Stamp
Printers by Country GREECE AND ISLANDS
= 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.
First postage stamp issued:
1861.
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by:Giesecke and Devrient
Matsoukis (Greece).
Army
Printing Office, Salonika.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1916 (Overprints)
for Salonika.
Aspioti-Elka
Graphic Arts S A, Athens and Corfu.
Founded:
1884. Closed: 1987.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1933 for Greece.
Main
printing process(es): Litho.
They appear to have been book publishers
primarily, based on their appearance in
bibliographies on the Internet. Name changed
from Aspiotis Brothers at some point.
Aspiotis Brothers, Corfu.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1911 for Greece.
Printing
from 1933 was undertaken in conjunction
with De La Rue. Name changed to Aspioti-Elka
Graphic Arts at some point (see above entry)
Government Buildings, Vathy.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1912 (Handstruck)
for Aegean Islands.
Government Mint, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1953 for Greece.
Graphic
Arts Alexandros Matsoukis Corporation S.A., Athens.
now
trading as
Giesecke and Devrient
Matsoukis Security
Printing SA
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1983 for Greece.
Main printing process(es):
Litho, foil die stamping.
No
website found as of 2012.
Responsible for security
printing and beverage labels, A Matsoukis
is the longest established major private
security printing house in Greece with a
reputation for its involvement in demanding
projects. It represents Giesecke
& Devrient locally. They are
a Certified
High Security Printer with
the scope of designing and producing security
printing documents for companies, governmental
organisations, banks etc.
Grohmann & Stangel,
Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1899 for British
Post Offices in Crete.
M. Grundmann, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1898 for British
Post Offices in Crete.
Kokinakis, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1905 for Crete.
Kokinakis, Stangel, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1905 for Crete.
Kontogony, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1934 for Greece.
Michael A Moatsos Graphic
Arts Corporation SA, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1988 for Cyprus.
Papachrysantu, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1914 for Epirus.
Perivolaraki-Lykogianni,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1956 for Greece.
G. Stangel & Company, Athens.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1912 for Aegean
Islands.
State Bank, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1954 for Greece.
T. Travlos, Samos.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1913 for Aegean
Islands.
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