Impressor stamp catalogue

2,010 items

Impressor SA, Lausanne and Syens, started in 1972. More

Impressor SA, Lausanne and Syens, started in 1972.

Impressor works exclusively with the postal services of African countries to produce stamps for this specific market. They specialize in making gold foil stamps. Passports and identity documents are also produced.

Mostly unauthorized issues (1) and illegal issues (2)

(1) It was the policy of this printer to distribute stamps free of charge to the administrations of his customers. In return for this "generosity": the right to print as many stamps as he thought he could sell to the philatelists.

(2) UPU Circular 418 of Nov. 10, 1997:
"We are writing to inform the postal administrations of UPU member countries that we have many cuttings from philatelic magazines referring to the issue by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the former Zaire) of a certain number of philatelic products still printed with the country's old name (Zaire).These Issues were certainly put into circulation by the firm IMPRESSOR SA
The Democratic Republic of the Congo wishes to advise that the above-mentioned issues are fraudulent and are therefore not admitted for philatelic sale by its postal Services."

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Number of stamps

2,010

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Oldest item

Ships (1968)