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Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation

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The Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation, or IGPC, is a philatelic agency that represents over 70 countries in the design, production, and marketing of postage stamps. It also assists postal administrations with the running of their postal services. IGPC claim to produce nearly half of the different postage stamps issued each year but have been criticized for inappropriate and excessive issues.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation, or IGPC, is a philatelic agency that represents over 70 countries in the design, production, and marketing of postage stamps. It also assists postal administrations with the running of their postal services. IGPC claim to produce nearly half of the different postage stamps issued each year but have been criticized for inappropriate and excessive issues.2

The story

The IGPC was founded by businessman Dr. Manfred Lehmann (1922–1997). Lehmann had taken an interest in the development of newly independent countries in Africa and the Caribbean. The IGPCs first country client was the newly independent Ghana (formerly the colony of Gold Coast) who in 1957 appointed them to help with the distribution of their stamps and the administration of their post offices. The following year Togo became a client of IGPC and, later, Caribbean countries too. The fall of communism created more clients for IGPC and by the late 1980s IGPC had over 50 client countries. A key development was obtaining the permission of the Disney company to use their cartoon characters on stamps during the 1979 International Year of the Child. Disney themed stamps have since become an important part of the company's output.

From Wikipedia’s article on Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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