Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br–Bz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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.

Brunei

Dates
1895 –
Capital
Bandar Seri Begawan
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei

Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

Dates
1942 – 1945
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer
Japanese Occupation Issues

Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.

Dates
1852 – 1868
Capital
Brunswick
Currency
30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
Refer
German States

Buenos Aires

Dates
1858 – 1862
Currency
8 reales = 1 peso
Refer
Argentine Territories

Bukovina

Refer
West Ukraine

Bulgaria

Dates
1879 –
Capital
Sofia
Currency
(1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria

Bulgarian Occupation Issues

Refer
Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Bulgarian Territories

Main Article Needed
Includes
Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);
Eastern Rumelia;
South Bulgaria

Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.

Dates
1894 – 1948
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Native States

Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta.

Dates
1984 –
Capital
Ouagadougou
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso
See also
Upper Volta

Burma

Dates
1937 –
Capital
Rangoon
Currency
(1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Burma
Includes
Myanmar

Burma (Japanese Occupation)

Dates
1942 – 1945
Currency
(1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee
Refer
Japanese Occupation Issues

Burundi

Dates
1962 –
Capital
Bujumbura
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi

Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.

Dates
1915 only
Currency
20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman
Refer
British Occupation Issues

Bussahir

Dates
1895 – 1901
Currency
16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Native States

Byelorussia

Refer
Belarus

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