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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
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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.
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have been sponsored in the United States in support of one of IGPC's key markets and in 2007 the company provided 12 vehicles to the new
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