List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A–E)

This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp . These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations, colonies, provinces, city-states and some revolutionary movements. The list includes members of the Universal Postal Union that are also listed at postal organisations.

Many of these entities are historic and some were very short-lived indeed. Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities that no longer issue stamps as dead countries.

The dates are the generally agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues. "Date of issue" is taken to mean the date when a particular type or variation was issued but its usage would often continue for many years. For example, although an entity may have issued its last stamp in 1951, actual usage may have continued until 1960: in that case, 1951 is the last stamp issue date.

Besides the period of which stamps were issued in the name of a particular entity, the list under that entity also bears any other name in which stamps had been issued for territory, name of any other entity which had had its stamps used in that territory, or new names which had subsequently replaced the name of that entity, together with their respective periods.

List The list has been comprehensively revised to include extra entities and to direct the links away from the country articles to the (proposed) philatelic articles. Abkhazia

Afghanistan Afghanistan 1870 –

Aitutaki Aitutaki 1972 – Aitutaki (New Zealand Administration) 1903 – 1932

Albania Albania 1913 – Ottoman Empire issues 1870 – 1913 Foreign Post offices in Albania Occupation issues

Algeria Algeria 1962 –

Andorra Andorra (French Post Offices) 1931 – Andorra (Spanish Post Offices) 1928 –

Angola Angola 1870 –

Antarctic Territories Australian Antarctic Territory 1957 – British Antarctic Territory 1963 – King Edward VII Land 1908 only Ross Dependency 1957 – Victoria Land 1911 – 1912

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina Argentina 1858 –

Argentine Territories Buenos Aires 1858 – 1862 Córdoba 1858 only Corrientes 1856 – 1878

Armenia Armenia (pre–Soviet) 1919 – 1923 Armenia 1992 –

Artsakh

Ascension Ascension 1922 –

Australia Australia 1913 – New South Wales 1850 – 1913 Queensland 1860 – 1913 South Australia 1855 – 1912 Tasmania 1853 – 1912 Van Diemen's Land 1853 – 1860 Victoria 1850 – 1912 Western Australia 1854 – 1912

Austria Austria 1850 –

Austrian Post Abroad Austrian post offices abroad Austro–Hungarian Military Post 1915 – 1918 Austro–Hungarian Post in the Turkish Empire 1867 – 1915 Crete (Austro–Hungarian Post) 1903 – 1914 Italy (Austrian Occupation) 1918 only Lombardy and Venetia 1850 – 1866 Montenegro (Austrian Occupation) 1917 only Romania (Austrian Occupation) 1917 – 1918 Serbia (Austrian Occupation) 1916 only

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1992 – Azerbaijan (pre–Soviet) 1919 – 1921 Nakhichevan 1993 only

Azores Azores (Acores) 1980 – Azores (Portuguese Colonial Issues) 1868 – 1931 Angra 1892 - 1905 Horta 1892 - 1905 Ponta Delgada 1892 - 1905

Bahamas Bahamas 1859 –

Bahrain Bahrain 1960 – British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948 - 1960

Bangladesh Bangladesh 1971 –

Barbados Barbados (Historic: Barbadoes) 1852 –

Belarus People's Republic of Belarus 1923 Belarus 1992 –

Belgian Post Abroad Eupen and Malmedy (Belgian Occupation) 1920 only German East Africa (Belgian Occupation) 1916 – 1918 Germany (Belgian Occupation) 1919 – 1920

Belgium Belgium 1849 –

Belize Belize 1973 – Cayes of Belize 1984 only White Knight, , 2 February 2012 British Honduras 1866 – 1973

Benin Benin 1976 –

Bermuda Bermuda 1865 –

Bhutan Bhutan 1962 –

Bohemia and Moravia See Czech Republic

Bolivia Bolivia 1867 –

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina 1993 – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ottoman Empire) before 1878 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire) 1878 – 1918 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Provincial Issues) 1918 – 1921 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues) 1945 only Croatian Posts in Bosnia 1992 – 1996

Botswana Bechuanaland 1965 – 1966 Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888 – 1965 Botswana 1966 –

Brazil Brazil 1843 –

British Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory 1963 –

British East Africa British East Africa 1895 – 1903 British East Africa Company 1890 – 1895 East Africa and Uganda Protectorates 1903 – 1922 Kenya and Uganda 1922 – 1935 Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 1935 – 1963 Kenya Uganda and Tanzania 1965 – 1975 Kenya Uganda Tanganyika and Zanzibar 1964 only Tanganyika 1922 – 1964 Uganda Protectorate 1895 – 1902 Zanzibar 1895 – 1967

British Guiana British Guiana 1850 – 1966

British Post Abroad British post offices in Africa – various issues Baghdad (British Occupation) 1917 only Bangkok (British Post Office) 1882 – 1885 Batum (British Occupation) 1919 – 1920 Beirut (British Post Office) 1906 only British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1885 – 1923 British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948 – 1966 Bushire (British Occupation) 1915 only Cameroons (British Occupation) 1915 only China (British Post Offices) 1917 – 1930 China (British Railway Administration) 1901 only Crete (British Post Offices) 1898 – 1899 East Africa Forces 1943 – 1948 Egypt (British Forces) 1932 – 1943 Eritrea (British Administration) 1950 – 1952 Eritrea (British Military Administration) 1948 – 1950 German East Africa (British Occupation) 1917 only Iraq (British Occupation) 1918 – 1923 Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation) 1946 – 1949 Japan (British Post Offices) 1859 – 1879 Long Island (British Occupation) 1916 only Madagascar (British Consular Mail) 1884 – 1895 Mafia Island (British Occupation) 1915 – 1916 Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945 – 1948 Middle East Forces (MEF) 1942 – 1947 Morocco Agencies 1898 – 1957 North Borneo (BMA) 1945 only Salonika (British Field Office) 1916 only Sarawak (BMA) 1945 only Somalia (British Administration) 1950 only Somalia (British Military Administration) 1948 – 1950 Tangier 1927 – 1957 Tripolitania (British Administration) 1950 – 1952 Tripolitania (British Military Administration) 1948 – 1950

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 1866 –

Brunei Brunei 1895 –

Bulgaria Bulgaria 1879 –

Bulgarian Territories Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation) 1916 only Eastern Rumelia 1880 – 1885 South Bulgaria 1885 only

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1984 – Upper Volta 1959 – 1984

Burma see Myanmar

Burundi

Cambodia Kampuchea

Cameroun Cameroun 1915 –

Canada Canada 1851–

Canadian Provinces British Columbia 1865 – 1868 British Columbia and Vancouver Island 1860 only New Brunswick 1851 – 1868 New Carlisle, Gaspé 1851 only Newfoundland 1857 – 1949 Nova Scotia 1853 – 1868 Prince Edward Island 1861 – 1873 Vancouver Island 1865 only

Canal Zone Canal Zone 1904 – 1979

Cape of Good Hope British Bechuanaland 1885 – 1897 Cape of Good Hope 1853 – 1910 Griqualand West 1874 – 1880 Mafeking 1900 only Stellaland Republic 1884 – 1885 Vryburg 1899 – 1900

Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde Islands 1877 –

Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 1900 –

Central African Republic Central African Empire 1977 – 1979 Central African Republic 1959 –

Chad Chad 1959 –

Chile Chile 1853 – Tierra del Fuego 1891 only

China Chinese Empire 1878 – 1912 Chinese Nationalist Republic 1949 – Chinese People's Republic 1949 – Chinese Republic 1912 – 1949 Treaty ports Amoy 1895 – 1896 Chefoo 1893 – 1894 Chinkiang 1895 Chunking 1894 Foochow 1895 Hankow 1893 – 1896 Ichang 1894 Kiukiang 1894 – 1896 Nanking 1896 – 1897 Shanghai 1865 – 1898 Wei–Hai–Wei date not established Wuhu 1894 – 1897 Tientsin: Treaty port stamps from this city are regarded as bogus.S. A. Pappadopulo, Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue of China and Treaty Ports, Second Edition, Shanghai, Stephens Stamp. Co., 1933, p. 42

Chinese Provinces Kirin and Heilungkiang 1927 – 1931 North Eastern Provinces 1946 – 1948 Sinkiang 1915 – 1949 Fukien 1949 only Hunan 1949 only Hupeh 1949 only Kansu 1949 only Kiangsi 1949 only Kwangsi 1949 only Manchuria 1927 – 1928 Shensi 1949 only Tsingtau 1949 only Szechwan 1933 only Taiwan 1945 – 1949 Yunnan 1926 – 1933

People's Republic of China Regional Issues Central China (People's Post) 1949 – 1950 East China (People's Post) 1949 – 1950 North China (People's Post) 1948 – 1950 North East China (People's Post) 1946 – 1950 North West China (People's Post) 1949 only Port Arthur and Dairen 1946 – 1950 Shensi–Kansu–Ninghsia 1946 – 1949 South China (People's Post) 1949 only South West China (People's Post) 1949 – 1950

Christmas Island Christmas Island, Indian Ocean 1958 – 1993 Christmas Island, Australia 1993 - Straits Settlements 1901 - 1942

Cilicia Cilicia (French Occupation) 1919 – 1921

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963 – 1993 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia 1994 -

Colombia Colombia 1859 –

Colombian Territories Antioquia 1868 – 1906 AVIANCA 1950 – 1951 Bolívar 1863 – 1904 Boyacá 1899 – 1903 Cauca 1886 only Cundinamarca 1870 – 1904 Granadine Confederation 1859 – 1861 LANSA 1950 – 1951 New Granada 1861 only Santander 1884 – 1903 Tolima 1870 – 1903

Comoros Islands Comoro Islands 1950 –

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Belgian Congo 1909 – 1960 Burundi 1962 – Congo Free State 1886 – 1908 Congo Republic 1959 –

Congo, Republic of the

Zaire 1960 – 1971 Katanga 1960 – 1963 Ruanda – Urundi 1924 – 1962 Rwanda 1962 – South Kasai 1961 – 1962 Zaire 1971 –

Cook Islands Cook Islands 1892 – Penrhyn 1902 – 1928, 1973 –

Costa Rica Costa Rica 1863 – Guanacaste 1885 – 1889

Crete Crete 1900 – 1913 Cretan Revolutionary Assembly 1905 only Crete (British Post Offices) Crete (French Post Offices) Crete (Italian Post Offices) Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Croatia Croatia 1991 – Croatia (Provincial Issues) 1918 – 1921 Croatia (Semi–Autonomous State) 1941 – 1945 Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia) 1995 – 1997 Srpska Krajina (Croatia) 1993 – 1995

Cuba Cuba 1855 –

Cyprus Cyprus 1880 – Northern Cyprus

Czechia Bohemia and Moravia 1939 – 1945 Czechoslovakia 1918 – 1939; 1945 – 1992 Czech Republic 1993 –

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1918 – 1939; 1945 – 1992 See Czech Republic

Dahomey See Benin

Danzig Danzig 1920 – 1939

Denmark Denmark 1851 –

Djibouti Obock (French Colony) 1893–1902 Djibouti (French Colony) 1894–1902 French Somali Coast 1902-1967 French Territory of Afars and Issas 1967–1977 Djibouti, Republic of 1977 –

Dominica

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1865 –

Dubai Dubai 1963 – 1972 See United Arab Emirates

Ecuador Ecuador 1865 – Galapagos Islands 1957 – 1959

Egypt Egypt 1866 – Gaza (Egyptian Occupation) 1948 – 1967 Palestine (Egyptian Occupation) 1918 – 1920 United Arab Republic 1958 – 1961

El Salvador El Salvador 1867 –

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 1968 –

Eritrea Eritrea 1893-1936 (Italian colony)

1993 –

Estonia Estonia 1918 – 1940; 1991 -

Eswatini Swaziland

Ethiopia (Abyssinia) Ethiopia 1894 – Etiopia (Italian occupation) 1936

List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A–E)

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