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.
Britain
Refer Great Britain
British Administration Issues
Refer Eritrea (British Administration); Somalia (British Administration); Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
British Antarctic Territory
Dates 1963 – Currency (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
See also Falkland Islands Dependencies; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
British Bechuanaland
Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. It is now the northern part of Cape Province in South Africa.
The first stamps issued were Cape of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints. Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely, British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1890 to 1897.
Dates 1885 – 1897 Capital Mafeking Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Cape of Good Hope
See also Bechuanaland Protectorate
British Central Africa
Dates 1891 – 1908 Capital Zomba Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main article Postage stamps and postal history of British Central Africa
See also Malawi; Nyasaland Protectorate
British Columbia Dates 1865 – 1868 Capital Vancouver Currency (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1868) 100 cents = 1 dollar Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia Includes British Columbia and Vancouver Island Vancouver Island See also Canadian Provinces
British Columbia & Vancouver Island Dates 1860 only Capital Vancouver Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound Refer British Columbia
British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan Refer Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)
British Consular Mail
Refer Madagascar (British Consular Mail)
British East Africa
Dates 1895 – 1903 Capital Nairobi Currency 16 annas = 1 rupee
Includes British East Africa Company; East Africa & Uganda Protectorates; Uganda Protectorate
See also Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)
British East Africa Company
Dates 1890 – 1895 Currency 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer British East Africa
British Field Office in Salonika
Refer Salonika (British Field Office)
British Forces in Egypt
Refer Egypt (British Forces)
British Guiana
Dates 1850 – 1966 Capital Georgetown Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
See also Guyana
British Honduras
Dates 1866 – 1973 Capital Belize Currency (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1888) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Belize
British Indian Ocean Territory
Dates 1868 – 1976 Capital Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles) Currency 100 cents = 1 rupee
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Indian Ocean Territory
See also Seychelles; Zil Elwannyen Sesel
British Levant
Refer British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
British Middle East Forces
Refer Middle East Forces
British Military Administration Issues (BMA)
Refer Eritrea (British Military Administration); Malaya (British Military Administration); North Borneo (British Military Administration); Sarawak (British Military Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration); Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
British New Guinea
Dates 1901 – 1906 Capital Port Moresby Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Papua New Guinea
British Occupation Issues
Main Article Needed
Includes Baghdad (British Occupation); Batum (British Occupation); Bushire (British Occupation); Cameroons (British Occupation); East Africa Forces; German East Africa (British Occupation); Iraq (British Occupation); Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation); Long Island (British Occupation); Mafia Island (British Occupation)
See also BA/BMA Issues; Egypt (British Forces); Germany (Allied Occupation); Middle East Forces; Togo (Anglo–French Occupation)
British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Refer BA/BMA Issues; East Africa Forces; Middle East Forces
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.
Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950) and Umm Said (February 1956). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963. The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960; and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951–1953.
The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961.
As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 31 March 1957; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.
Dates 1948 – 1966 Currency (1948) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
Main Article Needed
See also Abu Dhabi; Bahrain; Dubai; Kuwait; Muscat; Qatar; Trucial States
British Post Offices Abroad
Main Article Needed
Includes Bangkok (British Post Office); China (British Post Offices); China (British Railway Administration); Crete (British Post Offices); Japan (British Post Offices); Madagascar (British Consular Mail)
See also British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Morocco Agencies; Tangier
British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dates 1885 – 1923 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Main Article Needed
Includes Beirut (British Post Office); Salonika (British Field Office)
British Regional Issues
Refer Great Britain (Regional Issues)
British Solomon Islands
Dates 1907 – 1975 Capital Honiara Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Solomon Islands
British Somaliland
Dates 1903 only Capital Berbera Currency 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Somaliland Protectorate
British South Africa Company
In 1924, the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.
Dates 1890 – 1924 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also Rhodesia
British Virgin Islands
Dates 1968 – Capital Road Town Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the British Virgin Islands
Includes Virgin Islands
See also Leeward Islands
British Zone
No separate issues. From 1945 to 1949, always used the same stamps as the American Zone.
Refer American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues); Anglo–American Zones (Civil Government); Anglo–American Zones (Military Government)
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
External links
Encyclopaedia of Postal History