Stamp Issuing Entity Years of Issue Notes Catalog Reference (Scott)
Abbreviations found at the end of the list
Abkhazia 1993 . Georgian seceding state nl?
Abu Dhabi 1964-1972 Emirate . %
Aden 1937-1963 Br . %
Adigey 1993 . Rus local ovpts nl?
Aegean Islands 1947 Greek occ aka Dodecanese I's, ovpt SDD Greece N239-N248
Aegean Islands 1912-1944 It . Italy Aegean Islands
Afars and Issas 1967-1977 Fr . %
Afghanistan 1890-1973 K . % 177-882
Afghanistan 1973- R . % 883-
Aguera, La 1920-1923 Sp . %
Aitutaki 1903-1932, 1972- NZ . %
Ajman 1964-1972 Emirate . %
Aland Islands 1984- . . Finland %
Alaouites 1925-1930 Fr . %
Albania 1913 Provisional Gvt . % 1-40
Albania 1939-1943 It K . % 299-331
Albania 1943-1944 Ger occ . % 332-344
Albania 1914, 1928-1939 K . % 41-52, 210-298
Albania 1919-1928, 1945- R . % 84-209, 354-
Albania 1902-1916 It PO . Italy Offices
Alderney 1983- . . Great Britain %
Alexandretta 1938 . . %
Alexandria 1899-1930 Fr PO . France Offices
Alexandria 1846 . . US 1X...
Algeria 1924-1958 Fr . % 1-285
Algeria 1962- R . % 286-
Allenstein 1920 . . %
Alsace 1940-1941 Ger occ . France N27-N42
Alsace-Lorraine 1870-1871 North Ger occ . France N1-N14
Alwar 1877-1902 . . Indian States %
Amur Province 1921 . . Far Eastern R 42-46
Ancachs 1884 Chilean occ aka Alerta Peru 1N...
Andalusian Provinces 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . Spain 114a-128a
Andorra 1931- Fr PO . % French Administration
Andorra 1928- Sp PO . % Spanish Administration
Angola 1870-1975 Port . % 1-593
Angola 1975- R . % 594-
Angra 1892-1905 Port . %
Anguilla 1967- Br . %
Anhwei Province 1949 China . China %
Anjouan 1892-1912 Fr . %
Annam and Tonkin 1888 Fr . %
Antigua 1862-1981 Br . % 1-632
Antigua and Barbuda 1981- . . Antigua 633-
Antillas 1855-1871 Sp . Cuba 1-53 with exceptions
Antioquia 1868-1904 . . Colombia %
Apurimac 1885 Chilean occ . Peru 2N1
Arbe 1920-1921 It occ aka Rab Fiume 122-127
Arequipa 1881-1885 . . Peru 3N...
Argentina 1858- . . %
Armenia 1919-1923, 1992- R . %
Aruba 1986- Neth . %
Ascension 1922- Br . %
Asturias Province 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . Spain 117d, 122d
Athens 1861 . GA US CSA 5X...
Atlantic City 1884-1887 Faunce's Penny Post US local [sce] US 152L1 !
Atlantic City 1886 H & B Penny Post US local Hackney & Bolte [sce] US 153L1 !
Aunus 1919 Finnish occ aka Olonetz Russia N1-N8
Australia 1913- . . %
Australian Antarctic Territory 1957- . . Australia L...
Austria 1850-1867, 1868-1918 E . % 1-26, 34-175
Austria 1918-1938, 1945- R . % 176-389, 455-
Austria 1945 Allied occ . % 4N...
Austria 1919 It occ . % N64-N74
Austria-Hungary 1867-1868 . . % 27-33
Ayacucho 1881 . . Peru 4N1
Azerbaijan 1919-1923, 1992- . . %
Azores 1868-1931, 1980- Port . %, Portugal %
Baden 1851-1871 GD . German States %
Baden 1947-1949 Fr occ . Germany 5N...
Baden NR 16 1905 . Ger local official Germany oL16-oL21
Baden rural delivery 1862 . . German States Baden LJ1-LJ3
Bagdad 1917 Br occ . Mesopotamia N1-N27
Bahamas 1859-1973 Br . % 1-347
Bahamas 1973- . . % 348-
Bahawalpur 1948-1949 . . Pakistan %
Bahrain 1933-1971 Br Prot . % 1-181
Bahrain 1971- Emirate . % 182-
Baja California 1915 . Mex civil war local Mexico 401-404
Baku 1922 . . Azerbaijan 300-333
Baltimore 1864 Mearis' City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 103L... !
Baltimore 1856 One Cent Despatch US local [sce] US 112L... !
Baltimore 1857 Ricketts & Hall US local [sce] US 127L1 !
Baltimore 1850 Stringer & Morton's City Despatch US local [sce] US 134L1 !
Baltimore 1856-1857 Wood & Co. City Despatch US local [sce] US 148L1 !
Baltimore 1845, 1850-1857 . prov 1845, carrier 1850-7 US 3X..., 1LB...
Baltimore 1851 City One Cent Dispatch US local US 47L1 !
Baltimore 1853 Cook's Dispatch US local [sce] US 51L1 !
Baltimore 1852 Davis's Penny Post US local [sce] US 57L1 !
Baltimore 1856 Grafflin's Baltimore Despatch US local [sce] US 73L1 !
Baltimore 1848 Johnson & Co.'s City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 90L1 !
Bamra 1888-1894 . . Indian States %
Banat-Bacska 1919 Serb occ . Hungary 10N...
Bangkok 1882-1885 Br PO . %
Bangladesh 1971- R . %
Baranya 1919-1920 . . Hungary 7N..., 8N...
Barbados 1852-1966 Br . % 1-289
Barbados 1966- . . % 290-
Barbuda 1922, 1968- . . %
Barnesville 1877-1884 Friend's Boarding School US local "F.B.S." OH [sce] US 151L1 !
Barwani 1921-1948 . . Indian States %
Basel 1845-1850 Canton . Switzerland 3L1
Basutoland 1933-1966 Br . %
Baton Rouge 1861 . . US CSA 11X...
Batum 1919-1920 Br occ . %
Bavaria 1849-1919 K . German States % 1-135
Bavaria 1919-1920 R . German States % 136-275
Bayonne City 1883 Bayonne City Dispatch US local NJ [sce] US 9L1 !
Beaumont 1861 . . US CSA 12X...
Bechuanaland 1885-1897 Br . %
Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888-1965 Br . %
Beirut 1905 Fr PO . France Offices Turkey 39
Beirut 1909-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 161-169
Belarus 1992- R . %
Belgian Congo 1909-1960 . . Congo 31-322
Belgium 1849- K . %
Belgium 1914-1916 Ger occ . % N1-N25
Belize 1973-1981 Br . % 312-562
Belize 1981- . . % 563-
Benadir 1903-1922 It . Somalia 1-27, 40-50
Bengazi 1901 It PO . Italy Offices
Benin 1892-1894 Fr . % 1-45
Benin 1976- R . % 342-
Bequia 1984- Saint Vincent . Saint Vincent Grenadines %
Berford & Co.'s Express 1851 . US local New York-Panama-Pacific ports [sce] US 11L... !
Bergedorf 1861-1867 . . German States %
Berlin 1948-1991 Allied occ . Germany 9N...
Berlin-Brandenburg 1945 Sov occ . Germany 11N...
Bermuda 1865- Br . %
Bhopal 1876-1949 . . Indian States %
Bhor 1879-1901 . . Indian States %
Bhutan 1962- K . %
Bijawar 1935-1937 . . Indian States %
Birobaijan 1992 . ovpt on U.S.S.R. nl?
Bluefields 1904-1911 Nicaraguan . Nicaragua 1L1-1L108
Bogata 1889 Colombian . Colombia LX1-LX3
Bohemia and Moravia 1939-1945 Ger Prot . Czechoslovakia %
Bolivar 1863-1904 . . Colombia %
Bolivia 1866- R . %
Bophuthatswana 1977-1994 R Homeland South Africa %
Boscawen 1846? . New Hampshire US 4X1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992?- . have they been issuing? %
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1879-1918 Austrian PO . %
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1918 Yugoslav . Yugoslavia 1L...
Boston 1844 W. Wyman US local US 149L1 !
Boston 1846-1850 Cheever & Towle US local [sce] US 37L1 !
Boston 1849-1850 . carrier US 3LB...
Boston 1844 American Letter Mail Co. US local Lysander Spooner [sce] US 5L... !
Boston 1845-1847 Barnard's City Letter Express US local [sce] US 7L... !
Boston 1849 Hill's Post US local [sce] US 81L1 !
Boston 1848-1851 Bigelow's Express US local [sce] US noted nl
Botswana 1966- R . %
Boyaca 1899-1904 . . Colombia %
Brattleboro 1846 . . US 5X1
Brazil 1843-1889 E . % 1-98
Brazil 1889- R . % 99-
Bremen 1855-1867 Free City . German States %
Bridgeville 1861 . . US CSA 13X...
British Antarctic Territory 1963- . . %
British Central Africa 1891-1908 . . %
British Columbia 1865-1871 . now Canada % 7-18
British Columbia and Vancouver's Island 1860-65 . now Canada British Columbia 1-2
British East Africa 1890-1903 . . % 38-109
British East Africa Company, Imperial 1890 . . British East Africa 1-37
British Guiana 1850-1966 . . %
British Honduras 1866-1973 . . %
British Indian Ocean Territory 1968- . . %
British New Guinea 1901-1906 . . Papua New Guinea 1-8
British South Africa 1890-1925 . . Rhodesia 1-81
Brooklyn 1862? Pips Daily Mail US local Geo. Abrahams US 116L... !
Brooklyn 1855-1856 Robison & Co. US local [sce] US 128L1 !
Brooklyn 1846 Walton & Co.'s City Express US local [sce] US 142L1 !
Brooklyn 1848 Bush's Brooklyn City Express US local [sce] US 157L1 !
Brooklyn 1851-1864 Brooklyn City Express Post US local [sce] US 28L... !
Brooklyn 1845 Jones' City Express US local [sce] US 91L1 !
Brooklyn 1882 Ledger Dispatch US local "Edwin Pidgeon" [sce] US 95L1 !
Brunei 1906- Sultanate . %
Brunei 1942-1945 Japanese occ . % N...
Brunswick 1852-1867 Duchy . German States %
Buenos Aires 1858-1862 . . Argentina %
Buffalo 1848 Spaulding's Penny Post US local [sce] US 156L... !
Buffalo 1847 Cutting's Despatch Post US local [sce] US 56L1 !
Bulgaria 1879-1908 Ottoman P . % 1-75
Bulgaria 1946- R . % 154-
Bulgaria 1908-1946 K . % 77-153
Bundi 1894-1947 . . Indian States %
Burgos 1936-1937 . . Spain 7L...
Burkina Faso 1984- R . % 669-
Burma 1937-1948 Br . % 1-84
Burma 1942-1945 Japanese occ . % 2N1-2N50, 2N58-2N64
Burma 1948-1990 R . % 85-300
Burma Independence Army 1942 . . Burma 1N...
Burundi 1962-1967 K . % 1-158
Burundi 1967- R . % 159-
Bushire 1915 Br occ . %
Bussahir 1895-1901 . . Indian States %
C\^ote d'Ivoire 1959- R . Ivory Coast 167-
Cabo Gracias 1904-1911 Nicaraguan Zelaya local Nicaragua 2L...
Cadiz 1936 . . Spain 8LB...
Caicos Islands 1981- Br . Turks and Caicos %
Calino 1912-1932 It Aegean Island, aka Kalymnos Italy %
Cambodia 1951-1971, 1993- K . % 1-262, ??-
Cambodia 1954-1957 IC Indo-China . India ICIC %
Cambodia 1990?-1993 R? interim Gvt nl?
Camden 1853 Jenkins' Camden Dispatch US local [sce] US 89L... !
Cameroons Expeditionary Force 1915 Br . Cameroons 53-65
Cameroons UKTT 1960-1961 Br . Cameroons 66-77
Cameroun 1897-1914 Ger . % 1-25
Cameroun 1915-1921(occ), 1921-1960 Fr . % 101-335
Cameroun 1960- . . % 336-
Campeche 1875 . . Mexico %
Canada 1851-1867 Province . % 1-20
Canada 1867- . . % 21-
Canal Zone 1904-1979 US . US %
Canary Islands 1936-1938 . . Spain 9L...
Canton 1901-1922 Fr PO China France Offices
Cape Juby 1916-1948 Sp . %
Cape of Good Hope 1853-1910 Br . %
Cape Verde 1877-1975 Port . % 1-364
Cape Verde 1975- R . % 365-
Carchi 1912-1932 It Aegean Island, aka Karki, aka Calchi Italy %
Carinthia 1920 Austrian plebiscite issue Austria B11-B29
Carinthia 1920 Yugoslav plebiscite issue Yugoslavia 4L...
Carnaro 1920-1921 It occ aka Kvarner Fiume 104-121
Caroline Islands 1899-1915/1919 Ger . %
Carpatho Ukraine 1939 . . Czechoslovakia 254B
Cartagena 1899-1900 . Colombian provisional [sce] nl?
Carupano 1902-1903 Venezuelan provisionals Venezuela %
Caso 1912-1932 It Aegean Island, aka Kasos Italy %
Castellorizo 1920 Fr . % 1-38
Castellorizo 1922-1932 It . % 51-89
Cavalla 1913 . . Greece N167-N178
Cavalle 1893-1914 Fr PO . France Offices
Cayes of Belize 1984-1985 Belize . Belize %
Cayman Islands 1901- Br . %
Cefalonia and Ithaca 1941 It occ . Ionian Islands N1--N17
Central African Empire 1976-1979 . . Central Africa 259-390
Central African Republic 1959-1976, 1979- . . Central Africa 1-258, 391-
Central China 1949 Central China People's Post [y CC53-CC123, CCP...] China PR 6L1-6L16, 6L33-6L62, 6L90-6L109, 6LQ...
Central Lithuania 1920-1922 . . %
Ceylon 1857-1948 Br . % 1-299
Ceylon 1948-1972 . . % 300-469
Chachapoyas 1884 Chilean occ . Peru 5N1
Chad 1922-1937 Fr . % 1-63
Chad 1959- R . % 64-
Chala 1884 . . Peru 6N...
Chamba 1886-1950 . . Indian States %
Channel Islands 1948 . . Great Britain 269-270
Charkhari 1894-1943 . . Indian States %
Charleston 1849-1860 . carrier US 4LB...
Charleston 1861 . . US CSA 16X...
Chechenia 1992 . Rus seceding state aka Chechensbaya nl?
Cheng-yang-kwan 1949 East Chinese local SW of Pengpu [y LEC41] nl
Chester 1863-1865 Westerveldt's Post US local NY [sce] US 144L... !
Chiapas 1866 . Mexican provisional Mexico %
Chicago 1855 McMillan's City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 100L1 !
Chicago 1856 Moody Penny Dispatch US local [sce] US 110L1 !
Chicago 1857-1858 Whittley's Express US local [sce] US 146L1 !
Chicago 1855-1858 Bronson & Forbes City Express Post US local [sce] US 27L... !
Chicago 1862-1863 Chicago Penny Post US local [sce] US 38L1 !
Chicago 1882 Allen's City Dispatch US local [sce] US 3L... !
Chicago 1860 Floyd's Penny Post US local [sce] US 68L... !
Chiclayo 1884 Chilean occ . Peru 7N...
Chihuahua 1872 . Mexican provisional Mexico %
Chile 1853- R . %
Chimarra 1914-1916 Epirus . Epirus 1-4, 34-41
Chin-Cha-Ki Border Area (Shansi-Chahar-Ho1937-1949 . North China [y NC1-NC147] China PR 3L1-3L23, nl
China 1878-1912 E . % 1-133
China 1949- R R on Taiwan % 1007-
China 1912-1949 R . % 146-1006
China 1901 British Railway Administration ovpt on China 98 % noted
China 1949- PR . China Peoples Republic
China 1894-1922 Fr PO . France Offices
China 1898-1917 Ger PO . Germany Offices
China 1917-1930 Br PO . Great Britain Offices
China 1900-1922 Japanese PO . Japan Offices
China 1899-1920 Rus PO . Russia Offices
China Expeditionary Force 1900-1921 Br . India M1-M33
Chios 1913 . . Greece N1
Christmas Island 1958- Australian usually subtitled "(Indian Ocean)" %
Chungking 1903-1922 Fr PO China France Offices Tchong-King
Cilicia 1919-1921 Fr . %
Cincinnati 1853 Sullivan's Dispatch Post US local [sce] US 135L... !
Cincinnati 1852-1855 Brown[e] & Co.'s City Post US local [sce] US 29L... !
Cincinnati 1883 Cincinnati City Delivery US local US 39L1 !
Cincinnati 1845-1851 Frazer & Co.--City Despatch US local [sce] US 69L... !
Cincinnati 1849 Baker's City Express Post US local [sce] US 6L1 !
Cincinnati 1854 Williams' City Post carrier US 9LB1
Ciskei 1981-1994 R homeland South Africa %
Cleveland 1854 Bishop's City Post carrier US 10LB...
Cleveland 1853 Kellog's Penny Post US local [sce] US 92L1 !
Coamo 1898 US . US Puerto Rico 201
Cochin 1892-1950 . . Indian States %
Cochin China 1886-1892 Fr . %
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963- Australian . %
Colima 1914 . Mex revolutionary provisional [sce] nl?
Colombia 1862- . . % 19-
Colombia 1920-1932 SCADTA . % C12-C82
Colombia 1950-1952 LANSA Lineas A\'ereas Nacionales S.A. % C166-C185, C200-C207
Colombia 1950-1954 AVIANCA Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A. % C186-C198, C208-C216
Colombia 1920 Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea . % C2-C11
Colombia interior 1909 . . Colombia L1-L25
Comoros 1950-1976 Fr . % 1-130
Comoros 1976- R . % 131-
Confederate States of America 1861-1864 . . US %
Congo 1960-1971 R . % 323-749
Congo 1959- R . Congo Republic 89-
Congo 1962 UN India Congo Force . India M56-M61
Congo Free State 1886-1908 . . Congo 1-30
Constantinople 1909-1910 It PO . Italy Offices
Constantinople 1919 Romanian PO . Romania Offices Turkey 7-11
Constantinople 1909-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 61-70
Cook Islands 1892-1900 K . % 1-25
Cook Islands 1900-1919, 1931- NZ . % 26-44, 84-
Cordoba 1858 . . Argentina %
Corfu 1923 It occ . % N1-N14
Corfu and Paxos 1941 . Corfu Corfu N15-N34
Corrientes 1856-1858 . . Argentina %
Cos 1912-1932 It Aegean Island, aka Coo Italy %
Costa Rica 1863- R . %
Council of Europe 1958- . . France 1o...
Crete 1900-1910 . . %
Crete 1903-1914 Austrian PO . Austria Offices
Crete 1902-1903 Fr PO . France Offices
Crete 1900-1911 It PO aka La Canea, aka Cania Italy Offices
Crimea 1992-1993 . ovpt "KRIM." on U.S.S.R.[lsn] nl?
Crimea 1919 . . South Russia 51-52
Croatia 1941-1945, 1992- R . %
Croatia-Slavonia 1918 Yugoslav . Yugoslavia 2L...
Cuautla 1867 . Mexican provisional Mexico %
Cuba 1899-1902 US . % 176-231
Cuba 1873, 1902- R 1873 in [97] % 232-, nl
Cuba 1871-1898 Sp . % 54-175
Cucuta 1900-1906 . local Colombia noted
Cuernavaca 1867 . Mexican local Mexico %
Cundinamarca 1870-1904 . Colombian state Colombia %
Cura\c cao 1873-1948 Neth . Netherlands Antilles 1-202
Cuzco 1881-1885 . . Peru 8N...
Cyprus 1880-1960 Br . % 1-182
Cyprus 1960- R . % 183-
Cyprus 1974-1983 Turkish Federated State . Turkish R of Cyprus 1-137
Cyrenaica 1923-1939 It . % 1-64
Cyrenaica 1950 Br occ . % 65-77
Czech Army in Russia 1919-1920 . aka Czech Legion Post Czechoslovakia %
Czech Republic 1993- . . %
Czechoslovakia 1918-1939, 1945-1992 R . %
Dagestan 1993 . Rus regional local nl?
Dahomey 1899-1942 Fr . % 1-136
Dahomey 1960-1975 R . % 137-341
Dairen 1946-1947 Liao Ning Post Port Arthur & Darien (China) [y AD1-AD28] China PR 2L1-2L28 more or less
Dakar--Abidjan 1959 Fr . French West Africa 86
Dalmatia 1919-1922 It occ . %
Danish West Indies 1855-1917 . . %
Danville 1861 . . US CSA 21X...
Danzig 1920-1939 . . %
Danzig 1925-1939 Polish PO Gdansk Poland 1K...
Dardanelles 1910-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 171-179
Dedeagatch 1913-1916 pd . aka Alexandroupolis Greece N179-N201
Dedeagh 1893-1914 Fr PO . France Offices
Denmark 1851- K . %
Dhar 1897-1901 . . Indian States %
Diego-Suarez 1890-1896 Fr . %
Djbouti 1977- R . %
Djbouti 1894-1902, 1941, 1943 Fr . Somali Coast 1-33F
Dominica 1874-1978 Br . % 1-583
Dominica 1978- . . % 584-
Dominican Republic 1865- . . %
Don Cossack Government 1918-1919 . . South Russia 1-10
Dubai 1963-1973 Emirate . %
Durazzo 1909-1915 It PO . Italy Offices
Duttia 1893-1920 . aka Datia Indian States %
East Africa and Uganda 1903-1919 Br . % 1-62 Kenya Uganda and Tanz 1-11
East Africa Forces 1943-1948 Br or Somalia (Br occ) Great Britain Offices
East China 1949 East China People's Post [y EC332-EC454, PEC...] China PR 5L10-5L95, 5LQ...
East India 1860-1877 Br . India 19-35
East Liao-ning Area 1945-48 Northeast China [y NE41-NE75H] nl
East of Jordan 1920-1925 . Arab Government of the East Jordan 1-144
East Szechuen 1950 East Szechuen People's Post Southwest China [y SW34-SW44] China PR 8L21-8L29
Easter Island 1992 Chilean [lsn] Chile 1010-1011
Eastern Arabia 1948-1963 Br PO . Oman 16-93
Eastern Karelia 1943-1948 or 1940-1947 . It\a-Karjala" Karelia N...
Eastern Postal Areas 1916-1918 Ger occ Postgebiet Ober-Ost Lithuania 1N...
Eastern Rumelia 1880-1884 . aka Eastern Roumelia % 1-19
Eastern Saxony 1945-1946 Sov occ Bundesland Sachsen Germany 15N...
Eastern Silesia 1920 . . %
Ecuador 1865- R . %
Ecuador 1928-1930 SCADTA . % C1-C6, C16-C25
Ecuador 1938-1940 SEDTA Sociedad Ecuatoriano de Transportes Aeros % C64
Egypt 1866-1914 Ottoman Khedive . % 1-59
Egypt 1953-1958, 1971- R . % 322-419, 872-
Egypt 1914-1925 Br Prot . % 60-76
Egypt 1922-1953 K . % 78-321
Egypt 1936-1951 Br Forces . % M...
Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1918 . . Palestine 1-14
El Salvador 1867- R . Salvador, El
Elobey, Annobon, and Corisco 1903-1909 Sp . %
Emory 1861 . . US CSA 24X...
Epirus 1914-1915 . . %
Epirus 1914-1916 Greek occ . % N1-N32
Equatorial Guinea 1968- R . %
Eritrea 1893-1938 It . %
Eritrea 1993?- R . %?
Eritrea 1948-1950 Br . Great Britain Offices
Estonia 1918-1940, 1991- R . %
Estonia 1918, 1941-1942 Ger occ Estland % N..., nl
Ethiopia 1894-1936, 1942-1974 E . % 1-711
Ethiopia 1974- R . % 712-
Ethiopia 1936-1938 It . % N...
Ethiopia 1907 Fr PO Levant but in Eth. France Offices Turkey 29, 32-33
Eupen 1920-1921 Belgian . Germany 1N25-1N41
Eupen-Malmedy 1920-1921 Belgian . Germany 1N18-1N24
Falkland Islands 1878- Br . %
Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946-1963 Br . %
Far Eastern Republic 1920-1923 . . %
Faridkot 1879-1931 . . Indian States %
Faroe Islands 1919, 1975- Danish . % 1, 7-
Faroe Islands 1940 Br occ . % 2-6
Fernando Poo 1868-1929, 1960-1968 Sp . %
Fezzan 1943-1951 Fr occ . Libya 2N...
Fezzan-Ghadames 1943-1951 Fr occ . Libya N...
Fiji 1870-1871 Fiji Times [b] % 1-10
Fiji 1870-1874 K . % 11-20
Fiji 1874-1970 Br . % 21-296
Fiji 1970- . . % 297-
Filipino Republic 1898-1901 . Sp/US seceding state [sce][b] Philippines Y... !
Finland 1856-1917 Rus GD . % 1-82
Finland 1917- R . % 83-
Fiume 1919-1924 . . %
Fiume 1918-1919 Allied occ . %
Fiume 1924 It . %
Fiume 1945 Yugoslav occ Fiume/Rijeka [mks] nl?
Fiume and Kupa 1941 It occ [m] Yugoslavia noted
Formosa 1945 Japanese occ . Japan Taiwan
France 1849-1852, 1870-1940, 1944- R . % 1-11, 38-395, 477-
France 1852-1870 E . % 12-37
France 1944-1945 Allied occ . % 2N...
France 1940-1944 State . % 396-474
Frankford 1854 Deming's Penny Post US local PA [sce] US 58L1 !
Fredericksburg 1861 . . US CSA 26X...
French Colonies 1859-1910 . . %
French Committee of National Liberation 1942-44 . . French Colonies B1-B38
French Congo 1891-1907 . . %
French Equatorial Africa 1936-1958 . . %
French Guiana 1886-1947 . . %
French India 1892-1954 . . %
French Oceanic Settlements 1892-1956 Fr . French Polynesia 1-180
French Polynesia 1958- Fr . % 181-
French Soudan 1894-1944 . . %
French Southern and Antarctic Territories1955- . . %
French West Africa 1945-1959 . . %
Fujeira 1964-1972 Emirate . %
Fukien Province 1949 . . China %
Funafuti 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Funchal 1892-1905 Port . %
Gabon 1886-1936 Fr . % 1-147
Gabon 1959- R . % 148-
Galapagos Islands 1957-1959, 1973 Ecuador . Ecuador L1-L3
Gambia 1869-1965 Br . % 1-192
Gambia, The 1965- . . Gambia 193-
Gaza 1965 UN India Force UNEF India M62
Geneva 1843-1850 Swiss . Switzerland 2L...
Geneva 1950-1963, 1969- UN PO . Switzerland 7o..., UN %
Georgia 1919-1923, 1992- . . %
German Democratic Republic 1949-1991 . . %
German East Africa 1893-1916 . . %
German East Africa 1915 Br occ G.E.A. % N106-N122 Tanganyika 1-9
German East Africa 1916-1922 Belgian occ . % N17-N29
German Federal Republic 1949-1991 . aka West Germany Germany 665-1611
German New Guinea 1897-1916 . . %
German New Guinea 1914-1918 Br occ . New Britain 1-29C, 43
German Southwest Africa 1897-1915 . . %
Germany 1871-1919 E . % 1-102
Germany 1919-1945, 1991- R, Reich . % 105-529, 1612-
Germany 1948-1949 Sov occ . % 10N...
Germany 1919-1921 Belgian occ . % 1N1-1N17
Germany 1945-1949 Anglo-US occ . % 3N...
Germany 1945-1946 Fr occ . % 4N...
Germany 1945-1949 Allied occ . % 530-664
Ghadames 1949 Fr occ (Fezzan) Libya 3N...
Ghana 1957- . . %
Gibralter 1886- Br . %
Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1911-1976 Br . %
Gilbert Islands 1976-1979 Br . %
Glen Haven 1854-1858 US US carrier local NY [sce] US 71L... !
Gold Coast 1875-1957 Br . %
Goliad 1861 . . US CSA 29X...
Gonzales 1861 . . US CSA 30X...
Graham Land 1944-1946 Br . Falkland Islands 2L...
Granada Confederation 1859-1860 . . Colombia 1-12
Grand Comoro 1897-1923 Fr . %
Great Lebanon 1924-1927 Fr Grand-Liban Lebanon 1-71
Greece 1861-1924, 1935-1973 K . % 1-315, 383-1092
Greece 1917 Venizelist Provisional Gvt . % 249-259
Greece 1923 Revolutionary Admin . % 260-315
Greece 1924-1935, 1973- R . % 316-382, 1093-
Greenland 1938- Danish . %
Greenland 1905-1938 Royal Greenland Trading Company Danish local [b] % Q1-Q11
Greenville 1861 . . US CSA 33X...
Greenwood 1861 . . US CSA 35X...
Grenada 1861-1974 Br . % 1-546
Grenada 1974- . . % 547-
Grenadines of Grenada 1973- Grenada . Grenada %
Grenadines of St. Vincent 1973- St. Vincent . Saint Vincent %
Griqualand West 1874-1880 . . %
Grodno District 1919 Lithuanian ovpt on Russia Lithuania L...
Grove Hill 1861 . . US CSA 36X...
Guadalajara 1867-1868 . Mexico local iss Mexico %
Guadeloupe 1884-1947 Fr . %
Guam 1899, 1930 US . US %
Guanacaste 1885-1889 Costa Rica . Costa Rica
Guatemala 1871- R . %
Guayana 1903 . seceding state [ssa] Venezuela %
Guernsey 1958- . . Great Britain %
Guernsey 1941-1944 Ger occ . Great Britain % N...
Guinea 1959- R . %
Guinea 1892-1944 Fr . French Guinea
Guinea-Bissau 1974- R . %
Guyana 1966- . . %
Gwalior 1885-1951 . . Indian States %
Haiti 1881- R . %
Halletville 1861 . . US CSA 37X1
Hamburg 1859-1867 Free City . German States %
Hamilton 1848-1861 . . Bermuda X1-X3, X5
Hannover 1850-1866 K . German States Hanover
Hartford 1844 Mail Route US local [no inscription] [sce] US 80L... !
Hatay 1939 . . %
Hawaii 1851-1893 K . US % 1-52
Hawaii 1893-1899 Provisional Gvt . US % 53-82
Hejaz 1922-1925 . . Saudi Arabia L14-L186
Hejaz-Nejd 1926-1934 . . Saudi Arabia 69-137
Helena 1861 . . US CSA 38X...
Heligoland 1867-1890 Br . %
Heraklion 1898-1899 Br PO aka Iraklion, aka Candia Crete 1-5
Herzeg Bosna 1993- . Croatian-controlled areas in Bosnia-Herzegovina [lsn] nl?
Hillsboro 1861 . . US CSA 39X...
Hoi-Hao 1901-1922 Fr PO China France Offices
Holkar 1886-1892 . . Indian States Indore 1-7
Holstein 1864-1867 Duchy . German States Schleswig-Holstein 15-25
Honan 1941-1945 Japanese occ aka Che-Nan China 3N...
Honan 1949 Honan People's Post Central China [y CC124-CC156] China PR 6L63-6L87
Honduras 1866- R . %
Hong Kong 1862-1997 Br . %
Hong Kong 1945 Japanese occ . % N...
Hopei 1941-1945 Japanese occ . China 4N...
Horta 1892-1905 Port . %
Huacho 1884 Chilean occ . Peru 9N...
Hungary 1871-1918, 1919-1945 K, Regency . % 1-132, 306-630
Hungary 1919-1921, 1946- R . % 153-222, 631-
Hungary 1919-1920 Fr occ Arad region, ceded to Romania % 1N...
Hungary 1919 Romanian occ . % 2N... through 6N...
Hungary 1919 Serbian occ . % 9N...
Hungary 1919-1921 Szegedin R . % Szeged
Hupeh Province 1949 . . China %
Hyderabad 1869-1949 . . Indian States %
Icaria 1912-1913 . . Greece N2-N15
Iceland 1873-1944 Danish K . % 1-239
Iceland 1944- . . % 240-
Idar 1939-1944 . . Indian States %
Ifni 1941-1969 Sp . %
Independence 1861 . . US CSA 41X...
India 1854-1864 Br East India Company . % 1-18
India 1947- . . % 200-
India 1877-1946 Br E . % 36-199
Indian Expeditionary Force 1914 . . India M34-M43
Indochina 1889-1946 Fr . %
Indonesia 1949- R . %
Indonesia 1948-1949 Neth . Netherlands Indies 294--332
Indonesia 1945-1950 R Anti-Dutch Nationalists Netherlands Indies N38, nl
Indore 1904-1947 . . Indian States % 8-33
Ingermanland 1920 . . North Ingermanland
Inhambane 1895-1920 Port . %
Inini 1932-1946 Fr . %
International Bureau of Education 1944- . . Switzerland 4o...
International Court of Justice 1934- . . Netherlands o...
International Labour Organization 1923- . . Switzerland 3o...
International Organization for Refugees 1950 . . Switzerland 6o...
International Telecommunications Union 1958- . . Switzerland 10o...
Ionian Islands 1859-1864 Br . %
Ionian Islands 1941-1943 It occ . % N18--N25
Iran 1979- R . % 2000-
Iran 1935-1979 E . % 794-1999
Iraq 1923-1958 K Br mandate 1920-1932 % 1-187
Iraq 1958- R . % 188-
Iraq 1918-1923 Br occ . Mesopotamia N28-N41, N50-N53
Ireland 1922- . . %
Isle of Man 1958- . . Great Britain %
Israel 1948- R . %
Istria and the Slovene Coast 1945-1947 Yugoslav occ Istra Slovensko Primurje Yugoslavia %
Italian Colonies 1932-1934 . . %
Italian East Africa 1938-1941 . . %
Italian Post Offices Abroad 1874-1881 . . Italy Offices
Italian Socialist Republic 1943-1944 . . Italy %
Italy 1862-1946 K . % 1-477
Italy 1943-1944 Allied occ . % 1N1-1N13
Italy 1946- R . % 478-
Italy 1918 Austrian occ . % N...
Italy-Greece-Turkey-Rhodes 1926 Aeroespresso Co Greek air semi-official Greece C1-C4
Ivory Coast 1892-1944 Fr . % 1-166
Jaffa 1910-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 71-80
Jaipur 1904-1948 . . Indian States %
Jamaica 1860-1962 Br . % 1-180
Jamaica 1962- . . % 181-
Jammu 1867-1877 . . Indian States Jammu and Kashmir 6-60
Jammu and Kashmir 1878-1894 . . Indian States % 1-5, 74-127
Janina 1909-1910 It PO aka Yaninna, aka Ioannina Italy Offices
Japan 1871- E . %
Japan 1946 Br Commonwealth Occ Force . Australia M...
Japanese Naval Control Area 1943 . . Netherlands Indies N27-N37
Jasdan 1942 . . Indian States %
Java 1908 Neth . Netherlands Indies 81-98
Java 1943-1944 Japanese occ . Netherlands Indies N5-N14
Java and Sumatra 1943 Japanese occ . Netherlands Indies N1-N4
Jersey 1958- . . Great Britain %
Jersey 1941-1944 Ger occ . Great Britain % N...
Jerusalem 1909 It PO . Italy Offices
Jerusalem 1909 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 81-90
Jetersville 1861 . . US CSA 44X...
Jhalawar 1887-1900 . . Indian States %
Jind 1874-1950 . . Indian States %
Johore 1876-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Johore 1942-1943 Japanese occ . Malaya % NJ1-NJ10
Johore 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Jordan 1949- K . % 245-
Juan Fernandez Islands 1910 Chilean [sce] Chile 79-82
K\'erassunde 1910 Rus PO aka Gireson Russia Offices Turkey 91-100
Kabul 1870-1890 K . Afghanistan 1-179
Kansu Province 1949 . . China %
Kansu-Ningsai-Tsinghai Area 1949 People's Post Northwest China [y NW65-NW82] China PR 4L45-4L60, nl
Karelia 1922 . Karjala %
Kashmir 1866-1870 . . Indian States Jammu and Kashmir 62-73
Katanga 1960-1962 R short lived Congo seceding state %
Kathiri State 1942-1967 . . Aden %
Kazakhstan 1992- R . %
Kedah 1912-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Kedah 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N15
Kedah 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Kelantan 1911-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Kelantan 1943 Thai occ . Malaya % 2N...
Kelantan 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N22
Kelantan 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Kenya 1963- . . %
Kenya and Uganda 1922 Br . Kenya Uganda and Tanzania 18-41C
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1922-1964 . . Kenya Uganda and Tanzania 42-143
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania 1966-1977 . . % 148-323
Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar 1965-66 . . Kenya Uganda and Tanzania 144-147
Khmer Republic 1971-1975 . Lon Nol regime Cambodia 237-??
Kiangsi 1949 Kiangsi People's Post Central China [y CC157-CC197] China PR 6L17-6L32
Kiangsi Province 1949 . . China %
Kiautschou 1900-1914 Ger . %
King Edward VII Land 1908 NZ . New Zealand 121a
Kionga 1916 Port . %
Kiribati 1979- . . %
Kishangarh 1899-1947 . . Indian States %
Klaipeda 1923-1925 . aka Memel (Lithuanian occ) Memel N...
Knoxville 1861 . . US CSA 47X...
Korea 1884-1905 K . % 1-54
Korea 1946-1948 US occ . % 55-79
Korea 1948- R aka South Korea % 80-
Korea 1953 Indian Custodial Force . India M44-M55
Korea 1900-1901 Japanese PO . Japan Offices
Korytsa 1917-1918 R Kor\c c\e" Albanian seceding state Albania 52A-81
Kouang-Tcheu 1906-1944 Fr PO China aka Kwangchowan France Offices
Kuban Cossack Government 1918-1920 . . South Russia 20-49
Kume Island 1948 US occ local Ryukyu Islands noted
Kurland 1945 Ger occ aka Courland Latvia noted
Kuwait 1923-1961 Br Prot . % 1-172
Kuwait 1961- Emirate . % 173-
Kwangsi Province 1949 . . China %
Kwangtung 1949-1950 South China Post [y SC1-SC10] China PR 7L1-7L5, 7L19-7L23
Kwantung 1942-1945 Japanese occ . China 1N...
Kwantung 1947-1949 Kwantung Post Port Arthur & Darien (China) [y AD29-AD55] China PR 2L29-2L55
Kwei-Chow 1949-1950 Kwei-Chow People's Post Southwest China [y SW1-SW8] China PR 8L12-8L16
Kyrgyzstan 1992- . . %
L\"ubeck 1859-1868 Free City . German States %
Labuan 1879-1905 Br . %
Lagos 1874-1905 Br . %
Lancaster 1855 Barr's Penny Dispatch US local [sce] US 8L... !
Laos 1951-1975 K . % 1-271
Laos 1975- R . % 272-
Laos 1954-1957 IC Indo-China . India ICIC %
Laos and Vietnam 1965-1968 IC Indo-China ICC India ICIC %
Las Bela 1897-1907 . . Indian States %
Latakia 1931-1935 Fr . %
Latvia 1918-1940, 1991- R . %
Latvia 1919, 1941 Ger occ . % 1N... (1919), noted (1941)
Latvia 1940-1941 Sov occ . % 2N45-2N57
League of Nations 1922-1944 . . Switzerland 2o...
Lebanon 1927- R . % 27-
Leeward Islands 1890-1956 Br . %
Lemnos 1912-1913 . . Greece N16-N52A
Lenoir 1861 . . US CSA 49X...
Lero 1912-1932 It Aegean island Italy %
Lesotho 1966- K . %
Levant 1942 Free French Forces . Syria M...
Liberia 1860- R . %
Liberty 1861 . . US CSA 74X1
Libya 1912-1941 It . % 1-101
Libya 1951-1970 K . % 102-365
Libya 1970- R . % 366-
Liechtenstein 1912-1918 Austrian PO . % 1-10
Liechtenstein 1918- P . % 11-
Lima 1871-1873 . . Peru 19-20 et al.
Limestone Springs 1861 . . US CSA 121X1
Lipso 1912-1932 It Aegean Island aka Lisso Italy Lisso
Lithuania 1918-1940, 1991- R . %
Lithuania 1940 Sov occ LTSR % 2N...
Livingston 1861 . . US CSA 51X...
Ljubljana 1943-1945 It occ Slovenia Yugoslavia N1-N35
Ljubljana 1943-1945 Ger occ Slovenia "Laibach" Yugoslavia N36-N70
Lockport 1846 . . US 6X1
Lombardy-Venetia 1850-1864 Austrian K . Austria %
Lorraine 1940-1941 Ger occ . France N43-N58
Louisville 1857-1858 . carrier US 5LB...
Lourenco Marques 1895-1921 Port . %
Luxembourg 1852- GD . %
Luxembourg 1940-1942 Ger occ . % N...
Lynchburg 1861 . . US CSA 52X...
Macao 1884-1999 Port . %
Macedonia 1992- R . %?
Macon 1861 . . US CSA 53X...
Madagascar 1889-1958 Fr . % 1-27 (PO), 28-299
Madagascar 1958- R . % 300-
Madagascar 1884-1887, 1895 Br Consular '84-7, Inland '95 %, nl
Maderia 1868-1929, 1980- Port . %, Portugal %
Madrid 1853 . Sp local [sce] Spain 17-18
Mafeking 1900 . [b] Cape of Good Hope 162-180
Magdalena 1901 . Colombian local provision for Rio Hacha [sce] Colombia noted
Majunga 1895 . Madagascar local Madagascar 22A-22D
Malacca 1948-1963 Br . Malaya %
Malacca 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N14
Malaga 1937 . . Spain 10L...
Malawi 1964- . . %
Malay States, Federated 1900-1934 Br . Malaya 1-79
Malaya 1943 Thai occ aka Syburi- Ked., Kel., Perl., Treng. % 2N...
Malaya 1957-1963 Federation . % 80-115
Malaya 1942-1945 Japanese occ . % N30-N43
Malaya 1945-1948 BrMA . Straits Settlements 256-271
Malaysia 1963- . . %
Maldive Islands 1906-1968 Sultanate . % 1-291
Maldives 1968- R . % 292-
Mali 1960- R . % 10-
Mali Federation 1959-1960 . . Mali 1-9
Malm\'edy 1920-1921 Belgian occ . Germany 1N42-1N58
Malta 1860-1964 Br . % 1-302
Malta 1964- . . % 303-
Manchukuo 1932-1945 . . %
Manchuria 1927-1929 . aka Kirin and Heilungkiang China %
Manizales 1909 . Colombian local [b] Colombia noted
Mariana Islands 1899 Sp . % 1-6
Mariana Islands 1899-1919 Ger . % 11-31
Marienwerder 1920 . . %
Marion 1861 . . US CSA 55X...
Marshall Islands 1897-1916 Ger . % 1-27
Marshall Islands 1984- US . % 31-
Marshall Islands 1914-1915 Br/NZ occ G.R.I. New Britain 30-42, 44-45
Martinique 1886-1947 Fr . %
Mauritania 1906-1944 Fr . % 1-115
Mauritania 1960- R . % 116-
Mauritius 1847-1968 Br . % 1-320
Mauritius 1968- . . % 321-
Mayotte 1892-1914 Fr . %
Mecca, Sherifate of 1916-1918 . . Saudi Arabia L1-L13
Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856-1867 GD . German States %
Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1864-1867 GD . German States %
Mecklenburg-Vopommern 1945-46 Sov occ aka Mecklen\-burg-Western Pomerania Germany 12N...
Medellin 1888 . Colombian regional Colombia Antioquia 69-72
Medellin 1903-1914 Sociedad de Mejores Publicas Colombian local [sce][b] Colombia Antioquia noted
Melaka 1963- Malaysia aka Malacca Malaysia %
Memel 1920-1922 Fr Mandate . %
Memphis 1861 . . US CSA 56X...
Mengkaing 1941-1945 Japanese occ aka Inner Mongolia China 2N...
Merida 1916 . Mexican provisional Mexico %
Mexican seaports 1875-1879 . . Mexico JX...
Mexico 1856-1864, 1867- R . % 1-25, 35-
Mexico 1864-1867 E . % 26-34
Micronesia 1984- US . US %
Middle Congo 1907-1937 Fr . %
Middle East Forces 1942-1947 Br . Great Britain Offices
Milford 1849-1854 Hopedale Penny Post US local MA [sce] US 84L... !
Millbury 1846 . . US 7X1
Mobile 1861 . . US CSA 58X...
Modena 1852-1859 Duchy . Italian States % 1-9
Modena 1859-1860 Provisional Gvt . Italian States % 10-14
Moheli 1906-1914 Fr . %
Moldavia 1858-1862 P early Romania Romania 1-10
Moldavia-Wallachia 1862-1865 Principalities early Romania Romania 11-21
Moldova 1992- R . %
Monaco 1885- P . %
Mongolia 1924- R . %
Mongtseu 1903-1922 Fr PO China France Offices
Montenegro 1874-1914 . . %
Montenegro 1917 Austrian occ . % 1N...
Montenegro 1941-1943 It occ . % 2N...
Montenegro 1943-1944 Ger occ . % 3N...
Montevideo 1859-1860 Uruguay . Uruguay 7-17
Montreal 1967 UN PO Canada UN-NY 170-174
Montserrat 1876- Br . %
Moquegua 1881-1885 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 10N...
Morocco 1956- K . %
Morocco 1891-1914 Fr PO . French Morocco 1-37
Morocco 1914-1955 Fr . French Morocco 28-327
Morocco 1912-1913 Sherifan posts Cherifien [b] French Morocco noted
Morocco 1899-1914 Ger PO . Germany Offices
Morocco 1898-1956 Br PO all Morocco Great Britain Offices Morocco 1-48, 201-280
Morocco 1903-1914 Sp PO . Spanish Morocco 1-25
Morocco 1914-1955 Sp . Spanish Morocco 26-360
Morocco French Prot 1917-1937 Br PO . Great Britain Offices Morocco 401-440
Morocco Northern Zone 1956 . . %
Morocco Spanish Prot 1914-1956 Br PO . Great Britain Offices Morocco 49-108
Morvi 1931-1948 . . Indian States %
Mosul 1919 Br . Mesopotamia N42-N49
Mount Athos 1909-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 101-117
Mount Lebanon 1861 . . US CSA 60X1
Mountainous Karabakh, Republic of 1993 . Azeri seceding state aka Nagorno-Karabakh nl?
Mozambique 1876-1975 Port . % 1-515
Mozambique 1975- R . % 516-
Mozambique Company 1892-1941 Port . %
Muscat 1944-1948 Sultanate . Oman 1-15
Muscat and Oman 1966-1971 Sultanate . Oman 94-131
Myanmar 1990- R . Burma 301-
Mytilene 1912 . . Greece N53-N72
Mytilene 1909 Rus PO Metelin Russia Offices Turkey 181-189
Nabha 1885-1950 . . Indian States %
Namibia 1990- R . %
Nandgaon 1892-1895 . . Indian States %
Nanumaga 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Nanumea 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Naples 1858-1862 K of the Two Sicilies . Italian States Two Sicilies 1-9
Nashville 1861 . . US CSA 61X...
Natal 1857-1909 Br . %
Natal Field Force 1899-1902 . on Br iss "NFF" nl?
Nauru 1916-1968 Br . % 1-71
Nauru 1968- R . % 72-
Neapolitan Provinces 1861 Sardinian . Italian States Two Sicilies 19-27
Negri Sembilan 1891-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Negri Sembilan 1942-1943 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N31
Negri Sembilan 1965- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Nejd 1925 . . Saudi Arabia 1-68
Nepal 1881- K . %
Netherlands 1852- K . %
Netherlands Antilles 1949- . . % 203-
Netherlands Indies 1864-1948 . . % 1-62, 101-293B
Netherlands New Guinea 1950-1962 . . %
Nevis 1861-1903 Br . % 1-32
Nevis 1980- St. Kitts Nevis . % 100-
New Brunswick 1851-1867 Br now Canada %
New Caledonia 1860- Fr . %
New Granada, United States of 1861 . . Colombia 13-18
New Greece 1912 . or Ottoman E (Greek occ) Greece N109-N166
New Guinea 1925-1939 Br . %
New Haven 1845 US Postmaster's provisional US 8XU...
New Hebrides 1908-1980 Br . %
New Hebrides 1908-1980 Fr . %
New Orleans 1850-1857 Mason's New Orleans City Express US local [sce] US 102L... !
New Orleans 1853-1855 Menant & Co.'s Express Post US local [sce] US 104L1 !
New Orleans 1847 City Dispatch Post Office US local US 43L... !
New Orleans 1861 . . US CSA 62X...
New Republic 1886-1887 . Boer seceding state %
New Smyrna 1861 . . US CSA 63X...
New South Wales 1850-1913 Br . %
New York City 1951- UN PO USA UN %
New York City 1870-1875 Mercantile Library Association US book local US 105L... !
New York City 1849 Messenkope's Union Square PO US local [sce] US 106L... !
New York City 1855-1859 Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express Company US local [sce] US 107L... !
New York City 1852-1853 Metropolitan PO US local Williams & Laws US 108L... !
New York City 1847 Mills' Free Despatch Post US local [sce] US 109L1 !
New York City 1856 Bentley's Dispatch US local [sce] US 10L... !
New York City 1847 New York City Express Post US local US 111L... !
New York City 1851 Pinkney's Express Post US local [sce] US 115L1 !
New York City 1857-1858 Price's City Express Post US local [sce] US 119L... !
New York City 1854 Price's 8th Ave. Post Office US local [sce] US 120L1 !
New York City 1854-1858 Russell 8th Ave. Post Office US local [sce] US 130L... !
New York City 1849-1853 Swart's City Dispatch Post US local [sce] US 136L... !
New York City 1855 Third Avenue Post US local [sce] US 139L... !
New York City 1846 Union Post US local [sce] US 140L... !
New York City 1852 Union Square P.O. US local [sce] US 141L... !
New York City 1846 City Dispatch US local US 160L1 !
New York City 1888 Blizzard Mail US local US 163L1 !
New York City 1855? Freeman & Co.'s Express US local US 164L1 !
New York City 1847 Franklin City Despatch Post US local Bouton US 16L1 !
New York City 1847-1848 Bouton's Manhattan Express/Bouton's City Dispatch Post US local US 17L1, 18L... !
New York City 1844-1880 Boyd's City Express US local [sce] US 20L... !
New York City 1857-1858 Brady & Co. US local [sce] US 23L1 !
New York City 1848 Broadway Post Office US local [sce] US 26L... !
New York City 1850-1851 Adams' City Express Post US local US 2L... !
New York City 1876 Brown's City Post US local [sce] US 31L... !
New York City 1857 Bury's City Post US local [sce] US 32L... !
New York City 1842-1850 City Despatch Post US local US 40L... !
New York City 1845 City Mail Co. US local US 46L1 !
New York City 1857 Clark & Co. US local [sce] US 48L1 !
New York City 1856 Cornwall/PO Madison Square US local [sce] US 52L... !
New York City 1870-1871 Crosby's City Post US local [sce] US 54L1 !
New York City 1845 Cumming's City Post US local [sce] US 55L... !
New York City 1879 Douglas' City Despatch US local NY [sce] US 59L... !
New York City 1846-1848 Dupuy & Schenk Penny Post US local [sce] US 60L... !
New York City 1854-1865 East River PO US local [sce] US 62L... !
New York City 1852 Eighth Avenue Post Office US local James Price [sce] US 63L1 !
New York City 1881 Empire City Dispatch US local [sce] US 64L1 !
New York City 1856 Essex Letter Express US local maybe bogus [sce] US 65L1 !
New York City 1848 Gordon's City Express US local [sce] US 72L... !
New York City 1855 Hinkley's Express Co. US local [sce] US 82L1 !
New York City 1852 Homan's Empire Express US local [sce] US 83L1 !
New York City 1854-1880 Hussey's Post US local "Bank & Insurance City Post" [sce] US 87L... !
New York City 1850 Jefferson Market PO US local [sce] US 88L... !
New York City 1851-1853 Kurtz Union despatch post US local [sce] US 94L1 !
New York City 1859 McIntire's City Express Post US local [sce] US 99L1 !
New York City 1842-1850 . prov 1845, carrier 1842-50 US 9X..., 6LB...
New Zealand 1855- . . %
Newark 1856 Rogers' Penny Post US local US 162L1 !
Newark 1856 City Letter Express Mail US local US 45L... !
Newark 1870 Mustang Express US local Jabez Fearey & Co. [sce] US 66L1 !
Newfoundland 1857-1949 Br now Canada %
Nicaragua 1862- R . %
Niger 1921-1944 Fr . % 1-90
Niger 1959- R . % 91-
Niger Coast Prot 1892-1898 Br . % 37-63
Nigeria 1914-1960 Br . % 1-96
Nigeria 1960- . . % 97-
Nisiro 1912-1932 It Aegean island aka "Nisyros" Italy %
Niuafo'ou 1983- Tongan aka Tin Can Island Tonga %
Niue 1902- NZ . %
Niutao 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Norfolk Island 1947- Australian . %
North Borneo 1883-1945 British North Borneo Company . % 1-207
North Borneo 1945-1963 Br . % 208-296
North Borneo 1942-1945 Japanese occ . % N...
North China 1941-1945 Japanese occ . China 8N...
North China 1949 North China People's Post [y NC304-NC391, NCP...] China PR 3L24-3L31, 3L37-3L99, 3LQ...
North China 1949 North China Post & Telegraph Administration [y NC299-NC303] China PR 3L32-3L36
North Epirus 1940-1941 Greek occ . Greece N202-N238
North German Confederation 1868-1871 . . German States %
Northeast China 1946-1951 North East People's Post [y NE107-NE283, NEP...] China PR 1L...
Northeastern Provinces 1946-1949 . . China %
Northern Cyprus 1983- Turkish Republic . Turkish R of Cyprus 138-
Northern France 1940 Ger occ . France noted
Northern Ireland 1958- . UK regional issue Great Britain %
Northern Nigeria 1900-1914 Br . %
Northern Rhodesia 1925-1963 Br . %
Northwest China 1949 North West People's Post [y NW111-NW114] China PR 4L65-4L68
Northwest Pacific Islands 1914-1918 Br . %
Northwest Russia 1919 . . Russia Army of the Northwest
Norway 1855-1905 Swedish K . % 1-61
Norway 1905- K . % 62-
Nossi-B\'e 1889-1901 Fr . %
Nova Scotia 1851-1867 Br now Canada %
Nowanagar 1877-1895 . . Indian States %
Nui 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Nukufetau 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Nukulaelae 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Nyasaland 1908-1953 Br . %
Nyasaland Force 1915 Br aka Nyasa-Rhodesian Force German East Africa N101-N105
Nyassa 1897-1929 Port . %
Oakway 1861 . . US CSA 115X1
Oaxaca 1915 . Mex civil war local Mexico 414-419?
Obock 1892-1903 Fr . %
Oil Rivers Prot 1892-1898 Br . Niger Coast Prot 1-36
Oldenburg 1852-1867 GD . German States %
Oltra Giuba 1925-1926 It aka Jubaland %
Oman 1971- Sultanate . % 122-
Orange Free State 1868-1900 . . Orange River Colony 1-43
Orange Free State 1900 Br occ . Orange River Colony 44-53
Orange River Colony 1900-1910 Br . % 54-73
Orcha 1913-1942 . . Indian States %
Orense 1936 . . Spain 11L...
Ostland 1941-1944 Ger occ Eastern Front Russia N9-N28
Ottoman Empire 1867-1914 Austrian PO . Austria Offices Turkey
Ottoman Empire 1885-1923 Fr PO Levant France Offices Turkey
Ottoman Empire 1884-1914 Ger PO Levant Germany Offices Turkey
Ottoman Empire 1885-1914 or 1923 Br PO aka Br Levant Great Britain Offices Turkey
Ottoman Empire 1874-1908 It PO . Italy Offices Turkey
Ottoman Empire 1919 Polish PO Levant Poland 2K...
Ottoman Empire 1896 Romanian PO . Romania Offices Turkey 1-6
Ottoman Empire 1863-1914 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 8-48, 200-231
Ottoman Empire 1863-1921 . . Turkey 1-604
Oubangui-Chari 1915-1933 Fr . Ubangi-Shari
Outer Indies 1908 Neth Buiten Bezit. Netherlands Indies 63-80
Pacific Steam Navigation Company 1857-1858 . [sce][b] Peru 1-2 et al.
Pahang 1889-1899, 1935-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Pahang 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N21
Pahang 1965- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Paita 1884 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 11N...
Pakhoi 1903-1922 Fr PO China France Offices
Pakistan 1947- . . %
Palau 1983- US . US %
Palestine 1920-1944 Br . % 15-84
Palestine 1994- . . %?
Palestine 1948-1967 Egyptian occ Gaza Egypt N...
Palestine 1948-1949 Jordanian occ . Jordan N...
Panama 1878-1903 Colombia . % 1-30
Panama 1903- R . % 51-
Papua 1906-1937 Australian . Papua New Guinea 11-121
Papua New Guinea 1952-1975 Australian . % 122-422
Papua New Guinea 1975- . . % 423-
Paraguay 1870- R . %
Paraguay interior 1922-1942 . ovpt "C" Paraguay L...
Parma 1852-1859 Duchy . Italian States % 1-11
Parma 1859-1860 Provisional Gvt . Italian States % 12-16
Pasco 1884 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 12N...
Patiala 1884-1951 . . Indian States %
Patmo 1912-1932 It Aegean island aka Patmos Italy %
Peking 1918 It PO China Italy Offices
Penang 1948-1963 Br . Malaya %
Penang 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya %
Peng-lai East Chinese local NW of Chefoo [y LEC2] nl
Penhryn Island 1902-1932, 1973- NZ . %
Perak 1878-1900, 1935-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Perak 1942-1945 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N40
Perak 1965- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Perlis 1948-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Perlis 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Persia 1868-1935 . . Iran 1-794
Persian ports 1922 . ovpt "Benaders" Iran 630-631
Peru 1858- R . %
Peru 1881-1882 Chilean occ . % N11-N23
Petersburg 1861 . . US CSA 65X...
Petrozavodsk 1993 . Rus local ovpt Karelia nl?
Philadelphia 1851 Priest's Despatch US local [sce] US 121L... !
Philadelphia 1852 Teese & Co. Penny Post US local [sce] US 137L1 !
Philadelphia 1848 Telegraph Despatch P.O. US local [sce] US 138L... !
Philadelphia 1851 Auner's Despatch Post US local [sce] US 154L1 !
Philadelphia 1848 Philadelphia Express Post US local Spence & Brown [sce] US 159L... !
Philadelphia 1841-1843 D.O. Blood & Co. US local "Phila. Despatch Post" [sce] US 15L... !
Philadelphia ? Clinton's Penny Post US local US 161L1 !
Philadelphia 184? J.A. Howell's City Despatch US local US 165L1 !
Philadelphia 1848 Brigg's Despatch US local [sce] US 25L... !
Philadelphia 1849-1851 G. Carter's Despatch US local [sce] US 36L1 !
Philadelphia 1860 City Dispatch US local US 41L1 !
Philadelphia 184? City Express Post US local US 44L... !
Philadelphia 1856 Cressman & Co.'s Penny Post US local [sce] US 53L... !
Philadelphia 1848-1850 Eagle City Post US local [sce] US 61L... !
Philadelphia 1879 Guy's City Despatch US local [sce] US 74L... !
Philadelphia 1847 Hampton's City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 77L... !
Philadelphia 1847 Harris's City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 79L... !
Philadelphia 1849-1856 . carrier US 7LB...
Philippines 1854-1898 Sp . % 1-211
Philippines 1898-1946 US . % 212-497
Philippines 1946- R . % 498-
Philippines 1942-1945 Japanese occ . % N1-N39
Pisco 1884 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 13N1
Piscopi 1912-1932 It Aegean Island aka Episkopi Italy %
Pitcairn Island 1940- Br . %
Pittsburgh 1852 Zieber's Dispatch US local [sce] US 150L1 !
Pittsylvania 1861 . . US CSA 66X...
Piura 1884 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 14N...
Pleasant Shade 1861 . . US CSA 67X...
Poland 1918-1939, 1944- R . %
Poland 1860 Rus K . % 1
Poland 1941-1945 Gvt in exile . % 3K...
Poland 1939 Ger occ Post Osten % N17-N29
Poland 1940-1944 Ger Generalgovernment . % N30-N103
Poland rural delivery 1940 Ger occ . Poland NL...
Ponce 1898 US Puerto Rico local [dws] % 200
Ponta Delgada 1892-1905 Port . %
Poonch 1876-1894 . . Indian States %
Port Arthur & Darien 1949-1950 P.A. & D. Post and Telegraph Admin. [y AD56-AD74] China PR 2L56-2L76
Port Lavaca 1861 . unique US CSA 107X1
Port Said 1899-1930 Fr PO . France Offices
Port-Lagos 1893-1898 Fr PO city in Greece France Offices
Portugal 1853-1910 K . % 1-169
Portugal 1910- R . % 170-
Portugese Africa 1898 . . %
Portugese Congo 1894-1920 . . %
Portugese Guinea 1881-1973 . . %
Portugese India 1871-1961 . . %
Prednestrova 1993 . Moldova seceding state aka Trans-Dniester nl?
Priamur District 1921-1922 . . Siberia 51-115
Prince Edward Island 1861-1873 Br now Canada %
Providence 1846 US Postmasters provisional US 10X...
Providence 1849 Providence Despatch US local [sce] US 124L1 !
Prussia 1850-1867 K . German States %
Prussia NR 21 1903, 1920 Germany local iss Germany oL1-oL15
Puerto Rico 1873-1898 Sp . % 1-172
Puerto Rico 1899-1900 US . % 210-216
Pulau Pinang 1965- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Puno 1881-1885 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 15N...
Qatar 1957-1971 Br Prot . % 1-251
Qatar 1971- Emirate . % 252-
Qu'aiti State 1942-1967 . . Aden %
Queensland 1860-1911 Br . %
Quelimane 1914-1922 Port . %
Rajasthan 1949 . . Indian States %
Rajpipla 1880-1886 . . Indian States %
Rarotonga 1919-1931 NZ . Cook Islands 45-83
Ras al Khaimah 1964-1972 Emirate . %
Retymnon 1899 Rus PO District of Crete Crete 10-46
Reunion 1852-1947 Fr . France %
Rheatown 1861 . . US CSA 69X...
Rheinland Pfalz 1947-1949 Fr occ . Germany 6N...
Rhodes 1912-1935 It Aegean Island "Rodi" Italy %
Rhodesia 1965-1979 . . %
Rhodesia 1909-1917 Br . % 82-140
Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954-1964 Br . %
Richmond 1865 Magic Letter Express US local [sce] US 101L... !
Rio de Oro 1905-1924 Sp . %
Rio Muni 1960-1968 Sp . %
Riouw 1954 Indonesia . Indonesia %
Rizeh 1910-1914 Rus PO aka Rize Russia Offices Turkey 191-199
Rochester 1844 Hoyt's Letter Express US local NY [sce] US 85L1 !
Romagna 1859-1860 . . Italian States %
Roman States 1852-1870 . . Italian States %
Romania 1917-1918 Austrian occ . % 1N...
Romania 1865-1947 K . % 21-677
Romania 1916-1917 Bulgarian occ Dobrogea strip % 2N...
Romania 1917-1918 Ger occ M.V.i.R. and other ovpts % 3N...
Romania 1947- R . % 678-
Ross Dependency 1957- NZ . New Zealand L...
Rouad, \^Ile 1916-1920 Fr . %
Ruanda 1916 Belgian occ . German East Africa N1-N8
Ruanda-Urundi 1916-1962 Belgian . %
Russia 1855-1917 E . % 1-118
Russia 1917-1923, 1992- R . % 119-241A, 6056-
Russia 1920 White Russian Corps not issued Belarus noted
Russia 1919 Northern Army Special Corps . Russia Army of the North
Russian Co. of Steam Navigation & Commerc1863-1866 . Levant [b] Russia Offices Turkey 1-7
Russian Poland 1915-1916 Ger occ Russisch-Polen Poland N1-N5
Rutherfordton 1861 . unique US CSA 72X1
Rwanda 1962- R . %
Ryukyus 1948-1972 US . %
Saar 1920-1935 League of Nations . % 1-154
Saar 1945-1956 Fr . % 155-261
Saar 1957 Ger . % 262-322
Sabah 1964- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Saint Christopher 1870-1890 Br . %
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1952-1980 Br or St. Kitts-N.-A. %
Saint Georges 1860 . . Bermuda X4
Saint Helena 1856- Br . %
Saint Kitts 1980- . . %
Saint Kitts-Nevis 1903-1951 Br . %
Saint Louis 1845-1847 . US postmasters provisional US 11X...
Saint Louis 1883 Saint Louis City Delivery Company US local US 131L1 !
Saint Louis 1859-1860 Squier & Co.'s City Letter Dispatch Us local [sce] US 132L... !
Saint Louis 18?? Smith & Stephens' City Delivery US local [sce] US 158L1 !
Saint Louis 1851 City Dispatch US local US 42L1 !
Saint Louis 1851 Clark & Hall's Penny Post US local [sce] US 49L1 !
Saint Lucia 1860-1979 Br . % 1-455
Saint Lucia 1979- . . % 456-
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1885-1978, 1986- Fr . %
Saint Vincent 1861-1979 Br . % 1-568
Saint Vincent 1979- . . % 569-
Sainte-Marie de Madagascar 1894-1896 Fr . %
Salamanca Province 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . Spain 117f-122f
Salem 1861 . NC US CSA 73X...
Salonica 1909-1910 It PO . Italy Offices
Salonica 1909-1910 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 131-140
Samoa 1877-1899 K . % 1-38
Samoa 1877-1880 Samoa Express local [b] % 1-8
Samoa 1900-1915 Ger . % 51-73
Samos 1912-1914 Provisional Gvt Aegean Island Greece N73-N96
Samos 1914-1915 Greek Aegean Island Greece N97-N108
San Francisco 1853-1854 Reed's City Despatch Post US local [sce] US 126L... !
San Francisco 1850s-1860s California City Letter Express Co US local [sce] US 33L... !
San Francisco 1850s-1860s California Penny Post Co US local [sce] US 34L... !
San Francisco 1864 Carnes' City Letter Express US local [sce] US 35L... !
San Francisco 1864-1870 Gahagan & Howe City Express US local US 70L... !
San Francisco 1868 William E. Loomis Letter Express US local US 98L1 !
San Marino 1877- R . %
San Sebastian 1937 . Guipuzcoa Province Spain 12L...
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1936 . . Spain 13L...
Santander 1884-1903 . . Colombia %
Sao Tome and Principe 1870-1975 Port . Saint Thomas and Prince Islands 1-410
Sao Tome and Principe 1975- R . Saint Thomas and Prince Islands 411-
Sarawak 1869-1946 Raj . % 1-158
Sarawak 1947-1963 Br . % 159-212
Sarawak 1942 Japanese occ . % N1-N22
Sarawak 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Sardinia 1851-1862 K . Italian States %
Saseno 1923 It occ . %
Saudi Arabia 1934- K . % 138-
Saurashtra, United State of 1949-1950 . . Indian States Soruth 39-42
Saxony 1850-1867 K . German States %
Saxony 1945-1946 Sov occ Provinz Sachsen Germany 13N...
Scarpanto 1912-1932 It Aegean island aka Karpathos Italy %
Schleswig 1920 . Slesvig plebiscite iss % 1-14
Schleswig 1865-1867 Duchy . German States Schleswig-Holstein 8-14
Schleswig Zone 1 1920 . Northern zone, to Denmark Schleswig 15-28
Schleswig-Holstein 1850-1867 Duchies . German States % 1-7
Scinde 1852-1854 . Provisional Indian local India A1-A3
Scotland 1958- . UK regional Great Britain %
Scutari 1914-1915, 1919-1920 . various "Shkoder" provisionals Albania 105 et al.
Scutari di Albania 1915 It PO . Italy Offices
Selangor 1878-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Selangor 1942-1943 Japanese occ . Malaya % N...
Selangor 1965- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Senegal 1887-1944 Fr . % 1-194
Senegal 1960- R . % 195-
Senegambia and Niger 1903 Fr . %
Serbia 1866-1918 R . %
Serbia 1916 Austrian occ Serbien % 1N...
Serbia 1941-1942/3 Ger occ Serbien % 2N...
Serbian Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992- . [lsn] nl?
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Kingdom of th1921-1928 . . Yugoslavia 1-62
Seville 1936 . . Spain 14L...
Seychelles 1890-1976 Br . % 1-342
Seychelles 1976- . . % 343-
Shan States 1943 . . Burma 2N51-2N57
Shanghai 1865-1898 China treaty port local %
Shanghai 1919-1922 US PO China US K...
Shanghai and Nanking 1941-45 Japanese occ . China 9N...
Shansi 1941-1945 Japanese occ . China 5N...
Shantung 1941-1945 Japanese occ . China 6N...
Shantung 1945-1949 Shantung Post East China [y EC81-EC158] China PR 5L1-5L9, nl
Sharjah 1963-1971 Emirate . %
Shensi 1949 People's Post Northwest China [y NW35-NW64] China PR 4L31-4L44, nl
Shensi Province 1949 . . China %
Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Area 1946-1949 . Northwest China [y NW1-NW34] China PR 4L1-4L30
Shri Lanka 1972- R aka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Siam 1883-1939, 1945-1949 K . Thailand 1-237, 260-274
Siberia 1919 . Gvt at Omsk % 1-81
Sicily 1859-1862 K of the Two Sicilies . Italian States Two Sicilies 10-18
Sierra Leone 1859-1961 Br . % 1-207
Sierra Leone 1961- . . % 208-
Simi 1912-1932 It Aegean island Italy %
Simoor 1879-1902 . . Indian States %
Sinaloa 1929 . Mex revolution iss Mexico %
Singapore 1948-1963 Br . % 1-72
Singapore 1965- R . % 73-
Sinkiang 1915-1949 . aka Chinese Turkestan China %
Sinkiang 1949 People's Post Northwest China [y NW97-NW110] China PR 4L61-4L64, nl
Slovakia 1939-1945 Ger Prot . %
Slovakia 1993- R . %
Slovenia 1992- R . %
Slovenia 1919-1920, 1945 Yugoslav . Yugoslavia 3L..., nl
Smyrna 1909-1910 It PO . Italy Offices
Smyrna 1909 Rus PO . Russia Offices Turkey 141-150
Solomon Islands 1907-1978 Br . % 1-368
Solomon Islands 1978- . . % 369-
Somali Coast 1894-1967 Fr . % 34-309
Somalia 1960- R . % 170-
Somalia 1903-1936, 1950-1960 It . % 28-31, 51-169
Somalia 1945-1950 Br occ . Great Britain Offices Somalia 10-31
Somaliland Prot 1903-1960 Br . %
Sonora 1913-1914 . Mex civil war local Mexico 321-400?, 405-413?
Soruth 1864-1938 . Junagadh Indian States % 1-38
South Africa 1910-1961 . . % 1-253
South Africa 1961- R . % 254-
South African Republic 1869-1877, 1882-1900 . . Transvaal 1-49, 118-201
South Arabia 1963-1966 Federation . %
South Australia 1855-1911 Br . %
South Bulgaria 1885 . . Eastern Rumelia 20-40
South Georgia 1944-1946, 1963-1979 Br . % 1-55, Falkland Islands 3L...
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 1986- Br . South Georgia 101-
South Orkneys 1944-1946 Br . Falkland Islands 4L...
South Russia 1918-1920 . . % 53-71
South Shetlands 1944-1946 Br . Falkland Islands 5L...
South West Africa 1923-1991 South African . %
Southern Nigeria 1901-1914 Br . %
Southern Rhodesia 1924-1953 Br . %
Southern Yemen 1968-1970 R . Yemen PDR 1-64
Southwest China 1949-1950 South West People's Post [y SW9-SW33] China PR 8L1-8L11, 8L17-8L20, 8L30-8L39
Spain 1850-67, 1872-3, 1875-1931, 1975- K . % 1-102, 174-189, 212-448, 1927-
Spain 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . % 116-128, 159-173
Spain 1873-5, 1931-9 R . % 190-211, 449-614
Spain 1936-1975 State . % 615-1926
Spain 1873-1874 Carlist K . % X1-X7
Spanish Guinea 1902-1959 . . %
Spanish Sahara 1924-1976 . . %
Spanish West Africa 1949-1950 . . %
Spartanburg 1861 . . US CSA 78X...
Stampalia 1912-1932 It Aegean island aka Astypalaia Italy %
Staten Island 1849 Staten Island Express Post US local [sce] US 133L... !
Stellaland 1884 . . %
Stockholm 1856-1885 Lokalbref Swedish city postage [sce] Sweden LX1-LX2
Straits Settlements 1867-1941 Br . %
Straits Settlements 1942-1943 Japanese occ . % N...
Sudan 1897-1956 Br-Egyptian . % 1-117
Sudan 1956- R . % 118-
Sumatra 1943 Japanese occ . Netherlands Indies N15-N26
Sumy 1993 . Ukranian local ovpts nl?
Sungei Ujong 1876-1895 Malaya . Malaya %
Supeh 1941-1945 Japanese occ . China 7N...
Surinam 1873-1975 Neth . % 1-423
Suriname 1975- R . Surinam 424-
Swatow 1949 South China Post [y SC11-SC26] China PR 7L6-7L18
Swaziland 1889-1968 Br Prot . % 1-138
Swaziland 1968- K . % 139-
Sweden 1855- K . %
Switzerland 1850- Confederation . %
Syria 1919-1942 Fr Fr occ 1919-23, Fr Mand. 1923-33, R (Fr) 1933-46 % 1-103, 121-313
Syria 1946-1958, 1961- R . % 314-
Syria 1920 Arab K . % Arab Gvt
Syria 1958-1961 United Arab R . % United Arab R
Syria-Great Lebanon 1923 Fr . Syria 104-120
Szechwan Province 1933-1934, 1949 . . China %
Tahiti 1882-1915 Fr . %
Taiwan 1945-1949 . . China %
Tajikistan 1992- R . %
Tanganyika 1920-1931 Br . % 10-44
Tanganyika 1961-1964 . . % 45-60
Tanganyika and Zanzibar 1964 . . Tanzania 1-4
Tangier 1918-1924 Fr PO . French Morocco 72-89
Tangier 1927-1957 Br PO . Great Britain Offices
Tangier 1929, 1948-1951 Sp PO . Spanish Morocco L...
Tanna Tuva 1926-1944 . . %
Tanzania 1965- . . % 5-
Tasmania 1853-1913 Br Australian % 14-117
Tatarstan 1992 . Rus seceding state nl?
Tellico Plains 1861 CSA . US CSA 81X...
Teruel Province 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . Spain 117e-126e
Tete 1913-1920 Port . %
Tetuan 1908 Sp PO . Spanish Morocco %
Thailand 1939-1945, 1949- K . % 238-259, 275-
Thessaly 1898 Ottoman occ . Turkey M1-M5
Thrace 1913 . autonomous Gvt of Western Thrace %
Thrace 1920 Allied occ . % N1-N25
Thrace 1920 Greek occ . % N26-N84
Thuringen 1945-1946 Sov occ . Germany 16N...
Thurn and Taxis Northern District 1852-1867 See Footnote 1 German States % 1-32
Thurn and Taxis Southern District 1852-1867 See Footnote 2 German States % 42-63
Tibet 1912-1950 . . %
Tibet 1911 Chinese PO . China Offices
Tientsin 1918 Fr PO China France Offices
Tientsin 1917-1918 It PO China Italy Offices
Timor 1885-1975 Port . %
Tiraspol 1992 . Prednestrova 1st iss seceding from Moldova nl?
Tlacotalpan 1856 . Mexican provisional Mexico %
Tobago 1879-1896 Br . %
Togo 1897-1914 Ger . % 1-23
Togo 1914-1956 Fr Fr occ 1914-21, Fr Mandate 1921-56 % 151-331
Togo 1914-1921 Br occ . % 33-91
Togo 1957- R . % 332-
Tokelau Islands 1948- NZ . %
Tolima 1870-1903 . . Colombia %
Tonga 1886- K . %
Trans-Jordan 1920-1947 K . Jordan 145-244
Transbaikal Province 1920 . . Far Eastern R N1-N4
Transcaucasian Federation 1923 . . %
Transkei 1976- R South African homeland South Africa %
Transvaal 1877-1882, 1900-1909 Br . % 50-117, 202-284
Travancore 1888-1949 . . Indian States %
Travancore-Cochin 1949-1950 . . Indian States %
Trebizonde 1909-1914 Rus PO aka Trabzon Russia Offices Turkey 151-160
Trengganu 1910-1963 Malaya . Malaya %
Trengganu 1942 Japanese occ . Malaya % N1-N60
Trengganu 1963- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Trentino 1918 It occ aka Venezia Tridentina Austria N33-N63
Trieste 1945 Yugoslav occ some "Trst,Istra" %
Trieste Zone A 1947-1954 Allied occ AMG FTT Italy %
Trieste Zone B 1948-1954 Yugoslav occ VUJA-STT Yugoslavia %
Trinidad 1847-1913 Br . %
Trinidad 1847 Lady McLeod Steamship private local [b] % noted
Trinidad and Tobago 1913-1962 Br . % 1-104
Trinidad and Tobago 1976- . . % 105-
Tripoli di Barberia 1910 It PO . Italy Offices
Tripolitania 1923-1935 It . %
Tripolitania 1948-1951 Br . Great Britain Offices
Tristan da Cunha 1952-1961, 1963- Br . %
Trucial States 1961 . . %
Tsingtau Province 1949 . . China %
Tumaco 1903 . Colombian province provisionals [sce] nl?
Tunisia 1888-1957 Fr . % 1-270
Tunisia 1957 K . % 271-311
Tunisia 1957- R . % 312-
Turkey 1923- R . % 605-
Turkey 1920-1923 . Nationalist Gvt at Ankara % in Asia
Turkmenistan 1992- R . %
Turks and Caicos Islands 1900- Br . %
Turks Islands 1867-1900 Br . %
Tuscany 1851-1860 GD . Italian States % 1-16
Tuscany 1860-1861 Provisional Gvt . Italian States % 17-23
Tuvalu 1976-1978 Br . % 1-84
Tuvalu 1978- . . % 85-
Uganda 1895-1902, 1962 Br . % 1-82
Uganda 1962- . . % 83-
Ukraine 1918-1923, 1992- R . %
Ukraine 1941-1943 Ger occ . Russia N29-N48
Umm al Qaiwain 1964-1967 Emirate . Umm Al Qiwain
UNESCO 1961- . . France 2o...
Union Island 1984- Grenadines of Saint Vincent . Saint Vincent Grenadines %
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1923-1991 . . Russia 242-6055
Uniontown 1861 . . US CSA 86X...
Unionville 1861 . . US CSA 87X...
United Arab Emirates 1973- . . %
United Arab Republic 1958-1971 . . Egypt 436-871
United Kingdom 1840- . . Great Britain
United States of America 1847- . . %
United States of America 1844 Overton & Co. Letter Express US local [sce] % 113L1 !
United States of America 1866 Penny Express Co. US local % 114L... !
United States of America 1844 Pomeroy's Letter Express US local NY [sce] % 117L... !
United States of America 1861 Prince's Letter Dispatch US local Portland ME - Boston [sce] % 122L1 !
United States of America 1894 Fresno-San Francisco Bicycle Mail US local [b] % 12L... !
United States of America 1861-1888 Wells, Fargo and Co. US local Pony Express [sce][b] % 143L... !
United States of America 1898 McGreely's Express US local Dyea -- Skagway AK [sce][b] % 155L1 !
United States of America 1852 Boyce's City Express Post US local NYC [sce] % 19L1 !
United States of America 1854-1855 Adams & Co.'s Express US local CA [sce] % 1L... !
United States of America 1857 Bradway's Despatch US local Philadelphia-Millville [sce] % 21L1 !
United States of America 1844 Brainard & Co. US local NY [sce] % 24L... !
United States of America 1857 Browne's Easton Despatch Post US local [sce] % 30L... !
United States of America 1857 American Express Company US local Smith & Dobson [sce] % 4L1 !
United States of America 1884 Hale & Co. US local [sce] % 75L... !
United States of America 1847 Hall & Mills' Free Despatch Post US local NYC [sce] % 76L1 !
United States of America 1845 Hanford's Pony Express US local NYC [sce] % 78L1 !
United States of America 1863 Humboldt Express US local NV [sce] % 86L1 !
United States of America 1847 Kidder's City Express Post US local Bklyn [sce] % 93L1 !
United States of America 1844 Henry Wells US local "Letter Express" [sce] % 96L... !
United States of America 1847? Locomotive Express Post US local % 97L1 !
United States of America 1877 Buffalo Balloon US local airmail rare TN % CL1 !
United States of America 1851-1854 Fiske & Rice's Express US local [sce] % noted nl !
Universal Postal Union 1957- . . Switzerland 9o...
Upper Senegal and Niger 1906-1921 Fr . %
Upper Silesia 1920-1922 . . %
Upper Silesia 1921 Polish Gorny Slask unauth. iss % noted
Upper Volta 1920-1933 Fr . Burkina Faso 1-69
Upper Volta 1959-1984 R . Burkina Faso 70-668
Uruguay 1856-1858 Atanasio Lapido [carrier issues] . % 1-6
Uruguay 1864- R . % 18-
Urundi 1916 Belgian occ [ssa] German East Africa N9-N16
Uzbekistan 1992- R . %
Vaitupu 1984- Tuvalu . Tuvalu %
Valladolid Province 1868-1870 Provisional Gvt . Spain 116c-128c
Valona 1915 It PO Albania Italy Offices
Van Diemen's Land 1853 Br . Tasmania 1-13
Vancouver Island 1865 Br now Canada British Columbia 3-6
Vanuatu 1980- R . %
Vathy 1893-1914 Fr PO Samos, in the Aegean France Offices
Vatican City 1929- . . %
Veglia 1920 It occ aka Krk Fiume 128-133
Venda 1979- R South African homeland South Africa %
Venetia Giulia and Istria 1945-1947 Allied occ AMG VG Italy 1LN...
Venezia Giulia 1918-1919 It . Austria N1-N32
Venezuela 1859- . . %
Victoria 1850-1912 Br Australian %
Victoria 1861 . . US CSA 88X...
Victoria Land 1911 NZ Scott expedition New Zealand 130d, 131d
Vienna 1979- UN PO Austria UN %
Vietnam 1945-1959 E Fr sponsored empire % 1-26
Vietnam 1955-1975 R aka South Vietnam % 27-516
Vietnam 1954-1957 IC Indo-China . India ICIC %
Virgin Islands 1866- Br . %
Vryburg 1899 SAR occ . Cape of Good Hope N1-N4
Wadhwan 1888-1892 . . Indian States %
Wales and Monmouthshire 1958- Br Br regional iss Great Britain %
Wallis and Futuna 1920- Fr . %
Warsaw 1916 Ger occ Warschau, Gen.-Gouv. Poland N6-N16
Wenden 1863-1903 Rus Z local [b] Russia L...
West Irian 1963-1970 Indonesia Irian Barat % 20--61
West Liao-ning Area 1945 Northeast China [y NE31-NE40] nl
West New Guinea 1962-1963 UN UNTEA West Irian 1--19
West Russia 1918 Western Army Avalov-Bermondt@Shavli [sce] Latvia 2N1-2N36
West Saxony 1945-1946 Sov occ West-Sachsen Germany 14N...
West Szechuen 1950 West Szechuen People's Post Southwest China [y SW45-SW57] China PR 8L40-8L51
Western Australia 1854-1912 Br Australian %
Western Front 1914-1918 Ger occ . France N15-N26
Western Samoa 1914-1961 NZ . % 101-222
Western Samoa 1961- K Samoa i Sisifo % 223-
Western Ukraine 1919 . . %
Western Ukraine 1919 Romanian occ . % N...
Westtown 1853-1870 . US local Orange County PA [sce] US 145L... !
Wilayah Persekutuan 1986- Malaysia . Malaysia %
Wilmington 1850 Roche's City Dispatch US local [sce] US 129L1 !
World Health Organization 1948- . . Switzerland 5o...
World Intellectual Property Organization 1982- . . Switzerland 11o...
World Meteorological Organization 1956-1973 . . Switzerland 8o...
Wrangel refugee posts 1921 . . Russia Offices Turkey 232-376
Wurttemberg 1851-1918 K . German States %
Wurttemberg 1919-1923 R . German States %
Wurttemburg 1947-1949 Fr occ . Germany 8N...
Yca 1884 . Peruvian local provisional Peru 16N...
Yeh-Hsien East Chinese local SW of Chefoo [y LEC1] . nl
Yemen 1926-1970ff K international recognition ended in 1963 % 1-143
Yemen 1963- R aka North Yemen % 144-
Yemen 1970-1992? PDR aka South Yemen Yemen PDR 65-?
Yucatan 1924 . Mex revolution iss Mexico %
Yugoslavia 1945- R . % 159A-
Yugoslavia 1941-1945 Gvt in Exile . % 1K...
Yugoslavia 1929-1941 K . % 63-159
Yunnan 1950 . Southwest China [y SW58-SW66] China PR 8L52-8L59
Yunnan Province 1926-1934, 1949 . . China %
Yunnanfou 1903-1922 Fr PO China France Offices
Zaire 1971- R . %
Zambezia 1894-1914 Port . %
Zambia 1964- R . %
Zangezur 1919 . surch. on Rus [sce] nl?
Zante 1943 Ger occ . Ionian Islands N26--N29
Zanzibar 1895-1963 Sultanate Br Prot 1895-1963 % 1-280, 281-284
Zanzibar 1964-1965 R . % 285-322
Zanzibar 1965-1967 Tanzanian . % 323-357
Zanzibar 1894-1904 Fr PO . France Offices
Zelaya 1912 Nicaraguan . Nicaragua 1L109-1L123
Zil Eloigne Sesel 1980- Seychelles various spellings, aka Outer Seychelles Seychelles %
Zimbabwe 1980- R . %
Zululand 1888-1898 Br . %
Zurich 1843-1850 Swiss cantonal iss Switzerland 1L...