Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
Belgian Congo
editBecame the Congo Republic and later Zaire.
- Dates
- 1909–1960
- Capital
- Leopoldville
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Congo Free State
Belgian Occupation Issues
edit- Main Article Needed
Belgium
edit- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium
Belgium (German Occupation)
editBelize
edit- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Belize
- See also
- British Honduras
Belorussia
edit- Refer
- Belarus
Benadir
edit- Refer
- Italian Somaliland
Benghazi (Italian Post Office)
editItaly annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.
Benin
editFormerly Dahomey.
- Dates
- 1976 –
- Capital
- Porto Novo
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Benin
- Includes
- Benin (French Colony)
- See also
- Dahomey
Benin (French Colony)
editThe 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
- Refer
- Benin
Bequia
editUnauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.
- Refer
- Grenadines of St Vincent
Bergedorf
editBecame part of Hamburg in 1867.
- Dates
- 1861–1867
- Currency
- 16 schillings = 1 mark
- Refer
- German States
Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)
editSuperseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.
Bermuda
edit- Dates
- 1865 –
- Capital
- Hamilton
- Currency
- (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda
Bessarabia
edit- Refer
- Moldova
Beyrouth
editBhopal
edit- Refer
- Indian Native States
Bhor
edit- Refer
- Indian Native States
Bhutan
edit- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan
Biafra
editNigerian civil war issues.
- Dates
- 1968–1969
- Capital
- Port Harcourt
- Currency
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Main article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra
- Refer
- Nigerian Territories
Bijawar
edit- Refer
- Indian Native States
BMA
editBohemia & Moravia
edit- Main Article Needed
Bohmen und Mahren
edit- Refer
- Bohemia & Moravia
Boka Kotorska
editBolívar
edit- Refer
- Colombian Territories
Bolivia
edit- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia
Bophutatswana
editOne of the territories ( Bantustans ) 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.
Borneo
editBosnia & Herzegovina
edit- Includes
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire);
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);
- Croatian Posts (Bosnia)
- See also
- Bosnian Serb Republic;
- Croatia;
- Yugoslavia
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
editUnder the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria-Hungary 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 1912–1918, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.
- Dates
- 1878–1918
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- Currency
- (1878–1899) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
- (1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown
- Refer
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)
editThe 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after World War I.
- Refer
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
editThere was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.
- Refer
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnian Serb Republic
editFollowing 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.
- Main Article Needed
Botswana
edit- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana
- See also
- Bechuanaland
Bouvet Island
edit- Refer
- Norwegian Dependency
Boyacá
edit- Refer
- Colombian Territories
Brazil
edit- Dates
- 1843 –
- Capital
- Brasilia
- Currency
- (1843) 1000 = 1 milreis
- (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro
- (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro
- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil
Bremen
editBremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.
- Dates
- 1855–1867
- Capital
- Bremen
- Currency
- 22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler
- Main Article Needed
- Refer
- German States
References
editBibliography
edit- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
- Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
- XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960