Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me–Mz)

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.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Dates: 1856–1868
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 48 schillings = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Dates: 1864–1868
Capital: Strelitz
Currency: 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)

Dates: 1945–1946
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied Occupation)

MEF

Refer: Middle East Forces (MEF)

Melaka

Refer: Malacca

Memel (French Administration)

Dates: 1920–1923
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: French Occupation Issues

Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)

Refer: Klaipėda

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: 1942–1945
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Mengtse

Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indochinese 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, Federated States of

Dates: 1984 –
Capital: Palikir

Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia

Middle Congo

Dates: 1907–1937
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed

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

Main Article Needed

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

Refer: Italian States

Moheli

Dates: 1906–1914
Capital
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Madagascar & Dependencies

Moldavia

Dates: 1858–1862
Capital: Iași
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre

Refer: Romania

Moldo-Wallachia

Dates: 1862–1865
Capital: Bucharest
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre

Refer: Romania

Moldova

Dates: 1991 –
Capital: Kishinev
Currency: (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble; (1993) kupon (temporary currency); (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova

See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Moluccas

Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area

Monaco

Dates: 1885 –
Capital: Monte Carlo
Currency: (1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article Needed

Mongolia

Dates: 1924 –
Capital: Ulan Bator
Currency: (1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar; (1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög

Main Article Needed

Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates: 1903–1922
Currency: (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre

Refer: China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mongtze

Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mont-Athos

Refer: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Montenegro

Dates: 1874–1918; 2006 –
Capital: Podgorica
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 cent = 1 euro

Main Article Needed

Includes: Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

See also: Yugoslavia

Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)

Dates: 1917 only
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone

Refer: Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Montenegro (German Occupation)

Dates: 1943–1945
Currency: (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira; (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Montenegro (Italian Occupation)

Dates: 1941–1943
Currency: (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar; (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian Occupation Issues

Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Titograd (Podgorica)
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Montenegro

Montserrat

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

Main Article Needed

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

Main Article Needed

See also: Tangier

Morocco (British Post Offices)

Refer: Morocco Agencies

Morocco (French Post Offices)

Dates: 1862–1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: French Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (German Post Offices)

Dates: 1899–1917
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: German Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)

Dates: 1903–1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Morvi

Dates: 1931–1948
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Mosul (Indian Forces)

Dates: 1919 only
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Overseas Forces

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Dates: 1909–1914
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Moyen Congo

Refer: Middle Congo

Mozambique

Dates: 1876 –
Capital: Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques)
Currency: (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis; (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo; (1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical

Main Article Needed

See also: Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Mozambique Company

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

Main Article Needed

Mozambique Territories

Main Article Needed

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

Muscat

Dates: 1944–1948
Capital: Muscat
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: 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

Main Article Needed

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

Refer: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

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