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.
Smirne (Italian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1911 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Smyrne (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1910 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
SO 1920
Refer East Silesia
Solomon Islands
Dates 1975– Capital Honiara Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Solomon Islands
Includes British Solomon Islands
Somalia
Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.
Dates 1950– Capital Mogadishu Currency (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia
Somalia (British Administration)
Dates 1950 only Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Military Administration)
BMA Somalia.
Dates 1948– 1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Occupation)
Refer East Africa Forces
See also Somalia (British Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration)
Somaliland Protectorate
Dates 1904–1960 Capital Hargeisa Currency (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland
Includes British Somaliland
Soruth (Saurashtra)
Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.
Dates 1864–1949 Capital Junagadh Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Soudan
Refer Sudan
South Africa
Dates 1910– Capital Pretoria Currency (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa
South African Republic
Dates 1869–1902 Capital Pretoria Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
South African Territories
Main Article Needed
Includes Bophutatswana; Ciskei; Transkei; Venda
South Arabian Federation
Dates 1963–1968 Capital Aden Currency (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling (1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar
Refer Aden Protectorate States
South Australia
Dates 1855–1912 Capital Adelaide Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
See also Australia
South Bulgaria
Dates 1885 only Capital Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Bulgarian Territories
South China (People's Post)
Dates 1949 only Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
South East Saxony (Russian Zone)
Dates 1945–1946 Capital Dresden Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
South Georgia
Dates 1963–1980 Capital Grytviken Currency (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Refer South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.
Dates 1944–1946 Capital Grytviken Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.
Dates 1980– Capital Grytviken Currency 100 pence = 1 pound
Main Article Needed Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Includes South Georgia
South Kasai
Dates 1961–1962 Capital Lusambo Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Zaire
South Korea
Dates 1946– Capital Seoul Currency (1946) 100 chon = 1 won (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan (1962) 100 chon = 1 won
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea
South Korea (North Korean Occupation)
Dates 1950 only Currency 100 chon = 1 won
Refer North Korea
South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.
Dates 1919 only Currency 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas
Refer Russian Occupation Issues
South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
Dates 1944–1946 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Russia
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
Dates 1944–1946 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Sudan
Dates 2011- Capital Juba Currency 100 piaster = 1 pound
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Sudan
South Vietnam
Dates 1955–1976 Capital Saigon Currency 100 cents = 1 piastre
Main Article Needed
See also National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam; North Vietnam; Vietnam
South West Africa
Dates 1923–1991 Capital Windhoek Currency (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
Main Article Needed
See also German South West Africa; Namibia
South West China (People's Post)
Dates 1949–1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
Southern Cameroons
Dates 1960–1961 Capital Mamfe Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Nigerian Territories
Southern Nigeria
Dates 1901–1914 Capital Enugu Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Nigerian Territories
Southern Rhodesia
Dates 1924–1964 Capital Salisbury Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Rhodesia
Southern Yemen
Dates 1968–1971 Capital Aden Currency 1000 fils = 1 dinar
Refer Yemen
Southern Zone, Morocco
Dates 1956–1958 Capital Rabat Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Morocco
See also French Morocco
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