An incomplete list of stamp issuing entities, past and present.

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First Issues Collectors Club will attempt to create a catalog of stamp issuing entities, past and present, with detailed information on the very first issue or issues emitted by those entities. The most prominent piece of information will be the correct date of the first issue. Additional information which is deemed important and / or interesting, such as the number of stamps issued, may be added to this catalog. You are encouraged to help in this endeavour by submitting any and all information you think may improve the quality of this work. Send e-mail to the webmaster. Your contributions will be greatly appreciated.

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Year	Month	Day	Name	Scott	Set range	Perforation	Watermark	Description
1918			United States	RC1	RC1-9	11	191r	Overprinted.
1923			Colombia	CF1	CF1	14 X 14 1/2	116
1924			Lithuania	CB1	CB1-4	11	147	Surcharged.
1926			Lebanon	CB1	CB1-4	13.5		Surcharged.
1928	7	26	French Morocco	CB1	CB1-10	13.5	None	Photogravure.
1928			Ecuador	CF1	CF1	14 X 14 1/2	116	Overprinted.
1929	5		Ecuador	CO1	C01-8	12	None	Overprinted.
1929	6	5	Honduras	CB1	CB1-4	12	None	Engraved, surcharged.
1929	8		Nicaragua	CO1	CO1	12	None	Overprinted.
1929			Mexico	CO1	CO1-2	12	156	Overprinted.
1929			United States	UC1	UC1-7			Embossed
1930	1	1	Iceland	CO1	CO1	12 1/2 X 12	None	Overprinted.
1930	5	26	Latvia	CB1	CB1-2	11.5	212	Lithographed
1930	12	3	Dominican Republic	RAC1	RAC1-7	12	None	Surcharged.
1930			Honduras	CO1	CO1-5	11,11 1/2
1932	6	2	Italy	CE1	CE1-2	14	140	Photogravure.
1932	10	6	Italian Colonies	CE1	CE1-2	14	140	Photogravure.
1933	10	23	Italy	CB1	CB1-2	14	140	Photogravure.
1933			Italy	CO1	CO1	14	140	Overprinted.
1934	11	5	Cyrenaica	CB1	CB1-10	14	104	Photogravure.
1934	11	5	Cyrenaica	CBO1	CBO1	14	140	Overprinted in black
1934			Eritrea	CB1	CB1-10	14	140	Photogravure.
1934			Eritrea	CBO1	CBO1	14	140	Overprinted.
1934			Libya	CE1	CE1-2	14	140	Photogravure.
1934			United States	CE1	CE1	11	None	Flat plate printing
1934			Costa Rica	CO1	C01-13	12	None	Overprinted in red
1936	5	5	Cuba	CE1	CE1	12.5	229	Photogravure.
1937	3	15	Guatemala	CB1	CB1-4	12.5	None	Surcharged.
1938	2	T	Italian East Africa	CE1	CE1-2	14	140	Engraved.
1939	4	29	Guatemala	CO1	CO1-6	12.5	None	Overprinted.
1939	7	5	French Polynesia	CB1	CB1	13	None	Photogravure.
1939	7	5	Indo-China	CB1	CB1	13	None	Photogravure.
1939	10	3	Haiti	CB1	CB1-2	12	None	Engraved.
1939			French Equatorial Africa	CB1	CB1	13	None	Photogravure.
1939			Reunion	CB1	CB1	13	None
1941	12	11	Netherlands Antilles	CB1	CB1-8	12	None	Engraved, photogravure.
1941			Liberia	CB1	CB1-3	12	None	Overprinted.
1941			Canal Zone	CO1	C01-7	11		Overprinted in black
1942			Canada	CE1	CE1-2	12	None	Engraved.
1944	5	9	Ecuador	CB1	CB1-5	12	None
1944	6		Greece	CB1	CB1-5	12.5	252	Surcharged.
1944			Italy, Rhodes	CB1	CB1-4	14	140
1945			Ecuador	RAC1	RAC1-2	11	None	Surcharged.
1946	6	15	Belgium	CB1	CB1-2	11 X 11 1/2	None	Engraved.
1947	5	24	Bulgaria	CB1	CB1	11.5	None	Lithographed.
1947	6	8	Algeria	CB1	CB1-2	13		Surcharged in red
1947	6	11	Hungary	CB1	CB1-1C	12 X 12 1/2	210	Photogravure.
1949	1	10	United States	UXC1				Typographed.
1950	8	26	Argentina	CB1	CB1-5	13.5	90	Photogravure.
1953	12	8	Honduras	CE1	CE1	13 1/2 X 14	None	Engraved, surcharged.
1955			Haiti	RAC1	RAC1-2	11.5	None	Photogravure.
1957	2	8	Dominican Republic	CB1	CB1-3	11.5	None	Engraved & lithographed.
1957	7	19	Ecuador	LC1	LC1-3	12	None	Photogravure.
1958	5	19	Colombia	CE1	CE1	12	None	Lithographed.
1959	5	7	Cuba	CB1	CB1	12.5	321	Engraved & typographed.
1959	12	29	Uruguay	CB1	CB1-2	11.5	327	Lithographed.
1961	3		Haiti	CO1	CO1-5	11.5	None	Photogravure, overprinted.
1961	4	29	Chile	CB1	CB1-2	13 X 12 1/2	None	Photogravure.
1961	12	20	Panama	CB1	CB1-3	12.5	311	Lithographed.
1962	2	7	Tonga	CO1	CO1-6		79	Engraved, photogravure A35
1964	3	9	Chad	CB1	CB1-3	13	None	Engraved.
1964	3	9	Congo, Peoples Rep.	CB1	CB1-3	13	None	Engraved.
1964	3	9	Gabon	CB1	CB1-2	13	None	Engraved.
1965	11	15	Burundi	CB1	CB1-8	Imperforate		Lithographed, embossed.
1965	12	18	Ajman	CO1	CO1-4	Multi.	None	Photogravure & lithographed.
1966	1	2	Egypt	CB1	CB1-2	11.5	342	Photogravure.
1967			Dahomey	CQ1	CQ1-5	13		Surcharged, engraved.
1970	5	1	Laos	CB1	CB1-2	13		Photogravure.
1970	5	20	Costa Rica	CE1	CE1-2	10 X11	None	Lithographed.
1970	9	26	Bolivia	RAC1	RAC1	13 X 13 1/2		Lithographed.
1971			Iraq	CO1	CO1-4	13		Lithographed, overprinted.
1973	9	25	Nicaragua	CB1	CB1-11	13 1/2 X 14		Lithographed.
1973			Iraq	RAC1	RAC1	13.5		Lithographed.
1977	6	1	Mongolia	CB1	CB1	12		Lithographed.
1980	1	15	Cook Island	CB1	CB1-4	14		Photogravure.
1990	2	21	Tonga	CE1	CE1	11.5		Lithographed.

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