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 EXPLANATORY NOTES
The generic entries for each country below  are in the order: Main Source(s) of Information, General Printing Articles and General Dummy / Testing Type Material Articles.
These entries are then followed by printer name and, where there are bibliographic references to list for an individual company, they appear in date of publication order, with material of unknown date appearing at the beginning of each listing.
Unless an entry is prefixed by the word Book, Brochure, General, Leaflet or similar, the entry relates to an article that has appeared in a philatelic periodical.

BAHAMAS  
Main Source(s) of Information:  
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999.

The Nassau Guardian, Nassau.



BAHRAIN  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999.
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 19, Middle East", Fourth Edition, 1990.

Arabian Printing and Publishing House W.L.L., State of Bahrain.

Oriental Press, State of Bahrain.
  Brochure: "OP: Oriental Press Bahrain" mid-1990s.
  General: Private correspondence with the company, 1997.



BANGLADESH  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999.

Security Printing Corporation (BD) Ltd, Gazipur.

State Security Printing Press, Gazipur.



BARBADOS  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999.

Barbados Advocate Company Limited, St. Michael.

COT Caribbean Graphics, Christ Church.

COT Printery Limited, Christ Church.
  Leaflet: "Printing Stamps in Barbados", a company leaflet produced for the 11^th Conference of Commonwealth Postal Administrations", 1996.
  "New Barbados Printing Firm Makes Debut" by Denise Hatton, Linn's [USA], 1994 Oct 31.

T. E. King & Co., Barbados.

Letchworth Press Limited, St. Michael.

West Indian Press, Bridgetown.



BASUTOLAND  
(See LESOTHO)



BECHUANALAND
(See BOTSWANA)



BELARUS  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 10, Russia", Fifth Edition, 1999.

Belarussian House of Printing / Printing House / State Publishing House, Minsk.
  "Belarus Establishes its Own Printing Office", Michael Tereshko, Linn’s Stamp News [USA], March 11, 1996. 
 


BELGIUM  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 4, Benelux", Third Edition, 1988.

General Printing Articles:
  "De Postwaardenproduktie in Belgie (1), Philatelie [Holland], February 1990.
  "De Postwaardenproduktie in Belgie (2), Philatelie [Hollnad], March 1990.
  "De Postwaardenproduktie in Belgie (3), Philatelie [Holland], April 1990.

General Dummy / Testing Type Material Articles:
  None.

Algemene Werkplaats van het Zagel, Malines. Sources (Articles):
  Brochure: "L'Atelier Général du Timbre & La Fabrication d'un Timbre-Poste", a Belgian P.O. publication, 1984.
  "Atelier de Timbre, Malines [chronology of printing equipment]" by Vindevogel, The Belgiophile [where?]. January 1991.

Atelier Ceysens, Brussels.

Chalot-Deheneffe SA, Brussels.

[Etablissements de Schutter Photogravure], Malines.

Gouweloos Frères, Brussels.

Imprimerie Belge de Securité S.A., Brussels.
  Brochure: "L'Atelier Général du Timbre & La Fabrication d'un Timbre-Poste", a Belgian P.O. publication, 1984.

Imprimerie Dereume, Brussels.

Institut de Gravure, Brussels.

Imprimerie-Drukkerij SA, Brussels.

[J. Malvaux], Brussels.

[P. P. G. de Schutter], [Where?].

Sip-Catoir, Brussels.

Verschueren, Antwerp



BELIZE  
(Formerly BRITISH HONDURAS)  

Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999. 
Government Printery, Belize.



BENIN  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 12, Africa Since Independence A-E", First Edition, 1980. 



BERMUDA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999. 

Island Press (Holdings) Ltd., Hamilton.

W. B. Perot, The Postmaster, Hamilton.

Queen's Printer, Donald McPhee Lee, Bermuda.

J. H. Thies, The Postmaster, Bermuda.



BHUTAN  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 21, South-East Asia", Second Edition, 1985. 



BIAFRA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999. 
  "Biafra : The Stamps, History and Postal History of the Rebel State During the Nigerian Civil War", Dudley Prestedge, 2000.

Government Printer, Enugu and Port Harcourt.



BOLIVIA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 20, South America", Third Edition, 1989.

General Printing Articles:
  None.

General Dummy / Testing Type Material Articles:
  None.

Don Bosco Printing Works, La Paz.

J. M. Gramarra, La Paz.

Imprentas y Litografia Unidas, La Paz.

Industrias Lara Bisch S.A., [where].

Industrias Offset Color S.R.L., La Paz.

Lito-Unidas, La Paz.

Litografia Boliviana, La Paz.

La Papelera S.A., La Paz.

Rinacimiento Printing Works, [Where?].

Taller Offset, La Paz.



BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 2, Austria and Hungary", Fifth Edition, 1994. 

Grafotisak, Grude.

Surveying Institution, [Where?].



BOTSWANA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth", 1999. 

P. Townshend & Co., Vryberg.



BRAZIL
Main Source(s) of Information:
  "Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 20, South America", Third Edition, 1989. 

General Printing Articles:
  None.

General Dummy / Testing Type Material Articles:
 None.

Brasilliner Comércio Importação e Exportação Ltda., [Where?]

Casa Alexandre Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro.

Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
  Brochure: "Casa da Moeda", CMB, 1998.

Centro Grafico of the E.C.T., Rio de Janeiro.

De La Rue, Rio de Janeiro.

Gepro/D.R./R.J.-E.C.T., Rio de Janeiro.

Lito-Tipo