Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit–British)

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.

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Britain

Refer: Great Britain

British Administration Issues

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

British Antarctic Territory

Dates: 1963 –
Currency: (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

See also: Falkland Islands Dependencies;; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

British Bechuanaland

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.

Dates: 1885 – 1897
Capital: Mafeking
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Cape of Good Hope

See also: Bechuanaland Protectorate

British Central Africa

Dates: 1891 – 1908
Capital: Zomba
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of British Central Africa

See also: Malawi;; Nyasaland Protectorate

British Columbia

Dates: 1865 – 1868
Capital: Vancouver
Currency: (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1868) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia
Includes: British Columbia and Vancouver Island; Vancouver Island
See also: Canadian Provinces

British Columbia & Vancouver Island

Dates: 1860 only
Capital: Vancouver
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer: British Columbia

British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan

Refer: Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

British Consular Mail

Refer: Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

British East Africa

Dates: 1895 – 1903
Capital: Nairobi
Currency: 16 annas = 1 rupee

Includes: British East Africa Company;; East Africa & Uganda Protectorates;; Uganda Protectorate

See also: Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

British East Africa Company

Dates: 1890 – 1895
Currency: 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: British East Africa

British Field Office in Salonika

Refer: Salonika (British Field Office)

British Forces in Egypt

Refer: Egypt (British Forces)

British Guiana

Dates: 1850 – 1966
Capital: Georgetown
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

See also: Guyana

British Honduras

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

Main Article Needed

See also: Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory

Dates: 1868 – 1976
Capital: Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles)
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Indian Ocean Territory

See also: Seychelles;; Zil Elwannyen Sesel

British Levant

Refer: British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

British Middle East Forces

Refer: Middle East Forces

British Military Administration Issues (BMA)

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)

British New Guinea

Dates: 1901 – 1906
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Papua New Guinea

British Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed

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

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

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

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 1951–1953.

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.

Dates: 1948 – 1966
Currency: (1948) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee; (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed

See also: Abu Dhabi;; Bahrain;; Dubai;; Kuwait;; Muscat;; Qatar;; Trucial States

British Post Offices Abroad

Main Article Needed

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: 1885 – 1923
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Main Article Needed

Includes: Beirut (British Post Office);; Salonika (British Field Office)

British Regional Issues

Refer: Great Britain (Regional Issues)

British Solomon Islands

Dates: 1907 – 1975
Capital: Honiara
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Solomon Islands

British Somaliland

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

Refer: Somaliland Protectorate

British South Africa Company

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

Dates: 1890 – 1924
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article Needed

See also: Rhodesia

British Virgin Islands

Dates: 1968 –
Capital: Road Town
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the British Virgin Islands

Includes: Virgin Islands

See also: Leeward Islands

British Zone

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

Refer: American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);; Anglo–American Zones (Civil Government);; Anglo–American Zones (Military Government)

References

Bibliography

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