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.

HAITI  
 First postage stamp issued: 1881.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer].

Compagnie Lithographique d’Haiti, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1959 for Haiti.



Cie Litho d’Haiti, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1935 for Haiti.



HAWAII  
First postage stamp issued: 1851.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: American printers, as Hawaii no longer issues her own stamps other than for a local service.

Commercial Advertiser Office, Honolulu.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1851 for Hawaii.



Government Printing Office, Honolulu.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1851 for Hawaii.



Hawaiian Gazette Office, Honolulu.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1893 (Overprints) for Hawaii.



Hawai'i Security Printers, Honolulu.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2000 for Hawai’i Post.

On 13 June 2000, Hawai'i Post commissioned Hawai’i Security Printers to produce some stamps for them.

Despite the imprint Hawai'i Security Printers, Honolulu, Hawai'i, the work was actually sub-contracted to another (unknown) printer.



HONDURAS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1866.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Bulnes and National Printng Works (Honduras).

Bulnes Impresores, Tegucigalpa.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1997 for Honduras.
No website found as of 2012.



Centro Tecnico Tipo Litografico Nacional, Tegucigalpa.
Abbreviation known by: CETTNA.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [When?]



Government Printing Works, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1896 for Honduras.



Litografía Hondupack, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].

Based on entries on the Internet they appear to be primarily book printers.



 National Printing Works, Ano.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1915 for Honduras.
Main printing process(es): Litho.
No website found as of 2012.



HONG KONG SAR  
  First postage stamp issued: 1862.
Stamp printing for this Special Administrative Region is primarily done by: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House (China), Enschedé (Netherlands), Walsall (GB), Sprintpak (Australia) and Cartor (France).

Ah Chow Printing Co., Hong Kong.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for China.



China Security Printing Ltd, Hong Kong.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1994 for St. Vincent Grenadines.
No website found as of 2012.

Stamps for the Grenadines of St. Vincent and Sierra Leone were the first overseas printing contracts awarded to this fledgling company.



Commercial Press, Hong Kong.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1940 for China.



Chung Hwa Book Co. (HK) Ltd., Yaumatei.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for China.

Company still existed in 2001.



Dah Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing, Hong Kong.
Abbreviation known by: DTB.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for China.



Yongfa Printing Co., Hong Kong.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1949 for Central Plains Postal Administration, China.



HUNGARY  
 First postage stamp issued: 1868 (For independent HUNGARY).

Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by:Allami Nyomda (Hungary) and Penzjegynyomda (Hungary).

Állami Nyomda Részvénytársaság, Budapest.
English language translation of name: State Stamp Printers.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1998 for Hungary.
Main printing process(es): Photogravure, Litho
www.allaminyomda.hu/en/openpage

Based on entries in bibliographies on the Internet, they give their product range as book and newspaper publishers, commercial printers, direct mail producers as well as security printers of plastic cards and postage stamps. They are a part of Láng Holdings.

On the 73rd Stamp Day the National Federation of Hungarian Philatelist made an award to the Állami Nyomda Rt. for designing the most beautiful stamp of 1999.



Codex Ertékpapir, Budapest.
English language translation of name: Codex Securities..
Founded: 1988.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2007 for Hungary.
Main printing process(es): Litho self-adhesive.
www.codex.hu/en/home



Kultura Hungarian Foreign Trading Company, Budapest.
Founded: 1950.

This state-owned company, founded in 1950, initially had the exclusive right to export Hungarian printed products and printed stamps for Hungary and several other countries.
NOTE: I have since been informed that "Kultura" was probably just a State Export Agency intermediating for all foreign stamps to have been printed in Hungary, and no printer's firm!



National Enterprise Bank Note Company, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1950 for Hungary.



Pénzjegynyomda Részvénytársaság, Budapest.
English language translation of name: Hungarian Banknote Printing Corporation.
Abbreviation known by: HBPC.
Founded: 1926.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1938 (not issued), 1941 (issued).
Main printing process(es): Litho, blind-embossing, gold foil stamping.
www.penzjegynyomda.hu/

According to available information, in 1938 HBPC were printing around 52 million stamps in their plant, but they were not supposedly put into circulation at all. In 1941, they were still in the stores at HBPC. During World War II, the plant was badly damaged and after its restart, the primary task was bank note printing, rather than stamps. However, in 1949 the first postage stamp was produced utilising copper (intaglio) printing.

Nowadays, the general developments that have been introduced on bank note printing have been able to be utilised for stamp printing. These developments include origination of stamp designs by computer controlled design hardware systems and plate manipulation for intaglio printing.

HBPC is the only stamp producer in Hungary with the capability to use intaglio printing and offset and intaglio printing technology. Current developments include the installation of machinery capable of producing multicoloured intaglio stamps.

In addition to domestic orders, a number of stamps have been produced for foreign markets, like Jordan, Kuwai, Mongolia, Vietnam and Benin. For Lithuania it has been delivering stamps for years.



State Printing Office/Works, Budapest.
More recently known as
State Printing House Company Limited, Budapest.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1871 for Hungary.
Main printing process(es): Litho, die-cut.

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