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= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
Where a printer name is in
bold text against "Stamp printing
primarily done by...", this signifies
that the printer
has been seen recorded for
that country within a 2012 philatelic magazine
new stamp issue listing.
First postage stamp issued:
1853 (For CAPE OF GOOD HOPE).
Stamp printing for this country
is primarily done by: Enschede
(Netherlands), Cartor (France).
Bloemfontein Express,
Bloemfontein.
First stamp(s)
traced by compiler: 1902 (Surcharges) for
Orange River Colony.
J. P. Borrius, Potchefstroom.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1870
for The Transvaal.
Cape Times
Limited,
The
Cape.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1925 for South Africa.
J. F. Celliers [on
behalf of Stamp Commission], Pretoria.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1875
for The Transvaal.
Curling and Co.,
Bloemfontein
and Pretoria.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1899 Military Frank Stamp for
Orange River Colony.
The printer appointed to
produce the above-mentioned stamps, Curling
and Co., were a small Bloemfontein printer
with no previous experience of security
printing. Under the control of the British
Army Intelligence Office, postage, revenue,
and telegraph stamps were overprinted one
pane of 60 stamps at a time using a hand
press with manually set type.
P. Davis & Son, Pietermaritzburg.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1874
for The Transvaal.
Book publishers.
De Zoutpansberg Wachter
Press, Pietersburg.
First stamp(s)
traced by compiler: 1901 for Pietersburg.
Book
publishers.
Government
Printer / Government Printing Works, Pretoria.
First stamp(s) traced
by compiler: 1922 (postage dues) and 1926
(postage stamps) for South Africa.
Main
printing process(es): Litho.
No
website found as of 2012.
At
some time prior to 1929, a decision was
taken to print stamps locally, rather than
in Great Britain, by photogravure. The regular
printing of stamps in South Africa dates
back to 1930 when the South African government
imported special machinery and extensively
trained its staff at overseas printing concerns.
In 1998, most of the South
African Post Office commemorative stamp
production had moved offshore to, primarily,
The House of Questa [Great Britain], Courvoisier
[Switzerland] and Sprintpak [Australia].
There were four main reasons for this change
of policy, namely: price, quality, delivery
and security. Despite this, SAPO recognised
the need to maintain and foster a domestic
stamp printing capability and commenced
a programme designed to return this work
to South Africa in due course.
J.G.S.A. Litho Co., Cape
Town.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1941 for Belgian Congo.
The Press Printing and
Publishing Works, Pretoria.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1895 for The
Transvaal.
W. A. Richards & Sons, Cape
Town.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1893 (Surcharges) for Cape of Good Hope.
Printers to the Government.
Saul Solomon & Co.,
Cape
Town.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1861 for Cape of Good Hope.
Dr. D. Taylor,
Mafeking.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1900
for Mafeking Siege.
Townsend & Co.,
Mafeking.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1900
(Surcharges) for Mafeking Siege.
Transvaal Government Printing
Works, Pretoria.
First
stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1910 (Overprints)
for Bechuanaland Protectorate.
M. J. Viljoen, Pretoria.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1870
for The Transvaal.
De Villiers & Co.,
Cape
Town.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler:
1884 for Stellaland.
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