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.
UAE
editUAR
editUbangi-Shari
edit- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi-Shari-Chad
edit- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
Uganda
edit- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda
Uganda Protectorate
edit- Refer
- British East Africa
United Kingdom
edit- Refer
- United Kingdom (UK)
Ukraine
edit- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Currency
- (1992) karbovanets (coupon currency)
- (1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvnia
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine
Ukraine (pre-Soviet)
edit- Dates
- 1918 – 1923
- Capital
- Kiev
- Currency
- 200 shahiv = 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
- Refer
- Ukraine
Ukraine (German Occupation)
editUkrainian Field Post
edit- Refer
- Ukraine
UKTT
edit- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
Ultramar
edit- Refer
- Cuba;
- Macao;
- Portuguese Guinea;
- Puerto Rico;
- Spanish Guinea
Umm Al Qiwain
edit- Dates
- 1964 – 1967
- Currency
- (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
- (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
- Refer
- Trucial States
UN
edit- Refer
- United Nations (UN)
UN Administration of West New Guinea
edit- Refer
- West New Guinea
UNESCO
editUnion Island
edit- Refer
- Grenadines of St Vincent
Union Islands
edit- Refer
- Tokelau
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
edit- Dates
- 1923 – 1992
- Capital
- Moscow
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
- Main Article Needed
- 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)
edit- See also
- Abu Dhabi;
- Dubai;
- Trucial States
United Arab Republic (UAR)
edit- Refer
- Egypt
United Kingdom (UK)
editThis was historically called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) after which it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or UK for short.
It has never been a philatelic term, any more than England has, because the worldwide consensus among philatelists and postal authorities has been that the issuer of British stamps is called Great Britain.
United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT)
edit- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
United Nations (UN)
edit- Dates
- 1951 –
- Currency
- American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location
- Dates
- 1847 –
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- See also
- Confederate States of America
United States of New Granada
edit- Refer
- New Granada
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
edit- Refer
- French Soudan
Upper Silesia
edit- Refer
- Plebiscite Issues
Upper Volta
edit- Dates
- 1959 – 1984
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Upper Volta (French Colony)
- See also
- Burkina Faso;
- French West Africa
Upper Volta (French Colony)
edit- Dates
- 1920 – 1933
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Refer
- Upper Volta
Upper Yafa
edit- Refer
- Aden Protectorate States
UPU
editUruguay
edit- Dates
- 1856 –
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Currency
- (1856) 120 centavos = 1 real
- (1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso
- (1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay
United States
editUS Post Abroad
edit- Main Article Needed
US Postal Agency in Shanghai
editUS Post Offices in Japan
edit- Refer
- US Post Abroad
USSR
edit- Refer
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Main Article Stamps of the Soviet Union
USSR Issues for the Far East
edit- Dates
- 1923 only
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
US Virgin Islands
edit- Refer
- Danish West Indies
Uzbekistan
edit- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Currency
- (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet rouble
- (June 1994) suom (coupon currency)
- (Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 soum
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uzbekistan
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