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Includes

Eritrea (British Administration);

Eritrea (British Military Administration);

Malaya (British Military Administration);

North Borneo (British Military Administration);

Sarawak (British Military Administration);

Somalia (British Administration);

Somalia (British Military Administration);

Tripolitania (British Administration);

Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

See also

British Occupation Issues;

British Occupation of Italian Colonies;

East Africa Forces;

Egypt (British Forces);

Middle East Forces

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Eritrea (British Administration)

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Somalia (British Administration)

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Tripolitania (British Administration)

Became part of Germany in 1871.

Dates

1851–1871

Capital

Karlsruhe

Currency

60 kreuzer = 1 gulden

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Baden

Dates

1947–1949

Currency

(1947) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

(1948) 100 pfennige = 1 DM

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Germany (Allied Occupation)

British occupation forces issued Turkish stamps overprinted BAGHDAD IN BRITISH OCCUPATION.^[1]

Dates

1917 only

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer

British Occupation Issues

Self-government was introduced on January 7, 1964. The islands became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on July 10, 1973.

Dates

1859 –

Capital

Nassau

Currency

(1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main article

Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas

Pakistan stamps in use since 1949.

Dates

1945–1949

Capital

Bahawalpur

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Bahawalpur

A group of islands 20 miles east of the Arabian peninsula and joined to Saudi Arabia by causeway. The largest is Bahrain itself. The site has been inhabited for over 5000 years. Bahrain was under British protection 1861–1971 and is now fully independent. Indian and British postal administration was used until 1 January 1966 when Bahrain opened its own service.

Bahrain used Indian stamps 1883–1933. Since then it has had its own stamps but also used general issues of British PAs in Eastern Arabia during shortages in the 1950s.

Issues during 1933–1947 were Indian stamps overprinted BAHRAIN. During 1948–59 British stamps were used, again overprinted BAHRAIN. The first stamps exclusive to Bahrain were issued on 1 July 1960.

Dates

1933 –

Capital

Manama

Currency

(1933) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

(1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee

(1966) 100 fils = 1 dinar

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Bahrain

See also

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

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Las Bela

Dates

1888–1890

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

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Indian Native States

Romanian occupation of Hungary. The area was subsequently split between Romania and Yugoslavia.

Dates

1919–1920

Capital

Temesvar (Timișoara)

Currency

100 filler = 1 korona

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Romanian Post Abroad

British PO issued 1867 Straits Settlements stamps with an overprint of B.

Dates

1882–1885

Currency

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer

British Post Offices Abroad

Formerly East Pakistan.

Dates

1971 –

Capital

Dhaka

Currency

(1971) 100 paisa = 1 rupee

(1972) 100 paisa = 1 taka

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Bangladesh

Serbian occupation of Hungary.

Dates

1919 only

Capital

Pécs

Currency

100 filler = 1 korona

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Serbian Occupation Issues

Self-government was attained on 16 October 1961. Became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 November 1966.

Dates

1852 –

Capital

Bridgetown

Currency

(1852) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1950) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Barbados

Barbuda is one of the islands making up the state of Antigua and Barbuda. It had a separate issue in 1922 of overprinted Leeward Islands stamps (11 values). Apart from this, it used stamps of Antigua and Leeward Islands concurrently until 1968. During 1971–1973, Antigua stamps were in sole use. Barbuda has had its own stamps on a regular basis 1968–1971 and since 1973. Barbuda stamps are valid in Antigua and vice versa.

Dates

1922 –

Capital

Codrington

Currency

(1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

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Antigua and Barbuda

Main article

Postage stamps and postal history of Barbuda

Dates

1921–1938

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

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Indian Native States

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Bussahir

Swiss Cantonal Administration issue on 1 July 1845 was of one stamp only. This was valued at 21/2 rappen and inscribed STADT POST BASEL.

Dates

1845 only

Currency

100 rappen = 1 franken

Refer

Swiss Cantonal Issues

Used Cape of Good Hope stamps 1880–1933 and became Lesotho in 1966.

Dates

1933–1966

Capital

Maseru

Currency

(1933) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Needed

See also

Lesotho

Batum is a Georgian Black Sea port which had been captured by Turkey in April 1918. It was occupied by British forces December 1918 to 6 July 1920 when it was included in the Republic of Georgia.

Separate stamps were issued by Batum in 1919. In addition, several issues of both these and Russian types were overprinted BRITISH OCCUPATION.

Dates

1919–1920

Currency

100 kopecks = 1 Georgian rouble

Refer

British Occupation Issues

Stamps are inscribed BAYERN.

Dates

1849–1920

Capital

Munich

Currency

(1849) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden

(1874) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

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Previously Bechuanaland Protectorate; now Botswana.

Dates

1965–1966

Capital

Mafeking

Currency

100 cents = 1 rand

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The territory north of the Molopo river which became Botswana in 1966.

The first issues 1888–1889 were overprinted Great Britain, British Bechuanaland and Cape of Good Hope types. During 1890–1897, British Bechuanaland stamps were used. From October 1897, overprinted Great Britain were used until 12 December 1932 when specific stamps for the Protectorate were first issued.

Dates

1888–1965

Capital

Mafeking

Currency

(1888) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Includes

Bechuanaland

Main article

Postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate

See also

Botswana;

British Bechuanaland;

Cape of Good Hope

Stamps were issued by British, French and Russian post offices. The British office was open 1873–1914: one issue of 1906 was particular to this office which normally issued British Levant. The French office was open 1840–1914: one issue of 1905 was particular to the office which otherwise issued French stamps (to 1885) or French Levant (1885–1914). The Russian office was open 1857–1914: particular stamps issued in 1879 and 1909–10; normally used Russia or Russian Levant.

Other offices were opened by Austria, Egypt, Germany and Italy. The German office was open 1900–14 and used German Levant. The Italian office was open 1873–83 and used the ESTERO overprints. The Austrian office used Austrian Levant and the Egyptian office used Egypt.

Refer

Beirut (British Post Office);

Beirut (French Post Office);

Beirut (Russian Post Office)

See also

Austro–Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

The office was open 1873–1914 and normally used stamps of British Levant. One issue on 2 July 1906 was particular to Beirut. This consisted of one stamp with an overprint of 1 Piastre, the stamp used being the twopence Edward VII definitive (green and carmine) that was first issued in Britain during September 1905.

Dates

1906 only

Currency

40 paras = 1 piastre

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British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

The office was open 1840–1914 and normally used stamps of France (to 1885) or French Levant (1885–1914). One issue of 17 January 1905 was particular to Beirut. This consisted of a single French stamp overprinted by 1 Piastre Beyrouth.

Dates

1905 only

Currency

40 paras = 1 piastre

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French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

The office was open 1857–1914 and normally used stamps of Russia or Russian Levant. Occasional issues in 1879 and again in 1909–10 were particular to Beirut. These were Russian Levant types overprinted by Beyrouth and a value.

Dates

1879–1910

Currency

40 paras = 1 piastre

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Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Formerly part of the Russian Empire and the USSR, Belarus became independent in 1991 and began its own postal administration in 1992.

It has previously been called Byelorussia or Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Dates

1992 –

Capital

Minsk

Currency

100 kopecks = 1 Belarusian rubel

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Belarus

See also

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• 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

• AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History