Stamp Printers by Country

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    = Understood to be a current stamp printer.

Printer names in italic against "Stamp printing primarily done by..." signifies that the printer has been seen used by that country within a mid-2011 or later philatelic magazine new stamp issue listing. Non-italicised signifies a recent use, but prior to mid-2011.

GABON  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland) and Cartor (France). 

No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



GAMBIA, The  
 First postage stamp issued: 1869.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland), Cartor (France) and Walsall (GB). 

No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



GEORGIA
 First postage stamp issued: 1919.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer].

State Printing Works, Formerly at Tiflis, now sited at Tbilisi.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Georgia.



GERMANY AND STATES
 First postage stamp issued: 1849.
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GHANA
(Formerly GOLD COAST)
 First postage stamp issued: 1875 (For GOLD COAST).
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Ikam (Ghana), Enschede (The Netherlands). 

Local surcharges were produced, but the name(s) of the printer(s) have not survived.

Government Postage Stamp Printing Works, Ghana.
Your compiler has not traced output from this printer, but the company name was shown within a PDF of an internet page in 2004. Nothing further known.



Government Printer, Accra.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1965 (Surcharges) for Ghana.



IKAM Security Printing Limited, Accra.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2000 for Ghana.
No website found as of 2012.

Dr. Steve K. Amoa-Marfo started his working life at the age of 23 when he established Dentwiman Press in 1981. In 1986 he incorporated Al Helou and Marfo Co Ltd with a Saudi partner. The name of the Company was changed to IKAM Limited when the Saudi partner withdrew. IKAM Limited under his Executive Chairmanship grew to achieve an initial turnover of ¢35 million in 1987; ¢15 billion in 1997 and ¢25 billion in 1999. The growth of the company under his sole management has been monumental. IKAM Limited is now the Market leader in Security Printing in Ghana.

In 1998, IKAM Limited was recorded as being a commercial printer based in Accra. By mid-2000, a company specialising in security printing appears to have been formed as a separate company, presumably in the same group of companies.



GIBRALTAR  
 First postage stamp issued: 1857.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland), Cartor (France) and Walsall (GB). 

No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



GREAT BRITAIN  
 First postage stamp issued: 1840.
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GREECE AND ISLANDS
 First postage stamp issued: 1861.
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GREENLAND  
 First postage stamp issued: 1938.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Post Danmark Stamps (Denmark) and Joh. Enschedé Stamps (Netherlands).

Stamp printing companies in Greenland (by 27 June 2012): None.

Andreasen og Lachmann, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1938 for Greenland.

This company seems to have specialised in printing posters, based on the number of entries on the Internet recording them as printers.



GRENADA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1861.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland), Cartor (France) and Bischoff Textil (Switzerland). 

No stamps appear to have been produced locally. However, some local overprints are known, but the printer(s) name(s) go unrecorded. This is in addition to the entry recorded below.

Government Press, St. George's.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1916 (Overprints) for Grenada.



GUADELOUPE  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: who.         

No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



GUATEMALA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1871.
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GUERNSEY  
 First postage stamp issued: 1941.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Lowe Martin (Canada), Southern Colour Print (New Zealand), Walsall (GB), Enschedé (Netherlands), OSD (Austria), Cartor (France) and BDT (Ireland).

Guernsey Press Company Limited, St. Peter Port.
Abbreviation known by: GPC.
Founded: 1897.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1941. Last stamp printed 1944.

GPC is the largest commercial printer in the Channel Islands. These days, its main products include quality four colour promotional brochures, commercial printing, financial sector reports, prospectuses and accounts and they are publishers of catalogues.

This company became involved in stamp printing due to war conditions on Guernsey and they continue to this day to provide commercial printing for the Guernsey Post Office.



GUINEA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer].

Hostettler, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1972 for Guinea.



GUINEA-BISSAU  
 First postage stamp issued: 1974.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer].

No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



GUYANA
(Formerly BRITISH GUIANA)
 First postage stamp issued: 1850 (For BRITISH GUIANA).
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland), Cartor (France) and Walsall (GB). 

Various stamps overprinted or surcharged locally, but the name(s) of the printer(s) have gone unrecorded.

Autoprint, Georgetown.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1982 (Overprints and surcharges) for Guyana.

This printer became involved in stamp printing due to an austerity programme introduced by Guyana. Primarily involved in book printing.



Baldwin and Co., Georgetown.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1882 for British Guiana.



Joseph Baum and William Dallas, Georgetown (Demerera).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1856 (Provisionals) for British Guiana.

Publishers of the Official Gazette.



Bovell's Printery, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1981 (Overprints and Surcharges) for Guyana.

This printer became involved in stamp printing due to an austerity programme introduced by Guyana.



Gardy Printing, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1987 (Surcharges) for Guyana.

This printer became involved in stamp printing due to an austerity programme introduced by Guyana.



Government Printer, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1981 (Surcharges) for Guyana.

This printer became involved in stamp printing due to an austerity programme introduced by Guyana.



Herald Printing-Kitty, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1983 (Surcharges) for Guyana.

This printer became involved in stamp printing due to an austerity programme introduced by Guyana.



Offices of the Royal Gazette, Georgetown.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1850 for British Guiana (the famous 'Cotton Reel' stamps).

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