CHINA
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
= company still believed to exist.
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.
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by Beiging, Henan and
Shenyang printing Houses (PR China)
[Municipal
Posts of Treaty Ports]  First postage
stamp issued: 1865
Various local overprints
and surcharges were made, but the name(s)
of the printers have gone unrecorded.
Central
China Press, Kewkiang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1894 for Municipal
Post at Kewkiang.
Fohkien Printing Office, Amoy.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1895 (Overprints
/ surcharges) for Municipal Post at Amoy.
Kelly
and Walsh, Shanghai.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1894 for Municipal Post at
Chungking.
Shanghai
Lithographic Society, Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1894 for Municipal
Post at Wuhu.
E.
Shing,
Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1894 (Overprints)
for Municipal Post at Chinkiang.
[Chinese Empire] First
postage stamp issued: 1878
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Customs
Statistical Department, Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1878 for Imperial
Customs Post, China.
[Republic] First
postage stamp issued: 1912
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Chinese
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Peking.
Abbreviation
known by: BEPP.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1912 for China.
[War Against Japan]
First
postage stamp issued: 1938
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Central
Trust,
Chungking.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for China.
Chung
Hwa Book Co., Chungking.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for China.
Dah
Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing, Chungking.
Abbreviation
known by: DTB.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for China.
Paicheng
Printing Co., Nanping.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for China.
[Communist Conquest &
Post-War Inflation] First postage
stamp issued: 1945
Various local overprints
and surcharges were made, but the name(s)
of the printers have gone unrecorded.
Central
Trust,
Shanghai
and Peking.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for China.
Chung
Ming Co.,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for China.
Dah
Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing, Shanghai.
Abbreviation
known by: DTB.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for China.
Dah
Yeh Printing Co., Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for China.
Fak
Ning Press, Hankow.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for China.
Honan
District Office, Honan.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 (Overprints)
for China.
Hwa
Nam Printing Co., Chungking.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for China.
San
Yih Printing Press Co., Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1948 (Surcharges)
for China.
Union
Press,
Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 (Overprints)
for China.
[Provinces] First
postage stamp issued: 1927
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
However, various local overprints and surcharges
were made, but the name(s) of the printer(s)
have gone unrecorded.
[Soviet Republic] First
postage stamp issued: 1930
Ministry
of Finance Printing Bureau, Ruijin.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1932 for Chinese
Soviet Republic.
[Central & South]
First
postage stamp issued: 1937
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Central
Printing Co., Guangzhou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for South China.
Daming
Printing Co., Hankou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Central
Plains Postal Administration, China.
Dawen
Printing Co., Nanchang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Jiangxi, China.
Fuxing Printing
Co.,
Hankou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Hubei, China.
Guoguang
Printing Co., Hankou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Central
Plains Postal Administration, China.
Jiujiang
Printing Co., Jiujiang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Jiangxi, China.
Mingchang Printing
Co.,
Kaifeng.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Central Plains Postal Administration,
China.
Ruixing
Printing Co., [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for South China.
Wanfeng
Printing Co., Kaifeng.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Central
Plains Postal Administration, China.
Xinhua
Book Shop Press, Zhengzhou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Central
Plains Postal Administration, China.
Xinyu
Printing Co., Kaifeng.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1948 for Central
Plains Postal Administration, China
Yongchang
Press, Kaifeng.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Central Plains Postal Administration,
China.
[East]
First
postage stamp issued: 1942
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Beihai
Bank,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Shandong,
East China.
China
Printing Co., Tianjin.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for East
China People’s Post, East China.
Commercial
Press, Shanghai.
Abbreviation known
by: CMPA.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for East China People’s Post, East China.
Dadong
Book Co.,
Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for East
China People’s Post, East China.
Dazhong
Printing Co., Hangzhou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for East China People’s Post, East China.
Hanmolin
Printing Co., Nantong.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Jiangsu-Anhui
Border Area, East China.
Huainan
Bao Press,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1942 for Huainan,
East China.
North
Anhui Daily Press, Hefei.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for North
Anhui, East China.
Postal
Savings and Remittance Book Press, Nanjing.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for East China People’s Post, East China.
Sanyi
Printing Co., Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for East
China People’s Post, East China.
Suzhong
Printing Co., [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Central
Jiangsu, East China.
Taofen Printing
Co., Nantong.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1949 for Jiangsu-Anhui Border
Area, East China.
Xinhua Printing
Works,
Qingzhou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1947 for Shandong,
East China
Xuemei
Village Printing Co., [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for East China People’s Post, East China.
Yihai
Art Book Printing Co., Wuxi.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for East China People’s Post, East China.
[North] First
postage stamp issued: 1937
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Border
Area Bank, Fuping.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1947 (Surcharges) Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei
Border Area, North China.
Honghai Printing
Co., [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1942 for Saxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan
Border Area, North China.
JinwenPrinting
Co., Zhangijiakou.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei
Border Area, North China
People's
Printing Works, Peking.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for North
China People’s Post, North China.
South
Hebei Bank, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1943 for Saxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan
Border Area, North China..
[North-East] First
postage stamp issued: 1946
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Chengwenxin
Book Co.,
Andong.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Andong,
North-East China.
Daxin
Printing Co., [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for NorthEast
People’s Post, North-East China
Democratic
Daily Press, Zhengjiatun.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Ximan,
North-East China.
Dongji
Printing Co., Harbin.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 (Surcharges)
for Liaoning, North-East China.
Gongan
Printing Co., Dalian.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Port
Arthur and Dairen, North-East China.
Guangfa
Printing Co., Harbin.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1947 for North-East
China People’s Post, North-East China.
Jingyi
Printing Co., Shuangcheng.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 (Overprints)
for Liaoning, North-East China.
Minbao
Press, Andong.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Andong,
North-East China.
North-East
Pictorial Press, Shenyang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for North-East
China
People’s
Post, North-East China.
Taidong Daily
Press,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 (Surcharges)
for Port Arthur and Dairen, North-East China.
Xinxing
Printing Co., Tonghua.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Liaoning,
North-East China.
[North-West] First
postage stamp issued: 1945
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Administration
Press,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Overprints)
for Shaanxi, North-West China.
Guanghua
Printing Co., [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1946 for Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia,
North-West China.
Lanzhou
Daily Press, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Overprints)
for Gansu-Ningxia-Qinghai, North-West China.
Maoji
Printing Co., Xian.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Overprints)
for Shaanxi, North-West China.
Yiwenzhai
Stationery Press, Xian.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Overprints)
for Shaanxi, North-West China.
[South-West] First
postage stamp issued: 1945
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Wenhui
Press,
Guiyang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 (Surcharges)
for Guizhan, South-West China
Youhui
Printing Co., Nanjing.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1950 for South-West
China People’s Post, South-West China.
[People’s Republic] First
postage stamp issued: 1949
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Beijing
Postage Stamp Printing House, Beijing
also
known as
Beijing
Security Printers.
Founded:
1959.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?] for
China [People’s Republic].
Main printing process(es):
Litho, gravure The Beijing Postage Stamp
Printing House went into full-scale stamp
production during 1959, having been completed
that year.
Dah
Yeh Co., Shanghai.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1952 for China [People’s Republic].
East
China Revenue Office, Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1950 for China
[People’s Republic].
Henan
Provincial Posts and Telecommunications
Printing House, Zhengzhou.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: [when?] for China [People’s
Republic].
Main
printing process(es): Litho
Nanking Printing
Co., [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1950 for China [People’s Republic].
Printing
Research Institute, Bank of China, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1987for China
[People’s Republic].
Shanghai Banknote
Printing House, Shanghai.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?] for
China [People’s Republic].
Shenyang
Posts and Telecommunications Printing House, Shenyang.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?] for
China [People’s Republic].
Main printing process(es):
Litho
[Japanese Occupation of
China] First
postage stamp issued: 1941
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Hsin
Min Press, Peking.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1945 for China.
Union
Printing Company, Shanghai.
Abbreviation
known by: UPC.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 (Surcharges)
for China.
[Foreign Post Offices
in China] First
postage stamp issued: 1886
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
However, various local overprints and surcharges
were made, but the name(s) of the printer(s)
have gone unrecorded.
[Kiaochow] First
postage stamp issued: 1896
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
However, various local overprints and surcharges
were made, but the name(s) of the printer(s)
have gone unrecorded.
[Kwangchow] First
postage stamp issued: 1906
No
stamps appear to have been produced locally.
However, various local overprints and surcharges
were made, but the name(s) of the printer(s)
have gone unrecorded.
[Manchukuo] First
postage stamp issued: 1932
Various
local overprints and surcharges were made,
but the name(s) of the printers have gone
unrecorded.
Chikazawa
Yoko Co., Harbin.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1935 (Surcharges) for Manchukuo.
Manchukuo
Central Bank, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1935 for Manchukuo.
Manchukuo
Government Printing Bureau, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1940 for Manchukuo.
Manchukuo
Government Supplies Division, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1936 for Manchukuo.
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