Stamps of the World

French Territory of Afars & Issas

Adrianople (Edirne)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 . 1922

100 lepta = 1 drachma (Greek)

The Treaty of Sevres (1920) gave Greece a mandate for Eastern Thrace, including Adrianople. Turkish stamps in Adrianople were overprinted High Commission of Thrace and surcharged. Adrianople was returned to Turkey by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1922 and is now called Edirne.

Album:	Thrace
See also:	Eastern Thrace; Greek Occupation Issues

AEF

AEF = Afrique Equatoriale Frangaise

Refer:

French Equatorial Africa

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1945
Rodhos (Rhodes Town)
100 centesimi = 1 lira (Italian)

Album:	Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
Includes:	Astypalaea; Kalimnos; Karpathos; Kasos; Kastelorizo Khalki; Kos; Leros; Lipsos; Nisyros; Patmos; Rhodes; Syme; Telos
See also:	Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation); Greek Occupation Issues; Middle East Forces (MEF)

Afars and Issas

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Afghanistan

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1870 .
Kabul
(1870) 3 abasi = 1 rupee;
(1920) 60 paisa = 1 rupee;
(1926) 100 pouls = 1 afghani

Album:

Afghanistan

Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1898 only

1000 reis = 1 milreis

A general issue for all Portuguese colonies in Africa and the Atlantic.

Album:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
See also:	Angola; Azores; Cape Verde Islands; Madeira; Mozambique; Portuguese Congo; Portuguese Guinea; Sao Tome e Principe

Africa Occidental Espanola

Refer:

Spanish West Africa

Africa Orientale Italiane

Refer:

Italian East Africa

Afrique Equatoriale Frangaise

Refer:

French Equatorial Africa

Afrique Occidentale Frangaise

Refer:

French West Africa

Aitutaki

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1972 .
Arutunga
100 cents = 1 dollar

Aitutaki is part of the Cook Islands, and lies about 140 miles north of Rarotonga. It consists of many volcanic and coral islets around a lagoon. The total land area is only 7 square miles. Access by sea is via an offshore anchorage with boat passage to Arutunga. There is also an airstrip which s to help identify the issuing postal authority by looking up some word(s) that appear on a stamp. We cannot guarantee that all words are in the dictionary but we believe it covers the words founf on the stamps of the postal authorities t in WW2 by American forces. The population is less than 2,500 and mainly Polynesian.

Album:	Aitutaki
Includes:	Aitutaki (New Zealand Administration)
See also:	Cook Islands; New Zealand

Aitutaki (New Zealand Administration)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1903 . 1932
Arutunga
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

The 1903 . 1932 issues were New Zealand stamps with an overprint of AITUTAKI. Stamps of the Cook Islands were used 1932.1972 without overprint. Local issues began in 1972.

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Aitutaki

Ajman

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1964 . 1967

(1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee;
(1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

One of the Trucial States which became the United Arab Emirates in 1972. Ajman was one of the most notorious sources of stamps that had dubious postal connections. Few, if any, Ajman stamps are of interest and all issues during 1967 . 1972 must be regarded as non-postal.

Album:

Trucial States

Eland Islands

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1984 .
Mariehamn
100 penni = 1 markka

Eland is an autonomous province of Finland. It is a group of islands in the Baltic at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia. Separate issues began in 1984 although stamps of Finland continued to be valid. From 1 January 1993, Eland began its own postal administration and Finnish stamps ceased to have validity there.

Album:	Eland Islands
See also:	Finland

Alaouites

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1925 . 1930
Latakia
100 centimes = 1 piastre

Alaouites (Alawi) is a district of Syria lying on the coast between Hatay and Lebanon. It was formerly part of the Turkish Empire but was placed under a French mandate in 1920. It became an independent republic and was renamed Latakia (after the capital) in 1930. On 28 February 1937, it was incorporated into Syria.

Stamps of France were issued in 1925 with overprint ALAOUITES. These were soon superceded by stamps of Syria bearing the same overprint. In July 1931, stamps of Syria were issued with overprint LATTAQUIE. Since 1 March 1937, stamps of Syria without overprint have been in constant use.

Album:	Alaouites
Includes:	Ile Rouad; Latakia
See also:	Syria

Alaska

Capital:
Currency:

Juneau
100 cents = 1 dollar

Largest state of the USA but separated from the rest by Canada. Discovered by Bering in 1741, it was first settled by Russia in 1744. The USA purchased the territory in 1867 for $7.2 million at a penny an acre. Alaska was admitted to the union on 3 January 1959 as the 49th state. There was no postal service under Russian ownership. Alaska has used stamps of the USA only.

Refer:

United States of America

Alawi

Refer:

Alaouites

Albania

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1913 .
Tirana
(1913) 40 paras = 1 piastre (or grosch);
(1913) 100 qint = 1 franc;
(1947) 100 qint = 1 lek;
(1965) 100 quindarka = 10 old leks = 1 new lek

Used stamps of Turkey 1870 . 1913.

Album:	Albania
See also:	Durazzo (Italian Post Office); German Occupation Issues (WW2); Greek Occupation Issues; Italian Occupation Issues; Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Korce (Koritza); Scutari (Italian Post Office); Valona (Italian Post Office)

Albania (German Occupation)

Dates:
Currency:

1943 . 1944
100 qint = 1 franc

Relevant stamps are catalogue nos 389.408 of Albania.

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Albania (Greek Occupation)

Dates:
Currency:

1940 . 1941
100 lepta = 1 drachma

Greek stamps with overprint were issued.

Album:

Greek Occupation Issues

Albania (Italian Occupation)

Dates:
Currency:

1939 . 1943
100 qint = 1 franc

Relevant stamps are catalogue nos 337.388 of Albania.

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Italian Occupation Issues

Aldabra

Refer:

British Indian Ocean Territory;
Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Alderney

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1983 .
St Anne
(British) 100 pence = 1 pound

Album:	Alderney
See also:	Guernsey

Aleutian Islands

Capital:
Currency:

Dutch Harbor
100 cents = 1 dollar

A chain of islands, sparsely populated, which stretch westward across the North Pacific from Alaska. Politically they are part of Alaska. Have used stamps of the USA only.

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Alexandria (French Post Office)

Dates:
Currency:

1899 . 1931
(1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc;
(1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound (Egyptian)

A French Post Office was opened at Alexandria in 1830. It issued French stamps without overprint or surcharge 1857.1899. In 1899, it began issues of French stamps with an overprint of ALEXANDRIE. Issues from 1921 were surcharged in Egyptian currency. The office closed in 1931.

Album:

Egypt (French Post Offices)

Alexandria (Italian Post Office)

This office used Italian stamps only (no overprint or surcharge).

Refer:

Italian Post Offices Abroad

Alexandrie

Refer:

Alexandria (French Post Office)

Alexandropoulos

Refer:

Dedeagatz (French Post Offices);
Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation)

Algeria

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1962
Algiers
100 centimes = 1 dinar

Former French colony which used stamps of France 18491924 and 195862.

Album:	Algeria
Includes:	Algeria (French Colony)

Algeria (French Colony)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1924 1958
Algiers
100 centimes = 1 dinar

Used French stamps 18491924 and 19581962. Independent republic with own issues from 1962.

Album:

Algeria

Allemagne Duitschland

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Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Allenstein

Dates:
Currency:

1920 only
100 pfennige = 1 mark

A region of East Prussia (German territory) that was disputed at the end of the First World War. A plebiscite was held to decide if it should be in Germany or Poland. German stamps were issued during the period of the plebiscite with an overprint of PLEBISCITE OLSZTYN ALLENSTEIN. The vote was in favour of Germany but the region was incorporated within Poland after the Second World War and is now called Olsztyn.

Album:

Plebiscite Issues

Allied Military Government for Trieste (AMG-FTT)

Refer:

Trieste

Allied Military Government for Venezia Giulia (AMG-VG)

Refer:

Venezia Giulia & Istria

Allied Occupation Issues

Refer:

Germany (Allied Occupation);
Thrace (Allied Occupation);
Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)

Alsace (German Occupation)

Dates:
Currency:

1940 1941
100 pfennige = 1 mark

During the German occupation of 1940-41, the authorities issued German stamps overprinted ELSASS.

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Alsace-Lorraine

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1870 1871
Strasbourg
100 centimes = 1 franc

Area of eastern France taken over by Germany in the Franco-Prussian War. During 1870-71, there was a single issue for the whole territory. Stamps of Germany replaced this and were used 1872-1918. The area was returned to France after WW1. French stamps have been used since 1918 except for the German occupation in WW2 (1940-1944) when separate issues were made for Alsace and Lorraine.

Album:	Alsace-Lorraine
See also:	Alsace (German Occupation); Lorraine (German Occupation)

Alwar

Dates:
Currency:

1877 only
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Alwar was a feudatory state in Rajputana, northern India.

Album:

Indian Native States

AM Post

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Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)

America

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American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues)

Dates:
Currency:

1946 1948
100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

These issues were introduced in February 1946 to replace the joint British and American military issue and the various Russian provincial issues. The French Zone continued to issue separately. When currency reform took place in June 1948, the Russian Zone again began separate issues. The British and American Zones continued to use the same stamps until foundation of the German Federal Republic in September 1949.

Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)
See also:	Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government); Anglo-American Zones (Military Government); Russian Zone (General Issues)

American Samoa

No issues. USA stamps have been in use since the territory was taken over in 1900.

Refer:

Samoa

American Zone

No separate issues. From 1945-1949, always used the same stamps as the British Zone.

Refer:

American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);
Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government);
Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)

AMG-FTT

Refer:

Trieste

AMG-VG

Refer:

Venezia Giulia & Istria

Amirantes

A group of islands in the Indian Ocean, lying south west of the Seychelles.

Refer:

British Indian Ocean Territory;
Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Amur Province

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 only
Blagoveschchensk
100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Amur is an inland province of eastern Siberia, lying due north of Manchuria. In February 1920, a communist regime was set up. There was one issue of stamps with five values: 2, 3, 5, 15 and 30 roubles. The inscription (translated) reads Amur Province Postage Stamp. In April 1920, Amur was incorporated into the Far Eastern Republic.

Album:	Russian Civil War Issues
See also:	Far Eastern Republic

Andorra

Capital:

Andorra La Vella

Operates a dual postal system with both Spanish and French offices issuing their own stamps.

Album:	Andorra
Includes:	Andorra (French Post Offices); Andorra (Spanish Post Offices)

Andorra (French Offices)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1931
Andorra La Vella
100 centimes = 1 franc;
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Album:

Andorra

Andorra (Spanish Offices)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1928
Andorra La Vella
100 centimos = 1 peseta;
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Album:

Andorra

Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government)

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Capital:
Currency:

1948 1949

100 pfennige = 1 Deutschemark (DM)

Various issues common to these zones from the reform of currency in June 1948 until the foundation of the Federal Republic in September 1949.

Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)
See also:	American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues)

Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1945 1946

100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark (RM)

A single issue with 35 values was used in both zones until the General Issues types (also used in the Russian Zone) appeared in February 1946. The Military Government issue was inscribed AM POST DEUTSCHLAND (AM = Allied Military).

Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)
See also:	American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues)

Anglo-French Occupation of Togo

Refer:

Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)

Angola

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1870
Luanda
(1870) 1000 reis = 1 milreis;
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo;
(1932) 100 centavos = 1 angolar;
(1954) 100 centavos = 1 escudo;
(1977) 100 lweis = 1 kwanza

Former Portuguese colony, now an independent republic.

Album:	Angola
See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Angora (Ankara)

Dates:
Currency:

1920 1923
40 paras = 1 piastre

Sited in Anatolia, Angora (now Ankara) is the present capital city of Turkey. The European part of Turkey, including the then capital of Constantinople, was under Allied occupation 19181923 following the defeat of Turkey in WW1. A provisional nationalist government was established by Kemal Ataturk at Angora, which he declared to be the new capital. Having expelled the Greek invaders of Asia Minor (19211922) and averted a war with Britain (1923), Ataturk was able to proclaim the new republic of Turkey on 28 October 1923 with himself as president. Ankara was confirmed as the capital despite the reinstatement of Constantinople (now Istanbul) as Turkish territory. During the period of the provisional government (19201923), various overprints were issued at Angora. In 1922, two sets of definitives were issued (cat. nos A79A90 and A119A124). These were replaced by the general Turkish issue (cat. nos 9741012) of November 1923.

Album:

Turkey

Angra

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1892 1905

1000 reis = 1 milreis

Angra is one of the three administrative districts of the Azores, the others being Horta and Ponta Delgada. All are Portuguese territory. Portuguese stamps have always been used in Angra (i.e., since 1853). From 1868 to 1931, and since 1980, stamps of Azores have also been in use. The Angra stamps were two issues based on Portuguese definitives but with an inscription of ANGRA. Similar types were used in other Portuguese colonies.

Album:

Azores Territories

Anguilla

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1967
The Valley
100 cents = 1 dollar

Previously used stamps of: Great Britain 185860; Nevis 186170; St Christopher 187090; Leeward Islands 18901956; St KittsNevis 190352; and St Christopher Nevis Anguilla 195369. The most northerly of the Leeward Islands, Anguilla was first colonised by English settlers in 1650. During Britain's wars with France in the 18th century, it was attacked twice by French forces (1745 and 1796) but they were repelled on both occasions. Anguilla was administered as part of the St KittsNevis group but this was strongly resisted and Britain had to quell an independence movement in 1967. Anguilla finally became a separate entity on 19 December 1980, though it remains a British dependency.

Album:	Anguilla
See also:	St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla; Leeward Islands

Anjouan

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1892 1914

100 centimes = 1 franc

One of the larger Comoro Islands along with Great Comoro, Mayotte and Moheli. Became a French protectorate in 1866, since when its history has been shared by the other islands in the Comoros group. Anjouan is now part of the Comoros Republic.

Anjouan had three issues with 30 stamps in all. The inscription used was SULTANAT D'ANJOUAN.All stamps were the French Colonies "Tablet" types.

Album:	Madagascar & Dependencies
See also:	Comoro Islands

Ankara

Refer:

Angora

Annam (Indo-China)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1936 only
Binh Dinh
100 cents = 1 piastre

Annam was the central province of Vietnam, lying between Tongking and Cochin China. One regional issue with 11 values was produced when the province was part of French Indo-China. At the same time, there was a regional issue for Cambodia.

Album:	Indo-China Territories
See also:	Cambodia (Indo-China)

Annam & Tongking (A&T;)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1888 1892
Hanoi
100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:

Indo-China Territories

Antigua

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1862
St John's
(1862) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

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Antigua & Barbuda

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1981
St John's (Antigua)
100 cents = 1 dollar

Antigua & Barbuda is the official name of an island group in the Leewards which comprises Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda. It was first colonised by English settlers in 1632. During the 18th century, African slaves were imported to work on the sugar plantation and, as in other Caribbean islands, this created a predominantly black population. Slavery was ended in 1834. The country became independent of Britain on 1 November 1981.

Album:	Antigua & Barbuda
Includes:	Antigua; Barbuda
See also:	Leeward Islands

Antioquia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1868 1906
Medellin
100 centavos = 1 peso

Album:

Colombian Territories

AO

Belgian Congo overprint which means "Allemand Occupation".

Refer:

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

AOF

AOF = Afrique Occidentale Fran.aise

Refer:

French West Africa

Arad (French Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1919 only

100 filler = 1 korona

Hungarian stamps overprinted Occupation Fran.aise.

Album:

French Occupation Issues

Arbe

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 only

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Stamps of Fiume overprinted Arbe during the last month (Nov-Dec 1920) of the Carnaro regency in Fiume. Arbe became the Yugoslav island of Rab. Fiume has been renamed Rijeka.

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Fiume

Archipel des Comores

Refer:

Comoro Islands

Argentina

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1858
Buenos Aires
100 centavos = 1 peso

Album:

Argentina

Argentine Territories

Album:	Argentine Territories
Includes:	Buenos Aires; Cordoba; Corrientes

Armenia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1992
Yerevan
100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Armenia became an independent republic and started to issue its own stamps in 1992.

Album:	Armenia
Includes:	Armenia (pre-Soviet)
See also:	Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Armenia (pre-Soviet)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1919 1923
Yerevan
100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Formerly part of Transcaucasian Russia, Armenia gained temporary independence after the 1917 Russian Revolution. During 1922-1924, Armenia formed part of the Transcaucasian Federation with Azerbaijan and Georgia. Used stamps of the USSR 1924-1991.

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Armenia

Army Post

Refer:

Egypt (British Forces)

Artsakh

Refer:

Nagorno-Karabakh

Aruba

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1986
Oranjestad
100 cents = 1 gulden

Aruba is a small, rocky and semi-arid island in the Caribbean, about 165 miles north of Venezuela. It is one of the Leewards and is near the Dutch islands of Curacao and Bonaire. Oil refining was its major industry until 1985 when the refinery was closed down. Attempts are now being made to promote tourism. The population is cosmopolitan with Dutch the official language.

The island was occupied by Spain early in the 16th century. The Spaniards were driven out by the Dutch in 1634. Apart from a brief period of British rule during the Napoleonic Wars, it has remained a Dutch territory ever since, forming part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986.

The economic situation in the 1970s led to demands for separation. This was achieved on 1 January 1986 when Aruba was granted the status of internal autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is part of a Commonwealth that consists of Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The first stamps were issued on 1 January 1986.

Album:	Aruba
See also:	Netherlands Antilles

Arwad

Refer:

Ile Rouad

Ascension

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1922
Georgetown
(1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Used GB stamps 18671922.

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Ascension

Asch (Sudetenland)

There was an unauthorised issue by German occupiers in September 1938.

Refer:

Czechoslovakia

Astypalaea

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 1932

100 centesimi = 1 lira (Italian)

The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948.

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Refer:Eritrea (British Military Administration); Malaya (British Military Administration); North Borneo (British Military Administration); Sarawak (British Military Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration); Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 only
Chita
100 kopecks = 1 rouble

This was based at Chita until it was overthrown by forces of the Far Eastern Republic.

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Russian Civil War Issues

Aunus (Finnish Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1919 only

100 penni = 1 markka

The Russian town of Olonetz was occupied by Finland during the Russian Civil War. Finnish stamps were issued with an overprint of AUNUS.

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Finnish Occupation Issues

Australia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1913
Canberra
(1913) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Before 1913, the individual states had their own issues.

Album:	Australia
See also:	New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia

Australian Antarctic Territory

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1957

(1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

Australian Antarctic Territory

Austria

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1850
Vienna
(1850) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden;
(1858) 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden;
(1899) 100 heller = 1 krone;
(1925) 100 groschen = 1 schilling;
(1938) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark (German);
(1945) 100 groschen = 1 schilling;
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Album:	Austria
See also:	Lombardy & Venetia

Austria-Hungary

The Austrian Empire was formed in 1804 to anticipate the dissolution in 1806 of the ancient and maligned Holy Roman Empire by Napoleon. Austria, home of the Habsburg dynasty, had been the central part of the Holy Roman Empire. In the aftermath of Waterloo, Austria was one of the strongest nations in Europe and its foreign minister Metternich became the architect of the Concert of Europe which was able to maintain peace in a divided continent for several decades. Hungary, the land of the Magyars that lies to the east of Austria, was part of the Austrian Empire at that time but it constantly sought control of its own affairs.

Austria faced a crisis after its defeat by Prussia in the Seven Weeks War of 1866. To consolidate his power, the Emperor Franz Josef negotiated in March 1867 the Ausgleich (Compromise) with the Magyar ruling classes. As a result, Hungary gained control of its internal affairs and the two states of Austria and Hungary were federated into what became commonly known as the Dual Monarchy. The words Kaiserliche und K.nigliche on Austrian stamps refer to the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary, both titles being held by Franz Josef. The Dual Monarchy endured until the end of WWI.

Austria and Hungary had separate postal administration from the time of the Ausgleich although it was not until May 1871 that Hungary could issue its first stamps. In the meantime, a set of "neutral" stamps were issued that showed a profile of Franz Josef and a value. The fact of the Dual Monarchy was emphasised in stamps issued abroad by Austro-Hungarian post offices or military forces. Hence, reference should be made to Austria and Hungary separately re home issues and to the various Austro-Hungarian entries for overseas issues.

Refer:

Austria;
Austro-Hungarian Military Post;
Austro-Hungarian Occupation of Bosnia & Herzegovina;
Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Hungary

Austrian Italy

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Lombardy & Venetia

Austrian Levant

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Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Austrian Territories acquired by Italy

Refer:

Italian Austria

Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1915 1918

100 heller = 1 krone (General Issues, Serbia, Montenegro);
100 centesimi = 1 lira (Italy);
100 bani = 1 leu (Romania)

Stamps inscribed K-u-K FELDPOST were issued in Serbia (1916), Montenegro (1917), Romania (1917-18) and Italy (1918).

Album:	Austro-Hungarian Military Post
Includes:	Italy (Austrian Occupation); Montenegro (Austrian Occupation); Romania (Austrian Occupation); Serbia (Austrian Occupation)

Austro-Hungarian Occupation of Bosnia & Herzegovina

Refer:

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1867 1915

(1867) 100 soldi = 1 gulden;
(1886) 40 paras = 1 piastre

Austria had various issues, some with overprinted values, for use in its offices throughout the Turkish Empire, including those in territory that now belongs to Greece. The offices in what is now Greek territory were at: Prevesa (Epirus); Jannina (Epirus); Port Lagos (Thrace); Dedeagatz (Thrace); Volos (Thessaly); Kavalla (Macedonia); Vathy (Samos); Mytilene; Corfu; Salonika; Leros (Dodecanese); Rhodes. There were special issues for the Austrian offices in Crete.

Album:	Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
See also:	Crete (Austro-Hungarian Post Offices)

AVIANCA

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1950 1951

100 centavos = 1 peso

Private air company.

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Colombian Territories

Azarbaycan

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Azerbaijan

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1992
Baku
100 qopik = 1 manat

Following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Azerbaijan became an independent state and has issued its own stamps, inscribed AZARBAYCAN, since 1992.

Album:	Azerbaijan
Includes:	Azerbaijan (pre-Soviet); Nakhichevan
See also:	Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Azerbaijan (pre-Soviet)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1919 1921
Baku
100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Formerly part of the Russian Empire, it became temporarily independent in May 1918 but was invaded by the Soviet Union in April 1920. Subsequently joined the Transcaucasian Federation prior to incorporation within the USSR, whose stamps it used 1924-1991.

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See also:	Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Azores (Acores)

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Ponta Delgada
100 centavos = 1 escudo
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

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See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Azores Territories; Portugal

Azores (Portuguese Colonial Issues)

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1868 1931
Ponta Delgada
(1868) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

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Azores

Azores Territories

Album:	Azores Territories
Includes:	Angra; Horta; Ponta Delgada
See also:	Azores

BM/BMA

Album:	BA/BMA Issues
Includes:	Eritrea (British Administration); Eritrea (British Military Administration); Malaya (British Military Administration); north Borneo (British Military Administration); Sarawak (British Military Administration); Somalia (British Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration); Tripolitania (British Administration); Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
See also:	British Occupation Issues; British Occupation of Italian Colonies; East Africa Forces; Egypt (British Forces); Middle East Forces

BA Eritrea

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Eritrea (British Administration)

BA Somalia

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Somalia (British Administration)

BA Tripolitania

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Tripolitania (British Administration)

Baden

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1851 . 1871
Karlsruhe
60 kreuzer = 1 gulden

Became part of Germany in 1871.

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Baden

Baden (French Zone)

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(1947) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark;
(1948) 100 pfennige = 1 DM

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Germany (Allied Occupation)

Baghdad (British Occupation)

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1917 only
Baghdad
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

British occupation forces issued Turkish stamps overprinted BAGHDAD IN BRITISH OCCUPATION

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British Occupation Issues

Bahamas

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(1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Self government was introduced 7 January 1964. The islands became an independent member of the British Commonwealth 10 July 1973.

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Bahamas

Bahawalpur

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Bahawalpur
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Pakistan stamps in use since 1949.

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Bahawalpur

Bahrain

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1933 .
Manama
(1933) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
(1966) 100 fils = 1 dinar

A group of islands 20 miles east of the Arabian peninsula and joined to Saudi by causeway. The largest is Bahrain itself. The site has been inhabited for over 5000 years. Bahrain was under British protection 1861-1971 and is now fully independent. Indian and British postal administration was used until 1 January 1966 when Bahrain opened its own service. Bahrain used Indian stamps 1883-1933. Since then it has had its own stamps but also used general issues of British PAs in Eastern Arabia during shortages in the 1950s. Issues during 1933-47 were Indian stamps overprinted BAHRAIN. During 1948-59 British stamps were used, again overprinted BAHRAIN. The first stamps exclusive to Bahrain were issued on 1 July 1960.

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See also:	British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

Baluchistan

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Bamra

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Dates:1888 . 1890 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation)

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Romanian occupation of Hungary. The area was subsequently split between Romania and Yugoslavia. Dates:1919 . 1920 Capital:Temesvar (Timisoara) Currency:100 filler = 1 korona Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Bangkok (British Post Office)

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British PO issued 1867 Straits Settlements stamps with an overprint of B. Dates:1882 . 1885 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:British Post Offices Abroad

Bangladesh

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Formerly East Pakistan. Dates:1971 . Capital:Dacca Currency:(1971) 100 paisa = 1 rupee (1972) 100 paisa = 1 taka

Baranya (Serbian Occupation)

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Serbian occupation of Hungary. Dates:1919 only Capital:Pecs Currency:100 filler = 1 korona Album:Serbian Occupation Issues

Barbados

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Self government was attained on 16 October 1961. Became an independent member of the British Commonwealth on 30 November 1966. Dates:1852 . Capital:Bridgetown Currency: (1852) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1950) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Barbuda

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Barbuda is one of the islands making up the state of Antigua & Barbuda. It had a separate issue in 1922 of overprinted Leeward Islands stamps (11 values). Apart from this, it used stamps of Antigua and Leeward Islands concurrently until 1968. During 1971-1973, Antigua stamps were in sole use. Barbuda has had its own stamps on a regular basis 1968-1971 and since 1973. Barbuda stamps are valid in Antigua and vice-versa. Dates:1922 . Capital:Codrington Currency: (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Antigua & Barbuda

Barwani

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Dates:1921 . 1938 Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Bashahr

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Basle

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Swiss Cantonal Administration issue on 1 July 1845 was of one stamp only. This was valued at 21/2 rappen and inscribed STADT POST BASEL. Dates:1845 only Currency:100 rappen = 1 franken Album:Swiss Cantonal Issues

Basutoland

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Used Cape of Good Hope stamps 1880-1933 and became Lesotho in 1966. Dates:1933 . 1966 Capital:Maseru Currency:(1933) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand See also:Lesotho

Batum (British Occupation)

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Batum is a Georgian Black Sea port which had been captured by Turkey in April 1918. It was occupied by British forces December 1918 to 6 July 1920 when it was included in the Republic of Georgia. Separate stamps were issued by Batum in 1919. In addition, several issues of both these and Russian types were overprinted BRITISH OCCUPATION. Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:British Occupation Issues

Bavaria

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Stamps are inscribed BAYERN. Dates:1849 . 1920 Capital:Munich Currency: (1849) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden (1874) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Bechuanaland

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Previously Bechuanaland Protectorate; now Botswana. Dates:1965 . 1966 Capital:Mafeking Currency:100 cents = 1 rand Includes:Bechuanaland Protectorate See also:Botswana

Bechuanaland Protectorate

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The territory north of the Molopo river which became Botswana in 1966. The first issues 1888-1889 were overprinted Great Britain, British Bechuanaland and Cape of Good Hope types. During 1890-1897, British Bechuanaland stamps were used. From October 1897, overprinted Great Britain were used until 12 December 1932 when specific stamps for the Protectorate were first issued. Dates:1888 . 1965 Capital:Mafeking Currency: (1888) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand Album:Bechuanaland See also: British Bechuanaland; Cape of Good Hope

Beirut

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Stamps were issued by British, French and Russian post offices. The British office was open 1873-1914: one issue of 1906 was particular to this office which normally issued British Levant. The French office was open 1840-1914: one issue of 1905 was particular to the office which otherwise issued French stamps (to 1885) or French Levant (1885-1914). The Russian office was open 1857-1914: particular stamps issued in 1879 and 1909-10; normally used Russia or Russian Levant. Other offices were opened by Austria, Egypt, Germany and Italy. The German office was open 1900-14 and used German Levant. The Italian office was open 1873-83 and used the ESTERO overprints. The Austrian office used Austrian Levant and the Egyptian office used Egypt. Refer:Beirut (British Post Office); Beirut (French Post Office); Beirut (Russian Post Office) See also:Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Beirut (British Post Office)

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The office was open 1873-1914 and normally used stamps of British Levant. One issue on 2 July 1906 was particular to Beirut. This consisted of one stamp with an overprint of 1 Piastre, the stamp used being the twopence Edward VII definitive (green and carmine) that was first issued in Britain during September 1905. Dates:1906 only Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Beirut (French Post Office)

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The office was open 1840-1914 and normally used stamps of France (to 1885) or French Levant (1885-1914). One issue of 17 January 1905 was particular to Beirut. This consisted of a single French stamp overprinted by 1 Piastre Beyrouth. Dates:1905 only Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Beirut (Russian Post Office)

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The office was open 1857-1914 and normally used stamps of Russia or Russian Levant. Occasional issues in 1879 and again in 1909-10 were particular to Beirut. These were Russian Levant types overprinted by Beyrouth and a value. Dates:1879 . 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Belarus

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Formerly part of the Russian Empire and the USSR, Belarus became independent in 1991 and began its own postal administration in 1992. It has previously been called Byelorussia or White Russia. Dates:1992 . Capital:Minsk Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Belgian Congo

Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire. Dates:1909 1960 Capital:Leopoldville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Congo Free State

Belgian Occupation Issues

Includes:Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation); German East Africa (Belgian Occupation); Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Belgium

Dates:1849 Capital:Brussels Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Belgium (German Occupation)

Dates:1914 1918 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Belize

Dates:1973 Capital: Belmopan Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:British Honduras

Belorussia

Refer:Belarus

Benadir

Dates:1903 1905 Capital:Mogadishu Currency:100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia Album:Italian Somaliland

Benghazi (Italian Post Office)

Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya. Dates:1901 1912 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Benin

Formerly Dahomey. Dates:1976 Capital:Porto Novo Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Benin (French Colony) See also:Dahomey

Benin (French Colony)

The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892-99 and was then incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin. Dates:1892 1899 Capital:Porto Novo Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Benin

Bequia

Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent. Refer:Grenadines of St Vincent

Bergedorf

Became part of Hamburg in 1867. Dates:1861 1867 Currency:16 schillings = 1 mark Album:German States

Berlin-Brandenburg (Russian Zone)

Superceded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones. Dates:1945 only Capital:Berlin (Russian Zone) Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

Bermuda

Dates:1865 Capital:Hamilton Currency: (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Bessarabia

Refer:Moldova

Beyrouth

Refer:Beirut (French Post Office); Beirut (Russian Post Office)

Bhopal

Dates:1876 1949 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Bhor

Dates:1879 1901 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Bhutan

Dates:1962 Capital:Thimphu Currency:100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)

Biafra

Nigerian civil war issues. Dates:1968 1969 Capital:Port Harcourt Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Nigerian Territories

Bijawar

Dates:1935 1937 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

BMA

Bohemia & Moravia

Dates:1939 1945 Capital:Prague Currency:100 haleru = 1 koruna

Bohmen und Mahren

Refer:Bohemia & Moravia

Boka Kotorska

Refer:Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Bolivar

Dates:1863 1904 Capital:Monteria Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso Album:Colombian Territories

Bolivia

Dates:1867 Capital:La Paz Currency:(1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano (1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Bophutatswana

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage. Dates:1977 Capital:Mmambatho (aka Sun City) Currency:100 cents = 1 rand Album:South African Territories

Borneo

Refer:Japanese Naval Control Area

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dates:1993 Capital:Sarajevo Currency:(1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1997) 100 fennig = 1 mark Includes:Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire); Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian Post Offices); Bosnia and Herzegovina (Provincial Issues); Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues) See also:Bosnian Serb Republic; Croatia; Yugoslavia

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria was authorised to occupy Bosnia & Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During 1912-18, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST. Dates:1878 1918 Capital:Sarajevo Currency:(1878-1899) 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden (1900-1918) 100 heller = 1 krone Album:Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzogovina (Croatian Post Offices)

When the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed from Sarajevo in March 1992, a civil war situation escalated with Bosnian Serbs attempting to seize control of the country. An immediate effect of the conflict was that the country split into three entities: Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), based at Pale, which declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia; the Moslem-dominated central government based in Sarajevo; and a Croat administration based at Mostar. The Mostar regime issued stamps inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA for four years. Some issues referred to Croatia itself. When the Dayton Agreement was finalised in November 1995, the Mostar regime amalgamated with the Sarajevo government to form the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Bosnian Serb Republic remained separate. Combined issues inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA have been issued since 1996. In 1997, the currency changed to 100 fennig = 1 mark. Dates:1992 1996 Capital:Mostar Currency: (1992) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1994) 100 lipa = 1 kuna Album:Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)

The 1918-21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after WW1. Dates:1918 1921 Capital:Sarajevo Currency:100 heller = 1 krone Album:Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of WWII. Dates:1945 only Capital:Sarajevo Currency:100 banicas = 1 kuna Album:Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb Republic

Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia & Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia. By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic. Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992. Dates:1992 Capital:Pale Currency:100 paras = 1 dinar See also:Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian Post Offices); Yugoslavia

Botswana

Dates:1966 Capital:Gaberone Currency:(1966) 100 cents = 1 rand (1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula See also:Bechuanaland

Bouvet Island

Refer:Norwegian Dependency

Boyaca

Dates:1899 1903 Capital:Tunja Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso Album:Colombian Territories

Brazil

Dates:1843 Capital:Brasilia Currency:(1843) 1000 = 1 milreis (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro

Bremen

Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867. Dates:1855 1867 Capital:Bremen Currency:22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler Album:German States

Britain

Shortened form of Great Britain (GB). Great Britain is the standard issuer of British stamps used throughout the United Kingdom (UK).

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Great Britain

British Administration Issues

Refer:

Eritrea (British Administration);
Somalia (British Administration);
Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

British Antarctic Territory

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1963 . (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Album:	British Antarctic Territory
See also:	Falkland Islands Dependencies; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

British Bechuanaland

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1885 . 1897
Mafeking
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Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. It is now the northern part of Cape Province in South Africa.

The first stamps issued were Cape of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints. Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely, British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1890 to 1897.

Album:	Cape of Good Hope
See also:	Bechuanaland Protectorate

British Central Africa

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1891 . 1908 Zomba 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	British Central Africa
See also:	Malawi; Nyasaland Protectorate

British Columbia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1865 . 1868 Vancouver (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1868) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States
See also:	Canada

British Columbia & Vancouver Island

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1860 only Vancouver 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Canadian States
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British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan

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Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

British Consular Mail

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Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

British East Africa

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1895 . 1903 Nairobi 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	British East Africa
Includes:	British East Africa Company; East Africa & Uganda Protectorates; Uganda Protectorate
See also:	Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

British East Africa Company

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1890 . 1895 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	British East Africa

British Field Office in Salonika

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Salonika (British Field Office)

British Forces in Egypt

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Egypt (British Forces)

British Guiana

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1850 . 1966 Georgetown 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	British Guiana
See also:	Guyana

British Honduras

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1866 . 1973 Belize City (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1888) 100 cents = 1 dollar
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See also:	Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1868 . 1976 Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles) 100 cents = 1 rupee
Album:	British Indian Ocean Territory
See also:	Seychelles; Zil Elwannyen Sesel

British Levant

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British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

British Middle East Forces

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Middle East Forces

British Military Administration Issues (BMA)

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Eritrea (British Military Administration);
Malaya (British Military Administration);
North Borneo (British Military Administration);
Sarawak (British Military Administration);
Somalia (British Military Administration);
Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

British New Guinea

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1901 . 1906 Port Moresby 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Papua New Guinea

British Occupation Issues

Album:	British Occupation Issues
Includes:	Baghdad (British Occupation); Batum (British Occupation); Bushire (British Occupation); Cameroons (British Occupation); East Africa Forces; German East Africa (British Occupation); Iraq (British Occupation); Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation); Long Island (British Occupation); Mafia Island (British Occupation)
See also:	BA/BMA Issues; Egypt (British Forces); Germany (Allied Occupation); Middle East Forces; Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)

British Occupation of Italian Colonies

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BA/BMA Issues;
East Africa Forces;
Middle East Forces

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

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1948 . 1966

(1948) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee

British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.

Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950) and Umm Said (February 1956). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963. The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960; and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951-53.

The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961. As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 31 March 1957; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.

Album:	British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
See also:	Abu Dhabi; Bahrain; Dubai; Kuwait; Muscat; Qatar; Trucial States

British Post Offices Abroad

Album:	British Post Offices Abroad
Includes:	Bangkok (British Post Office); China (British Post Offices); China (British Railway Administration); Crete (British Post Offices); Japan (British Post Offices); Madagascar (British Consular Mail)
See also:	British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Morocco Agencies; Tangier

British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1885 . 1923 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album:	British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Includes:	Beirut (British Post Office); Salonika (British Field Office)

British Regional Issues

Refer:

Great Britain (Regional Issues)

British Solomon Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1907 . 1975 Honiara 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Solomon Islands

British Somaliland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1903 only Berbera 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Somaliland Protectorate

British South Africa Company

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12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

In 1924, the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.

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See also:	Rhodesia

British Virgin Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1968 . Road Town 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	British Virgin Islands
Includes:	Virgin Islands
See also:	Leeward Islands

British Zone

No separate issues. From 1945-1949, always used the same stamps as the American Zone.

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American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);
Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government);
Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)

Brunei

Dates:1895 . Capital:Bandar Seri Begawan Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 . 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868. Dates:1852 . 1868 Capital:Brunswick Currency:30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler Album:German States

Buenos Aires

Dates:1858 . 1862 Currency:8 reales = 1 peso Album:Argentine Territories

Bukovina

Refer:West Ukraine

Bulgaria

Dates:1879 . Capital:Sofia Currency:(1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev

Bulgarian Occupation Issues

Refer:Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Bulgarian Territories

Includes:Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation); Eastern Rumelia; South Bulgaria

Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948-50. Dates:1894 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta. Dates:1984 . Capital:Ouagadougou Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Upper Volta

Burma

Dates:1937 . Capital:Rangoon Currency:(1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee) Includes:Myanmar

Burma (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 . 1945 Currency:(1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Burundi

Dates:1962 . Capital:Bujumbura Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc

Bushire (British Occupation)

Bushire is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During WWI, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION. Dates:1915 only Currency:20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman Album:British Occupation Issues

Bussahir

Dates:1895 . 1896 Currency:16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Byelorussia

Refer:Belarus

Cabinda

Formerly Portuguese Congo, this territory had protectorate status since 1883 and was separate from Portuguese West Africa. As part of various independence movements in the 1960s a group called Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) established a government-in-exile in Kinshasha. FLEC made a unilateral declaration of independence on 1 August 1975 but it was not recognised by Portugal or internationally.

In November 1975, Angolan troops of the MPLA occupied Cabinda which was annexed into the newly independent Angolan state. Angola calls the territory Cabinda Province. Since then, FLEC and other factions within Cabinda have struggled for full independence and seek to form the Republic of Cabinda.

In October 2006, a set of stamps was issued by the Cabinda separatists. All were overprinted Angolan stamps with a denomination of 500 Central African francs. The issuers stated their intention to produce a definitive Cabinda stamp based on a new currency, the Cabindan escudo.

Refer:

Angola;
Portuguese Congo

Caicos Islands

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1981 1985
Blue Hills (Providenciales)
100 cents = 1 dollar

Separate issues by the Caicos part of the Turks & Caicos Islands, which are in the Caribbean north of Hispaniola. The Caicos are not politically independent of the Turks and there remains some controversy about the validity of the stamps, although they have been accepted for postal use.

Album:

Turks & Caicos Islands

Calchi

The Italian name of Khalki, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Khalki

Calimno

The Italian name of Kalimnos, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Kalimnos

Calino

Variant of Calimno.

Refer:

Kalimnos

Calymnos

Variant of Kalimnos.

Refer:

Kalimnos

Cambodge

French variant of Cambodia.

Refer:

Cambodia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1951 Phnom Penh (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre; (1955) 100 cents = 1 riel
Album:	Cambodia
Includes:	Kampuchea; Khmer Republic
See also:	Indo-China

Cambodia (Indo-China)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1936 only
Phnom Penh
100 cents = 1 piastre

One issue in 1936 when part of French Indo-China.

Album:	Indo-China Territories
See also:	Annam (Indo-China); Cambodia

Cameroons (British Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1915 only

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

British and French forces occupied the country during FWW and issue German Kamerun Yacht types with overprint of CEF and British currency value. The British section became Southern Cameroons and was administered as part of Nigeria until 1960 when it rejoined Cameroun (the former French section) after a plebiscite.

Album:	British Occupation Issues
See also:	Southern Cameroons

Cameroun

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1915
Yaounde
100 centimes = 1 franc

The German colony of Kamerun was occupied by French and British forces during FWW. Southern Cameroons became part of Nigeria but the remainder was administered by France until 1960 as Cameroun. During the FWW occupation period, the French issued stamps of Gabon overprinted Corps Expeditionnaire Franco-Anglais CAMEROUN; and stamps of Middle Congo overprinted CAMEROUN Occupation Francaise. After the war, the Middle Congo stamps were simply overprinted CAMEROUN. The first issues specifically for Cameroun were produced in 1925. Cameroun became an independent republic in 1960 and, following a plebiscite, Southern Cameroons was reunited with it.

Album:	Cameroun
See also:	Kamerun

Canada

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1851 Ottawa (1851) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1859) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canada
See also:	Canadian States

Canadian States

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1851 1949 Ottawa (1851) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1859) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States
Includes:	British Columbia; British Columbia & Vancouver Island; New Brunswick; New Carlisle (Gasp.); Newfoundland; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Vancouver Island
See also:	Canada

Canal Zone

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1904 1979
Balboa
100 cents = 1 balboa

Now uses stamps of Panama.

Album:

Canal Zone

Canary Islands

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1936 1938
Las Palmas
100 centimos = 1 peseta

Overprinted airmail stamps were used during the Spanish Civil War.

Album:	Canary Islands
See also:	Spain

Candia

Refer:

Kandia

Canea

Refer:

Khania (Italian Post Office)

Canouan

Unauthorised issues only. Canouan is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.

Refer:

Grenadines of St Vincent

Canton (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1901 1922 (1901) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
Album:	China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Cape Colony

Refer:

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Juby

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1916 1950

100 centimos = 1 peseta

Cape Juby became part of Spanish Sahara in 1950 and is now in Morocco.

Album:

Spanish West Africa

Cape of Good Hope

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1853 1910 Cape Town 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Cape of Good Hope
Includes:	British Bechuanaland; Griqualand West; Mafeking; Stellaland; Vryburg

Cape Province

Refer:

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Verde Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1877 Praia 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Cape Verde Islands
See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Carchi

Variant of Calchi.

Refer:

Khalki

Carinthia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 only

100 heller = 1 krone (Austrian series);
100 paras = 1 dinar (Yugoslav series)

Austrian and Yugoslav overprints used during a plebiscite. Carinthia remained in Austria.

Album:

Plebiscite Issues

Carnaro Regency

Refer:

Arbe;
Fiume;
Veglia

Caroline Islands (Karolinen)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1899 1914
Truk
100 pfennige = 1 mark

A group of islands in the western South Pacific of which the main ones are Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape and Kosrae. They were a Spanish colony from 1885 but there was no postal service as such until 1899 when the islands were purchased by Germany as the protectorate of Karolinen.

Karolinen was administered from Rabaul in German New Guinea. Issues of standard German Colonies types were inscribed KAROLINEN. These were in use 1899-1914. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the islands were seized by Japan which retained control until driven out by American forces in WW2. American occupation continued after WW2 and the islands became a UN Trust Territory under USA administration 1947-83. Palau became independent in 1981; the remainder became Micronesia in 1983.

Used stamps of Japan 1914-46; used stamps of USA 1946-83.

Album:	German Colonies
See also:	Micronesia; Palau

Carpathos

Variant of Karpathos.

Refer:

Karpathos

Caso/Casos

The Italian name of Kasos, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Kasos

Castellorizo (French Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 1921
Kastelorizo
French (100 centimes = 1 franc) used concurrently with Turkish (40 paras = 1 piastre)

Castellorizo ("Red Castle") is the French name for Kastelorizo, a Greek island off the southwest coast of Turkey which was part of the Ottoman Empire until occupied by French naval forces in December 1915. Turkish stamps were in use to 1915. French Levant issues were introduced in 1916 which are recognised by postmark. The French administration issued stamps in 1920 with B. N. F. CASTELLORIZO and O. N. F. Castellorizo overprints. The island was awarded to Italy as part of the Dodecanese in 1921 and was subsequently unified with Greece in 1947.

Album:	French Occupation Issues
See also:	Kastelorizo

Castelrosso (Italian Occupation)

Greek island off the southwest coast of Turkey which was part of the Ottoman Empire until occupied by French naval forces in December 1915. It was awarded to Italy by the Treaty of S.vres and temporarily placed under Italian naval administration on 1 March 1921. In July 1922, it was incorporated into Italy's Dodecanese colony until it was ceded to Greece in September 1947. It is now called Kastelorizo and remains a constituent of Greece.

Italian stamps overprinted CASTELROSSO were issued on 11 July 1922. A specific issue for the island was introduced in January 1923 with the inscription OCCUPAZIONE ITALIANA CASTELROSSO (Italian Occupation of Castelrosso). After that, general Dodecanese issues with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO prevailed through the period of Italian control to 1943, though Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were again issued in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Kastelorizo

Cauca

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1886 only 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album:	Colombian Territories

Cavalla/Cavalle

Refer:

Kavalla (French Post Office)

Cayes of Belize

Unofficial issues only.

Refer:

Belize

Cayman Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1900 George Town (1900) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Cayman Islands

CEF

These initials have been used in two entirely separate spheres. They refer to the international China Expeditionary Force sent to China in 1900; also to the British forces which occupied German Kamerun in 1915 (i.e., Cameroons Expeditionary Force). Refer:Cameroons (British Occupation); China Expeditionary Force

Celebes

Refer:Japanese Naval Control Area

Central African Empire

Dates:1977 . 1979 Capital:Bangui Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Formerly Ubangi-Chari and in French Equatorial Africa. Was known as Central African Empire 1977-79. Dates:1959 . Capital:Bangui Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Central African Empire See also:French Equatorial Africa; Oubangui-Chari

Central China (People's Post)

Regional issues by Chinese People's Republic. Dates:1949 . 1950 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:CPR Regional Issues

Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)

The territory was absorbed by Poland in 1922 and became part of the USSR in 1939. Dates:1920 . 1922 Currency:100 fenigow = 1 mark Album:Polish Post Abroad

Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Italian occupation forces issued Greek stamps overprinted Occupazione Militare Italiana isole Cefalonia e Itaca. These were replaced by a general issue for all the Ionian Islands. Dates:1941 only Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma (Greek) Album:Italian Occupation Issues See also:Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Ceylon

Dates:1857 . 1972 Capital:Colombo Currency:100 cents = 1 rupee See also:Sri Lanka

Chad

Used stamps of French Equatorial Africa 1937-59. Dates:1959 . Capital:Ndjamena Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Chad (French Colony) See also:French Equatorial Africa

Chad (French Colony)

Used stamps of French Equatorial Africa 1937-59. Dates:1922 . 1937 Capital:Fort Lamy Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Chad

Chalce

Refer:Khalki

Chamba

Dates:1886 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Convention States

Chandernagore

Refer:French Indian Settlements

Channel Islands

British territory since the Norman Conquest, having previously been part of the Duchy of Normandy. Alderney, Herm and Sark are in the Bailiwick of Guernsey while Jersey has separate administration. During WWII, the islands were occupied by Germany from 30 June 1940 to 9 May 1945. British stamps were used 1840-1940. These can only be distinguished by postmark. During the occupation period, local issues were used in Guernsey and Jersey after British stocks ran out. British stamps were again in use 1945-1958. On 10 May 1948, the only general issue for the whole Channel Islands was introduced. British Regional issues were used from 1958 till 1 October 1969 when Guernsey and Jersey began separate postal administration and issued their own stamps. Alderney began local issues in 1983. The 1948 general issue commemorated the third anniversary of the liberation. There were two values: 1d and 2=d. The stamps were also valid throughout Britain. Dates:1948 only Capital:St Helier (Jersey); St Peter Port (Guernsey) Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:Alderney; Great Britain (Regional Issues); Guernsey; Jersey

Charkari

Dates:1894 . 1940 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Chile

Dates:1853 . Capital:Santiago Currency:(1853) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1960) 10 milesimos = 1 centesimo; 100 centesimos = 1 escudo (1975) 100 centesimos = 1 peso Includes:Tierra del Fuego

China

Refer:Chinese Empire; Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan); Chinese People's Republic; Chinese Republic; Shanghai; Taiwan

China (British Post Offices)

The offices were in Amoy (opened 1844), Canton (1844), Foochow (1844), Ningpo (1844), Shanghai (1844), Swatow (1861), Hankow (1872), Kiungchow (1873), Tientsin (1882) and Chefoo (1903). All closed on 30 November 1922. The stamps continued to be used until 1930 in Wei-Hei-Wei, a colony which was leased to Britain from 1898 to 1 October 1930 and was then returned to China. The stamps were Hong Kong types overprinted CHINA. Dates:1917 . 1930 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:British Post Offices Abroad

China (British Railway Administration)

The Chinese half cent stamp of 1898 was surcharged 5 cents and overprinted BRA. The stamps were used for collection of a late letter fee on letters posted in a mail van on British operated railways. Dates:1901 only Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:British Post Offices Abroad

China Expeditionary Force

The China Expeditionary Force was an international army sent to China in 1900. It relieved Peking and suppressed the Boxer Rebellion. It continued to police northern China until 1906, though a small contingent remained after that. Indian stamps overprinted CEF were used at various foreign post offices throughout China until 25 November 1923. Dates:1900 . 1923 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

China (French Post Offices)

This refers to general issues for all French and Indo-Chinese offices in China. Various stamps of France or Indo-China were either overprinted or inscribed CHINE. Several offices had individual issues. Prior to 1894, stamps of France were used. The offices were at Shanghai (opened November 1862), Tientsin (16 March 1889), Chefoo (November 1898), Hankow (1898), Peking (December 1900), Amoy (January 1902), Foochow (1902) and Ningpo (1902). All closed on 31 December 1922. Dates:1894 . 1922 Currency:(1894) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1907) 100 cents = 1 piastre Album:French Post Offices Abroad

China (German Post Offices)

This refers to general issues for all German post offices in China. Various stamps of Germany were either overprinted or inscribed CHINA. Prior to 1898, stamps of Germany were used. The offices were at Shanghai (opened 16 August 1886), Tientsin (October 1889), Chefoo (1 June 1892), Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Ichang, Nanking, Peking, Swatow and Chinkiang. The last nine were opened after 1900 but dates are unknown. All offices closed on 17 March 1917. Dates:1898 . 1917 Currency:(1898) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark (1905) 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:German Post Offices Abroad

China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Dates:1900 . 1922 Currency:(1900) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre Includes:Canton (Indo-Chinese Post Office); Hoi-Hao (Indo-Chinese Post Office); Kouang-Tcheou; Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Office); Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office); Tchongking (Indo-Chinese Post Office); Yunnanfu (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

China (Italian Post Offices)

Italy had two post offices in China: at Peking (Pechino) and Tientsin. Both used Italian stamps particular to the office. The offices were open from September 1917 to 31 December 1922 and were for use by diplomatic and military personnel. Refer:Pechino (Italian Post Office); Tientsin (Italian Post Office)

China (Japanese Occupation)

Refer:Japanese Occupation Issues; Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation); Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation); Manchukuo; Nangking & Shanghai (Japanese Occupation); North China (Japanese Occupation)

China (Japanese Post Offices)

Stamps of Japan were issued at the various offices with an overprint in Japanese characters which denoted Japanese Agencies. From 15 April 1876 until 31 December 1899, stamps of Japan were used without overprint. The main office was at Shanghai (opened 15 April 1876). Others were at Chefoo, Chingkiang, Foochow, Hangchow, Kiukiang, Newchang (now Yingkow), Mingoo, Shansi, Soochow and Tientsin. All offices closed in 1922. Dates:1900 . 1922 Currency:10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen Album:Japanese Post Offices Abroad

China (Russian Post Offices)

The Russian offices were at Peking (opened 1870), Kalgan (1870), Tientsin (1870), Urga (Mongolia, 1870), Shanghai (1897), Chefoo (1897), Hankow (1897), Port Arthur (1899-1904) and Dairen (1899-1904). All were closed in 1920. Russian stamps without overprint were used from 1870. From 1899, Russian stamps were overprinted with Cyrillic KHTAH (i.e., China). All stamps were inscribed in Russian currency but the offices accepted Chinese payment for them at the rate of 1 Chinese cent to 1 Russian kopeck. Dates:1899 . 1920 Currency:(1899) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1917) 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Russian Post Offices Abroad

Chinese Empire

Dates:1878 . 1912 Capital:Peking (Beijing) Currency:(1878) 100 candarins = 1 tael (1897) 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Tibet (Chinese Post Offices) See also:Shanghai

Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan)

Stamps are inscribed REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Dates:1949 . Capital:Taipei Currency:100 sen = 1 dollar

Chinese People's Republic

General issues were concurrent with regional issues 1949-51 and then superceded them. Dates:1949 . Capital:Beijing (Peking) Currency:(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1955) 100 feu = 1 yuan See also:CPR Regional Issues

Chinese Post Offices

Refer:Tibet (Chinese Post Offices)

Chinese Provinces

Includes:Kirin & Heilungkiang; North Eastern Provinces; Sinkiang; Szechwan; Taiwan; Yunnan See also:CPR Regional Issues; Manchukuo

Chinese Republic

Dates:1912 . 1949 Capital:Peking (Beijing) Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Chios

Refer:Khios

Christmas Island

Christmas Island was discovered by Captain William Mynors on Christmas Day 1643 and annexed by Britain in 1888. It was transferred to Australia in 1958 and is now part of Northern Territory. Dates:1958 . Capital:Flying Fish Cove Currency:(1958) 100 cents = 1 Malaysian dollar (1968) 100 cents = 1 Australian dollar

Chungking

Refer:Tchongking (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Cilicia (French Occupation)

French occupation issues of Turkish stamps with various overprints which all included CILICIE. Dates:1918 . 1921 Capital:Adana Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:French Occupation Issues

CIS

Refer:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Ciskei

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage. Dates:1981 . Capital:Bisho Currency:100 cents = 1 rand Album:South African Territories

Cochin

Cochin was a state of south India which merged with Travancore on 1 July 1949 to form Travancore-Cochin. This in turn became the state of Kerala in 1956. Dates:1892 . 1949 Capital:Ernakulam Currency:(1892) 6 puttans = 5 annas (1898) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States See also:Travancore-Cochin

Cochin-China

Stamps of France were introduced in 1862 when the region became a French colony. On 17 October 1887, Cochin-China united with Cambodia, Annam and Tongking to form Indo-China. Stamps of Indo-China were introduced in January 1889. There were five Cochin-China stamps. All were surcharged French Colonies Commerce types. One (SG#3) was distinctive by an overprint of C.CH. Cochin-China is now the southern part of Vietnam. Dates:1886 . 1889 Capital:Saigon Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Indo-China Territories

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Discovered by Captain William Keeling in 1609, the islands were uninhabited until 1826. They were annexed by Britain in 1857. Administration was mainly by Singapore until 1955 when the islands were transferred to Australia as a Dependent Territory. Australian stamps were used 1955-1963 and again from 14 February 1966 to 8 July 1969 due to the introduction of decimal currency. Dates:1963 . Capital:West Island Currency: (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Coetivy

Coetivy is an island in the Indian Ocean, south of the main Seychelles group. A post office was opened there in 1963. It was administered by Britain as part of the Seychelles until 8 November 1965 when it was included in British Indian Ocean Territory. From 1976, Coetivy has been in the independent Seychelles and uses stamps of Zil Elwannyen Sesel. Refer:Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Colombia

Dates:1859 . Capital:Bogota Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso

Colombian Territories

Includes:Antioquia; AVIANCA; Bolivar; Boyaca; Cauca; Cundinamarca; Granadine Confederation; LANSA; New Granada; Santander; Tolima

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

The CIS was founded in December 1991 at a meeting in Minsk of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. It was intended to be a commonwealth of Slav republics to ensure co-operation in defence, economics and foreign policy. It was subsequently joined by all the other former Soviet states except Georgia and the three Baltic republics. Stamps of the USSR continued to be used in the member states until each could introduce new types. There have been no issues for the CIS as a whole. Refer:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Comoro Islands

An archipelago in the Indian Ocean, north west of Madagascar. The four main islands are Anjouan, Grande Comore (Great Comoro), Mayotte and Moheli. Mayotte is politically a French overseas department, while the others constitute the Comoros Republic. The whole group came under French protection after 1841 and were separate colonies during 1891-1914. In this period, each island issued French Colonial "Tablet" types inscribed with the island's name. On 23 February 1914, they were attached to Madagascar as dependencies. British forces captured the islands from Vichy control in 1942 and, on 9 May 1946, they became collectively a French overseas department called ARCHIPEL DES COMORES. Stamps of Madagascar & Dependencies were used 1914-1950. The first Comoros issue was on 15 May 1950. Independence was declared on 6 July 1975 as the Comoros Republic, but this move was resisted in Mayotte which continued to be part of France and now uses stamps of France. Mayotte has a predominantly Catholic population whereas the other three islands are mainly Muslim. Dates:1950 . Capital:Moroni (Grande Comore) Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc

Companhia do Nyassa

Refer:Nyassa

Confederate States of America

The Confederacy was established by the southern US states in February 1861 when they seceded from the Union. This precipitated the US Civil War which ended 9 April 1865 with the surrender of Robert E Lee's army to that of Ulysses S Grant. The first Confederacy stamps were issued 18 October 1861. There were four issues in all with values ranging from 2 to 20 cents. All the stamps were definitive types with portraits of Jefferson Davis (Confederacy president) or of former Union presidents such as Washington, Jefferson and Jackson. Dates:1861 . 1865 Capital:Richmond (Virginia) Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:United States of America

Congo (Indian UN Force)

Stamps were issued to Indian military personnel with the United Nations force in the Congo. These were six values of the familiar Indian map type overprinted UN FORCE (INDIA) CONGO. Dates:1962 only Currency:100 naye paise = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Congo Free State

A vast country in central Africa which was not fully explored by Europeans until the 1870s. The missions, including those of Stanley and Livingstone, were partly financed by King Leopold II of Belgium who established the Congo Free State under his personal rule on 2 May 1885. Stamps were issued from 1 January 1886 inscribed ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO. On 18 October 1908, the Congo was annexed by an Act of the Belgian parliament and renamed Belgian Congo (Congo Belge). The first stamps with this inscription were issued on 1 January 1909. In the meantime, stocks of Congo Free State stamps were overprinted CONGO BELGE. Dates:1886 . 1908 Capital:Leopoldville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Belgian Congo

Congo Republic

Formerly Middle Congo. Dates:1959 . Capital:Brazzaville Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:French Congo; French Equatorial Africa; Middle Congo

Congo Republic (Zaire)

Formerly Belgian Congo and Zaire. Dates:1960 . 1971 Capital:Kinshasa Currency:(1960) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1967) 100 sengi = 1 kuta; 100 kuta = 1 zaire Album:Zaire

Constantinople

A number of foreign post offices were established in Constantinople. Most issued stamps of the home country or general Levant types of that country. There were overprinted local issues by the Italian, Polish, Romanian and Russian offices. Refer:Constantinople (Italian Post Office); Constantinople (Polish Post Office); Constantinople (Romanian Post Office); Constantinople (Russian Post Office)

Constantinople (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1908 . 1923 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Constantinople (Polish Post Office)

Dates:1919 . 1921 Currency:100 fenigi = 1 marka Album:Polish Post Abroad

Constantinople (Romanian Post Office)

Dates:1896 . 1919 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Constantinople (Russian Post Office)

The office was open 1863-1918 and normally used stamps of Russia or Russian Levant. There was an individual overprint for Galata PO in Constantinople in 1909-10. Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Coo

Refer:Kos

Cook Islands

Dates:1892 . Capital:Avarua Currency:(1892) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Rarotonga

Cordoba

Dates:1858 only Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso fuerte Album:Argentine Territories

Corfu (Italian Occupation)

Italian occupation during brief dispute with Greece. Italian stamps overprinted CORFU were prepared but only a few had been introduced when evacuation took place. Dates:1923 only Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italian Occupation Issues See also:Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

Italian occupation forces issued Greek stamps overprinted CORFU. These were replaced by a general issue for the whole of the Ionian Islands. Dates:1941 only Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma (Greek) Album:Italian Occupation Issues See also:Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Corrientes

Dates:1856 . 1878 Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso fuerte Album:Argentine Territories

Corsica

Large island in the western Mediterranean, north of Sardinia. First civilisation was established by Ionians from Phocaea about .560. Invaded by various peoples until annexed by Genoa in the 14th century. Due to constant rebellions, Genoa sold the island to France in 1768. The following year, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio and it was under his rule that Corsica finally accepted French nationality. Corsica is now a French departement. It has used stamps of France only. Capital:Ajaccio Refer:France

Cos

Refer:Kos

Costa Rica

Dates:1863 . Capital:San Jose Currency:(1863) 8 reales = 1 peso (1881) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1901) 100 centavos = 1 colon See also:Guanacaste

Council of Europe (Strasbourg)

Dates:1950 . Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

CPR Regional Issues

Includes:Central China (People's Post); East China (People's Post); North China (People's Post); North East China (People's Post); North West China (People's Post); Port Arthur & Dairen; Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia; South China (People's Post); South West China (People's Post) See also:Chinese People's Republic

Cretan Revolutionary Assembly

Stamps were issued by a rebel group led by Venizelos and based at Theriso, south of Khania. The rebels demanded union with Greece. The revolt began in March and collapsed in Nov 1905. Dates:1905 only Capital:Theriso Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma (Greek) Album:Crete

Crete

Crete was under Venetian rule to 1669 when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. A long civil war developed after 1840 which was only ended by a multi-power occupation (Britain, France, Italy and Russia) in 1898. The island was declared an autonomous republic in 1899 and was united with Greece by the Treaty of London 1913. Cretan stamps were overprinted HELLAS in 1908-09 during a premature attempt by the local parliament to declare union with Greece. Greek stamps were imported in 1912 and were already in common use when union was finally confirmed. Dates:1900 . 1913 Capital: Kandia (now Herakleion) Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma Includes:Cretan Revolutionary Assembly

Crete (Austro-Hungarian Post Offices)

Overprinted Austrian stamps were in use at offices in Kandia, Khania and Rethymnon. These offices all closed on 15 December 1914. Dates:1903 . 1914 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also: Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Crete (British Post Offices)

Stamps inscribed in Greek were used in the British sphere of administration (Kandia) during the multi-power occupation. Mail was forwarded via the Austrian office at Khania and surviving envelopes bear the stamps of both the British and Austrian agencies. It is therefore uncertain if the British stamps had international validity. Furthermore, there is no acknowledged translation of the inscription on the British stamps. There is a face value and the other words refer in part to postage and to Heraklion, the chief town of Kandia. Dates:1898 . 1899 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre (Turkish) Album:British Post Offices Abroad

Crete (French Post Offices)

France was one of the multi-power occupiers which ended the Cretan civil war in 1898-99. They established postal services in offices at Kandia, Khania, Hierapetra, Rethymnon and Sitea. Standard French types were issued with an inscription of CRETE. All offices were closed in 1913. Dates:1902 . 1913 Currency:(1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1903) 40 paras = 1 piastre

Crete (Italian Post Offices)

Refer:Khania (Italian Post Office)

Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its own sphere of administration. The service operated for a short time only: from 13 May 1899 to 29 July 1899. Four types were issued, overprinted or inscribed RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps. Dates:1899 only Currency:4 metallik = 1 grosion Album:Russian Post Offices Abroad

Crimea

Regional government issues. Dates:1918 . 1919 Capital:Simferopol Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Croatia

Following the collapse of communism, Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 30 May 1991. Serb inhabitants revolted with the backing of the Yugoslav army and fought a bitter civil war against the Croatian forces. In January 1992, a ceasefire became effective after the intervention of the UN and the EEC. At the time, Croatian Serbs controlled about 30% of the country, organised into the districts of Krajina, Western Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia. These were recognised by the UN as peacekeeping zones and the Yugoslav army withdrew. In 1993, Serbs in all three areas proclaimed themselves united as the Republic of Srpska Krajina. Elections for a president and parliament were held in January 1994. In 1995, the Republic of Croatia began to recover the Serb territories. The army occupied Western Slavonia in May and Krajina in August. Both areas were reincorporated into the republic. Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration in November and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). The administration lasted two years before Eastern Slavonia as a whole was reincorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998. The Republic of Croatia began stamp issues after independence with the inscription REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA. Dates:1991 . Capital:Zagreb Currency: (1991) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1994) 100 lipa = 1 kuna Includes:Croatia (Provincial Issues); Croatia (Semi-Autonomous State); Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue); Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia); Srpska Krajina (Croatia) See also:Yugoslavia

Croatia (Provincial Issues)

Provincial issues were in use during 1918-21 prior to Croatia joining the Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes, which became Yugoslavia in 1929. Dates:1918 . 1921 Currency: (1918) 100 filler = 1 korona (1919) 100 heller = 1 krona Album:Croatia

Croatia (Semi-Autonomous State)

After the German conquest of Yugoslavia in 1941, Croatia was a semi-autonomous state with a puppet government set up by the Nazis. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2. Dates:1941 . 1945 Capital:Zagreb Currency: (April 1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar (Sept 1941) 100 banicas = 1 kuna Album:Croatia

Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue)

Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2 but there was another regional issue in 1945 due to a shortage of Yugoslavia stamps at the time. Dates:1945 only Capital:Zagreb Currency: 100 banicas = 1 kuna Album:Croatia

Crozet

Refer:French Southern & Antarctic Territories

Cuba

Cuba and Puerto Rico had joint issues 1855-72 when both were under Spanish colonial rule. Cuba, though still a colony, had its own stamps 1873-99. In 1899, colonial rule was ended and the island was under USA administration 1899-1902, but continued to issue its own stamps. Cuba became independent in 1902. Dates:1873 . Capital:Havana Currency: (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (1881) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar (USA) (1899) 100 centavos = 1 peso See also:Cuba & Puerto Rico

Cuba & Puerto Rico

Joint issues when both islands were under Spanish colonial rule. Dates:1855 . 1872 Currency: (1855) 81/2 cuartos = 1 real (1866) 100 centimos = 1 peseta See also:Cuba; Puerto Rico

Cundinamarca

Dates:1870 . 1904 Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso Album:Colombian Territories

Curacao

Since 1948, stamps have been inscribed Netherlands Antilles. Dates:1873 . 1948 Capital:Willemstad Currency: 100 cents = 1 gulden See also:Netherlands Antilles

Cyprus

Dates:1880 . Capital:Nicosia Currency: (1880) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1881) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1955) 1000 mils = 1 pound (1983) 100 cents = 1 pound (2008) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) See also:Turkish Cypriot Posts

Cyrenaica

Became part of Libya in 1952. Dates:1923 . 1952 Capital: Benghazi Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Cyrenaica (British Occupation)

Refer:Middle East Forces (MEF)

Cythera

Refer:Ionian Islands

Czechoslovakia

The federation was dissolved on 31 December 1992 with the formation of two independent states: Czech Republic and Slovakia. Dates:1918 . 1939; 1945 . 1992 Capital:Prague Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna See also:Czech Republic; Siberia (Czechoslovak Army); Slovakia

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia was dissolved on 31 Dec 1992 when the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate states. Stamps were issued soon afterwards with the inscription CESKA REPUBLIKA. Dates:1993 . Capital:Prague Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna See also:Czechoslovakia; Slovakia

Dahomey

Dates:1899 . 1944; 1960 . 1975 Capital:Porto Novo Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Benin; French West Africa

Dai Nippon

Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area

Dairen

Refer:Port Arthur & Dairen

Dakar . Abidjan

Dates:1959 only Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French West Africa

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Dates:1943 . 1945 Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira 100 Pfennige = 1 Reichsmark Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Dalmatia (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1919 . 1923 Currency:100 centesimi = 1 corona Album:Italian Occupation Issues

Damao

Refer:Portuguese India

Danish West Indies

Dates:1855 . 1917 Capital:Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas) Currency:(1855) 100 cents = 1 dollar = 5 Danish kroner (1905) 100 bit = 1 franc = 1 Danish krone

Danubian Principalities

Refer:Moldo-Wallachia

Danzig

Dates:1920 . 1939 Currency:(1920) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (1923) 100 pfennige = 1 Danzig gulden See also:Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Dates:1924 . 1939 Currency:100 groszy = 1 zloty Album:Polish Post Abroad

Dardanelles (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Das Island

Refer:Abu Dhabi

Datia

Refer:Duttia

DDR

Refer:East Germany

Debrecen (Romanian Occupation)

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency:100 filler = 1 korona Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Deccan

Refer:Hyderabad

Dedeagh

Refer:Dedeagatz (French Post Offices)

Dedeagatz (French Post Office)

Dates:1893 . 1914 Currency: French and Turkish used concurrently Album:French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation)

Dates:1913 only Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma Album:Thrace See also:Greek Occupation Issues; Gumultsina; Western Thrace; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia

Refer:Yugoslavia (Democratic Federation)

Denikin Government

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Denmark

Dates:1851 . Capital:Copenhagen Currency:(1851) 96 rigsbank skilling (RBS)= 1 rigsdaler (1875) 100 ore = 1 krone

Deutsche Besetzung Zara

Refer:Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)

Refer:East Germany

Deutsche Militarverwaltung Kotor

Refer:Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Post

Refer:East Germany

Dhar

Dates:1897 . 1898 Currency:4 pice = 1 anna Album:Indian Native States

Diego . Suarez

Dates:1890 . 1896 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Madagascar & Dependencies

Diu

Refer:Portuguese India

Djibouti

Dates:1977 . Capital: Djibouti Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Djibouti (French Colony); Obock See also:French Somali Coast; French Territory of Afars & Issas

Djibouti (French Colony)

Dates:1893 . 1902 Capital: Djibouti Currency: 100 centmes = 1 franc Album:Djibouti

Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Dates:1916 only Currency:100 stozinki = 1 lev Album:Bulgarian Territories

Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation)

Refer:Middle East Forces

Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Dates:1947 only Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma Album: Greek Occupation Issues See also:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese); Middle East Forces

Dominica

Dates:1874 . Capital:Roseau Currency: (1874) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Dominican Republic

Dates:1865 . Capital:Santo Domingo Currency:(1865) 8 reales = 1 peso (1880) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1883) 100 centimos = 1 franco (1885) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Don Territory

Dates:1918 . 1920 Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Dorpat (German Occupation)

Dates:1918 only Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark Album:German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Dresden

Refer:South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dronning Maud Land

Refer:Norwegian Dependency

Dubai

Dates:1963 . 1972 Capital: Dubai Currency: (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal See also:British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Trucial States; United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Duitsch Oost Afrika Belgische Bezetting

Refer: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

Dungarpur

Dates:1932 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Durazzo (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1902 . 1916 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Duttia

Dates:1893 . 1899 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

EAF

Refer:East Africa Forces

East Africa

Refer:British East Africa

East Africa & Uganda Protectorates

Dates:1903 . 1922 Capital:Nairobi Currency: (1903) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1907) 100 cents = 1 rupee Album:British East Africa

East Africa Forces

Dates:1943 . 1948 Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album: British Occupation Issues

East China (People's Post)

Dates:1949 . 1950 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:CPR Regional Issues

East Germany (DDR)

Dates:1949 . 1991 Capital:East Berlin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Ostmark See also:Germany

East India

Dates:1855 . 1882 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee See also:India

East India Company

Refer:East India

East Silesia

Dates:1920 only Currency:Czech and Polish concurrently Album:Plebiscite Issues

Eastern Arabia

Refer:British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

Eastern Command Area

Dates:1916 . 1918 Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark Album:German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

Dates:1941 . 1944 Currency:100 penni = 1 markka Album:Finnish Occupation Issues

Eastern Rumelia

Dates:1880 . 1885 Capital:Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Bulgarian Territories

Eastern Siberia

Refer:USSR Issues for the Far East

Eastern Thrace

Dates:1920 . 1922 Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma Album:Thrace See also:Adrianople; Greek Occupation Issues; Western Thrace

Ecuador

Dates:1865 . Capital:Quito Currency:(1865) 8 reales = 1 peso (1881) 100 centavos = 1 sucre See also:Galapagos Islands

Edirne

Refer:Adrianople

EEF

Refer:Palestine (Egyptian Occupation)

Eesti

Refer:Estonia

Egeo

Refer:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Egypt

Dates:1866 . Capital: Cairo Currency: (1866) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1888) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound Includes:Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; United Arab Republic (UAR)

Egypt (British Forces)

Dates:1932 . 1943 Currency: 100 piastres = 1 pound See also:BA/BMA Issues; British Occupation Issues; Middle East Forces (MEF)

Egypt (French Post Offices)

Dates:1899 . 1931 Currency: (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1921) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound Includes:Alexandria (French Post Office); Port Said (French Post Office)

Egyptian Occupation Issues

Includes:Gaza (Egyptian Occupation); Palestine (Egyptian Occupation)

Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Refer:Egypt

Eire

Refer:Republic of Ireland

Ellas (ELLAS)

Refer:Greece

Ellice Islands

Refer:Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Tuvalu

Elobey Annobon & Corisco

Dates:1903 . 1908 Capital: Currency:100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish Guinea

El Salvador

Dates:1867 . Capital:San Salvador Currency:(1867) 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso (1912) 100 centavos = 1 colon

Elsass

Refer:Alsace (German Occupation)

England

Refer:Great Britain

Epirus

Dates:1914 . 1916 Capital: Ioannina Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma Includes:Northern Epirus See also:Greek Occupation Issues

Equatorial Guinea

Dates:1968 . Capital:Rey Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel) Currency:(1968) 100 centimos = 1 pesete (1973) 100 centimos = 1 ekuele (1981) biptwele

Eritrea

Dates:1893 . 1942; 1993 . Capital: Asmara Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira See also:Ethiopia; Italian East Africa

Eritrea (British Administration)

Dates:1950 . 1952 Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling Album:BA/BMA Issues

Eritrea (British Military Administration)

Dates:1948 . 1950 Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling Album:BA/BMA Issues

Estonia

Dates:1991 . Capital: Tallinn Currency:(1991) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1992) 100 senti = 1 kroon Includes:Estonia (pre-Soviet) See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Estonia (German Occupation)

Dates:1941 only Currency:100 senti = 1 kroon Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Estonia (pre . Soviet)

Dates:1918 . 1940 Capital: Tallinn Currency:(1918) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1919) 100 penni = 1 mark (1928) 100 senti = 1 kroon Album:Estonia

Ethiopia (Abyssinia)

Dates:1894 . Capital: Addis Ababa Currency: (1894) 16 guerche = 1 thaler (1905) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1907) 16 guerche = 1 thaler (1908) 16 piastres = 1 thaler (1928) 16 mehaleks = 1 thaler (1936) 100 cetimes = 1 thaler (1936) 100 centesimi = 1 lira (1946) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1976) 100 cents = 1 birr See also:Eritrea; Ethiopia (Italian Occupation); Italian East Africa

Ethiopia (French Post Offices)

Dates:1906 . 1908 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album: French Post Offices Abroad

Ethiopia (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1936 only Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italian Occupation Issues See also:Ethiopia; Italian East Africa

Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Dates:1920 only Currency:(1920: initial issue) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark (1920: later issues) 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Belgian Occupation Issues

Falkland Islands

Dates:1878 . Capital: Port Stanley Currency: (1878) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound See also:British Antarctic Territory; Falkland Islands Dependencies; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Falkland Islands Dependencies

Dates:1946 . Currency: (1946) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound Includes:Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies); South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies); South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies); South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies) See also:British Antarctic Territory; Falkland Islands; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Far Eastern Republic

Dates:1920 . 1922 Capital: Vladivostock Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Faridkot

Dates:1879 . 1887 Currency: (1879) 1 folus = 1 paisa = 1/4 anna (1886) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Convention States

Faroe Islands

Dates:1975 . Capital: Thorshavn Currency: 100 ore = 1 krone

Farquhar

Refer:Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

Refer:Yugoslavia

Federated Malay States

Dates:1900 . 1935 Capital: Kuala Lumpur Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Fernando Poo

Dates:1868 . 1968 Capital: Santa Isabel Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish Guinea

Fezzan

Dates:1943 . 1951 Capital: Sebha Currency: French (100 centimes = 1 franc) Includes:Ghadames See also:Algeria; Cyrenaica; French Occupation Issues; Libya; Tripolitania

Fezzan (French Occupation)

Refer:Fezzan

Fiji

Dates:1870 . Capital: Suva Currency: (1870) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Finland

Dates:1856 . Capital: Helsinki Currency: (1856) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1865) 100 penni = 1 markka (1963) 100 old marks = 1 new mark (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Finnish Occupation Issues

Includes:Aunus (Finnish Occupation); Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

Fiume

Includes:Arbe; Fiume (Free State); Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation); Veglia

Fiume (Free State)

Dates:1918 . 1924 Capital: Fiume Currency: (1918) 100 filler = 1 krone (1919) 100 centesimi = 1 corona (1920) 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Fiume

Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates:1945 . 1947 Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Fiume

Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1941 . 1942 Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar Album:Italian Occupation Issues

Formosa

Refer:Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan); Taiwan

France

Dates:1849 . Capital:Paris Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Free French Forces in the Levant

Dates:1942 . 1946 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Occupation Issues

French Colonies

Dates:1859 . 1886 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:French Committee of National Liberation

French Committee of National Liberation

Dates:1943 . 1945 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Colonies

French Community

Refer:French Colonies

French Congo

Dates:1891 . 1906 Capital: Brazzaville Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Congo Republic; French Equatorial Africa; Middle Congo

French Equatorial Africa (AEF)

Dates:1936 . 1958 Capital: Brazzaville Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Central African Republic; Chad; Congo Republic; French Congo; Gabon; Middle Congo; Oubangui-Chari

French Guiana

Dates:1886 . 1947 Capital: Cayenne Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) Includes:Inini

French Guinea

Dates:1892 . 1944 Capital: Conakry Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:French West Africa; Guinea

French Indian Settlements

Dates:1892 . 1954 Currency: (1892) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1923) 24 caches = 1 fanon; 8 fanons = 1 rupee

French Levant

Refer:French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Morocco

Dates:1914 . 1956 Capital: Rabat Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:French Protectorate, Morocco See also:Morocco (French Post Offices)

French Occupation Issues

Includes:Arad (French Occupation); Castelrosso (French Occupation); Cilicia (French Occupation); Free French Forces in the Levant; Korce (Koritza); Memel (French Administration); Syria (French Occupation) See also:Fezzan

French Oceanic Settlements

Dates:1892 . 1956 Capital: Papeete (Tahiti) Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Tahiti See also:French Polynesia

French Polynesia

Dates:1958 . Capital: Papeete (Tahiti) Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:French Oceanic Settlements; Tahiti

French Post Offices Abroad

Includes:China (French Post Offices); Ethiopia (French Post Offices); Japan (French Post Offices); Madagascar (French Post Offices); Majunga (French Post Office); Morocco (French Post Offices); Tangier (French Post Office); Tientsin (French Post Office); Zanzibar (French Post Office) See also:Crete (French Post Offices); Egypt (French Post Offices); French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:1885 . 1923 Currency: French and Turkish both used Includes:Beirut (French Post Office); Dedeagatz (French Post Offices); Kavalla (French Post Office); Port Lagos (French Post Office); Vathy (French Post Office) See also:French Post Offices Abroad; Crete (French Post Offices); Egypt (French Post Offices)

French Protectorate, Morocco

Dates:1914 . 1915 Capital: Rabat Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Morocco

French Somali Coast

Dates:1902 . 1967 Capital: Djibouti Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Djibouti; French Territory of Afars & Issas

French Soudan

Dates:1894 . 1944 Capital: Bamako Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Senegambia & Niger; Upper Senegal & Niger See also:French West Africa; Mali Federation; Mali Republic

French Southern & Antarctic Territories

Dates:1955 . Capital:Port-aux-Francais Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

French Territory of Afars & Issas

Dates:1967 . 1977 Capital: Djibouti Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Djibouti; French Somali Coast

French West Africa

Dates:1944 . 1959 Capital: Dakar Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Dakar-Abidjan See also:Dahomey; French Guinea; French Soudan; Ivory Coast; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal; Upper Volta

French Zone (General Issues)

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital: Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

Friendly Islands

Refer:Tonga

Fujeira

Dates:1964 . 1972 Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal Album:Trucial States

Funafuti

Refer:Tuvalu

Funchal

Dates:1892 . 1905 Capital: Funchal Currency: 1000 reis = 1 milreis See also:Madeira

Gabon

Dates:1959 . Capital:Libreville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Gabon (French Colony) See also:French Equatorial Africa

Gabon (French Colony)

Dates:1886 . 1937 Capital:Libreville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Gabon

Galapagos Islands

Dates:1957 . 1959 Capital:San Cristobal (Puerto Baquerizo) Currency:100 centavos = 1 sucre See also:Ecuador

Galata

Refer:Constantinople (Russian Post Office)

Galicia

Refer:West Ukraine

Gambia

Dates:1869 . Capital:Banjul (Bathurst) Currency:(1869) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 bututs = 1 dalasy

Gaspi

Refer:New Carlisle (Gaspi)

Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Dates:1948 . 1967 Currency:1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound Album:Egyptian Occupation Issues

Gaza (Indian UN Force)

Dates:1965 only Currency:100 paisa = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Gdansk

Refer:Danzig (Polish Post Office)

GEA

Refer:German East Africa

General Gouvernement

Refer:Poland (German Occupation WW2)

General Postal Union

Refer:Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Geneva

Dates:1843 . 1850 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Swiss Cantonal Issues See also:League of Nations (Geneva); United Nations (UN)

Georgia

Dates:1993 . Capital:Tbilisi Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Includes:Georgia (pre-Soviet) See also:Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Georgia (pre-Soviet)

Dates:1919 . 1923 Capital:Tbilisi Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Georgia See also:Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

German Cameroun

Refer:Kamerun

German Colonies

Includes:Caroline Islands; German East Africa; German New Guinea; German Samoa; German South West Africa; German Togo; Kamerun; Kiautschou; Mariana Islands (Marianen); Marshall Islands (German Colony)

German Commands

Refer:Eastern Command Area; Western Command Area

German East Africa

Dates:1893 . 1916 Capital:Dar-es-Salaam Currency:(1893) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee (1905) 100 heller = 1 rupee Album:German Colonies See also:German East Africa (Belgian Occupation); German East Africa (British Occupation); Tanganyika

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

Dates:1916 . 1918 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Belgian Occupation Issues

German East Africa (British Occupation)

Dates:1917 only Currency:100 cents = 1 rupee Album:British Occupation Issues

German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)

Refer:Kionga

German Levant

Refer:German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

German New Guinea

Dates:1898 . 1914 Capital:Rabaul Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies See also:Papua New Guinea

German Ninth Army Post

Dates:1918 only Currency:100 bani = 1 leu Album:German Occupation Issues (WW1) See also:Romania (German Occupation)

German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Dates:1914 . 1918 Includes:Belgium (German Occupation); Dorpat (German Occupation); Eastern Command Area; German Ninth Army Post; Poland (German Occupation WW1); Romania (German Occupation); Western Command Area

German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Dates:1939 . 1945 Includes:Albania (German Occupation); Alsace (German Occupation); Dalmatia (German Occupation); Estonia (German Occupation); Laibach (German Occupation); Latvia (German Occupation); Lithuania (German Occupation); Lorraine (German Occupation); Luxembourg (German Occupation); Macedonia (German Occupation); Montenegro (German Occupation); Ostland; Poland (German Occupation WW2); Serbia (German Occupation); Ukraine (German Occupation); Zante (German Occupation)

German Post Offices Abroad

Includes:China (German Post Offices); German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Morocco (German Post Offices); Zanzibar (German Postal Agency)

German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:1884 . 1914 Currency:(1884) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1908) 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:German Post Offices Abroad

German Samoa

Dates:1900 . 1914 Capital:Apia Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies

German South West Africa

Dates:1888 . 1915 Capital:Windhoek Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies See also:Namibia; South West Africa

German States

Includes:Bergedorf; Bremen; Brunswick; Hamburg; Hanover; Holstein; Lubeck; Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Oldenburg; Saxony; Schleswig; Schleswig-Holstein; Thurn & Taxis See also:Baden; Bavaria; Germany (Imperial); North German Confederation; Prussia; W|rttemberg

German Togo

Dates:1897 . 1914 Capital:Lome Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies

Germany

Dates:1991 . Capital:Berlin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark (DM) (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) See also:Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Third Reich); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany

Germany (Allied Occupation)

Dates:1945 . 1949 Includes:American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues); Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government); Anglo-American Zones (Military Government); Baden (French Zone); Berlin-Brandenburg (Russian Zone); French Zone (General Issues); Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone); North West Saxony (Russian Zone); Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone); Russian Zone (General Issues); Saar (French Zone); Saxony (Russian Zone); South East Saxony (Russian Zone); Thuringia (Russian Zone); W|rttemberg (French Zone) See also:East Germany; Germany; West Berlin; West Germany

Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Belgian Occupation Issues See also:Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Germany (Imperial)

Dates:1872 . 1919 Capital:Berlin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark See also:Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Third Reich); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany

Germany (Third Reich)

Dates:1933 . 1945 Capital:Berlin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark See also:Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany

Germany (Weimar Republic)

Dates:1919 . 1932 Capital:Berlin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark See also:Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Third Reich); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany

Ghadames

Dates:1949 . 1951 Capital:Ghadames Currency:French (100 centimes = 1 franc) Album:Fezzan

Ghana

Dates:1957 . Capital:Accra Currency:(1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1965) 100 pesewas = 1 cedi See also:Gold Coast

Gibraltar

Dates:1886 . Capital:Gibraltar Currency:(1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Gilbert Islands

Dates:1976 . 1979 Capital:Tarawa Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Kiribati

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Dates:1911 . 1975 Capital:Tarawa Currency:(1911) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Kiribati; Tuvalu

Goa

Refer:Portuguese India

Gold Coast

Dates:1875 . 1957 Capital:Accra Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:Ghana

Gorizia

Refer:Venezia Giulia & Istria

Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies)

Dates:1944 . 1946 Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Falkland Islands Dependencies

Granadine Confederation

Dates:1859 . 1861 Capital:Bogota Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso Album:Colombian Territories

Grand Liban

Refer:Lebanon

Grande Comore

Refer:Great Comoro

Great Britain

Dates:1840 . Capital:London Currency:(1840) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Dates:1958 . Currency: (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound Includes:Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales See also:Channel Islands; Guernsey; Isle of Man; Jersey

Great Comoro

Dates:1897 . 1914 Capital:Moroni Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Madagascar & Dependencies See also:Comoro Islands

Greater Lebanon

Dates:1924 . 1926 Capital:Beirut Currency:100 centimes = 1 piastre Album:Lebanon

Greece

Dates:1861 . Capital:Athens Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) Includes:Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Greek Occupation Issues

Includes:Albania (Greek Occupation); Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation); Kavalla (Greek Occupation); Khios; Lemnos; Lesbos See also:Adrianople; Aegean Islands (Dodecanese); Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation); Eastern Thrace; Epirus; Gumultsina; Ikaria; Thrace; Western Thrace; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:1861 . 1881 Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma Album:Greece

Greenland

Dates:1938 . Capital:Godthab Currency:100 ore = 1 krone

Grenada

Dates:1861 . Capital:St George's Currency:(1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Grenadines of Grenada

Dates:1973 . Capital:Hillsborough Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Grenadines of St Vincent

Dates:1973 . Capital:Port Elizabeth Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Griqualand West

Dates:1874 . 1880 Capital:Kimberley Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Cape of Good Hope

Grodno

Refer:South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Guadeloupe

Dates:1884 . 1947 Capital:Basse-Terre Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Guam

Dates:1899 . 1901 Capital:Agaqa Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:US Post Abroad

Guanacaste

Dates:1885 . 1889 Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso See also:Costa Rica

Guatemala

Dates:1871 . Capital:Guatemala City Currency:(1871) 100 centacos = 8 reales = 1 peso (1927) 100 centavos = 1 quetzal

Guernsey

Dates:1941 . Capital:St Peter Port Currency:(1941) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound See also:Alderney; Channel Islands; Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Guinea

Dates:1959 . Capital:Conakry Currency:(1959) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1973) 100 caury = 1 syli See also:French Guinea; French West Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Dates:1974 . Capital:Bissau Currency:(1974) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1976) 100 cents = 1 peso See also:Portuguese Guinea

Gulf of Kotor

Refer:Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Gumultsina

Dates:1913 only Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma Album:Thrace See also:Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation); Thrace (Allied Occupation); Western Thrace

Guyana

Dates:1966 . Capital:Georgetown Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:British Guiana

Gwalior

Dates:1885 . 1948 Capital:Gwalior Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Convention States

Hadhramaut

Refer:Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Haiti

Dates:1881 . Capital:Port-au-Prince Currency:100 centimes = 1 gourde

Hamburg

Dates:1859 . 1867 Currency:16 schillinge = 1 mark Album:German States

Hanover

Dates:1850 . 1866 Currency: (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 gutegroschen; 24 gutengroschen = 1 thaler (1858) 10 pfennige = 1 groschen; 30 groschen = 1 thaler Album:German States

Hatay

Dates:1938 . 1939 Capital:Alexandretta Currency:(1938) 100 centimes = 1 piastre (1938) 100 santims = 40 paras = 1 kuru

Haute Volta

Refer:Upper Volta

Hawaii

Dates:1851 . 1898 Capital:Honolulu Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Heilungkiang

Refer:Kirin & Heilungkiang

Hejaz

Dates:1916 . 1926 Capital: Mecca Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Saudi Arabia See also: Hejaz-Nejd

Hejaz . Nejd

Dates:1926 . 1932 Capital: Riyadh Currency: (1926) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1929) 110 guerche = 10 riyal = 1 gold sovereign Album:Saudi Arabia See also: Hejaz

Heligoland

Dates:1867 . 1890 Capital: Currency:(1867) 16 schillings = 1 mark (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Hellas

Refer:Greece

Helvetia

Refer:Switzerland

Herm

Refer:Channel Islands

Herzegovina

Refer:Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hoi-Hao (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Dates:1902 . 1922 Currency:(1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre Album:China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Holkar

Refer:Indore

Holland

Refer:Netherlands

Holstein

Dates:1864 . 1867 Capital:Kiel Currency:16 schilling = 1 mark Album:German States

Honduras

Dates:1866 . Capital:Tegucigalpa Currency:(1866) 8 reales = 1 peso (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1933) 100 centavos = 1 lempira

Hong Kong

Dates:1862 . Capital:Victoria Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1945 only Currency:100 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Horta

Dates:1892 . 1905 Capital: Currency:1000 reis = 1 milreis Album:Azores Territories

Horthy Regime

Refer:Szeged

Hrvatska

Refer:Croatia

Hungary

Dates:1871 . Capital:Budapest Currency:(1871) 100 krajczar = 1 forint (1900) 100 filler (heller) = 1 korona (krone) (1926) 100 filler = 1 pengo (1946) 100 filler = 1 forint See also:Szeged

Hungary (French Occupation)

Refer:Arad (French Occupation)

Hungary (Romanian Occupation)

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency: 100 filler = 1 korona Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Hungary (Serbian Occupation)

Dates:1919 only Currency: 100 filler = 1 korona Album:Serbian Occupation Issues

Hyderabad

Dates:1869 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Icaria

Refer:Ikaria

ICC

Refer:Indo-China (Indian Forces)

Iceland

Dates:1873 . Capital:Reykjavik Currency:(1873) 96 skilling = 1 riksdaler (1876) 100 aurer = 1 krona

Idar

Dates:1939 . 1950 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

IEF

Refer:Indian Expeditionary Forces (IEF)

Ifni

Dates:1941 . 1969 Capital:Sidi Ifni Currency:100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish West Africa

Ikaria

Dates:1912 . 1913 Capital:Ayios Kirikos Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma See also:Greek Occupation Issues

Ile Rouad

Dates:1916 . 1921 Capital: Currency:100 centimes = 1 piastre Album:Alaouites

Ili Republic

Refer:Sinkiang

Imperial Japanese Government

Refer:Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

Inde

Refer:French Indian Settlements

India

Dates:1852 . Capital:Delhi Currency:(1852) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1964) 100 paisa = 1 rupee See also:East India

Indian Convention States

Includes:Chamba; Faridkot; Gwalior; Jind; Nabha; Patiala

Indian Expeditionary Forces (IEF)

Dates:1914 . 1922 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Indian Feudatory States

Refer:Indian Native States

Indian Native States

Includes:Alwar; Bamra; Barwani; Bhopal; Bhor; Bijawar; Bundi; Bussahir; Charkari; Cochin; Dhar; Dungarpur; Duttia; Hyderabad; Idar; Indore; Jaipur; Jammu & Kashmir; Jasdan; Jhalawar; Kishangarh; Las Bela; Morvi; Nandgaon; Nawanager; Orchha; Poonch; Rajasthan; Rajpipla; Scinde; Shahpura; Sirmoor; Soruth (Saurashtra); Travancore; Travancore-Cochin; Wadhwan See also:Indian Convention States

Indian Overseas Forces

Includes:China Expeditionary Force; Congo (Indian UN Force); Gaza (Indian UN Force); Indian Expeditionary Forces (IEF); Indo-China (Indian Forces); Korea (Indian Custodian Forces); Mosul (Indian Forces)

Indo-China

Dates:1889 . 1949 Capital:Saigon Currency:(1889) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre

Indo-China Territories

Includes:Annam (Indo-China); Annam & Tongking; Cambodia (Indo-China); Cochin-China

Indo-China (Indian Forces)

Dates:1954 . 1968 Currency:(1954) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1964) 100 paisa = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Indo-Chinese Post Offices Abroad

Refer:China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Indonesia

Dates:1945 . Capital:Djakarta Currency:(1945) 100 cents = 1 gulden or 100 sen = 1 rupiah (1950) 100 sen = 1 rupiah See also:Riau-Lingga Archipelago

Indore

Dates:1886 . 1950 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Ingermanland

Refer:North Ingermanland

Inhambane

Dates:1895 . 1920 Capital:Inhambane Currency:(1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo Album:Mozambique Territories

Inini

Dates:1932 . 1946 Capital:Camopi Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Guiana

Inner Mongolia

Refer:Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)

International Commission in Indo-China (ICC)

Refer:Indo-China (Indian Forces)

International Court of Justice (The Hague)

Dates:1934 . 1958 Currency:100 cents = 1 gulden Album:International Organisations

International Education Office

Dates:1944 . 1960 Currency:100 cents = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

International Labour Office

Dates:1923 . 1960 Currency:100 cents = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

International Organisations

Includes:Council of Europe (Strasbourg); International Court of Justice (The Hague); International Education Office; International Labour Office; International Refugees Organisation; International Telecommunications Union; League of Nations (Geneva); UNESCO; United Nations (UN); Universal Postal Union (UPU); World Health Organisation; World Intellectual Property Organisation; World Meteorological Organisation

International Refugees Organisation

Dates:1950 only Currency:100 cents = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

International Telecommunications Union

Dates:1958 . 1960 Currency:100 cents = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

Ionian Islands

Dates:1859 . 1864 Capital:Argostolion (Cephalonia) Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation); Corfu (Italian Occupation); Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation); Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation); Zante (German Occupation)

Ionian Islands (German Occupation)

Refer:Zante (German Occupation)

Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1941 . 1943 Album:Italian Occupation Issues See also:Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation); Corfu (Italian Occupation); Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation); Zante (German Occupation)

Iran

Dates:1935 . Capital:Tehran Currency:(1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi Includes:Persia

Iraq

Dates:1923 . Capital:Baghdad Currency:(1923) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1931) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Iraq (British Occupation)

Dates:1918 . 1923 Currency:16 annas = 1 rupee Album:British Occupation Issues

Ireland

Refer:Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland

Irian Barat

Refer:West Irian

Island

Refer:Iceland

Isle of Man

Dates:1973 . Capital:Douglas Currency:100 pence = 1 pound See also:Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Isole Italiane dell' Egeo

Refer:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Isole Jonie

Refer:Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Israel

Dates:1948 . Capital:Jerusalem Currency:(1948) 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli pound (1960) 100 agorot = 1 pound (1980) 100 agorot = 1 shekel

Istria

Refer:Venezia Giulia & Istria

Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates:1945 only Currency:100 centsimi = 1 lira Album:Venezia Giulia & Istria

ITA-Karjala

Refer:Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

Italian Austria

Refer:Dalmatia (Italian Occupation); Trentino (Italian Occupation); Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Italian Colonies (General Issues)

Dates:1932 . 1934 Currency:100 centsimi = 1 lira

Italian Colonies (British Occupation)

Refer:BA/BMA Issues; Cyrenaica (British Occupation); Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation); East Africa Forces; Eritrea (British Occupation); Middle East Forces (MEF); Somalia (British Occupation); Tripolitania (British Occupation)

Italian East Africa

Dates:1938 . 1941 Capital:Addis Ababa Currency:100 centsimi = 1 lira

Italian Levant

Refer:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Italian Occupation Issues

Includes:Albania (Italian Occupation); Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation); Corfu (Italian Occupation); Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation); Dalmatia (Italian Occupation); Ethiopia (Italian Occupation); Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation); Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation); Lubiana (Italian Occupation); Montenegro (Italian Occupation); Saseno (Italian Occupation); Trentino (Italian Occupation); Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation) See also:Castelrosso (Kastellorizon)

Italian Post Offices Abroad

Includes:Alexandria (Italian Post Office); Crete (Italian Post Offices); Khania (Italian Post Office); Pechino (Italian Post Office); Tientsin (Italian Post Office) See also:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:1873 . 1923 Currency:(1873) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1908) 100 centesimi = 1 lira Includes:Benghazi (Italian Post Office); Constantinople (Italian Post Office); Durazzo (Italian Post Office); Jannina (Italian Post Office); Jerusalem (Italian Post Office); Salonika (Italian Post Office); Scutari (Italian Post Office); Smirne (Italian Post Office); Tripoli (Italian Post Office); Valona (Italian Post Office)

Italian Social Republic

Dates:1944 . 1945 Capital:Salo (Lake Garda) Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italy

Italian Somaliland

Dates:1905 . 1936 Capital:Mogadishu Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Includes:Benadir See also:British Occupation Issues; Italian East Africa; Jubaland; Somalia

Italian States

Includes:Modena; Naples; Neapolitan Provinces; Papal States; Parma; Piedmont; Romagna; Sicily; Tuscany See also:Sardinia

Italy

Dates:1862 . Capital:Rome Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) Includes:Italian Social Republic

Italy (Austrian Occupation)

Dates:1918 only Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Refer:Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Ivory Coast

Dates:1959 . Capital:Abidjan Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Ivory Coast (French Colony) See also:French West Africa

Ivory Coast (French Colony)

Dates:1892 . 1944 Capital:Abidjan Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Ivory Coast

Jaffa (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jaipur

Dates:1904 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Jamaica

Dates:1860 . Capital:Kingston Currency: (1860) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Jammu & Kashmir

Dates:1866 . 1894 Capital:Srinagar Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Janina

Refer:Jannina (Italian Post Office)

Jannina (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1911 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Japan

Dates:1871 . Capital:Tokyo Currency:(1871) 100 mon = 1 sen (1872) 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen

Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

Dates:1946 . 1949 Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:British Occupation Issues

Japan (American Post Offices)

Refer:US Post Offices in Japan

Japan (British Post Offices)

Dates:1859 . 1879 Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:British Post Offices Abroad

Japan (French Post Offices)

Dates:1865 . 1880 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Post Offices Abroad

Japanese Naval Control Area

Dates:1942 . 1943 Currency:100 cents = 1 gulden Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Japanese Occupation Issues

Japanese Post Offices Abroad

Includes:China (Japanese Post Offices); Korea (Japanese Post Offices)

Japanese Taiwan (Formosa)

Dates:1945 only Capital:Taipei Currency:10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Jasdan

Dates:1942 only Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Java (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1943 . 1945 Currency:100 sen (cents) = 1 rupee (gulden) Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Jeend

Refer:Jind

Jeind

Refer:Jind

Jersey

Dates:1941 . Capital:St Helier Currency: (1941) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1970) 100 pence = 1 pound See also:Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Jerusalem (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1911 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jerusalem (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jhalawar

Dates:1887 . 1900 Currency:4 paisa = 1 anna Album:Indian Native States

Jhind

Refer:Jind

Jind

Dates:1874 . 1885 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Convention States

Johor

Refer:Johore

Johore

Dates:1876 . Capital:Johor Baharu Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Jordan

Dates:1920 . Capital:Amman Currency:(1920) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound (1927) 1000 mils = 1 Palestinian pound (1950) 1000 fils = 1 dinar Includes:Palestine (Jordanian Occupation); Transjordan

Jubaland

Dates:1925 . 1926 Capital: Kismayu Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Jugoslavia

Refer:Yugoslavia

Junagadh

Refer:Soruth (Saurashtra)

Kalimnos

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 191112, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint CALIMNO, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 1932 Capital: Kalimnos Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Kamerun

Dates:1897 1915 Capital:Yaounde Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies

Kampuchea

Dates:1980 1989 Capital:Phnom Penh Currency:100 cents = 1 riel Album:Cambodia See also:Khmer Republic

Kandia

Refer:Crete (Foreign Post Offices)

Karikal

Refer:French Indian Settlements

Karki

Refer:Khalki

Karolinen

Refer:Caroline Islands

Karpathos

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 191112, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint SCARPANTO, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 1932 Capital: Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Kashmir

Refer:Jammu & Kashmir

Kasos

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 191112, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint CASO, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 1932 Capital: Ayia Marina Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Kastelorizo

Dates:1920 1932 Capital: Kastelorizo Currency: (1920) French (100 centimes = 1 franc) used concurrently with Turkish (40 paras = 1 piastre) (1922) Italian (100 centesimi = 1 lira) (1947) Greek (100 lepta = 1 drachma) Greek island off the southwest coast of Turkey which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire until occupied by French naval forces in December 1915. It was ceded to Italy by the Treaty of S.vres in August 1920 but remained under French control until it was temporarily placed under Italian naval administration on 1 March 1921. In July 1922, it was incorporated into Italy's Dodecanese colony. The name means "Red Castle" and it has variously been known as Kizilhisar (Turkish), Castellorizo (French) and Castelrosso (Italian). The island was occupied by British forces after the Italian armistice in September 1943. Like all the Dodecanese islands, Kastelorizo was ceded to Greece in September 1947 and formally became a constituent of Greece on 7 March 1948. Turkish stamps were in use to 1915. French Levant issues were introduced in 1916 which are recognised by postmark. The French administration issued stamps in 1920 with B. N. F. CASTELLORIZO and O. N. F. Castellorizo overprints. Italian stamps overprinted CASTELROSSO were issued on 11 July 1922. A specific issue for the island was introduced in January 1923 with the inscription OCCUPAZIONE ITALIANA CASTELROSSO. General Dodecanese issues with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO prevailed until the British occupation, though Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were again issued in 1930 and 1932. The British administration issued Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps from 1943 to 1947. There was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before normal issues of Greek stamps began in the same year. Album: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese) See also:French Occupation Issues

Katanga

Dates:1960 1963 Capital:Elisabethville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Zaire

Kathiri State of Seiyun

Dates:1942 1967 Capital: Seiyun Currency: (1942) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling (1966) 1000 fils = 1 dinar Album:Aden Protectorate States

Kavalla (French Post Office)

Dates:1893 1914 Currency: 25 centimes = 1 piastre Album: French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire See also:Kavalla (Greek Occupation)

Kavalla (Greek Occupation)

Dates:1913 only Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma Album:Greek Occupation Issues

Kazakhstan

Dates:1992 Capital:Alma-Ata Currency:(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1994) 100 tyin (ty) = 1 tenge (t) See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Kedah

Dates:1912 Capital:Alor Setah Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Kefalonia

Refer:Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Kelantan

Dates:1911 Capital:Kota Baharu Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Kelantan (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Kenya

Dates:1963 Capital:Nairobi Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling See also:British East Africa; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Kenya & Uganda

Dates:1922 1935 Capital:Nairobi Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika

Dates:1935 1963 Capital:Nairobi Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Kenya Uganda Tanganyika & Zanzibar

Dates:1964 only Capital:Nairobi Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling Album:Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Kenya Uganda & Tanzania

Dates:1965 1975 Capital:Nairobi Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling Album:Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Includes:Kenya & Uganda; Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika; Kenya Uganda Tanganyika & Zanzibar; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania

Kerguelen

Refer:French Southern & Antarctic Territories

Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 1910 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Khalki

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 191112, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint CARCHI, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 1932 Capital: Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Khania (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1900 1912 Currency: (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1906) 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album: Italian Post Offices Abroad See also:Crete (Foreign Post Offices)

Khios

Dates:1913 only Capital: Khios Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma (Greek) Album:Greek Occupation Issues

Khmer Republic

Dates:1971 1975 Capital:Phnom Penh Currency:100 cents = 1 riel Album:Cambodia See also:Kampuchea

Khor Fakkan

Refer:Sharjah

Kiaochow

Refer:Kiautschou

Kiautschou

Dates:1901 . 1914 Currency:(1901) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (1905) 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:German Colonies

King Edward VII Land

Dates:1908 only Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:New Zealand Territories

Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes

Refer:Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Refer:Yugoslavia

Kionga

Dates:1916 only Currency:100 centavos = 1 escudo Album:Mozambique Territories

Kirgizistan

Refer:Kyrgyzstan

Kiribati

Dates:1979 . Capital:Tarawa Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Gilbert Islands See also:Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Kirin & Heilungkiang

Dates:1927 . 1931 Capital:Harbin Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Chinese Provinces

Kishangarh

Dates:1899 . 1947 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Kithyra (Cythera)

Refer:Ionian Islands

Klaipeda

Dates:1923 only Currency:(1923) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (1923) 100 centu = 1 litas See also:Lithuania; Memel (French Administration)

Kolchak Government (Siberia)

Dates:1919 . 1920 Capital:Omsk Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Komotini

Refer:Gumultsina

Korce (Koritza)

Dates:1917 . 1919 Capital:Koritza Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Occupation Issues

Korea (Empire)

Dates:1884 . 1910 Capital:Seoul Currency:(1884) 10 mons = 1 poon (1899) 1000 re = 100 cheun = 1 won

Korea (Indian Custodian Forces)

Dates:1953 only Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Korea (Japanese Post Offices)

Dates:1900 . 1901 Currency:10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen Album:Japanese Post Offices Abroad

Koritza

Refer:Korce (Koritza)

Korytza

Refer:Epirus

Kos

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911.12, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint COS, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 . 1932 Capital: Kos Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Kotor

Refer:Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Kouang-Tcheou

Dates:1898 . 1943 Currency:(1898) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre Album:China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Krk

Refer:Veglia

Kuban Territory

Dates:1918 . 1920 Capital:Krasnodar Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

K-u-K Feldpost

Refer:Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Kupa

Refer:Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)

Kuwait

Dates:1923 . Capital: Kuwait City Currency: (1923) 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1961) 1000 fils = 1 dinar See also:British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

Kwangchow

Refer:Kouang-Tcheou

Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 . 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Kwidzyn

Refer:Marienwerder

Kyrgyzstan

Dates:1992 . Capital:Bishkek (formerly known as Frunze) Currency:(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1993) 100 tyin = 1 som See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

La Aguera

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 . 1924

100 centimos = 1 peseta

Album:

Spanish West Africa

Labuan

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1879 . 1906

100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

Straits Settlements

La Canea

Refer:

Khania (Italian Post Office)

Lagos

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1874 . 1906

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:

Nigerian Territories

Laibach (German Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1943 . 1945
Ljubljana
100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW2)
See also:	Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

LANSA

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1950 . 1951

100 centavos = 1 peso

Album:

Colombian Territories

Laos

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1951 .
Vientiane
(1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre
(1955) 100 cents = 1 kip

Album:

Laos

Las Bela

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1897 only
Bela
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:

Indian Native States

Latakia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1931 . 1937
Latakia
100 centimes = 1 piastre

Album:	Alaouites
See also:	Syria

Lattaquie

Refer:

Latakia

Latvia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1991 .
Riga
(1991) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
(1993) 100 santimu = 1 lats

Album:	Latvia
Includes:	Latvia (pre-Soviet)
See also:	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Latvia (pre . Soviet)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1918 . 1940
Riga
(1918) 100 kapeikas = 1 rouble
(1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lat

Album:

Latvia

Latvia (German Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1941 only

100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Album:

Latvija

Refer:

Latvia

League of Nations (Geneva)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1922 . 1944

100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:

International Organisations

Lebanon

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1924 .
Beirut
100 centimes = 1 piastre

Album:	Lebanon
Includes:	Greater Lebanon

Leeward Islands

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1890 . 1956
St John's (Antigua)
(1890) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

Leeward Islands

Leipzig

Refer:

North West Saxony (Russian Zone)

Lemnos

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1913
Kastron
100 lepta = 1 drachma

Album:

Greek Occupation Issues

Lero

The Italian name of Leros, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Leros

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1932
Ayia Marina
100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:

Lesbos

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1913
Mytilene
Greek and Turkish both used

Album:

Greek Occupation Issues

Lesotho

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1966 .
Maseru
100 cents = 1 rand

Album:	Lesotho
See also:	Basutoland

Lesser Sunda Islands

Refer:

Japanese Naval Control Area

Levant

Refer:

Free French Forces in the Levant

Liban

Refer:

Lebanon

Liberia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1860 .
Monrovia
100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

Liberia

Libia

Refer:

Libya

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 .
Tripoli
(1912) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
(1950) 1000 milliemes = 1 Libyan pound
(1972) 1000 dirhams = 1 dinar

Album:

Libya

Libya (Italian Post Offices)

Refer:

Benghazi (Italian Post Office);
Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Liechtenstein

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 .
Vaduz
(1912) 100 heller = 1 krone
(1921) 100 rappen = 1 franc

Album:

Liechtenstein

Lietuva

Refer:

Lithuania

Limnos

Refer:

Lemnos

Lipso

The Italian name of Lipsos, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Lipsos

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1932

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:

Lithuania

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1990 .
Vilnius
(1990) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
(1992) talons
(1993) 100 centus = 1 litas

Album:	Lithuania
Includes:	Lithuania (pre-Soviet)
See also:	Klaipeda; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Lithuania (pre . Soviet)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1918 . 1940
Vilnius
(1918) 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas
(1922) 100 centu = 1 litas

Album:

Lithuania

Lithuania (German Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1941 only

100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW2)
See also:	Ostland

Lithuanian Occupation of Memel

Refer:

Klaipeda

Litwa Srodkowa

Refer:

Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)

Livonia

Refer:

Wenden

Lombardy & Venetia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1850 . 1866
Milan (to 1859); Venice (1859-1866)
(1850) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
(1858) 100 soldi = 1 florin
(1858) 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden

Album:	Lombardy & Venetia
See also:	Austria

Long Island (British Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1916 only

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:

British Occupation Issues

Lorraine (German Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1940 . 1941

100 pfennige = 1 mark

Album:

Lothringen

Refer:

Lorraine (German Occupation)

Lourenco Marques

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1895 . 1921

(1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

Album:

Mozambique Territories

Lubeck

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1859 . 1868

16 schillinge = 1 mark

Album:

German States

Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1941 only

100 paras = 1 dinar

Album:	Italian Occupation Issues
See also:	Laibach (German Occupation)

Lucca

Refer:

Tuscany

Luxembourg

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1852 .
Luxembourg
(1852) 121/2 centimes = 1 silver groschen; 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1940) 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark
(1944) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Album:

Luxembourg

Luxembourg (German Occupation)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1940 . 1944

100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark

Album:

Lydenburg

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1900 . 1902

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:

Transvaal

Macao

Dates:1884 Capital:Macau Currency:(1884) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1894) 78 avos = 1 rupee (1913) 100 avos = 1 pataca

Macau

Refer:Macao

Macedonia

Dates:1991 Capital:Skopje Currency:(1991) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1992) 100 deni (de.) = 1 dinar (d.) See also:Yugoslavia

Macedonia (German Occupation)

Dates:1944 only Currency:100 stotinki = 1 lev Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2) See also:Kavalla (Greek Occupation); Greek Occupation Issues

Madagascar & Dependencies

Dates:1896 1958 Capital:Tananarive Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Anjouan; Diego-Suarez; Great Comoro; Mayotte; Moheli; Nossi-Be; Ste Marie de Madagascar See also:Malagasy Republic

Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

Dates:1884 1895 Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:British Post Offices Abroad

Madagascar (French Post Offices)

Dates:1885 1896 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Post Offices Abroad See also:French Colonies; Madagascar & Dependencies

Madeira

Dates:1868 Capital:Funchal Currency:(1868) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1929) 100 centavos = 1 escudo) (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro () See also:Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Funchal

Mafeking

Dates:1900 only Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Cape of Good Hope

Mafia Island (British Occupation)

Dates:1915 1916 Currency:(GEA) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee; (BEA) 100 cents = 1 rupee (both currencies in use simultaneously) Album:British Occupation Issues

Magyarorszag

Refer:Hungary

Mahe

Refer:French Indian Settlements

Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra

Dates:1967 only Capital:Qishn Currency:1000 fils = 1 dinar Album:Aden Protectorate States

Majunga (French Post Office)

Dates:1895 only Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Post Offices Abroad

Malacca

Dates:1948 Capital:Melaka Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Malagasy Republic

Dates:1958 Capital:Tananarive Currency:(1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1976) 5 francs = 1 ariary See also:Madagascar & Dependencies

Malawi

Dates:1964 Capital:Zomba Currency:(1964) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1970) 100 tambalas = 1 kwacha See also:British Central Africa; Nyasaland Protectorate

Malaya

Refer:Federated Malay States; Malayan Federation; Malayan Postal Union; Malaysia

Malaya (British Military Administration)

Dates:1945 1948 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:BA/BMA Issues

Malaya (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Malaya (Thai Occupation)

Dates:1943 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Thailand

Malayan Federation

Dates:1957 1963 Capital:Kuala Lumpur Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Malaysia

Malayan Postal Union

Dates:1936 1968 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Malaysia

Malaysia

Dates:1963 Capital:Kuala Lumpur Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Malayan Federation; Malayan Postal Union See also:Federated Malay States; Johore; Kedah; Kelantan; Malacca; Negri Sembilan; Pahang; Penang; Perak; Perlis; Sabah; Sarawak; Selangor; Sungei Ujong; Trengganu

Maldive Islands

Dates:1906 Capital:Mal. Currency:(1906) 100 cents = 1 rupee (1951) 100 larees = 1 rupee

Mali Federation

Dates:1959 1960 Capital:Bamako Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:French West Africa; Mali Republic; Senegal

Mali Republic

Dates:1960 Capital:Bamako Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:French West Africa; Mali Federation

Malta

Dates:1860 Capital:Valletta Currency:(1860) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1972) 10 mils = 1 cent; 100 cents = 1 pound (2008) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Malmedy

Refer:Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Man

Refer:Isle of Man

Manama

Refer:Ajman

Manchukuo

Dates:1932 1945 Capital:Harbin Currency:100 fen = 1 yuan

Manchuria

Refer:Chinese Provinces; CPR Regional Issues; Manchukuo

Mariana Islands (Marianen)

Dates:1899 1914 Capital:Saipan Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Colonies See also:Spanish Marianas

Marianas Espanolas

Refer:Spanish Marianas

Marianen

Refer:Mariana Islands

Marienwerder

Dates:1920 only Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Plebiscite Issues

Maroc

Refer:French Morocco

Marruecos

Refer:Spanish Morocco

Marschall-Inseln

Refer:Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Marshall Inseln

Refer:Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Marshall Islands

Dates:1984 Capital:Majuro Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Dates:1897 1916 Capital:Majuro Currency:100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark Album:German Colonies

Martinique

Dates:1886 1947 Capital:Fort-de-France Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()

Mauritania

Dates:1960 Capital:Nouakchott Currency:(1960) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1973) 100 cents = 1 ouguiya (um) Includes:Mauritania (French Colony) See also:French West Africa

Mauritania (French Colony)

Dates:1906 1944 Capital:Port Etienne Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Mauritania

Mauritius

Dates:1847 Capital:Port Louis Currency:(1847) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1878) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Mayotte

Dates:1892 1914 Capital:Dzaoudzi Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (French) (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro () Album:Madagascar & Dependencies

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Dates:1856 . 1868 Capital:Schwerin Currency:48 schillings = 1 thaler Album:German States

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Dates:1864 . 1868 Capital:Strelitz Currency:30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler Album:German States

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital:Schwerin Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

MEF

Refer:Middle East Forces (MEF)

Melaka

Refer:Malacca

Memel (French Administration)

Dates:1920 . 1923 Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:French Occupation Issues

Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)

Refer:Klaipeda

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1942 . 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Mengtse

Refer:Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mesopotamia

Refer:Mosul (Indian Forces)

Metelin

Refer:Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

Mexico

Dates:1856 . Capital:Mexico City Currency:8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso

Micronesia

Dates:1984 . Capital: Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Middle Congo

Dates:1907 . 1937 Capital:Brazzaville Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc See also:Congo Republic; French Congo; French Equatorial Africa

Middle East Forces (MEF)

Dates:1942 . 1947 Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:BA/BMA Issues; British Occupation Issues; Egypt (British Forces)

Midway Islands

Refer:United States of America (USA)

Modena

Dates:1852 . 1860 Capital:Modena Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italian States

Moheli

Dates:1906 . 1914 Capital: Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Madagascar & Dependencies

Moldavia

Dates:1858 . 1862 Capital:Jassy Currency:40 parale = 1 piastre Album:Romania

Moldo-Wallachia

Dates:1862 . 1865 Capital:Bucharest Currency:40 parale = 1 piastre Album:Romania

Moldova

Dates:1991 . Capital:Kishinev Currency:(1991) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1993) kupon (temporary currency) (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Moluccas

Refer:Japanese Naval Control Area

Monaco

Dates:1885 . Capital:Monte Carlo Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Mongolia

Dates:1924 . Capital:Ulan Bator Currency:(1924) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1926) 100 mung = 1 tugrik

Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Dates:1903 . 1922 Currency:(1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre Album:China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mongtze

Refer:Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mont-Athos

Refer:Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Montenegro

Dates:1874 . 1918; 2006 . Capital:Padgorica Currency:(1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin (1902) 100 heller = 1 krone (1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper) (2006) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) Includes:Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues) See also:Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia

Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)

Dates:1917 only Currency:100 heller = 1 krone Album:Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Montenegro (German Occupation)

Dates:1943 . 1945 Currency:(1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Montenegro (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1941 . 1943 Currency:(1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italian Occupation Issues

Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates:1945 only Capital:Titograd (Padgorica) Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Montenegro

Montserrat

Dates:1876 . Capital:Plymouth Currency: (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Morocco

Dates:1956 . Capital:Rabat Currency:(1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone) (1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone) (1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country) (1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham Includes:Northern Zone, Morocco; Sherifian Post; Southern Zone, Morocco

Morocco Agencies

Dates:1898 . 1957 Currency:British, French and Spanish all used See also:Tangier

Morocco (British Post Offices)

Refer:Morocco Agencies

Morocco (French Post Offices)

Dates:1862 . 1914 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:French Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (German Post Offices)

Dates:1899 . 1917 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:German Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)

Dates:1903 . 1914 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Morvi

Dates:1931 . 1948 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Mosul (Indian Forces)

Dates:1919 only Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Overseas Forces

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1914 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Moyen Congo

Refer:Middle Congo

Mozambique

Dates:1876 . Capital:Maputo (Lourenco Marques) Currency:(1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1980) 100 centavos = 1 meticul See also:Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Mozambique Company

Dates:1892 . 1942 Currency:(1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

Mozambique Territories

Includes:Inhambane; Kionga; Lourenco Marques; Quelimane; Tete; Zambezia

Muscat

Dates:1944 . 1948 Capital: Muscat Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Muscat & Oman See also:British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Oman

Muscat & Oman

Dates:1966 . 1970 Capital: Muscat Currency: (1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee; (1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi. Includes:Muscat See also:British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Oman

Mustique

Refer:Grenadines of St Vincent

Mutawakelite Kingdom

Refer:Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)

Myanmar

Refer:Burma

Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1914 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Nabha

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1885 1948 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Convention States

Nagorno Karabakh

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1993 Xank.ndi (Khankendy/Stepanakert) (1993) 100 kopeks = 1 rouble (1995) 100 louma = 1 dram
Album:	Nagorno Karabakh

Nakhichevan

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1993 only Nakhichevan 100 qopik = 1 manat
Album:	Azerbaijan

Namibia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1990 Windhoek (1990) 100 cents = 1 rand (1993) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Namibia
See also:	German South West Africa; South West Africa

Nandgaon

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1892 1895 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Native States

Nangking & Shanghai (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1941 1945 (1941) 10 rin = 1 sen, 100 sen = 1 yen (1943) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Japanese Occupation Issues

Nanumaga

Refer:

Tuvalu

Nanumea

Refer:

Tuvalu

Naples

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1858 1861 100 grana = 200 tornesi = 1 ducato
Album:	Italian States

Natal

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1857 1909 Pietermaritzburg 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Natal
See also:	Zululand

National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1963 1976 100 xu = 1 dong
Album:	North Vietnam

Nauru

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1916 (1916) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:

Nawanager

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1877 1895 6 docra = 1 anna
Album:	Indian Native States

Neapolitan Provinces

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1861 1862 Naples 100 grana = 200 tornesi = 1 ducato
Album:	Italian States

Negri Sembilan

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1891 Seremban 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Negri Sembilan
See also:	Malaysia

Nejd

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1925 1926 Riyadh 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album:	Saudi Arabia
See also:	Hejaz-Nejd

Nepal

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1881 Katmandu (1881) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1907) 64 pice = 1 rupee (1954) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
Album:	Nepal

Netherlands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1852 The Hague 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin) (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()
Album:	Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1949 Willemstad 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
Album:	Netherlands Antilles
See also:	Aruba; Curacao

Netherlands Indies

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1864 1948 Batavia (Djakarta) 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
Album:	Netherlands Indies

Netherlands Indies (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	100 sen (cents) = 1 rupee (gulden)
Album:	Japanese Occupation Issues

Netherlands New Guinea

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1950 1962 Hollandia (Djayapura) 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
Album:	Netherlands New Guinea
See also:	Netherlands Indies; West Irian; West New Guinea

Nevis

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1980 Charlestown 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Nevis
Includes:	Nevis (British Colonial Issues)
See also:	St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

Nevis (British Colonial Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1861 1890 Charlestown 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nevis

New Amsterdam

Refer:

New Brunswick

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1851 1868 Fredericton (1851) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1860) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States

New Caledonia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1860 Noumea 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	New Caledonia

New Carlisle (Gasp.)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1851 only 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Canadian States

Newfoundland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1857 1949 St John's (1857) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1861) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States

New Granada

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1861 only Bogota 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album:	Colombian Territories

New Guinea (Australian Administration)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1925 1942 Rabaul 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Papua New Guinea

New Hebrides

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1908 1980 Vila (1908) French and British used concurrently (1938) 100 gold centimes = 1 gold franc (1977) 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	New Hebrides
See also:	Vanuatu

New Republic

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1886 1888 Vrijheid 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Transvaal

New South Wales

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1850 1913 Sydney 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	New South Wales
See also:	Australia

New York

Refer:

United Nations (UN)

New Zealand

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1855 Wellington (1855) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	New Zealand

New Zealand Territories

Album:	New Zealand Territories
Includes:	King Edward VII Land; Victoria Land

NF

Refer:

Nyasa-Rhodesian Force (NF)

Nicaragua

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1862 Managua (1862) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1925) 100 centavos = 1 cordoba
Album:	Nicaragua

Niger

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1959 Niamey 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Niger
Includes:	Niger (French Colony)
See also:	French West Africa

Niger (French Colony)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1921 1944 Niamey 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Niger

Niger Coast Protectorate

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1892 1902 Enugu 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nigerian Territories

Nigeria

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1914 Lagos (1914) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1973) 100 kobo = 1 naira
Album:	Nigeria

Nigerian Territories

Album:	Nigerian Territories
Includes:	Biafra; Lagos; Niger Coast Protectorate; Northern Nigeria; Oil Rivers Protectorate; Southern Cameroons; Southern Nigeria

Nisiro/Nisiros

The Italian name of Nisyros, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Nisyros

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1912 . 1932
Mandrakhi
100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:

Niuafo'ou

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1983 . 100 seniti = 1 pa'anga
Album:	Niuafo'ou

Niue

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1902 . Alofi (1902) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Niue

Niutao

Refer:

Tuvalu

Norfolk Island

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1947 . Kingston (1947) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Norfolk Island

Norge

Refer:

Norway

North Borneo

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1883 . 1963 Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu) 100 cents = 1 Malayan dollar
Album:	Sabah

North Borneo (British Military Administration)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1945 only 100 cents = 1 Malayan dollar
Album:	BA/BMA Issues

North Borneo (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1942 . 1945 (1942) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1945) 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen
Album:	Japanese Occupation Issues

North China (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1942 . 1945 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Japanese Occupation Issues

North China (People's Post)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 . 1950 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	CPR Regional Issues

North East China (People's Post)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 . 1950 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	CPR Regional Issues

North Eastern Provinces

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 . 1948 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Chinese Provinces

North German Confederation

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1868 . 1871 Berlin 30 groschen = 1 thaler = 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
Album:	North German Confederation
See also:	German States; Germany (Imperial)

North Ingermanland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1920 only 100 pennia = 1 mark
Album:	Russian Civil War Issues

North Korea

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 . Pyongyang 100 chon = 1 won
Album:	North Korea
Includes:	South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

North Korea (Russian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 . 1948 100 chon = 1 won
Album:	Russian Occupation Issues

North Vietnam

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 . 1976 Hanoi (1946) 100 cents = 1 dong (1959) 100 xu = 1 dong
Album:	North Vietnam
Includes:	National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam
See also:	South Vietnam; Vietnam

North West China (People's Post)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1949 only 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	CPR Regional Issues

North West Pacific Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1915 . 1925 Rabaul 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Papua New Guinea

North West Russia

Refer:

North Western Army;
Northern Army;
Western Army

North West Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1945 . 1946 Leipzig 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)

North Western Army

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1919 . 1920 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Russian Civil War Issues

Northern Army

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1919 . 1920 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Russian Civil War Issues

Northern Epirus

Refer:

Epirus

Northern Ireland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1958 . Belfast (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Album:	Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Northern Nigeria

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1900 . 1914 Kaduna 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nigerian Territories

Northern Rhodesia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1925 . 1964 Lusaka 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Northern Rhodesia
See also:	Zambia

Northern Territory

Refer:

South Australia

Northern Zone, Morocco

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1956 . 1958 Tetuan 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album:	Morocco
See also:	Spanish Morocco

Norway

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1855 . Oslo (1855) 120 skilling = 1 speciedaler (1877) 100 ore = 1 krone
Album:	Norway

Norwegian Dependency

Refer:

Norway

Nossi . Be

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1889 . 1891 Hell-Ville 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Madagascar & Dependencies

Nova Scotia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1853 . 1868 Halifax (1853) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1860) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States

Nowanuggur

Refer:

Nawanager

Nui

Refer:

Tuvalu

Nukufetau

Refer:

Tuvalu

Nukulaelae

Refer:

Tuvalu

Nyasaland Protectorate

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1907 . 1964 Zomba 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nyasaland Protectorate
Includes:	Nyasa-Rhodesian Force (NF)
See also:	British Central Africa; Malawi

Nyasa . Rhodesian Force (NF)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1916 only 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nyasaland Protectorate

Nyassa

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1897 . 1929 Nampula (1897) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Nyassa

Obock

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1892 1894 Obock 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Djibouti

Occupation Francaise

Refer:

Arad (French Occupation)

Occupied Enemy Territories (TEO)

Refer:

Syria (French Occupation)

Oceanic Settlements

Refer:

French Oceanic Settlements

Oil Rivers Protectorate

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1892 1893 Enugu 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Nigerian Territories

Oldenburg

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1852 1867 72 grote = 1 thaler
Album:	German States

Olonetz

Refer:

Aunus (Finnish Occupation)

Olsztyn

Refer:

Allenstein

Oltre Giuba

Refer:

Jubaland

Oman

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1971 Muscat 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi
Album:
See also:	Muscat; Muscat & Oman

OMF

Refer:

Syria (French Occupation)

ONF Castellorizo

Refer:

Castelrosso (French Occupation)

Orange Free State

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1868 1900 Bloemfontein 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Orange River Colony

Orange River Colony

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1900 1907 Bloemfontein 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:
Includes:	Orange Free State

Orchha

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1913 1939 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Native States

.sterreich

Refer:

Austria

Ostland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1941 1945 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Ottoman Empire

Refer:

Turkey

Oubangui Chari

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1922 1937 Bangui 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Oubangui Chari
Includes:	Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
See also:	Central African Republic; French Equatorial Africa

Oubangui Chari Tchad

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1915 1922 Bangui 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Oubangui-Chari

Packhoi

Refer:

Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Pahang

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1889 . Kuantan 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Pahang
See also:	Malaysia

Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1903 . 1922 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Pakistan

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1947 . Islamabad (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
Album:

Palau

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1983 . Koror 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:

Palestine

Stamps overprinted EEF.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1918 . 1948 Jerusalem (1918) 10 milliemes = 1 piastre (1927) 1000 mils = 1 Palestinian pound
Album:	Palestine

Palestine (Egyptian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1918 . 1920 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound
Album:	Egyptian Occupation Issues
See also:	Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Palestine (Jordanian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 . 1950 1000 mils = 1 Palestinian pound
Album:	Jordan

Palestinian National Authority

An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.

The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1994 . (1994) mils (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar
Album:	Palestinian National Authority
See also:	Israel

Panama

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1878 . Panama City (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa
Album:	Panama

Panama Canal

Refer:

Canal Zone

Papal States

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1852 . 1870 Rome (1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo (1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album:	Italian States

Papua

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1906 . 1942 Port Moresby 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1952 . Port Moresby (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina
Album:	Papua New Guinea
Includes:	British New Guinea; New Guinea (Australian Administration); North West Pacific Islands; Papua
See also:	German New Guinea

Paraguay

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1870 . Ascunsion (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani
Album:	Paraguay

Parma

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1852 . 1860 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album:	Italian States

Patiala

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1884 . 1947 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Convention States

Patmos (Patmo)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1912 . 1932 Patmos 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album:	Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Paxos

Refer:

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

Pechino (Italian Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1917 . 1922 Chinese and Italian both used
Album:	Italian Post Offices Abroad

Peking (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer:

French Post Offices Abroad;
French Post Offices Abroad;
Italian Post Offices Abroad;
Russian Post Offices Abroad

Penang

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 . George Town 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Penang
See also:	Malaysia

Penrhyn Island

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1973 . 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Penrhyn Island
Includes:	Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932-1973.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1902 . 1932 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Penrhyn Island

Perak

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1878 . Ipoh 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Perak
See also:	Malaysia

Perlis

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 . Kangar 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Perlis
See also:	Malaysia

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

Refer:

Malayan Federation

Persia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1868 . 1935 Tehran (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi
Album:	Iran

Peru

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1858 . Lima (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol
Album:	Peru

Peter I Island

Refer:

Norwegian Dependency

Philippines

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 . Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948-1976) (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso
Album:	Philippines
See also:	Philippines (US Administration); Spanish Philippines

Philippines (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1942 . 1945 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album:	Japanese Occupation Issues

Philippines (US Administration)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1899 . 1945 Manila (1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album:	US Post Abroad

Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810-1861), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.

Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.

In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1851 . 1862 Turin 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album:	Italian States
See also:	Sardinia

Pietersburg

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1901 only 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Transvaal

Pirate Coast

Refer:

Trucial States

Piscopi

The Italian name of Telos, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Telos

Pitcairn Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1940 . Adamstown (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Pitcairn Islands

Plebiscite Issues

Album:	Plebiscite Issues
Includes:	Allenstein; Carinthia; East Silesia; Marienwerder; Slesvig; Upper Silesia

Poland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1918 Warsaw (1918) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (1918) 100 halerze = 1 krone (1918) 100 fenigi = 1 mark (1924) 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Album:	Poland
Includes:	Poland (Russian Province)
See also:	General Gouvernement; German Occupation Issues (WW1); German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Poland (German Occupation WW1)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1915 1918 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Poland (German Occupation WW2)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1939 1945 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Poland (Russian Province)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1860 1863 Warsaw 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Poland

Polish Army in Russia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1942 only 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Polish Post Abroad

Polish Corps in Russia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1918 only 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Polish Post Abroad

Polish Government in Exile

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1941 1945 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Album:	Polish Post Abroad

Polish Military Post

Refer:

Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
Polish Army in Russia;
Polish Corps in Russia

Polish Occupation Issues

Refer:

Polish Post Abroad

Album:	Polish Post Abroad
Includes:	Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation); Constantinople (Polish Post Office); Danzig (Polish Post Office); Polish Army in Russia; Polish Corps in Russia; Polish Government in Exile

Polska

Refer:

Poland

Pondicherry

Refer:

French Indian Settlements

Ponta Delgada

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1892 1905 1000 reis = 1 milreis
Album:	Azores Territories

Poonch

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1876 1894 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Native States

Port Arthur & Dairen

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1946 1950 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	CPR Regional Issues

Port Gdansk

Refer:

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Port Lagos (French Post Office)

French PO in Thrace when under Turkish rule. Issued French stamps overprinted PORT-LAGOS. The office closed in 1898. Port Lagos is a seaport in Western Thrace which now belongs to Greece.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1893 1898 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Port Said (French Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1899 1931 (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound
Album:	Egypt (French Post Offices)

Portugal

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1853 Lisbon (1853) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()
Album:
See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Angola; Azores; Cape Verde Islands; Guinea-Bissau; Macao; Madeira; Mozambique; Portuguese Congo; Portuguese Guinea; Portuguese India; Sao Tome e Principe; Timor

Portuguese Africa

Refer:

Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Portuguese Congo

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1894 1920 Cabinda (1894) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Portuguese Congo
See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Portuguese Guinea

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1881 1974 Bissau (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Portuguese Guinea
See also:	Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Guinea-Bissau

Portuguese India

Portugal sought territory in India after Vasco da Gama's successful voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497-1498. The three enclaves of Goa (1505), Damao (1531) and Diu (1534) were annexed to collectively form the colony of Portuguese India.

Goa, including the capital Pangim (now Panaji), is on the Malabar coast of SW India, roughly midway between Bombay and Bangalore. Damao (now called Daman) is on the west coast, at the entrance to the Gulf of Cambay, about 100 miles north of Bombay. Diu, which includes the towns of Diu and Simbor, is a small island (15 sq. miles) off the south coast of Kathiawar peninsula in western India.

The first stamps were issued 1 October 1871. Stamps of British India were also valid until 1877. Standard Portuguese types such as the Ceres issue were used until 1925 when specific types began to be produced. All stamps were inscribed INDIA in some way; from 1946, the inscription was usually ESTADO DA INDIA.

In 1950, newly independent India demanded the transfer of the Portuguese territories but Portugal refused. India set up a land blockade in 1954 and then annexed the territories on 17 December 1961. Stamps of India were introduced on 29 December 1961.

Goa became a State of India in 1987 while Daman and Diu (combined) is a Union Territory.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1871 1961 Pangim (Goa) (1871) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1882) 12 reis = 1 tanga; 16 tangas = 1 rupia (1959) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Portuguese India

Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa

Refer:

German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)

Portuguese Timor

Refer:

Timor

Preussen

Refer:

Prussia

Priamur & Maritime Provinces

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1921 1922 Vladivostock 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Russian Civil War Issues

Prince Edward Island

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1861 1873 Charlottetown (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1872) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Canadian States

Protectorat Fran.ais

Refer:

French Protectorate, Morocco

Prussia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1850 1867 Berlin (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 silbergroschen; 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler (1867) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
Album:	Prussia
See also:	Germany (Imperial); North German Confederation

Puerto Rico

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1873 1900 San Juan (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (1881) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso (1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Puerto Rico
See also:	Cuba & Puerto Rico

Pulau Pinang

Refer:

Penang

Puttiala

Refer:

Patiala

Qatar

Qatar had special treaty relations with Great Britain from 1916 until 3 September 1971, when it became an independent state. British Agency general issues were used at Doha from August 1950 and at Umm Said from February 1956. On 1 April 1957, the agencies issued GB stamps overprinted QATAR. The agencies closed on 23 May 1963 when Qatar began its own service.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1957 . Doha (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Album:	Qatar
See also:	British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

Qishn & Socotra

Refer:

Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra

Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1955 . 1967 Mukalla (1955) 100 cents = 1 shilling (1966) 1000 fils = 1 dinar
Album:	Aden Protectorate States

Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1942 . 1955 Mukalla (1942) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling
Album:	Aden Protectorate States

Queen Maud Land

Refer:

Norwegian Dependency

Queensland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1860 . 1913 Brisbane 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Queensland
See also:	Australia

Quelimane

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1913 . 1920 Quelimane 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Album:	Mozambique Territories

Rab

Refer:

Arbe

Rajasthan

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 1950 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Native States

Rajnandgaon

Refer:

Nandgaon

Rajpipla

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1880 1886 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album:	Indian Native States

Rarotonga

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1919 1932 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Cook Islands

Ras Al Khaima

Stamps issued 1967-72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1964 1966 (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Album:	Trucial States

Redonda

Refer:

Antigua

Republic of China

Refer:

Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
Taiwan

Republic of Ireland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1922 Dublin (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()
Album:	Republic of Ireland

Republic of Maldives

Refer:

Maldive Islands

Republika Srpska

Refer:

Bosnian Serb Republic

Republique Libanaise

Refer:

Lebanon

Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)

Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.

Refer:

Crete (Russian Post Offices)

R.union

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1885 1974 Saint-Denis 100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro ()
Album:	R.union

Rheinland Pfalz

Refer:

Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Rhineland Palatinate (French Zone)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1947 1949 Mainz 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)

Rhodes

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1912 1935 Rodhos 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album:	Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Rhodesia

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1965 1980 Salisbury (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Rhodesia
Includes:	Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues); Southern Rhodesia
See also:	Zimbabwe

Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1909 1924 Salisbury 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Rhodesia

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1954 1964 Salisbury 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Riau-Lingga Archipelago

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1954 1965 Tandjungpinang 100 sen = 1 rupiah
Album:	Riau-Lingga Archipelago
See also:	Indonesia

Rijeka

Refer:

Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Rio de Oro

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1905 1924 Villa Cisneros 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album:	Spanish West Africa

Rio Muni

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1960 1968 Bata 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album:	Spanish Guinea

Rizeh (Russian Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1909 1910 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album:	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Rodi

The Italian name of Rhodes, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1929, 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Rhodes

Romagna

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1859 1860 Bologna 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
Album:	Italian States

Roman States

Refer:

Papal States

Romania

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1865 Bucharest (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu
Album:	Romania
Includes:	Moldavia; Moldo-Wallachia

Romania (Austrian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1917 1918 100 bani = 1 leu
Album:	Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)

Refer:

Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Romania (German Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1917 1918 100 bani = 1 leu
Album:	German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Romanian Post Abroad

Album:	Romanian Post Abroad
Includes:	Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation); Constantinople (Romanian Post Office); Debrecen (Romanian Occupation); Hungary (Romanian Occupation); Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Temesvar (Romanian Occupation); Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1896 1919 (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu
Album:	Romanian Post Abroad

ROPiT

Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll.

Refer:

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Ross Dependency

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1957 Scott Base (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Ross Dependency

Rouad Island

Refer:

Ile Rouad

Ruanda Urundi

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1924 1962 Usumbura 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Ruanda Urundi
See also:	Belgian Congo; Burundi; Rwanda

Rumania

Refer:

Romania

Russia

Stamps issued are cat. nos 6311 onwards of Russia.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1992 Moscow 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Russia
Includes:	Russia (pre-Soviet)
See also:	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Russia (pre Soviet)

Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1858 1923 Moscow 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album:	Russia

Russia (German Occupation)

Refer:

Ostland;
Ukraine (German Occupation)

Russian Army Issues

Refer:

North Western Army;
Northern Army;
Western Army

Russian Civil War Issues

Album:	Russian Civil War Issues
Includes:	Amur Province; Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal); Crimea; Denikin Government; Don Territory; Far Eastern Republic; Kolchak Government (Siberia); Kuban Territory; North Ingermanland; North Western Army; Northern Army; Priamur & Maritime Provinces; Siberia (Czechoslovak Army); Transbaikal Province; Western Army; Wrangel Government
See also:	USSR Issues for the Far East

Russian Occupation Issues

Album:	Russian Occupation Issues
Includes:	North Korea (Russian Occupation); South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian Post Offices Abroad

Album:	Russian Post Offices Abroad
Includes:	China (Russian Post Offices); Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1863 1914 (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album:	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Includes:	Beirut (Russian Post Office); Constantinople (Russian Post Office); Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices); Jaffa (Russian Post Office); Jerusalem (Russian Post Office); Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office); Mount Athos (Russian Post Office); Mytilene (Russian Post Office); Rizeh (Russian Post Office); Salonika (Russian Post Office); Smyrne (Russian Post Office); Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Russian Zone (General Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 1949 East Berlin 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album:	Germany (Allied Occupation)

Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll

Refer:

ROPiT

Rustenburg

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1900 1902 12 pence = 1 shilling; 0 shillings = 1 pound
Album:	Transvaal

Rwanda

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1962 Kigali 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Rwanda
See also:	Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1948 1972 Naha (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	Ryukyu Islands

Saar

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1947 . 1959
Saarbr|cken
(1947) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
(1947) 100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:	Saar
Includes:	Saar (French Administration)

Saar (French Administration)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1920 . 1935
Saarbr|cken
(1920) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
(1921) 100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:

Saar

Saar (French Zone)

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1945 . 1947
Saarbr|cken
100 pfennige = 1 mark

Stamps used were French Zone (General Issue) types which are cat. nos F1-F13 of Germany. They were replaced in 1947 by stamps specific to Saar.

Album:

Germany (Allied Occupation)

Saargebiet

Refer:

Saar

Saarland

Refer:

Saar

Sabah

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1964 .
Kota Kinabalu
100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:	Sabah
See also:	Malaysia; North Borneo

Sachsen

Refer:

Saxony

Sahara Espanol

Refer:

Spanish Sahara

St Christopher

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1870 . 1890
Basseterre
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:

St Kitts

St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

Dates: Capital: Currency:	1952 . 1980 Basseterre 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album:	St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

Includes:	St Kitts-Nevis; St Kitts Nevis & Anguilla
See also:	Anguilla; Leeward Islands; Nevis; St Kitts

St Helena

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1856 .
Jamestown
(1856) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Album:

St Helena

St Kitts

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1980 .
Basseterre
100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:	St Kitts
Includes:	St Christopher
See also:	Leeward Islands; St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

St Kitts-Nevis

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1903 . 1980
Basseterre
(1903) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

St Kitts Nevis & Anguilla

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1967 . 1971
Basseterre
100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

St Christopher Nevis & Anguilla

St Lucia

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1860 .
Castries
(1860) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

St Lucia

St Paul

Refer:

St Pierre et Miquelon

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1885 . 1978
St Pierre
100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Album:

St Pierre et Miquelon

St Thomas & Prince Islands

Refer:

Sao Tome e Principe

St Vincent

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1861 .
Kingstown
(1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:

St Vincent

Ste Marie de Madagascar

Dates:
Capital:
Currency:

1894 . 1896

100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:

Madagascar & Dependencies

Salonicco

Refer:

Salonika (Italian Post Office)

Salonika (British Field Office)

British stamps overprinted Levant.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1916 only Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Salonika (Italian Post Office)

Italian Post Office in Salonika when still under Turkish rule. Issued Italian stamps overprinted SALONICCO.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1909 . 1911 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Salonika (Russian Post Office)

Local overprint SALONIQUE. The office normally used stamps of Russia or Russian Levant.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1909 . 1914 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Salonique

Refer:

Salonika (Russian Post Office)

Samoa

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1982 . Capital:Apia Currency:100 sene (cents) = 1 dollar Includes:Samoa (Kingdom); Samoa I Sisifo; Samoa (New Zealand Administration); Western Samoa See also:German Samoa

Samoa (Kingdom)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1877 . 1900 Capital:Apia Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Samoa

Samoa I Sisifo

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1958 . 1982 Capital:Apia Currency:(1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 sene (cents) = 1 dollar Album:Samoa

Samoa (New Zealand Administration)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1914 . 1935 Capital:Apia Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Samoa

Samos

Samos had been an independent principality, nominally under Turkish control, but with British, French and Russian protection. A revolt took place in September 1912 and the Turkish garrison withdrew. A provisional government was established under President Sophoulis, who sought political union with Greece. This was achieved by the Treaty of London on 30 May 1913. Samos issued its own stamps from November 1912. There were four issues and 19 stamps in all. Greek stamps were introduced in 1914, but there were also overprints of the Samos types until 1915.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1912 . 1915 Capital: Vathy Currency:100 lepta = 1 drachma See also:Vathy (French Post Office)

San Marino

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1877 . Capital:San Marino Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Sandjak d'Alexandrette

Refer:

Hatay

Santander

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1884 . 1903 Currency:100 centavos = 1 peso Album:Colombian Territories

Sao Tome e Principe

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1870 . Capital:Sao Tome Currency:(1870) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1977) 100 cents = 1 dobra See also:Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Sarajevo Government (Bosnia)

Refer:

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sarawak

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1869 . Capital:Kuching Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Sarawak (British Military Administration)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1945 only Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:BA/BMA Issues

Sarawak (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1942 . 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Sardinia

Sardinia is a large island in the western Mediterranean, south of Corsica. Before the unification of Italy, the Kingdom of Sardinia was the name applied to a union of Sardinia and Piedmont, although the island was very much the junior partner. Stamps of this state were issued in Turin 1851-1862 but the country's name is not shown. Gibbons list these stamps under Sardinia, which is strictly correct, but historians generally refer to the state as Piedmont. To prevent confusion between the 19th century state and the present island province, this work has Piedmont as the specific entry and Sardinia as a minor entry. Capital:Cagliari

Refer:

Italian States;
Piedmont

Sarkari

Refer:

Soruth (Saurashtra)

Sarre

Refer:

Saar

Saseno (Italian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1923 only Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Italian Occupation Issues

Saudi Arabia

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1932 . Capital: Riyadh Currency:(1932) 110 guerche = 10 riyal = 1 gold sovereign (1952) 440 guerche = 40 riyal = 1 gold sovereign (1960) 100 halalah = 20 guerche = 1 riyal (1976) 100 halalas = 1 riyal Includes:Hejaz; Hejaz-Nejd; Nejd

Saurashtra

Refer:

Soruth (Saurashtra)

Saxony

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1850 . 1868 Capital:Dresden Currency:10 pfennige = 1 neugroschen; 30 neugroschen = 1 thaler Album:German States

Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:
Includes:

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital:Halle Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

Scarpanto

The Italian name of Karpathos, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Karpathos

Schleswig

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1864 . 1868 Capital:Schleswig Currency:16 schilling = 1 mark Album:German States

Schleswig-Holstein

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1850 . 1868 Capital:Kiel Currency:16 schilling = 1 mark Album:German States

Schweizer-Renecke

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1900 only Capital:Schweizer-Renecke Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Transvaal

Scinde

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1852 . 1854 Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Scotland

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1958 . Capital:Edinburgh Currency:(1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound Album:Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Scott Expedition

Refer:

Victoria Land

Scutari (Italian Post Office)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1909 . 1915 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SDD

Refer:

Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Seiyun

Refer:

Kathiri State of Seiyun

Selangor

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1881 . Capital:Kuala Lumpur Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Semyonov Regime

Refer:

Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)

Senegal

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1960 . Capital:Dakar Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Senegal (French Colony) See also:French West Africa; Mali Federation

Senegal (French Colony)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1887 . Capital:Dakar Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Senegal

Senegambia & Niger

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1903 . 1906 Capital:Dakar Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Soudan

Serbia

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1866 . 1920; 2006 . Capital:Belgrade Currency:100 paras = 1 dinar Includes:Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues) See also:Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia

Serbia (Austrian Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1916 only Currency:100 heller = 1 krone Album:Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Serbia (German Occupation)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1941 . 1944 Currency:100 paras = 1 dinar Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1944 . 1946 Capital:Belgrade Currency:100 filler = 1 pengo Album:Serbia

Serbian Occupation Issues

Includes:Baranya (Serbian Occupation); Hungary (Serbian Occupation); Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)

Serbia and Montenegro

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:2003 . 2006 Capital:Belgrade Currency:100 paras = 1 dinar See also:Montenegro; Serbia; Yugoslavia

Seychelles

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1890 . Capital:Victoria Currency:100 cents = 1 rupee See also:British Indian Ocean Territory; Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Seychelles Outer Islands

Refer:

Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Shackleton Expedition

Refer:

King Edward VII Land

Shahpura

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1914 . 1920 Capital: Currency:12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Shanghai

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1865 . 1898 Currency:(1865) 10 cash = 1 candareen, 100 candareens = 1 tael (1890) 100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Chinese Empire

Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1919 . 1922 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:US Post Abroad

Sharjah

Issues of 1968-72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
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Dates:1963 . 1968 Currency:(1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal. Album:Trucial States

Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1946 . 1949 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:CPR Regional Issues

Sherifian Post

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1912 . 1919 Currency:400 moussonats = 1 rial Album:Morocco

Shihr & Mukalla

Refer:

Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

Shqip-

Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.

Refer:

Albania

SHS

Refer:

Srba Hrvata Slovena

Siam

Dates: Capital: Currency:
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Dates:1883 . 1939 Capital:Bangkok Currency:(1883) 32 solot = 16 atts = 8 sio = 4 sik = 2 fuang = 1 salung; 4 salungs = 1 tical (1909) 100 satangs = 1 tical (1912) 100 satangs = 1 baht Album:Thailand

Siam (Thailand)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1947 . 1950 Capital:Bangkok Currency:100 satangs = 1 baht Album:Thailand

Siam (British Post Offices)

Refer:

Bangkok (British Post Office)

Siberia

Refer:

Russian Civil War Issues

Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Sicily

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1859 . 1860 Capital:Palermo Currency:100 grano = 1 ducato Album:Italian States

Sierra Leone

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1859 . Capital:Freetown Currency:(1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1964) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Sikkim

Unofficial issues only.

Refer:

India

Silesia

Refer:

East Silesia;
Upper Silesia

Simi

The Italian name of Syme, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Syme

Sind

Refer:

Scinde

Singapore

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1948 . Capital:Singapore Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar

Sinkiang

Within Sinkiang province was the short-lived Ili Republic, which issued some unofficial stamps 1945-1949.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1915 . 1949 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Chinese Provinces

Sirmoor

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1879 . 1902 Currency:12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Slesvig

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1920 only Capital:Schleswig Currency:Danish and German used concurrently Album:Plebiscite Issues

Slovakia

In 1993, the federation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and Slovakia became an independent republic with Michal Kovac as its first president.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1993 . Capital:Bratislava Currency:100 haleru = 1 koruna Includes:Slovakia(Autonomous State) See also:Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic

Slovakia (Autonomous State)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1939 . 1945 Capital:Bratislava Currency:100 haleru = 1 koruna Album:Slovakia

Slovenia

Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia was combined with other areas in 1918 to form Yugoslavia. After occupation by Italy and Germany in WW2, it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1945. In 1991, Slovenia seceded from the Yugoslav federation and became an independent republic.

Dates: Capital: Currency:
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Dates:1991 . Capital:Ljubljana Currency:(1991) tolar (2007) 100 cents = 1 euro (.) Includes:Slovenia (Provincial Issues); Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues) See also:Yugoslavia

Slovenia (Provincial Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1919 . 1921 Capital:Ljubljana Currency:100 vinar = 1 krona Album:Slovenia

Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates: Capital: Currency:
Album:

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital:Ljubljana Currency:German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently Album:Slovenia

Slovenia (German Occupation)

Refer:

Laibach (German Occupation)

Slovenia (Italian Occupation)

Refer:

Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

Smirne (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1911 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Smyrne (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SO 1920

Refer:

East Silesia

Solomon Islands

Dates:1975 . Capital:Honiara Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:British Solomon Islands

Somalia

Under UN control with Italian administration 1950-60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate. Dates:1950 . Capital: Mogadishu Currency: (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling

Somalia (British Administration)

Dates:1950 only Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling Album:BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Military Administration)

BMA Somalia. Dates:1948 . 1950 Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling Album:BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Occupation)

Refer:

East Africa Forces

Somaliland Protectorate

Dates:1904 . 1960 Capital: Hargeisa Currency: (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling Includes:British Somaliland

Soruth (Saurashtra)

Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanager, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929-1949 period were overprinted SARKARI. Dates:1864 . 1949 Capital:Junagadh Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States

Soudan

Refer:

Sudan

South Africa

Dates:1910 . Capital:Pretoria Currency: (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

South African Republic

Dates:1869 . 1902 Capital:Pretoria Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Transvaal

South African Territories

Includes:Bophutatswana; Ciskei; Transkei; Venda

South Arabian Federation

Dates:1963 . 1968 Capital: Aden Currency: (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling (1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar Album:Aden Protectorate States

South Australia

Dates:1855 . 1912 Capital:Adelaide Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:Australia

South Bulgaria

Dates:1885 only Capital:Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Bulgarian Territories

South China (People's Post)

Dates:1949 only Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:CPR Regional Issues

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital:Dresden Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

South Georgia

Dates:1963 . 1980 Capital:Grytviken Currency: (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound Album:South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA. Dates:1944 . 1946 Capital:Grytviken Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants. Dates:1980 . Capital:Grytviken Currency: 100 pence = 1 pound Includes:South Georgia

South Kasai

Dates:1961 . 1962 Capital:Lusambo Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Zaire

South Korea

Dates:1946 . Capital:Seoul Currency: (1946) 100 chon = 1 won (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan (1962) 100 chon = 1 won

South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

Dates:1950 only Currency: 100 chon = 1 won Album:North Korea

South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency. Dates:1919 only Currency: 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas Album:Russian Occupation Issues

South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates:1944 . 1946 Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Russia

Refer:

Russian Civil War Issues

South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates:1944 . 1946 Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Vietnam

Dates:1955 . 1976 Capital:Saigon Currency: 100 cents = 1 piastre See also:National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam; North Vietnam; Vietnam

South West Africa

Dates:1923 . 1991 Capital:Windhoek Currency: (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand See also:German South West Africa; Namibia

South West China (People's Post)

Dates:1949 . 1950 Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:CPR Regional Issues

Southern Cameroons

Dates:1960 . 1961 Capital:Mamfe Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Nigerian Territories

Southern Nigeria

Dates:1901 . 1914 Capital:Enugu Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Nigerian Territories

Southern Rhodesia

Dates:1924 . 1964 Capital:Salisbury Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Rhodesia

Southern Yemen

Dates:1968 . 1971 Capital: Aden Currency: 1000 fils = 1 dinar Album:Yemen

Southern Zone, Morocco

Dates:1956 . 1958 Capital:Rabat Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Morocco See also:French Morocco

Spain

Dates:1850 . Capital:Madrid Currency: (1850) 8 cuartos = 1 real (1866) 80 cuartos = 100 centimos = 1 escudo (1867) 1000 milesimas = 100 centimos = 80 cuartos = 1 escudo (1872) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro See also: Canary Islands

Spanish Guinea

Dates:1902 . 1960 Capital:Santa Isabel Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Includes:Elobey, Annobon & Corisco; Fernando Poo; Rio Muni

Spanish Marianas

Dates:1898 . 1899 Capital: Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish Philippines See also: Mariana Islands

Spanish Morocco

Dates:1914 . 1956 Capital:Tetuan Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Spanish Philippines

Dates:1854 . 1898 Capital:Manila Currency: (1854) 20 cuartos = 1 real; 8 reales = 1 peso (1864) 100 centimos = 1 peso (1871) 100 centimos = 1 escudo (1872) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (1876) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso Includes:Spanish Marianas

Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Includes:Morocco (Spanish Post Offices); Tangier (Spanish Post Office); Tetuan (Spanish Post Office)

Spanish Sahara

Dates:1924 . 1975 Capital:El Aaiun Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish West Africa

Spanish West Africa

The general issue was for use in Ifni and Spanish Sahara. Dates:1949 . 1951 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Includes:Cape Juby; Ifni; La Aguera; Rio de Oro; Spanish Sahara

Srba Hrvata Slovena

Refer:

Yugoslavia

Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia)

After Croatia recovered Krajina and Eastern Slavonia from the autonomous republic of Srpska Krajina in 1995, Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). Stamps were issued soon afterwards. Postal administration was transferred back to Croatia on 19 May 1997 and separate issues ceased at that time. Eastern Slavonia as a whole was incorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998. Dates:1995 . 1997 Capital: Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar Album:Croatia See also: Srpska Krajina (Croatia)

Sri Lanka

Dates:1972 . Capital:Colombo Currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee See also: Ceylon

Srpska

Refer:

Bosnian Serb Republic

Srpska Krajina (Croatia)

After Croatia declared itself independent of Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatian Serbs in Krajina, Western Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia proclaimed their allegiance to Yugoslavia and formed the Republic of Srpska Krajina under UN protection. Elections for a president and parliament were held in January 1994. In 1995, the Republic of Croatia began to recover the Serb territories. Krajina and Western Slavonia were incorporated back into Croatia that year while Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). Stamps were issued soon after Srpska Krajina was proclaimed and continued until the Croatian recovery of Krajina. Later issues were made by Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (q.v.). Dates:1993 . 1995 Capital: Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar Album:Croatia See also: Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia)

Stadt Post Basel

Refer:

Basle

Stampalia

The Italian name of Astypalaea, one of the Dodecanese Islands which were Italian colonies from 1912 until 1945. Although general Dodecanese issues prevailed throughout the period, Italian stamps overprinted with the island's name were introduced on 1 December 1912 with further issues in 1930 and 1932.

Refer:

Astypalaea

Stellaland

A temporary Boer republic was established in Stellaland, which was the area surrounding Vryburg, on 10 January 1883. In 1885 it was annexed by Britain and incorporated into British Bechuanaland on 30 September 1885. There was one local issue of six stamps on 1 February 1884. Dates:1884 . 1885 Capital:Vryburg Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Cape of Good Hope See also: Vryburg

Stockholm

Dates:1856 . 1862 Currency: (1855) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler (1858) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler Album:Sweden

Straits Settlements

Dates:1867 . 1942 Capital:Singapore Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Labuan

Strasbourg

Refer:

Council of Europe (Strasbourg)

STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA

Overprints on Yugoslav stamps issued in Trieste.

Refer:

Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

Sudan

Earliest issues were Egyptian stamps overprinted SOUDAN. Dates:1897 . Capital: Khartoum Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Sudetenland

Refer:

Asch (Sudentenland)

Suez Canal Company

During the construction period 1859-69, the company ran a mail service that was taken over by the Egyptian government in 1868. Some special stamps (unofficial only) were issued in 1868.

Refer:

Egypt

Suidafrika

Refer:

South Africa

Sumatra (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:1943 . 1945 Currency:100 cents = 1 gulden Album:Japanese Occupation Issues

Sungei Ujong

Dates:1878 . 1895 Capital:Serembam Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar See also: Malaysia

Suomi

Refer:

Finland

Surinam/Suriname

Dates:1873 . Capital:Paramaribo Currency: 100 cents = 1 gulden

Sverige

Refer:

Sweden

Swaziland

Dates:1933 . Capital:Mbabane Currency: (1889) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand (1974) 100 cents = 1 lilangeni (note: plural is emalangeni) Includes:Swaziland (Provisional Government)

Swaziland (Provisional Government)

Dates:1889 . 1894 Capital:Mbabane Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Swaziland

Sweden

Dates:1855 . Capital:Stockholm Currency: (1855) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler (1858) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler (1875) 100 ore = 1 krona Includes:Stockholm

Swiss Cantonal Administration

Refer:

Basle;
Geneva;
Switzerland;
Zurich

Swiss Cantonal Issues

Includes:Basle; Geneva; Zurich

Swiss PTT

Refer:

United Nations (UN)

Swiss Transitional Issues

Refer:

Geneva;
Switzerland;
Zurich

Switzerland

Dates:1850 . Capital:Berne Currency:(1850) 100 rappen = 1 franken (1862) 100 centimes = 1 franc See also: Swiss Cantonal Issues

Syme

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911.12, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint SIMI, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 . 1932 Capital: Simi Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Syria

Dates:1924 . Capital:Damascus Currency: 100 centimes = 1 piastre See also: United Arab Republic (UAR)

Syria (French Occupation)

Issues in both Egyptian and Syrian currency overprinted TEO or OMF. Dates:1919 . 1924 Currency:(1919) 40 paras = 10 milliemes = 1 piastre (1920) 100 centimes = 1 piastre Album:French Occupation Issues

Szechwan

Dates:1933 only Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Chinese Provinces

Szeged

Dates:1919 only Capital:Szeged Currency:100 filler = 1 korona See also: Hungary

Tadzikistan

Refer:

Tajikistan

Tahiti

Dates:1882 . 1915 Capital:Papeete Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Oceanic Settlements

Taiwan

Dates:1945 . 1949 Capital:Taipei Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Album: Chinese Provinces See also:Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan); Japanese Taiwan (Formosa)

Tajikistan

Dates:1992 . Capital:Dushambe Currency:(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1995) 100 tangas = 1 rouble (2000) 100 dirhams = 1 somoni See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Tanganyika

Dates:1922 . 1964 Capital:Dar-es-Salaam Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling See also:German East Africa; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Tangier

Dates:1927 . 1957 Capital:Tangier Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Tangier (British Post Offices)

Refer:

Tangier

Tangier (French Post Office)

Dates:1918 . 1942 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Post Offices Abroad

Tangier (Spanish Post Offices)

Dates:1921 . 1957 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album:Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Tannu Tuva

Refer:

Tuva

Tanzania

Dates:1965 . Capital:Dar-es-Salaam Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling See also:German East Africa; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues); Tanganyika; Zanzibar

Tasmania

Dates:1853 . 1912 Capital:Hobart Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Includes:Van Diemen's Land See also:Australia

Tchad

Refer:

Chad

Tchongking (Indo . Chinese Post Office)

Dates:1903 . 1922 Currency: (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre Album:China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Telos

Aegean island, one of the Dodecanese, which was formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and used stamps of Turkey to 1912 when it was seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911.12, becoming an Italian colony. The island belonged to Italy until 1943 and used general issues of Aegean Islands, overprinted EGEO, throughout that period. On 1 December 1912, Italian stamps were issued with the overprint PISCOPI, which is the Italian name of the island. From January 1916, Italian stamps without overprint were in use. There were further issues for the individual Dodecanese islands in 1930 and 1932 but, for most of the period from 1930 to 1945, a general issue prevailed with the overprint ISOLE ITALIANE DELL' EGEO. The island was occupied by German forces after the Italian armisitice in 1943 but this had no impact on postage. The Dodecanese issue remained in use until the British occupation in 1945 when Middle East Forces (MEF) stamps were introduced. The island was ceded to Greece in September 1947, whereupon there was an initial issue of Greek stamps overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation) before issues of general Greek stamps began in the same year. The island formally became a constituent part of Greece on 7 March 1948. Dates:1912 . 1932 Capital: Megalo Khorio Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Temesvar (Romanian Occupation)

Dates:1919 only Currency: 100 filler = 1 korona Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)

Dates:1919 only Currency: 100 filler = 1 korona Album:Serbian Occupation Issues

TEO

Refer:

Syria (French Occupation)

Terre Adelie

Refer:

Tete

Dates:1913 . 1920 Capital:Tete Currency: 100 centavos = 1 escudo Album:Mozambique Territories

Tetuan (Spanish PO)

Dates:1908 . 1909 Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta Album: Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Thai Occupation of Malaya

Refer:

Malaya (Thai Occupation)

Thailand

Dates:1940 . Capital:Bangkok Currency: 100 satangs = 1 baht Includes:Malaya (Thai Occupation); Siam; Siam (Thailand)

Thailand (British Post Office)

Refer:

Bangkok (British Post Office)

Thessaly (Turkish Occupation)

Dates:1898 only Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album: Turkey

Thrace

Includes:Adrianople; Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation); Eastern Thrace; Gumultsina; Thrace (Allied Occupation); Western Thrace; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation) See also:Greek Occupation Issues

Thrace (Allied Occupation)

Dates:1919 . 1920 Currency: 100 stotinki = 1 lev (Bulgarian) Album:Thrace

Thuringia (Russian Zone)

Dates:1945 . 1946 Capital:Erfurt Currency: 100 pfennige Album:Germany (Allied Occupation)

Thurn & Taxis

Dates:1852 . 1867 Currency: 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler (north) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden (south) Album:German States

Tibet

Dates:1912 . 1959 Capital:Lhasa Currency: 6.67 trangka = 1 sang

Tibet (Chinese Post Offices)

Dates:1911 . 1912 Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album: Chinese Empire

Tientsin (French Post Office)

Dates:1903 . 1922 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Post Offices Abroad

Tientsin (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1917 . 1922 Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Italian Post Offices Abroad

Tierra del Fuego

Dates:1891 only Currency: centigrammes of gold dust (centavos) Album:Chile

Timisoara

Refer:

Temesvar (Romanian Occupation)

Timor

Dates:1885 . 1976 Capital:Dili Currency: (1885) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1894) 100 avos = 1 pataca (1960) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

Tobago

Dates:1879 . 1896 Capital:Scarborough Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Trinidad & Tobago

Togo

Dates:1957 . Capital:Lome Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Togo (French Colony) See also:German Togo; Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)

Togo (Anglo . French Occupation)

Dates:1914 . 1919 Currency: British, French & German all used concurrently See also:German Colonies; Togo

Togo (British Occupation)

Refer:

Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)

Togo (French Colony)

Dates:1921 . 1957 Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Togo

Tokelau

Dates:1948 . Capital: Currency: (1948) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1982) 100 sene (cents) = 1 tola (dollar)

Tolima

Dates:1870 . 1903 Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso Album: Colombian Territories

Tonga

Dates:1886 . Capital:Nukualofa Currency: (1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1967) 100 seniti = 1 pa'anga

Tongking

Refer:

Annam & Tongking

Toypkia

Refer:

Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Transbaikal Province

Dates:1920 only Capital:Chita Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Russian Civil War Issues

Transcaucasian Federation

Dates:1923 . 1924 Capital:Tbilisi Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble See also:Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Transjordan

Dates:1920 . 1949 Capital:Amman Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound Album: Jordan

Transkei

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage. Dates:1977 . Capital:Umtata Currency: 100 cents = 1 rand Album:South African Territories

Transvaal

Dates:1869 . 1910 Capital:Pretoria Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Includes:Lydenburg; New Republic; Pietersburg; Rustenburg; Schweizer-Renecke; South African Republic; Volksrust; Wolmaransstad

Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Dates:1919 only Currency: 100 bani = 1 leu Album:Romanian Post Abroad

Travancore

Dates:1888 . 1949 Capital:Trivandrum Currency: 16 cash = 1 chuckram; 28 chuckrams = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States See also: Travancore-Cochin

Travancore . Cochin

Dates:1949 . 1951 Capital:Trivandrum Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:Indian Native States See also: Cochin; Travancore

Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1910 Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Trengganu

Dates:1910 . Capital:Kuala Trengganu Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Malaysia

Trentino (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1918 . 1919 Currency: Austrian and Italian used concurrently Album: Italian Occupation Issues

Trieste

Includes:Trieste (Allied Military Government); Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government) See also: Venezia Giulia & Istria

Trieste (Allied Military Government)

Dates:1947 . 1954 Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Trieste

Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

Dates:1948 . 1954 Currency:(1948) 100 centesimi = 1 lira (1949) 100 paras = 1 dinar Album:Trieste

Trinidad

Dates:1851 . 1913 Capital:Port of Spain Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago

Dates:1913 . Capital:Port of Spain Currency: (1913) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1935) 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Tobago; Trinidad

Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1912 Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira Album: Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Tripolitania

Dates:1923 . 1943 Capital: Tripoli Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Tripolitania (British Administration)

Dates:1950 . 1952 Currency: Military Administration Lire (MAL) Album: BA/BMA Issues

Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Dates:1948 . 1950 Currency: Military Administration Lire (MAL) Album: BA/BMA Issues

Tripolitania (British Occupation)

Refer:

Tripolitania (British Administration);
Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Tristan da Cunha

Dates:1952 . Capital: Currency: (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Trucial States

Dates:1961 . 1972 Currency: 100 naye paise = 1 rupee Includes:Ajman; Fujeira; Ras Al Khaima; Sharjah; Umm Al Qiwain See also: Abu Dhabi; British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Dubai; United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Tsingtao

Refer:

Kiautschou

Tunisia

Dates:1888 . Capital:Tunis Currency: (1888) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1959) 1000 milliemes = 1 dinar

Turkey

Dates:1863 . Capital:Constantinople (to 1923); Ankara (since 1923) Currency: (1863) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1926) 40 paras = 1 grush (1929) 40 paras = 1 kurus (1942) 100 paras = 1 kurus (1949) 100 kurus = 1 lira Includes:Angora (Ankara); Thessaly (Turkish Occupation)

Turkish Cypriot Posts

Dates:1974 . Currency: (1974) 1000 mils = 1 pound (1978) 100 kurus = 1 lira

Turkish Empire (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer:

Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Constantinople (Polish Post Office);
Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Turkmenistan

Dates:1992 . Capital:Ashkabad Currency:(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1994) 100 tenge = 1 manat See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Turks Islands

Dates:1867 . 1900 Capital:Cockburn Town Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Turks & Caicos Islands

Turks & Caicos Islands

Dates:1900 . Capital:Cockburn Town (Grand Turk) Currency: (1900) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (#) (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Caicos Islands; Turks Islands

Tuscany

Dates:1851 . 1860 Capital:Firenze (Florence) Currency: (1851) 60 quattrini = 20 soldi = 12 crazie = 1 Tuscan lira (1859) 1 Tuscan lira = 1 Italian lira Album:Italian States

Tuva

Dates:1926 . 1944 Capital:Kyzyl Currency: (1926) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (1935) 100 kopecks = 1 tugrik (1936) 100 kopecks = 1 aksha See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Tuvalu

Dates:1976 . Capital:Funafuti Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar See also:Gilbert & Ellice Islands

UAE

Refer:

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

UAR

Refer:

United Arab Republic (UAR)

Ubangi . Shari

Refer:

Oubangui-Chari

Ubangi . Shari . Chad

Refer:

Oubangui-Chari-Tchad

Uganda

Dates:1962 . Capital:Kampala Currency:100 cents = 1 shilling See also:British East Africa; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Uganda Protectorate

Dates:1895 . 1902 Capital:Entebbe Currency:(1895) 1000 cowries = 2 rupees (1896) 16 annas = 1 rupee Album:British East Africa

UK

Refer:

United Kingdom (UK)

Ukraine

Dates:1992 . Capital:Kiev Currency:(1992) karbovanets (coupon currency) (1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvna Includes:Ukraine (pre-Soviet); Ukrainian Field Post See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Ukraine (pre . Soviet)

Dates:1918 . 1923 Capital:Kiev Currency:200 shagiv = 100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Ukraine

Ukraine (German Occupation)

Dates:1941 . 1944 Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Ukrainian Field Post

Dates:1920 only Currency:100 shagiv = 1 grivna Album:Ukraine

UKTT

Refer:

Southern Cameroons

Ultramar

Refer:

Cuba;
Macao;
Portuguese Guinea;
Puerto Rico;
Spanish Guinea

Refer:

Umm Al Qiwain

Dates:1964 . 1967 Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal Album:Trucial States

UN

Refer:

United Nations (UN)

UN Administration of West New Guinea

Refer:

West New Guinea

UNESCO

Dates:1961 . 1981 Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:International Organisations

Union Island

Refer:

Grenadines of St Vincent

Union Islands

Refer:

Tokelau

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Dates:1923 . 1992 Capital:Moscow Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Includes:USSR Issues for the Far East See also:Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russia; Tajikistan; Transcaucasian Federation; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Dates:1973 . Capital: Abu Dhabi Currency: 100 fils = 1 dirham See also:Abu Dhabi; Dubai; Trucial States

United Arab Republic (UAR)

Dates:1958 . 1961 Capital: Cairo Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound Album:Egypt

United Kingdom (UK)

Refer:

Great Britain

United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT)

Refer:

Southern Cameroons

United Nations (UN)

Dates:1950 . Currency:American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location Album:International Organisations

United States of America (USA)

Dates:1847 . Capital:Washington DC Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Includes:Confederate States of America

United States of New Granada

Refer:

New Granada

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Dates:1957 . Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc (Swiss) Album:International Organisations

Upper Senegal & Niger

Dates:1906 . 1921 Capital:Niamey Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:French Soudan

Upper Silesia

Dates:1920 . 1922 Currency:100 pfennige = 1 mark Album:Plebiscite Issues

Upper Volta

Dates:1959 . 1984 Capital:Ouagadougou Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Includes:Upper Volta (French Colony) See also:Burkina Faso; French West Africa

Upper Volta (French Colony)

Dates:1920 . 1933 Capital:Ouagadougou Currency:100 centimes = 1 franc Album:Upper Volta

Upper Yafa

Dates:1967 only Currency: 1000 fils = 1 dinar Album: Aden Protectorate States

UPU

Refer:

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Uruguay

Dates:1856 . Capital:Montevideo Currency:(1856) 120 centavos = 1 real (1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso (1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso

USA

Refer:

US Post Abroad

Includes:Guam; Philippines (US Administration); Shanghai (US Postal Agency); US Post Offices in Japan

US Postal Agency in Shanghai

Refer:

Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

US Post Offices in Japan

Dates:1867 . 1874 Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:US Post Abroad

USSR

Refer:

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

USSR Issues for the Far East

Dates:1923 only Currency:100 kopecks = 1 rouble Album:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

US Virgin Islands

Refer:

Danish West Indies

Uzbekistan

Dates:1992 . Capital:Tashkent Currency:(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble (June 1994) sum (coupon currency) (Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 sum See also:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Vaitupu

Refer:

Tuvalu

Valona (Italian Post Office)

Dates:1909 . 1916 Currency:40 paras = 1 piastre Album:Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Van Diemen's Land

Dates:1853 . 1860 Capital:Hobart Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Tasmania

Vancouver Island

Dates:1865 only Capital:Victoria Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar Album:Canadian States

Vanuatu

Dates:1980 . Capital:Vila Currency:(1980) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1981) vatus See also:New Hebrides

Vathy (French Post Offices)

Dates:1893 . 1914 Currency: French and Turkish used concurrently Album: French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Vatican City

Dates:1929 . Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira (2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (.)

Veglia

Dates:1920 only Capital: Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Fiume

Venda

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage. Dates:1979 . Capital: Currency:100 cents = 1 rand Album:South African Territories

Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Dates:1918 . 1919 Currency:Austrian and Italian used concurrently Album:Italian Occupation Issues

Venezia Giulia & Istria

Includes:Istria (Yugoslav Occupation); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation) See also:Trieste; Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government)

Dates:1945 . 1947 Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Venezia Giulia & Istria See also:Trieste

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government)

Dates:1945 . 1947 Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates:1945 only Currency:100 centesimi = 1 lira Album:Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezuela

Dates:1859 . Capital:Caracas Currency:(1859) 100 centavos = 8 reales = 1 peso (1879) 100 centesimos = 1 venezolano (1880) 100 centimos = 1 bolivar

Victoria

Dates:1850 . 1912 Capital:Melbourne Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound See also:Australia

Victoria Land

Dates:1911 . 1912 Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:New Zealand Territories

Vienna

Refer:

United Nations (UN)

Vietcong

Refer:

National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam

Vietnam

Dates:1976 . Capital:Hanoi Currency:100 xu = 1 dong Includes:Vietnam (French Colony)

Vietnam (French Colony)

Dates:1945 . 1954 Capital:Hanoi Currency:(1945) 100 cents = 1 piastre (1945) 100 xu = 10 hao = 1 dong Album:Vietnam

Vilnius

Refer:

Lithuania (German Occupation)

Virgin Islands

Dates:1866 . 1968 Capital:Road Town Currency:(1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar Album:British Virgin Islands

Vladivostock

Refer:

Priamur & Maritime Provinces

Volksrust

Dates:1902 only Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Transvaal

VR Special Post

Refer:

Vryburg

VRI

Refer:

Lydenburg;
Orange Free State;
Transvaal;
Volksrust;
Wolmaransstad

Refer:

Vryburg

Dates:1899 . 1900 Currency:12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Album:Cape of Good Hope See also:Stellaland

VU(J)NA . STT

Refer:

STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA

Wadhwan

Dates:1888 . 1892 Currency:4 pice = 1 anna Album:Indian Native States

Wake Island

Currency:100 cents = 1 dollar (US)

Refer: