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.
Vaitupu
Refer Tuvalu
Valona (Italian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1916 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Van Diemen's Land
Dates 1853–1860 Capital Hobart Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed Postage stamps and postal history of Van Diemen's Land
Vancouver Island Dates 1865 only Capital Victoria Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar Refer British Columbia
Vanuatu
Dates 1980 – Capital Vila Currency (1980) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1981) vatus
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vanuatu
See also New Hebrides
Vathy (French Post Offices)
Dates 1893–1914 Currency French and Turkish used concurrently
Refer French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Vatican City
Dates 1929 – Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City
Veglia
Dates 1920 only Capital Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Fiume
Venda
One of the territories ( Bantustans ) set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.
Dates 1979 – 1994
Capital Thohoyandou
Currency 100 cents = 1 rand
Refer South African Territories
Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)
Dates 1918–1919 Currency Austrian and Italian used concurrently
Refer Italian Occupation Issues
Venezia Giulia & Istria
Main Article Needed
Includes Istria (Yugoslav Occupation); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government); Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)
See also Trieste; Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government)
Dates 1945–1947 Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Venezia Giulia & Istria
See also Trieste
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government)
Dates 1945–1947 Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Venezia Giulia & Istria
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)
Dates 1945 only Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Venezia Giulia & Istria
Venezuela
Dates 1859 – Capital Caracas Currency (1859) 100 centavos = 8 reales = 1 peso (1879) 100 centesimos = 1 venezolano (1880) 100 centimos = 1 bolívar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela
Victoria
Dates 1850–1912 Capital Melbourne Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also Australia
Victoria Land
Dates 1911–1912 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer New Zealand Territories
Vienna
Refer United Nations (UN)
Vietcong
Refer National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam
Vietnam
Dates 1976 – Capital Hanoi Currency 100 xu = 1 dong
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vietnam
Includes Vietnam (French Colony)
Vietnam (French Colony)
Dates 1945–1954 Capital Hanoi Currency (1945) 100 cents = 1 piastre (1945) 100 xu = 10 hao = 1 dong
Refer Vietnam
Vilnius
Refer Lithuania (German Occupation)
Virgin Islands
Dates 1866–1968 Capital Road Town Currency (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer British Virgin Islands
Vladivostok
Refer Priamur & Maritime Provinces
Volksrust
Dates 1902 only Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
VR Special Post
Refer Vryburg
VRI
Refer Lydenburg; Orange Free State; Transvaal; Volksrust; Wolmaransstad
Vryburg
Dates 1899–1900 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Cape of Good Hope
See also Stellaland
VU(J)NA-STT
Refer STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA
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