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   = Understood to be a current stamp printer.    = company still believed to exist.

CAMBODIA  
(See KAMPUCHEA)



CAMEROUN  
 First postage stamp issued: 1897
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer] No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CANADA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1851

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CANAL ZONE  
 First postage stamp issued: 1904
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: N/A. No longer a stamp issuing country.

Isthmian Canal Commission Press, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1906 (Overprints and surcharges) for Canal Zone.

Panama Canal Press, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1915 (Overprints) for Canal Zone.



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
(See SOUTH AFRICA)



CAPE VERDE ISLANDS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1877
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Walsall (GB) and INCM (Portugal). No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CAYMAN ISLANDS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1900
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: BDT (Ireland) and Walsall (GB). No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer]. No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CEYLON
(See SRI LANKA)



CHAD  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer]. No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CHILE    
 First postage stamp issued: 1853

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CHINA  

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CHINA [TAIWAN]  
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Cardon (Taiwan)

Cardon Enterprise Company Limited, Taipei
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2003.

China Color Printing Company Inc, Taipei
Founded: 1961.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2003
Main printing process(es): Litho

Products produced include monthly magazines, posters, scanning for  colour separation, postage stamps, brochures and books.

China Engraving and Printing Works, Taipei
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].

The functions of the Central Engraving and Printing Plant ("the Plant") is directly supervised by the Central Bank of China ("the Bank"), specializes in the business of printing Bank notes, and may engage in the business of printing important government documents and other securities (i.e. stamps). When necessary and with the permission of the Bank, the Plant may engage in the business of printing , manufacturing ink, producing paper and printing equipment, processing used notes, and destroying worn-out notes



CHRISTMAS ISLAND  
(See AUSTRALIA)

Stamp production and promotion for Christmas Island is undertaken by Australia Post, who use their own local printers.



COLOMBIA
 First postage stamp issued: 1859

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COMOROS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1975
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer] No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



CONGO  
 First postage stamp issued: 1959
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer]. No stamps appear to have been produced locally.



COOK ISLANDS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1892
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: [unknown printer]

Government Printer, Rarotonga.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1899 (Surcharges) for Cook Islands.

The Government Printer in Rarotonga mainly printed such items as a Translation of the Cook Islands Act 1915 into Rarotonga Maori (1915), Trotter's Glossary of English and Rarotongan (c.1917), and H. Bond James's Rough Notes on Rarotongan (1923).



COSTA RICA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1863

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CROATIA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1941

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CUBA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1855
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by:Empresa de Correos (Cuba)

Cia Impresora de Cuba S.A., [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1929 for Cuba.

Company changed its name to Cia Nacional de Artes Gráficos de Cuba in 1936 following a change of ownership

The Cuban Government Warranty Seals on cigars were once produced by Cia Impresora de Cuba S.A., a renowned engraver and printer of fine, high quality documents, so stamp production would have presented them with little difficulty.

Cia Nacional de Artes Gráficos de Cuba, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1927 for Cuba.

Company changed its name to Cia Impresora de Cuba in 1929 following a change of ownership.

Cuban National State Printing Works.
(See entry Empresa de Correos, Prensa y Filatelia below.)

Empresa de Correos, Prensa y Filatelia, Havana.
English language translation of name: [what?].
Abbreviation known by: COPREFIL.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].
Main printing process(es): Litho,

P. Fernández y Cia, Havana.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1936 for Cuba.

Los Talleres de Grabado en Acero y Timbre del Estado de La Habana, Havana.
English language translation of name: The Stamp Printing and Steel Engraving Plant of the Government in Havana.

 National Printing Works, Havana.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1960 for Cuba.

J. L. Rodriguez, Havana.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1914 for Cuba.

Company changed its name to Cia Nacional de Artes Gráficos de Cuba in 1927 following a change of ownership.



CYPRUS  
 First postage stamp issued: 1880
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Oriental Press (Bahrain).

Government Printing Office, Nicosia.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1881 (Overprints); 1882 (Surcharges) for Cyprus.

Christos Papachristoforou Ltd, Nicosia.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 2005 (Vending labels) for Cyprus.

As Cyprus's main label manufacturer, they were the natural choice to print the latest vending machine labels.



CYPRUS [TURKISH CYPRIOT POST]  
 First postage stamp issued: 1974
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: Devlet Basimevi (Cyprus (Turkish), Tezel Maatbaasi (Cyprus (Turkish)

Devlet Basimevi, Lefkosa (Nicosia).
English language translation of name: Turkish Cypriot Government Printing House.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1991 for Cyprus [Turkish].
Main printing process(es): Litho

This firm of printers is recorded in directories as being primarily a publisher.

Halkin Sesi, Lefkosa (Nicosia).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1975 (Surcharges) for Cyprus [Turkish].

Halkin Sesi is the oldest national daily newspaper in Northern Cyprus.

Tezel Matbaasi Ofset Printing House, Lefkosa (Nicosia).
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1982 for Cyprus [Turkish].
Main printing process(es): Litho

Tezel Ofset appear to be primarily book printers / publishers, based on their inclusion in Internet bibliographies. This company became involved in the printing of postage stamps when they applied to the postal administration of the Federated State of Northern Cyprus for permission to tender for contracts.

Following production of trial printings (which later leaked on to the philatelic market, upsetting the Post Office), they were accepted as a supplier.

 Ticaret Matbaacilik T.A.S, Izmir.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1977 for Turkish Cypriot Posts.  
Main printing process(es): Litho   

This firm of printers is recorded in directories as being primarily a publisher.

Turk Tarih Kurumu, [where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1977 for Turkish Cypriot Posts.  
Main printing process(es): Litho   

This firm of printers is recorded in directories as being primarily a publisher.



CZECH REPUBLIC  
 First postage stamp issued: 1993
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: All the local printers recorded below.

HUP Praha Printing House, Prague.
English language translation of name: State Printing House.
Abbreviation known by: HUP.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: [when?].

The organisation became PTC in 1992, following transformation of HUP from being a state enterprise.

Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1994 for Slovakia.
Main printing process(es): Litho, gravure, recess

Poštovní Tiskárna Cenin Praha A.S., Prague.
English language translation of name: Post Office Security Print Works.
Abbreviation known by: PTC.
Re-Formed: 1992.
Main printing process(es): Litho, gravure, recess

PTC is a specialised company focussing on the printing of postage stamps and other securities, entailing a high level of security.

Statni Tiskarna Cenin, Prague.
English language translation of name: State Security Printworks.
Abbreviation known by: STC.

The organisation re-formed on 1 May 1992, following a transformation of the Central Postal Administration state enterprise, HUP. PTC is, in essence, the exclusive supplier of printed documents to the Post Office of the Czech Republic.
    At the end of August 1996, postage stamp printers PTC opened a new production line, following the investment of 22 million crowns by Canadian-based stamp printers Canadian Bank Note.

Victoria Security Printing a.s., Prague.
Abbreviation known by: VSP.
Founded: 1991.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1994 for Czech Republic.
Main printing process(es): Litho 
Graham & Whiteside's Business Description: Commercial printing; security printing of bank notes and commercial stationery
Employees: 105

This young company is a private printing house specialising in the field of valuables and advertising. They are responsible for Czech identity cards, postage stamps, plus entry cards, coupons for buses, trams and tube, cheques, certificates and food tickets. On the advertising front they print catalogues, books and the like.

 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA  
 First postage stamp issued: 1918
Stamp printing for this country is primarily done by: N/A. No longer a stamp issuing country.

Cartographic Section, Czech Army, [Where?].
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovak Graphic Union, Prague.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1926 for Czechoslovakia.

Grafia, Bratislava.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: circa 1945 for Czechoslovakia.

K. Kolman, Prague.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakian Army in Serbia.

Makušin and Posochin, Irkutsk.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1919 for Czechoslovakian Army in Serbia.

Tiskarna Andrej, Bratislava.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1945 for Czechoslovakia.