List of entities that have issued postage stamps
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This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity that issued a distinct type of stamp, including post offices in foreign countries, military occupations, colonies, and city-states. The list excludes the current members of the UPU that are listed at postal organizations.
Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities no longer issuing stamps as dead countries.
The dates are the generally-agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues (which may not match the years of existence).
- Abu Dhabi (1964-1972) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Aden (1937-1965) now part of Yemen
- French Territory of the Afars and Issas (1966-1977) now Djibouti
- La Aguera (1920-1922)
- Aitutaki (1903-1990)
- Ajman (1964-1968) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Alaouites (1925-1930) now part of Syria
- Alexandretta (1938-1938) now part of Turkey
- Allenstein (1920) now part of Poland
- Andorra separate issues in francs and pesetas from 1928-1999, then separate issues both in euros
- Angra (1892-1905)
- Anguilla (1967-1977)
- Anjouan (1892-1912) now part of the Comoros
- Annam and Tonkin (1888)
- Aruba (1986-1991)
- Ascension (1922-1992)
- Australian Antarctic Territory (1957-1992)
- Austria
- Azores (1868-1931)
- Bahawalpur (1945-1949) now part of Pakistan
- Bangkok (1882-1885) now part of Thailand
- Barbuda (1922-1977)
- Basutoland (1933-1966)
- Batum (1919-1920)
- Bechuanaland (1886-1897)
- Bechuanaland Protectorate (1888-1966)
- Belgian Congo (1886-1960)
- Bermuda (1860-1990)
- British Antarctic Territory (1963-)
- British Central Africa (1891-1907)
- British East Africa (1890-1898)
- British Guiana (1850-1966)
- British Honduras (1866-1973)
- British Indian Ocean Territory (1968-)
- Brunei/Japanese occupation (1942-1944)
- Burma/Burma Independence Army (1942)
- Burma/Japanese occupation (1942-1944)
- Bushire (1915-1915)
- Cameroons (1960-1960)
- Canada colonies pre-unification
- Cape Juby (1916-1948)
- Cape of Good Hope (1853-1904)
- Caroline Islands (1899-1919)
- Castellorizo (1920-1932)
- Cayman Islands (1900-)
- Central Lithuania (1919-1922)
- Ceylon (1857-1972) now Sri Lanka
- China occupation
- Japanese occupation of China (1941-1942)
- Northeastern Provinces (1946-1946)
- Fukien (1949)
- Hunan (1949)
- Hupeh (1949)
- Kansu (1949)
- Kiangsi (1949)
- Kwangsi (1949)
- Shensi (1949)
- Szechwan (1933)
- Tsingtau (1949)
- Yunnan (1926-1934)
- Manchuria (1927-1928)
- Sinkiang (1915-1924)
- China offices in Tibet (1911)
- China PRC Northeast China (1946-1950)
- China PRC Port Arthur and Dairen (1946-1950)
- China PRC North China (1946-1949)
- China PRC Northwest China (1945-1946)
- China PRC East China (1948-1949)
- China PRC Central China (1949-1950)
- China PRC South China (1949-1950)
- China PRC Southwest China (1949-1950)
- Christmas Island (1958-) administered by Australia
- Cilicia (1919-1920) now part of Turkey
- Cochin China (1886-1888)
- Cocos Islands (1963-1991)
- Colombia departments
- Cook Islands (1892-1990)
- Corfu (1923-1941)
- Crete (1898-1910) now part of Greece
- Cyrenaica (1923-1950) now part of Libya
- Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1944)
- Czechoslovakia (1918-1990) now Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Dalmatia (1919-1922) now part of Croatia
- Danish West Indies (1855-1915) now US Virgin Islands
- Danzig (1920-1939) Freie Stadt Danzig now part of Poland
- Diego-Suarez (1890-1894)
- Dubai (1963-1972) now part of United Arab Emirates
- East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903-1921)
- Eastern Rumelia (1880-1885)
- Eastern Silesia (1920-1920) now part of Poland
- Elobey, Annobon, and Corisco (1903-1910)
- Epirus (1914-1914)
- German occupation of Estonia (1941-1941)
- Italian occupation of Ethiopia (1930-1936)
- Falkland Islands (1870-)
- Far Eastern Republic (1920-1923)
- Faroe Islands (1919-)
- Fernando Po (1868-1968)
- Åland Islands (1980-)
- Fiume (1918-1924)
- France offices
- French offices in China (1894-1922)
- French offices in Crete (1902-1903)
- French offices in Egypt
- German occupation of France (1870-1916)
- German occupation of Alsace (1940)
- German occupation of Lorraine (1940)
- France/Reunion (1852-1949)
- French offices in Turkish Empire (1884-1923)
- French offices in Zanzibar (1893-1904)
- French Colonies (1858-1945)
- French Congo (1891-1903)
- French Equatorial Africa (1936-1958)
- French Guiana (1886-1947)
- French Guinea (1892-1941)
- French India (1892-1948)
- French Indochina (1889-1946)
- French Morocco (1891-1955)
- French Oceania (1892-1956)
- French Polynesia (1958-1994)
- French Southern and Antarctic Territories (1955-)
- French Sudan (1894-1941)
- French West Africa (1943-1959)
- Fujeira (1964-1967) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Germany states pre-unification
- Baden (1851-1868)
- Bavaria (1849-1920)
- Bergedorf (1861)
- Bremen (1855-1867)
- Brunswick-Lüneburg (1852-1865)
- Hamburg (1859-1867)
- Hanover (1850-1864)
- Lübeck (1859-1865)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1856-1864)
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1864)
- Oldenburg (1852-1867)
- Prussia (1849-1867)
- Saxony (1850-1863)
- Schleswig-Holstein (1850-1865)
- Holstein (1864-1866)
- Schleswig (1864-1920)
- Thurn&Taxis (Northern District) (1849-1866)
- Thurn&Taxis (Southern District) (1852-1866)
- Württemberg (1851-1923)
- North German Confederation (1868-1870)
- Germany Post-WWII occupation (joint occupation unless specified)
- German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
- Germany offices
- Gibraltar (1886-)
- Gilbert Islands (1976-1979)
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1911-1971)
- Gold Coast (1875-1954)
- Grand Comoro (1897-1912) now part of the Comoros
- Guernsey (1957-)
- Alderney (1983-)
- Jersey (1957-)
- Isle of Man (1957-)
- Greenland (1905-)
- Grenada Grenadines (1973-)
- Griqualand West (1874-1879)
- Guadeloupe (1884-1947)
- Guanacaste (1885-1890)
- Hatay (1939-1939)
- Heligoland (1867-1879)
- Hong Kong (1862-1999) now issuing with the title "Hong Kong, China"
- Horta (1892-1905)
- Hungary occupation
- Ifni (1941-1968)
- India expeditionary
- India feudal and convention states
- Alwar (1877-1899)
- Bamra (1888-1893)
- Barwani (1921-1938)
- Bhopal (1876-1932)
- Bhor (1879-1901)
- Bijawar (1935-1937)
- Bundi (1894-1941)
- Bussahir (1895-1900)
- Chamba (1886-1948)
- Charkhari (1894-1943)
- Cochin (1892-1933)
- Dhar (1897-1898)
- Duttia (1893-1916)
- Faridkot (1879-1900)
- Gwalior (1885-1949)
- Hyderabad (1869-1949)
- Idar (1939-1944)
- Indore (1886-1941)
- Jaipur (1900-1947)
- Jammu and Kashmir (1878-1886)
- Jammu (1866-1877)
- Kashmir (1866-1867)
- Jasdan (1942-1942)
- Jhalawar (1887-1887)
- Jind (1874-1943)
- Kishangarh (1899-1928)
- Las Bela (1897-1904)
- Morvi (1931-1935)
- Nabha (1885-1942)
- Nandgaon (1892-1893)
- Nowanuggur (1877-1893)
- Orchha (1913-1939)
- Patiala (1884-1947)
- Poonch (1876-1884)
- Rajasthan (1949-1949)
- Rajpeepla (1880)
- Sirmoor (1879-1899)
- Soruth (1864-1937)
- Travancore (1888-1946)
- Travancore-Cochin (1949-1950)
- Wadhwan (1888-1889)
- Indonesia Riau (1954-1964)
- Inhambane (1895-1917)
- Inini (1932-1941)
- Ionian Islands (1859)
- Italian Colonies (1932-1934)
- Italian East Africa (1938-1941)
- Italy states pre-unification
- Campione (1944)
- Italian Social Republic (1943-1944)
- Austrian occupation of Italy (1918)
- Italy Aegean occupation
- Italy offices
- Italy offices abroad (1874-1881)
- Italy offices in Africa
- Italy offices in China
- Italy offices in Crete (1900-1912)
- Italy offices in Turkish Empire (1908-1922)
- Trieste Italy (1947-1953)
- Venezia Giulia (1945-1945)
- Japan offices
- Karelia (1922-1922)
- Katanga (1960-1961)
- Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (1921-1976)
- Kiauchau (1900-1909)
- Kionga (1916)
- Labuan (1879-1905)
- Lagos (1874-1905)
- Latakia (1930-1933)
- Leeward Islands (1890-1954)
- Lithuania occupation
- Lourenco Marques (1893-1921) now part of Mozambique
- German occupation of Luxembourg (1940-1941)
- Macao (1884-1992) now issuing with the title "Macao, China"
- Madagascar British (1884-1886)
- Madeira (1868-1928)
- Malaya states
- Malaya, Federated States (1900-1951)
- Malaya, Federation (1957-1964)
- Johore (1876-1960)
- Kedah (1912-1959)
- Kelantan (1911-1962)
- Malacca (1948-1960)
- Negri Sembilan (1891-1961)
- Pahang (1889-1957)
- Penang (1948-1960)
- Perak (1878-1957)
- Perlis (1948-1957)
- Selangor (1881-1961)
- Sungei Ujong (1881-1895)
- Trengganu (1909-1957)
- Japanese occupation (1942-1944)
- Thai occupation Malaya (1943)
- Malaysia states
- Malaysia Johore (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Kedah (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Kelantan (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Malacca (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Negri Sembilan (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Pahang (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Penang (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Perak (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Perlis (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Sabah (1964-1965)
- Malaysia Sarawak (1964-1965)
- Malaysia Selangor (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Trengganu (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Wilayah Persekutuan (1986)
- Manchukuo (1932-1945)
- Marianas Islands (1899-1919)
- Marienwerder (1920-1920)
- Marshall Islands (1897-1919)
- Martinique (1886-1947)
- Mayotte (1892-1912)
- Memel (1920-1922)
- Mesopotamia (1917-1922)
- Mexico states in rebellion
- Middle Congo (1907-1933)
- Moheli (1906-1912) now part of the Comoros
- Montenegro (1874-1913)
- Montserrat (1876-)
- Morocco Northern Zone (1956-1957)
- Mozambique Company (1892-1941)
- Natal (1857-1908)
- Netherlands Indies (1864-1949)
- Netherlands New Guinea (1950-1962)
- Nevis (1861-1984)
- New Britain (1914-1915)
- New Caledonia (1859-)
- New Guinea (1925-1939)
- New Hebrides (1908-1980)
- New Republic (1886-1887)
- New South Wales (1850-1907)
- Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua (1904-1909)
- Zelaya, Nicaragua (1904-1912)
- Niger Coast Protectorate (1892-1898)
- Niue (1902)
- Norfolk Island (1947-)
- North Borneo (1883-1963)
- Northern Nigeria (1900-1912)
- Northern Rhodesia (1925-1964)
- North Ingermanland (1920)
- North West Pacific Islands (1915-1922)
- Nossi-Be (1889-1894)
- Nyasaland Protectorate (1908-1964)
- Nyassa (1898-1925) now part of Mozambique
- Obock (1892-1894) now part of Djibouti
- Oltre Giuba (1925-1926) now part of Somalia
- Orange River Colony (1860-1907) now part of South Africa
- Palestine (1918-1942)
- Penrhyn Island (1902-1928)
- Japanese occupation of Philippines (1943)
- Pitcairn Islands (1940-)
- Poland
- German occupation 1944)
- Gdansk (see Danzig, above)
- Poland offices in Turkish Empire (1919)
- Poland Exile Government (1941-1944)
- Ponta Delgada (1892-1905)
- Portugal areas
- Portuguese Africa (1898-1919)
- Portuguese Congo (1894-1914)
- Portuguese Guinea (1881-1973)
- Portuguese India (1871-1960) now part of India
- Puerto Rico (1873-1900) now part of USA
- Queensland (1860-1909) now part of Australia
- Quelimane (1913-1914) now part of Mozambique
- Ras al Khaima (1964-1966) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Rhodesia(British South African Company) (1889-1917)
- Rhodesia (1965-1978)
- Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1954-1963)
- Rio de Oro (1905-1921) now part of Western Sahara
- Rio Muni (1960-1968)
- Romania
- Rouad (1916)
- Ruanda-Urundi (1924-1961) now Rwanda and Burundi
- Russia
- Ryukyu Islands (1948-1972) now part of Japan
- Saarland (now state of Germany)
- Saar (1920-1935) (French League of Nations mandate)
- Saar (1947-1957) (Own stamps and French currency until 1959)
- St Christopher (1870-1890)
- St Helena (1856-)
- St Kitts (1980-1981)
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1885-)
- St Vincent Bequia (1984-)
- St. Vincent Union Islands (1984-)
- Ste-Marie de Madagascar (1894)
- Sarawak (1869-1963)
- Saseno (1923)
- Sealand (but are its stamps accepted?)
- Senegambia and Niger (1903)
- Serbia (1866-1920)
- Seychelles/Zil Elwannyen Sesel (1980-)
- Shanghai (1865-1896)
- Sharjah (1963-1968) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Siberia (1919-1922)
- Somali Coast (1894-1967) now part of Somalia
- Somaliland Protectorate (1903-1960) now part of Somalia
- South Africa homelands
- South Arabia (1963-1966)
- South Australia (1855-1912)
- Southern Nigeria (1901-1912)
- Southern Rhodesia (1924-1964)
- South Georgia (1963-1992)
- South Russia (1918-1919)
- South West Africa (1923-1990) now Namibia
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Spanish Guinea (1902-1959)
- Spanish Morocco (1903-1955)
- Spanish Sahara (1924-1975)
- Spanish West Africa (1949-1951)
- Stellaland (1884-1885)
- Straits Settlements (1867-1945)
- Switzerland cities
- Tahiti (1882-1903)
- Tanganyika (1921-1962)
- Tannu Tuva (1926-1933)
- Tasmania (1853-1912)
- Tete (1913-1914) now part of Mozambique
- Thrace (1913)
- Tibet (1912-1934)
- Timor (1885-1970)
- Tobago (1879-1896)
- British occupation of Togo (1914-1916)
- Tokelau (1948-1993)
- Transcaucasian Federated Republics (1923)
- Transvaal (1869-1910)
- Trinidad (1851-1909)
- Tripolitania (1923-1934)
- Tristan da Cunha (1952-)
- Trucial States (1961-1961)
- Turkey in Asia (1920-1922) now part of Turkey
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1974-)
- Turks Islands (1867-1895)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (1900-1955)
- Ubangi-Shari (1915-1933)
- United Nations (1951-)
- Umm al Qiwain (1964-1969) now part of United Arab Emirates
- Upper Senegal and Niger (1906-1915)
- Upper Silesia (1920-1922) now Poland
- Upper Volta (1920-1980)
- The United Kingdom (1840-)
- United Kingdom offices
- United Kingdom offices in Africa (1942-1947)
- United Kingdom offices in Eritrea (1948-1951)
- United Kingdom offices in Somalia (1943-1950)
- United Kingdom offices in Tripolitania (1948-1951)
- United Kingdom offices in China (1917-1922)
- United Kingdom offices in Morocco
- United Kingdom offices in Tangier (1927-1957)
- United Kingdom offices in the Ottoman Empire (1885-1921)
- United States
- Wallis and Futuna Islands (1920-1990)
- West Irian (1962-1970)
- Western Australia (1854-1912)
- Western Ukraine (1918-1919)