COLOMBIA
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
= company still believed to exist.
First
postage stamp issued: 1859
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by: Carvajal, Fesa and
Thomas Greg (Colombia)
J.
L. Arango, Medellin.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1902 for Colombia.
D. Ayala & I. Medrano,
Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1860 for Colombia.
Editorial Retina,
[Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1960 for Colombia.
Carvajal
y Cia S.A., Bogotá and
Cali.
Founded: 1904.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1975 for Colombia,
1976 for Costa Rica.
Main
printing process(es): Litho
In 1869, Teodoro
Materón installed a rudimentary printing
press. Several years later, Carvajal was
established by Manuel Carvajal Valencia
in 1904 at Cali as a graphics art workshop,
then known as Imprenta Comercial. In 1906
it became Carvajal & Cia.
The first stamp contract
came in 1975 and many other security based
products have followed, including lottery
tickets, cheques, bonds, security notes
and stock certificates. Non-security based
work includes books, directories and business
forms.
Colegio Salesiano de León
XIII, Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1932 (Overprints)
for Colombia.
Colombia Printing Works,
Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1942 for Colombia.
Columbian Bank Note Company,
[Where?].
Abbreviation
known by: CBC.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1941 for Costa
Rica.
E. E. Delgado, Cartagena.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1899 for Colombia.
Thomas
De La Rue de Colombia
S.A., Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1961 for Colombia.
Closed
down in 1993.
Main
printing process(es): Litho
Fesa
S.A., Cali, Bogotá
and Medellin.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1997 for Colombia.
Main
printing process(es): Litho
Fesa S.A. is
a division of the Carvajal Group based in
Cali, Columbia. They are large industrial
printers serving bank and government clients
on an international basis. Major products
and services include business forms, identification
cards, bank cards and document handling
/ management.
Francisco Valiente,
Barranquilla.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1902 for Colombia.
Thomas
Greg & Sons de Colombia S.A., Bogotá.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1994 for Colombia.
Main
printing process(es): Litho, recess
For
over 40 years, Greg has been responsible
for the production of lottery tickets, bonds,
financial cards, smart cards and postage
stamps. The company is incorporated in Guernsey
(Channel Islands) and was originally a subsidiary
of De La Rue.
Litografia Colombia, Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1961 for Colombia.
C. & J. Martinez,
Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1859 for Colombia.
National Printing Works,
Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1908 for Colombia.
D. Paredes, [Where?].
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1870 for Colombia.
On 27 November 1869,
a contract was placed for this company to
be the sole printer of stamps for Colombia.
The contract was invalidated on 4 July 1892.
Talleres Banco de la República,
Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1954 for Colombia.
Villaveces, Bogotá.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1924 for Colombia.
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01 September 2008. . All material Copyright ©
2000-Date Glenn H Morgan FRPSL.
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