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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.
ZAIRE
(Formerly
BELGIAN CONGO)
First postage stamp issued: 1886.
No longer a country.
See Congo-Kinshasha.
Concordia,
Kinshasha.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1968 for Zaire.
Hallet Security Department,
[where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1967 (Surcharges)
for Zaire.
Imprimerie Moderne, Stanleyville.
First stamp(s) traced by
compiler: 1964 (Overprints) for Stanleyville.
ZAMBIA
(Formerly NORTHERN RHODESIA)
First postage stamp issued: 1925 for
Northern Rhodesia.
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by: Enschede (Netherlands)
and Cartor
(France).
No stamps appear to have been
produced locally, but overprinting did occur
as recorded below.
Mission Press,
[Where?].
First stamp(s)
traced by compiler: 2002 (Overprint) for
Zambia.
ZANZIBAR
(See TANZANIA)
ZIMBABWE
(Formerly RHODESIA)
First postage stamp issued: 1892 for
Rhodesia.
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by: Natprint (Harare).
Bulawayo
Chronicle, Bulawayo.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1896 (Surcharges)
for Rhodesia.
Federal Printing and Stationery
Department, Salisbury subsequently
renamed Harare.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1961 (Postage Dues) for Rhodesia.
Government Printer, Lusaka.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1960 for Northern Rhodesia.
Mardon Printers (Pvt)
Limited, Salisbury subsequently renamed
Harare.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1965 for Rhodesia, 1980 for Zimbabwe. Last
stamp printed 1987.
Main printing process(es):
Litho
Production commenced
at this printer in December 1965, the early
production of which is described as ‘crude’.
However, it was not long before they were
producing quality work.
This printer was bought out
by the government of Zimbabwe in 1986/7.
The company name changed to National Printing
& Packaging Company [NP&PC] in 1987.
National
Printing & Packaging Company (PVT)
Ltd, Harare.
Abbreviation known by: NP&PC.
Founded: 1930.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1987 for Botswana.
Main printing process(es):
Litho.
No
website found as of 2012.
NP&PC was reformed in
1987, having merged with Mardon Printers
(Pvt) Limited.
Natprint, Harare.
The 1999 short name for NP&PC,
above.
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