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Issuing Countries Yr - Year Com - Commemoratives Off - Officals Cha - Charity Air - Air Post Pos - Postage Dues Yr Com Off Cha Air Pos 1937 Aden 1937 - - - - 1912 Aegean Is 1932 - 1932 1932 1934 1870 Afghanistan 1920 1909 1938 1939 - 1903 Aitutaki 1972 1978 1974 - - 1964 Ajman 1964 1965 - 1965 - 1984 Aland 1986 - - - - 1925 Alaouites - - - 1925 1925 1913 Albania 1913 - 1924 1925 1914 1938 Alexandretta 1938 - - 1938 1938 1899 Alexandria (Fr. P.O.) - - 1915 - 1922 1924 Algeria 1930 - 1927 1946 1926 1920 Allenstein - - - - - 1940 Alsace - - - - - 1870 Alsace & Lorraine - - - - - 1877 Alwar - - - - - 1931 Andorra (French P.O.) 1962 - 1964 1950 1931 1928 Andorra (Spanish P.O.) 1972 - - 1951 - 1945 Anglo-American Occ. Germany 1948 - 1948 - - 1870 Angola 1938 - 1925 1938 1904 1892 Angra - - - - - 1967 Anguilla 1968 - - - - 1892 Anjouan - - - - - 1888 Annam and Tonkin - - - - - 1862 Antigua 1932 - 1916 - - 1868 Antioquia - - - - - 1920 Arbe and Veglia - - - - - 1858 Argentina 1892 1884 1944 1928 - 1982 Argentine Occ. Falkland Is 1982 - - - - 1919 Armenia - - - - - 1922 Ascension 1935 - - - - 1902 Australia 1927 1931 - 1929 1902 1957 Australian Antarctic 1961 - - - - 1850 Austria 1908 - 1914 1922 1894 1850 Austrian Italy - - - - - 1915 Austrian Military Post - - 1918 - 1918 1903 Austrian P.O.s in Crete 1908 - - - - 1867 Austrian P.O.s in Turkey 1908 - - - 1902 1919 Azerbaijan 1992 - 1922 1995 - 1919 Azerbaijan 1923 1995 1868 Azores 1894 - 1911 - 1904 1980 Azores 1980 - - - - 1946 B.C.O.F. Japan - - - - - 1851 Baden - - - - 1862 1917 Baghdad - - - - - 1859 Bahamas 1920 - 1917 1935 - 1948 Bahawalpur 1948 1945 - - - 1933 Bahrain 1948 - - - - 1889 Bamra - - - - - 1882 Bangkok - - - - - 1970 Bangladesh 1971 1973 - - - 1852 Barbados 1897 - 1907 - - 1922 Barbuda 1968 - - - - 1921 Barwani - - - - - 1933 Basutoland 1935 - - - 1933 1919 Batum - - - - - 1849 Bavaria 1911 1916 1919 1911 1862 1888 Bechuanaland Protectorate 1935 - - - 1926 1919 Belgian Occ. Germany - - - - 1920 1849 Belgium 1894 1929 1911 1930 1870 1973 Belize 1973 - - - 1976 1892 Benin - - - - 1894 1976 Benin Peoples Republic 1976 - - 1976 1978 1861 Bergedorf - - - - - 1848 Bermuda 1920 - 1918 - - 1876 Bhopal - 1908 - - - 1879 Bhor - - - - - 1962 Bhutan 1962 - 1964 1967 - 1968 Biafra 1968 - 1968 - - 1935 Bijawar - - - - - 1939 Bohemia and Moravia 1941 1941 1941 - 1939 1863 Bolivar - - - - - 1866 Bolivia 1909 - 1939 1924 1931 1980 Bophuthatswana 1980 - - - - 1879 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1910 - 1916 - 1904 1966 Botswana 1966 - - - 1967 1899 Boyaca - - - - - 1963 Br. Antarctic Territory 1966 - - - - 1850 Br. Guiana 1898 1875 1918 - 1940 1968 Br. Indian Ocean Terr. 1971 - - - - 1948 Br. P.O.s Eastern Arabia 1948 - - - - 1917 Br. P.O.s in China - - - - - 1866 Br. Virgin Islands 1935 - 1917 - - 1843 Brazil 1900 1906 1931 1928 1889 1855 Bremen - - - - - 1886 British Bechuanaland - - - - - 1891 British Central Africa - - - - - 1861 British Columbia and Vancouver I - - - - - 1890 British East Africa - - - - - 1866 British Honduras 1921 - 1916 - 1923 1885 British Levant - - - - - 1893 British P.O.s in Crete - - - - - 1907 British Solomon Is 1935 - - - 1925 1903 British Somaliland 1935 1903 - - - 1890 British South Africa Co. 1905 - - - - 1906 Brunei 1922 - - - - 1852 Brunswick - - - - - 1858 Buenos Aires - - - - - 1879 Bulgaria 1896 1942 1916 1927 1884 1916 Bulgarian Occ. Romania - - - - - 1894 Bundi - 1918 - - - 1937 Burma 1940 1937 - - - 1962 Burundi 1962 - 1963 1964 - 1915 Bushire 1915 - - - - 1896 Bussahir - - - - - 1951 Cambodia 1955 - 1952 1953 1957 1897 Cameroun 1931 - 1938 1941 1925 1851 Canada 1897 1949 1916 1928 1906 1904 Canal Zone 1926 1941 - 1929 1914 1901 Canton - - - - - 1916 Cape Juby 1929 - - - - 1853 Cape of Good Hope 1900 - - - - 1877 Cape Verde Is 1921 - 1925 - 1904 1920 Carinthia - - - - - 1899 Caroline Is - - - - - 1920 Castelrosso 1930 - 1930 - - 1902 Cauca - - - - - 1893 Cavalla - - - - - 1900 Cayman Is 1932 - 1917 - - 1977 Central African Empire 1977 1977 - 1977 - 1959 Central African Republic 1959 1965 1962 1960 1962 1919 Central Albania - - - - - 1920 Central Lithuania 1921 - 1921 - 1921 1941 Cephalonia and Ithaca - - 1941 1941 - 1857 Ceylon 1935 1895 - - - 1922 Chad 1931 1966 1963 1960 1928 1886 Chamba - 1886 - - - 1948 Channel Is 1948 - - - - 1894 Charkari - - - - - 1853 Chile 1910 1928 1940 1927 1895 1878 China 1894 - 1932 1932 1912 1900 China Expeditionary Force - - - - - 1949 China Peoples Republic 1949 - - 1951 1950 1929 Chinese Communist Posts - - - - - 1958 Christmas I 1965 - - - - 1919 Cilicia 1919 - 1919 - 1919 1981 Ciskei 1981 - - - - 1892 Cochin - 1913 - - - 1886 Cochin China - - - - - 1963 Cocos (Keeling) Is 1965 - - - - 1859 Colombia 1910 1937 1935 1918 - 1950 Comoro Is. 1952 1979 1962 1954 1950 1861 Confederate States of America - - - - - 1886 Congo (Belgian) 1928 - 1918 1930 1923 1959 Congo (Brazzaville) 1959 1968 1962 1960 1961 1960 Congo (Kinshasa) 1960 - 1963 1967 - 1892 Cook Is 1935 1975 1968 1966 - 1858 Cordoba - - - - - 1923 Corfu - - - - - 1941 Corfu - - - - - 1855 Corrientes - - - - - 1862 Costa Rica 1921 1883 1958 1926 1903 1950 Council of Europe 1978 - - - - 1900 Crete 1907 1908 - - 1901 1919 Crimea - - - - - 1941 Croatia 1941 1942 1941 - 1941 1855 Cuba & Puerto Rico 1914 - 1935 1927 1914 1870 Cundinamarca - - - - - 1873 Curacao 1923 - 1941 1929 1889 1880 Cyprus 1928 - 1974 - - 1923 Cyrenaica 1923 - 1925 1932 1950 1918 Czechoslovakia 1919 1945 1919 1920 1919 1855 Danish West Indies - - - - 1902 1920 Danzig 1930 1921 1921 1920 1921 1893 Datia (Duttia) - - - - - 1893 Dedeagatz (Dedeagh) - - - - - 1919 Denikin Govt. S. Russia - - - - - 1851 Denmark 1920 1871 1921 1925 1921 1897 Dhar - - - - - 1890 Diego Suarez - - - - 1891 1894 Djibouti (till 1902) - - - - - 1977 Djibouti Republic 1977 - - 1977 - 1899 Dohomey 1931 - 1915 1940 1906 1874 Dominica 1935 - 1916 - - 1865 Dominican Republic 1899 1902 1931 1928 1901 1919 Don Cossacks - - - - - 1963 Dubai 1963 - - 1963 1963 1864 Dutch East Indies 1922 1911 1915 1928 1874 1964 East Africa 1964 - - - - 1903 East Africa and Uganda - - - - - 1935 East African P.&T.(Kenya,Uganda and Tanganyika) 1935 1959 - 1935 1935 2002 East Timor 2002 1941 Eastern Karelia - - 1943 - - 1881 Eastern Roumelia - - - - - 1920 Eastern Silesia - - - - 1920 1865 Ecuador 1896 1886 1921 1929 1896 1866 Egypt 1922 1893 1940 1926 1884 1867 El Salvador 1892 1896 - 1930 1895 1903 Elobey, Annobon and Corisco - - - - - 1914 Epirus - - - - - 1968 Equatorial Guinea 1968 - - - - 1893 Eritrea 1922 - 1916 1934 1903 1918 Estonia 1928 - 1920 1920 - 1894 Ethiopia 1908 - 1936 1929 1896 1975 Faeroe Is 1976 - - - - 1940 Faeroe Is (Br. Occ.) - - - - - 1878 Falkland Is 1933 - 1918 - - 1944 Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 - - - - 1920 Far Eastern Republic 1922 - - 1923 - 1879 Faridkot - 1886 - - - 1900 Federated Malay States - - - - - 1868 Fernando Poo 1929 - 1960 - - 1943 Fezzan - - 1950 1943 1943 1870 Fiji 1935 - 1916 - 1917 1856 Finland 1927 - 1922 1930 - 1918 Fiume 1920 - 1919 - 1918 1941 Fiume and Kupa Zone 1941 - 1941 - - 1967 Fr. Terr. Of Afars and Issas 1968 - - 1969 1969 1849 France 1923 - 1914 1927 1859 1942 Free French Forces, Levant - - 1943 1942 - 1859 French Colonies - - 1943 1944 1884 1891 French Congo - - - - - 1936 French Equatorial Africa 1937 - 1938 1937 1937 1886 French Guiana 1931 - 1915 1933 1925 1892 French Guinea 1931 - 1938 1940 1905 1892 French Indian Settlements 1931 - 1916 1942 1923 1885 French Levant - - - - - 1889 French Madagascar 1931 - 1915 1935 1896 1891 French Morocco 1946 - 1914 1922 1915 1914 French Morocco 1946 - 1914 1922 1915 1947 French Occ. Baden 1949 - 1949 - - 1919 French Occ. Hungary - - - - 1919 1947 French Occ. Rhineland Palatinate 1949 - 1948 - - 1947 French Occ. Württemberg 1949 - 1949 - - 1918 French P.O. Tangier - - - 1928 1918 1903 French P.O.s in China - - - - - 1958 French Polynesia 1958 1977 - 1960 1958 1955 French S. & Antarctic Terr. 1957 - - 1962 - 1902 French Somali Coast 1931 - 1915 1941 1915 1894 French Sudan 1931 - 1938 1940 1921 1944 French West Africa 1945 - 1944 1945 1947 1945 French Zone of Germany (general) - - - - - 1964 Fujeira 1964 1965 - 1965 - 1892 Funchal - - - - - 1886 Gabon 1931 1968 1915 1960 1928 1957 Galapagos Is 1959 - - - - 1869 Gambia 1935 - - - - 1948 Gaza 1957 - - 1948 1948 1919 Georgia - - 1922 - - 1949 German Democratic Republic 1949 1954 1949 - - 1916 German E. and W. Commands - - - - - 1893 German East Africa - - - - - 1872 German Empire 1919 1903 1919 1919 - 1949 German Federal Republic 1949 - 1949 - - 1914 German Occ. Belgium - - - - - 1941 German Occ. Estonia - - 1941 - - 1941 German Occ. Guernsey - - - - - 1941 German Occ. Jersey - - - - - 1941 German Occ. Latvia - - - - - 1941 German Occ. Lithuania - - - - - 1943 German Occ. Of Zante - - - - - 1941 German Occ. Ostland - - - - - 1915 German Occ. Poland - - - - - 1939 German Occ. Poland 1940 1940 1940 - 1940 1917 German Occ. Romania - - - - 1918 1941 German Occ. Vilna - - - - - 1898 German P.O.s in China - - - - - 1889 German P.O.s in Morocco - - - - - 1884 German P.O.s in Turkey - - - - - 1949 Ghadames - - - - - 1957 Ghana 1957 - - 1958 1958 1886 Gibraltar 1935 - 1918 - 1956 1911 Gilbert and Ellice Is 1935 - 1918 - 1940 1976 Gilbert Is 1976 - - - - 1875 Gold Coast 1935 - 1918 - 1923 1897 Grand Comoro - - - - - 1861 Greece 1896 - 1914 1926 1875 1940 Greek Occ. Albania 1940 - - 1940 1940 1947 Greek Occ. Dodecanese - - - - - 1938 Greenland 1945 - 1958 - - 1861 Grenada 1898 - 1916 1972 1892 1973 Grenadines of Grenada 1973 - - - - 1973 Grenadines of St. Vincent 1973 - 1980 - - 1874 Griqualand - - - - - 1884 Guadeloupe 1931 - 1938 1945 1876 1899 Guam - - - - - 1885 Guanacaste - - - - - 1871 Guatemala 1897 1902 1927 1929 - 1958 Guernsey 1969 - - - 1969 1959 Guinea 1959 - 1960 1959 1959 1975 Guinea-Bissau 1976 - - - - 1966 Guyana 1966 - - - 1967 1885 Gwalior - 1895 - - - 1955 Hadhramaut 1966 - - - - 1881 Haiti 1929 - 1944 1929 1898 1859 Hamburg - - - - - 1850 Hanover - - - - - 1939 Hatay 1939 - - - 1939 1851 Hawaii - 1896 - - - 1916 Hejaz 1924 - - - 1917 1926 Hejaz-Nejd 1926 - - - 1926 1867 Heligoland - - - - - 1902 Hoi-Hao - - - - - 1886 Holkar (Indore) - - - - 1904 1864 Holstein - - - - - 1866 Honduras 1892 1890 1941 1925 - 1862 Hong Kong 1891 - - - 1923 1892 Horta - - - - - 1871 Hungary 1916 1921 1913 1918 1903 1869 Hyderabad 1937 1873 - - - 1873 Iceland 1911 1873 1933 1928 - 1939 Idar - - - - - 1941 Ifni 1949 - 1950 1943 - 1852 India (Scinde) 1931 1866 1971 1929 - 1953 Indian Custodian Forces, Korea - - - - - 1914 Indian Expeditionary Force - - - - - 1962 Indian Forces in Congo - - - - - 1965 Indian Forces in Gaza - - - - - 1954 Indian Forces in Indo-China 1965 - - - - 1889 Indo-China 1931 1933 1914 1933 1904 1945 Indonesia 1945 - 1945 1947 1950 1895 Inhambane 1895 - - - - 1932 Inini 1939 - 1939 - 1932 1934 International Court of Justice - - - - - 1944 International Education Office - - - - - 1923 International Labour Office 1932 - - - - 1950 International Refugees Org. - - - - - 1958 International Telecommunications Union 1973 - - - - 1859 Ionian Islands - - - - - 1918 Iraq 1949 1920 1949 1949 - 1922 Ireland 1929 - - 1948 1925 1960 Islamic Rep. Mauritania 1960 1961 1962 1960 1961 1958 Isle of Man 1973 - - - 1973 1948 Israel 1948 1951 1957 1950 1948 1932 Italian Colonies (general issue) 1932 - 1932 1932 - 1938 Italian East Africa 1938 - 1940 1938 1941 1919 Italian Occ. Austria - - - - 1919 1941 Italian Occ. Ionian Is - - - - - 1917 Italian P.O.s in China - - - - 1917 1900 Italian P.O.s in Crete - - - - 1924 1874 Italian P.O.s in the Levant - - - - 1922 1944 Italian Social Republic 1944 - - - 1944 1903 Italian Somaliland 1922 - 1915 1934 1906 1862 Italy 1910 1875 1911 1917 1863 1892 Ivory Coast 1931 1973 1915 1940 1906 1904 Jaipur 1931 1929 - - - 1860 Jamaica 1935 1890 1923 - - 1866 Jammu and Kashmir - 1878 - - - 1942 Jap.Occ. Malaya 1942 - - - 1942 1942 Jap.Occ. N. China 1943 - - - - 1942 Jap.Occ. Netherlands Indies 1943 - - 1943 1942 1942 Jap.Occ. North Borneo - - - - - 1942 Jap.Occ. Philippines 1942 - 1942 - 1942 1942 Jap.Occ. Sarawak - - - - - 1871 Japan 1894 - 1942 1919 - 1942 Jasdan - - - - - 1958 Jersey 1969 - - - 1969 1887 Jhalawar - - - - - 1874 Jhind - 1885 - - - 1876 Johore 1896 - - - 1938 1920 Jordan 1922 1924 1947 1950 1923 1948 Jordanian Occ. Palestine 1949 - 1950 - 1948 1925 Jubaland 1925 - 1926 - 1925 1960 Katanga 1960 - - - 1960 1992 Kazakhstan 1992 - 1994 - - 1912 Kedah 1922 - - - - 1911 Kelantan 1922 - - - - 1963 Kenya 1963 1964 - 1967 - 1970 Khmer Republic 1971 - 1972 1973 1974 1965 Khor Fakkan 1965 - - - - 1900 Kiatschau - - - - - 1908 King Edward VII Land - - - - - 1916 Kionga - - - - - 1979 Kiribati 1979 - - - - 1899 Kishengarh - 1918 - - - 1885 Korea 1902 - - - - 1917 Koritza - - - - - 1906 Kouang Tcheou 1939 - 1939 - - 1979 Kuala Lumpur - - - - - 1923 Kuwait 1948 1923 - 1933 1963 1942 Kwangtung - - - - 1945 1992 Kyrgyzstan - - 1995 - - 1920 La Aguera - - - - - 1879 Labuan 1896 - - - 1901 1874 Lagos - - - - - 1944 Laibach - - 1944 1944 1944 1951 Laos 1952 - 1953 1953 1952 1897 Las Bela - - - - - 1931 Latakia - - - 1931 1931 1918 Latvia 1919 - 1920 1921 - 1922 League of Nations 1932 - - - - 1924 Lebanon 1924 - 1926 1924 1924 1890 Leeward Is 1897 - - - - 1966 Lesotho 1966 - - - 1966 1860 Liberia 1923 1892 1918 1936 1892 1912 Libya 1922 1952 1915 1928 1915 1912 Liechtenstein 1918 1932 1925 1930 1920 1918 Lithuania 1920 - 1924 1921 - 1916 Long Island - - - - - 1940 Lorraine - - - - - 1894 Lourenzo Marques 1895 - 1918 - - 1859 Lübeck - - - - - 1852 Luxembourg 1921 1875 1921 1931 1907 1884 Macao 1948 - 1919 - 1904 1991 Macedonia 1992 1991 - - - 1856 Macklenburg-Schwerin - - - - - 1884 Madagascar (British P.O.) - - - - - 1868 Madeira 1898 - 1925 - 1925 1900 Mafeking - - - - - 1901 Magdalena - - - - - 1967 Mahra (Qishn and Socotra) - - - - - 1948 Malacca 1948 - - - - 1958 Malagasy Republic 1958 - 1960 1960 1962 1964 Malawi 1964 - - 1972 1967 1945 Malaya (Br. Mil. Admin.) - - - - - 1957 Malayan Federation 1957 - - - - 1936 Malayan Postal Union - - - - 1936 1963 Malaysia 1963 - - - 1966 1906 Maldive Is 1960 - - - - 1959 Mali 1959 1961 1962 1959 1961 1860 Malta 1922 - 1918 1928 1925 1966 Manama 1966 - - - - 1900 Marianne Is - - - - - 1920 Marienwerder - - - - - 1897 Marshall Is - - - - - 1886 Martinique 1931 - 1916 1945 1927 1906 Mauretania 1931 1961 1915 1940 1906 1847 Mauritius 1898 - - - 1933 1892 Mayotte - - - - - 1864 Mecklenburg-Strelitz - - - - - 1920 Memel 1923 - - 1921 - 1942 Mengkiang 1943 - - - - 1856 Mexico 1910 1884 1919 1922 1908 1907 Middle Congo 1931 - 1916 - 1928 1942 Middle East Forces - - - - 1942 1852 Modena - - - - - 1906 Mohéli - - - - - 1885 Monaco 1921 - 1914 1933 1906 1924 Mongolia 1945 - - 1961 - 1874 Montenegro 1893 - 1944 1941 1894 1876 Montserrat 1932 1976 1917 - - 1898 Morocc Agencies 1935 - - - - 1956 Morocco 1956 - 1960 1956 1965 1931 Morvi - - - - - 1919 Mosul - - - - - 1877 Mozambique 1913 - 1916 1946 1904 1892 Mozambique Company 1935 - 1917 1935 1906 1944 Muscat 1944 - - - 1944 1966 Muscat and Oman 1969 - - - - 1950 N. Korean Occ. S.Korea - - - - - 1915 N.W. Pacific Is - - - - - 1919 N.W. Russia - - - - - 1885 Nabha - 1885 - - - 1858 Naples - - - - - 1963 Nat. Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam 1963 - - - - 1857 Natal - 1904 - - - 1916 Nauru 1935 - - - - 1861 Neapolitan Provinces - - - - - 1891 Negri Sembilan 1948 - - - - 1881 Nepal 1956 1960 - 1958 - 1852 Netherlands 1907 1913 1906 1928 1870 1949 Netherlands Antilles 1949 - 1951 - 1952 1950 Netherlands New Guinea 1959 - 1953 - 1957 1861 Nevis 1980 1980 - - - 1980 Nevis 1980 1980 - - - 1851 New Brunswick - - - - - 1860 New Caledonia 1903 1958 1915 1932 1903 1897 New Guinea 1935 1914 - 1931 - 1908 New Hebrides 1949 - - - 1925 1886 New Republic - - - - - 1850 New South Wales 1888 1879 1897 - 1891 1855 New Zealand 1900 1907 1929 1931 1899 1857 Newfoundland 1897 - - 1919 1939 1862 Nicaragua 1892 1890 1928 1929 1896 1921 Niger 1931 1962 1939 1940 1921 1892 Niger Coast (Oil Rivers) - - - - - 1914 Nigeria 1935 - 1966 - 1959 1902 Niue 1935 - 1980 - - 1947 Norfolk I 1956 - - - - 1883 North Borneo 1922 - 1918 - 1895 1868 North German Confederation - 1870 - - - 1920 North Ingermanland - - - - - 1946 North Korea 1946 - - 1958 - 1946 North Vietnam 1953 1952 - 1959 1952 1958 Northern Ireland - - - - - 1900 Northern Nigeria - - - - - 1925 Northern Rhodesia 1935 - - - 1929 1855 Norway 1914 1925 1930 1925 1889 1889 Nossi-Bé - - - - 1891 1851 Nova Scotia - - - - - 1877 Nowanugger - - - - - 1908 Nyasaland 1935 - - - 1950 1897 Nyassa Company - - 1925 - 1924 1892 Obock - - - - 1892 1892 Oceania 1931 - 1915 1934 1926 1852 Oldenburg - - - - - 1970 Oman 1971 - - - - 1868 Orange Free State - - - - - 1913 Orchha - - - - - 1890 Pahang 1948 - - - - 1947 Pakistan 1948 1947 - 1962 - 1918 Palestine - - - - 1920 1878 Panama 1913 - 1941 1929 1915 1901 Papua 1934 1931 - 1929 - 1952 Papua New Guinea 1961 - - - 1960 1870 Paraguay 1892 1886 1930 1929 1904 1852 Parma - - - - - 1884 Patiala - 1884 - - - 1948 Penang 1948 - - - - 1902 Penrhyn I 1974 1978 - - - 1878 Perak 1948 1889 - - - 1948 Perlis 1948 - - - - 1870 Persia (Iran) 1915 1902 1948 1927 - 1857 Peru 1897 1890 1964 1934 1874 1854 Philippines 1926 1926 1942 1926 1899 1940 Pitcairn Is 1946 - -