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ABU DHABI
First postage stamp issued: 1964, last: 1972.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: N/A. Not a current stamp issuing territory.

National Printing Press, Abu Dhabi.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1972 (Overprints) for Abu Dhabi.

NITCO Printing Press, Abu Dhabi.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1971 (Surcharges) for Abu Dhabi.

AFGHANISTAN
First postage stamp issued: 1871
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: No new stamps produced in several years. They would almost certainly be sourced from abroad. Many illegal issues are appearing printed from who knows where.
    Locally printed stamps have been recorded, but the name(s) of the printer(s) have gone unrecorded in the stamp catalogues.

AJMAN
First postage stamp issued: 1964, last: 1968.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: N/A. Not a current stamp issuing territory.  No stamps appear to have been produced locally.

ALAND
First postage stamp issued: 1984
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Cartor (France), Lowe Martin (Canada) and BDT (Ireland).  No postage stamps appear to have been produced locally.

ALBANIA
First postage stamp issued: 1913
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Giesecke and Devrient Matsoukis (Greece) and BDT (Ireland).

N-Kartografike, Tirana.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].
Primarily a book printing house.

State Printing Works, Tirana.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1957 for Albania.

A. A. Vangheli, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1917 for Albania.

ALGERIA
First postage stamp issued: 1924
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Bank of Algeria (Algeria)

Banque d'Algerie, Algiers.
English language translation of name: Central Bank of Algeria.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1967 for Algeria.
Main printing process(es): Litho

Hussein Dey, Algiers.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1962 for Algeria.

Catalogues show this as a stamp printer. However, this is actually an area of Algeria. As many ex-colonies have done to taunt their former masters, they gave this name to a part of Algiers. It could also be, of course, that they named a printing company after Mr. Dey.

Imbert, Algiers.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1944 for French Committee of National Liberation.

State Printing Works, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].

ANDORRA
First postage stamp issued: 1928 (for Spanish Andorra) and 1931 (for French Andorra).
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: ITVF (France) for French Andorra and FNMT (Spain) for Spanish Andorra.  No postage stamps appear to have been produced locally.
    Issues were in Francs or Pesetas until 1999. French Andorra = Francs/Euros 2000/1. Spanish Andorra = Pesetas/Euros 2001. From January 2002 Euros only for both Spanish and French Andorra Issues.

ANGOLA
First postage stamp issued: 1870
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by:Cartor ( France), Enschede (Netherlands) and BDT (Ireland).

Empresa Gráfica de Angola, Luanda.
English language translation of name: Graphic Printers of Angola.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1955 for Angola.

Imprensa Nacional de Luanda, Luanda.
English language translation of name: National Printing Office of Luanda.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1939 for Angola.

ANGUILLA
  First postage stamp issued: 1967.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland) and Cartor (France). No stamps appear to have been produced locally.

ANTIGUA
First postage stamp issued: 1862
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Cartor (France), BDT (Ireland) and Walsall (GB).

No stamps appear to have been produced locally. However, in 1888 surcharges were undertaken locally by an unknown printer for the British Virgin Islands.

ARGENTINA
First postage stamp issued: 1856

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ARMENIA
First postage stamp issued: 1919
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: ''Namakanish'' CJS company under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Armenia.

ARUBA
First postage stamp issued: 1986
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Enschedé (Netherlands).

ASCENSION ISLAND
First postage stamp issued: 1922
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland). No stamps appear to have been produced locally.

AUSTRALIA
First postage stamp issued: 1850 (For NEW SOUTH WALES)
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AUSTRIA
First postage stamp issued: 1850 (For Lombardy-Venetia AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE)
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AZERBAIJAN
First postage stamp issued: 1919
Azerbaijan's new post-1917 Russian Revolution republic collapsed after two years and the printing presses fell silent. Between 1922 and late 1991, Azerbaijan's stamp production became absorbed into the larger Soviet plan, with design and production controlled by Moscow.
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Cartor (France).

Demidoff, Baku.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Azerbaijan.

AZORES
First postage stamp issued: 1868
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: INCM (Portugal) and Lito Maia (Portugal). No stamps appear to have been produced locally.