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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.

 
PAKISTAN  
Main Source(s) of Information:
 “Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth”, 1999.

Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (Pvt) Limited, Karachi.
Private correspondence with the General Manager (OSP), PSPC, 1999.

Post Office Foundation Press, Karachi.

Times Press, Karachi.



PALAU ISLANDS  
Main Source(s) of Information:
None



PALESTINE  
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.

Greek Orthodox Convent, Jerusalem.



PANAMA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 15, Central America”, Second Edition, 1984.

Carvajal S.A. Panamá, [where?]

Dutigrafia S.A., [where?].

Editora Panamá América S.A., [where?].

La Estrella de Panamá, [where?].

Thomas Greg & Sons Ltd.



PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
Main Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth”, 1999.

Government Printer, Port Moresby.



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

El Arte, Ascunción.  

La Colmena, Ascunción.  

Departamento de Valores Fiscales, Dependiente del Ministerio de
Hacienda

Also known as
Talleros de Valores Fiscales, Asunción.

H. Kraus, Ascunción.  



PERSIA  
(See IRAN)



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

Bacigalupi, Lima.  

Bekos, [where?]

P. Berrio, Lima.  

Editora Gráfica Tricolor S.R. Ltds, [where?]

Enotria Editorial e Imprenta, Lima.

C. Fabbri, Lima.  

Gráfica Sanmarti S.A., Lima.  

Iberia, Lima.  

Post Office, Lima.  

D. Emilio Prugue, Lima.  

Sanmarti y Cia, Lima

Thomas Greg & Sons de Peru S.A.

Union Grafica S.A., Lima.



PHILIPPINES  
Main Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 22, United States of America”, Fifth Edition, 2000.

General Printing Articles:
"Philippines [difficulties paying stamp printer]", Denise Hatton, Linn's 1991 Dec 16 64 #3293

Amstar Company Incorporated, Quezon City, Manila.

APO Production Unit Incorporated, Neda, Manila.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, [where?].

Government Printing Office, Manila.

Litografia del Gómez, Santa Cruz.

Philippine Bureau of Printing, [where?].



PITCAIRN ISLAND  
Main Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 1, British Commonwealth”, 1999.



POLAND  
Main Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 5, Czechoslovakia and Poland”, Fourth Edition, 1991.

Ars Polona S.A., Warsaw.
“Ars Polona Warszawa”, [Poland], [date?].
 
Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie, Krakow.
“Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie”, Stefan Cieply,2000.
 
Drukarnia Skarbowa w Warszawie, Warsaw.
“Drukarnia Skarbowa Buduje Nowy Zaklad”, Magdalena Dudanowicz, Apolinary Brodecki, 2000.
 
Government Printing Office, Warsaw.

Panstwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartósciowych SA, Warsaw.
Sources (Books):
“Techniki Drukowania Znaczkow Pocztowych” by Stefan Jakucewicz, [when?].
Sources (Brochures):
“Panstwowa Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych”, late 1990s.
Sources (Articles):
“Printing Methods” by R Wagner, Polish Philatelic Review, Volume 1, 1956.
“Recess Printing in Post War Poland – a Brief Outline” by R Wagner, Polish Philatelic Review, 1956.  
“Printing Methods” by R Wagner, Polish Philatelic Review, most issues of 1956.
“Notes and Queries”, Dylizans (Diligence) [GB], Number 6, July 1997.
“Notes and Queries”, Dylizans (Diligence) [GB], Number 8, January 1998.

J. Pietrzykowski, Lublin.

Postal Printing Institute, Lódz.

State Graphic Institution, [where?].



PORTUGAL  
Main Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 9, Portugal and Spain”, Third Edition, 1991.

Bank of Portugal, [where?].

Companhia Nacional Editora, Lisbon.

INCM (The Mint), Lisbon.

Litografia de Portugal S.A., [where?].

Litografia Lusitana, [where?].

Litografia Maia, Lisbon and Oporto.

Litografia Nacional Ltda [now SA], Oporto.

Lovelar, [Where?].



PUERTO RICO  
Main Source(s) of Information:
None 

Boletin Mercantil de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

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