEYLON
(See
SRI LANKA)
CHAD
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since
Independence A-E", First
Edition, 1980.
CHILE
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part
20, South America", Third
Edition, 1989.
General
Printing Articles:
None.
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles:
None.
Casa
de Moneda de Chile , Santiago.
Casa de Moneda y Especies
Valoradas
N. Desmadryl, Santiago.
Especies Valoradas de
Chile, Santiago.
H. C. Gillet,
Valparaiso.
Imprenta Barcelona, Santiago.
Imprenta Universo,
Santiago.
Post Office, Santiago.
Soc. Imp. y Lit. Universo,
[Where?].
CHINA
China is quite complex
due to the various stamp issuing authorities,
etc., so the stamp catalogue breakdown for
this country has been retained, rather than
the strict alphabetical listing elsewhere
on this web-site.
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part
17, China", Fourth Edition,
1989.
General
Printing Articles:
None.
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles:
None.
[Municipal
Posts of Treaty Ports]
Central
China Press, Kewkiang.
Fohkien Printing Office, Amoy.
Kelly
and Walsh, Shanghai.
Shanghai
Lithographic Society, Shanghai.
E.
Shing,
Shanghai.
[Chinese Empire]
[Republic]
Chinese
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Peking.
[War Against Japan]
Central
Trust,
Chungking.
Chung
Hwa Book Co., Chungking.
Dah
Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing, Chungking.
Paicheng
Printing Co., Nanping.
[Communist Conquest &
Post-War Inflation]
Central
Trust,
Shanghai
and Peking.
Chung
Ming Co.,
[Where?].
Dah
Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing, Shanghai.
Dah
Yeh Printing Co., Shanghai.
Fak
Ning Press, Hankow.
Honan
District Office, Honan.
Hwa
Nam Printing Co., Chungking.
San
Yih Printing Press Co., Shanghai.
Union
Press,
Shanghai.
[Provinces]
[Soviet Republic]
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau, Ruijin.
[Central & South]
Central
Printing Co., Guangzhou.
Daming
Printing Co., Hankou.
Dawen
Printing Co., Nanchang.
Fuxing Printing
Co.,
Hankou.
Guoguang
Printing Co., Hankou.
Jiujiang
Printing Co., Jiujiang.
Mingchang Printing
Co.,
Kaifeng.
Ruixing
Printing Co., [Where?].
Wanfeng
Printing Co., Kaifeng.
Xinhua
Book Shop Press, Zhengzhou.
Xinyu
Printing Co., Kaifeng.
Yongchang
Press, Kaifeng.
[East]
Beihai
Bank,
[Where?].
Commercial
Press, Shanghai.
Dadong
Book Co.,
Shanghai.
Dazhong
Printing Co., Hangzhou.
Hanmolin
Printing Co., Nantong.
Huainan
Bao Press,
[Where?].
North
Anhui Daily Press, Hefei.
Postal
Savings and Remittance Book Press, Nanjing.
Sanyi
Printing Co., Shanghai.
Suzhong
Printing Co., [Where?].
Taofen Printing
Co., Nantong.
Xinhua Printing
Works,
Qingzhou.
Xuemei
Village Printing Co., [Where?].
Yihai
Art Book Printing Co., Wuxi.
[North]
Border
Area Bank, Fuping.
Honghai Printing
Co., [Where?].
JinwenPrinting
Co., Zhangijiakou.
People's
Printing Works, Peking.
South
Hebei Bank, [Where?].
[North-East]
Chengwenxin
Book Co.,
Andong.
Daxin
Printing Co., [Where?].
Democratic
Daily Press, Zhengjiatun.
Dongji
Printing Co., Harbin.
Gongan
Printing Co., Dalian.
Guangfa
Printing Co., Harbin.
Jingyi
Printing Co., Shuangcheng.
Minbao
Press, Andong.
North-East
Pictorial Press, Shenyang.
Taidong Daily
Press,
[Where?].
Xinxing
Printing Co., Tonghua.
[North-West]
Administration
Press,
[Where?].
Guanghua
Printing Co., [Where?].
Lanzhou
Daily Press, [Where?].
Maoji
Printing Co., Xian.
Yiwenzhai
Stationery Press, Xian.
[South-West]
Wenhui
Press,
Guiyang.
Youhui
Printing Co., Nanjing.
[People’s Republic]
Beijing
Postage Stamp Printing House, Beijing.
"China 96 Philatelic
Tour", Patrick Skain, The
China Clipper [GB], Volume 61,
Number 1, 1996.
Dah
Yeh Co., Shanghai.
East
China Revenue Office, Shanghai.
Henan
Provincial Posts and Telecommunications
Printing House, Zhengzhou.
Nanking Printing
Co., [Where?].
Printing
Research Institute, Bank of China, [Where?].
Shanghai Banknote
Printing House, Shanghai.
Shenyang
Posts and Telecommunications Printing House, Shenyang.
"The Stamp Printing
Factories of China", Huang
Ming-hsin: Global Stamp News,
July 1994.
[Japanese Occupation of
China]
Hsin
Min Press, Peking.
Union
Printing Company, Shanghai.
[Foreign Post Offices
in China]
[Kiaochow]
[Kwangchow]
[Manchukuo]
Chikazawa
Yoko Co., Harbin.
Manchukuo
Central Bank, [Where?].
Manchukuo
Government Printing Bureau, [Where?].
Manchukuo
Government Supplies Division, [Where?].
CHINA [TAIWAN]
Cardon
Enterprise Company Limited, Taipei
China
Color Printing Company Inc, Taipei
Brochure:
"A Giant Dragon as
to Supreme Printing Industry",
c.1998
China
Engraving and Printing Works, Taipei
CHRISTMAS
ISLAND
(See
AUSTRALIA)
COLOMBIA
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part
20, South America", Third
Edition, 1989.
General
Printing Articles:
"Early Printers of Colombian
Stamps, The", John Swales,
The Mainsheet [GB], December 1972
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles:
None.
J.
L. Arango, Medellin.
D. Ayala & I. Medrano,
Bogotá.
Editorial Retina,
[Where?].
Carvajal
y Cia S.A., Bogotá and
Cali.
Colegio Salesiano de León
XIII, Bogotá.
Colombia Printing Works,
Bogotá.
Columbian Bank Note Company,
[Where?].
E. E. Delgado, Cartagena.
Thomas
De La Rue de Colombia
S.A., Bogotá.
Fesa
S.A., Cali, Bogotá
and Medellin.
Francisco Valiente,
Barranquilla.
Thomas
Greg & Sons de Colombia S.A., Bogotá.
Litografia Colombia, Bogotá.
C. & J. Martinez,
Bogotá.
National Printing Works,
Bogotá.
D. Paredes, [Where?].
Talleres Banco de la República,
Bogotá.
Villaveces, Bogotá.
COMOROS
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since
Independence A-E", First
Edition, 1980.
CONGO
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since
Independence A-E", First
Edition, 1980.
COOK
ISLANDS
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth",
1999.
Government
Printer, Rarotonga.
COSTA
RICA
Banco
de Costa Rica, [Where?].
Casa
Gráfica S.A. [later Ltda.], San
José.
Fotolitográfia
Universal Ltda, San José.
Fotorama
de Centroamerica S.A., San José.
Imprenta Nacional,
[Where?].
Litográfia e Imprenta
Lehmann S.A., San José.
Litográfia
LIL S.A., San José.
Litográfia Nacional, [Where?].
Litográfia
Trejos, San José.
Litográfia Universal,
[Where?].
National Printing Works,
San
José.
Trejos Hermanos, San
José..
Trejos Hermanos Sucesores,
S.A., San José.
CROATIA
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Katalog
Postanskih Maraka Republike
Hrvatske 1994".
"Katalog
Maraka 1996”,
"Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part
3, Balkans", Third Edition,
1987.
General
Printing Articles:
None.
General
Dummy / Testing Type Material
Articles:
None.
Agencija
za Komercijalnu Djelatnost, Zagreb.
Agencija za Komercijalnu
Djelatnost - Hrvatski Tiskarski Zavod,
Zagreb.
Graphoart
Jakus, [Where?].
HDT, Zagreb.
HTZ, Zagreb.
Kraljek Vezic,
Cakovec.
Ognjen Prica, Zagreb.
Orbis
d.d., Zagreb.
Pucka Tiskara, Sibenik.
Rozankousky, Zagreb.
Staadtsdruckerei, Bec.
State Printing Works, Sarajevo
and Zagreb.
Tipografija,
Zagreb.
Zrinski
Tiskarsko Izdavacki Zavod d.d,
Cakovec.
Brochure:
"Print Which Leaves Impression",
1999.
CUBA
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 15, Central
America", Second Edition,
1984.
Cia
Impresora de Cuba S.A., [Where?].
Cia
Nacional de Artes Gráficos de Cuba,
[Where?].
Cuban National State Printing
Works.
Empresa
de Correos, Prensa y Filatelia, Havana.
P. Fernández y
Cia, Havana.
Los Talleres de Grabado
en Acero y Timbre del Estado de La Habana,
Havana.
National Printing Works,
Havana.
J. L. Rodriguez, Havana.
CYPRUS
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth",
1999.
Government
Printing Office, Nicosia.
Christos
Papachristoforou Ltd, Nicosia.
CYPRUS
[TURKISH
CYPRIOT
POST]
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth",
1999.
Devlet
Basimevi, Lefkosa (Nicosia).
Halkin
Sesi, Lefkosa (Nicosia).
Tezel
Matbaasi Ofset Printing House, Lefkosa
(Nicosia).
"New Turkish Cyprus Stamp
Printers?", Philatelic
Magazine [GB], mid-1982.
"Cinderella Corner – Cyprus
Cinderella’s", Stamp News
[Australia], [when?].
Ticaret
Matbaacilik T.A.S, Izmir.
Turk
Tarih Kurumu, [where?].
CZECH
REPUBLIC
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 5, Czechoslovakia
and Poland", Fifth Edition,
1994.
HUP Praha
Printing House, Prague.
Postal
Stationery Printing House, Prague.
Poštovní
Tiskárna Cenin
Praha A.S., Prague.
Brochure:
Poštovní
Tiskárna Cenin,
c.1996
Statni
Tiskarna Cenin, Prague.
Brochure:
"Poštovní Tiskárna
Cenin Praha A.S.", PTC
[Czech Republic], c1999.
Victoria
Security Printing a.s., Prague.
Brochure:
"VSP 1991-1996", (in
Czech), plus a series of bi-lingual
(Czech and English) publicity
leaflets covering all aspects
of their production,1996.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Main
Source(s) of Information:
"Stanley Gibbons Stamp
Catalogue, Part 5, Czechoslovakia
and Poland", Fifth Edition,
1994.
Cartographic
Section, Czech Army, [Where?].
Czechoslovak Graphic Union,
Prague.
Grafia,
Bratislava.
K. Kolman, Prague.
Makušin
and Posochin, Irkutsk.
Tiskarna Andrej, Bratislava.
United Czech Printing
Company, Prague.
Wiko, Kosice.
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