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 the 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 the territory, the name of any other entity that 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.

Macao/Macau Macao, Republica Portuguesa 1884 – 1999 Macau, China 1999 -

Madagascar and Dependencies Anjouan 1892 – 1914 Diégo-Suarez 1890 – 1896 Great Comoro 1897 – 1914 Madagascar and Dependencies 1896 – 1958 Mayotte 1892 – 1914 Moheli 1906 – 1914 Nossi-Bé 1889 – 1891 Ste Marie de Madagascar 1894 – 1896

Madeira Funchal 1892 – 1905 Madeira 1868 –

Malagasy Republic Malagasy Republic 1958 –

Malawi British Central Africa 1891 – 1908 Nyasaland Protectorate 1907 – 1964 Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954 – 1964 Malawi 1964 –

Malaysia Straits Settlements 1867 - 1937 Federated Malay States 1900 – 1935 Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945 – 1948 Malayan Federation 1957 – 1963 Malayan Postal Union 1936 – 1968 Malaysia 1963 – Malaysian States and Territories Federal Territory Federal Territory (Kuala Lumpur) 1979 – Federal Territory (Putrajaya) 2001 – Labuan Straits Settlements Labuan 1879 - 1894 North Borneo (Labuan overprint) 1894 - 1907 Johore 1876 – Kedah 1912 – Kelantan 1911 – Malacca India 1854 - 1867 Straits Settlements 1867 - 1937 Malacca 1948 – Negri Sembilan Sungei Ujong 1878 – 1895 Negri Sembilan 1891 – Pahang 1889 – Penang India 1854 - 1867 Straits Settlements 1867 - 1937 Penang 1948 – Perak 1878 – Perlis 1948 – Sabah North Borneo (British North Borneo) 1883 – 1894 North Borneo (State of North Borneo) 1894 – 1939 North Borneo (British Colony) 1945 – 1963 Sabah 1964 – Sarawak 1869 – Selangor 1881 – Trengganu 1910 –

Maldive Islands Maldive Islands 1906 –

Mali Republic Mali 1960 –

Malta Malta 1860 – Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1966 –

Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (Marshall Inseln)(German Colony) 1897 – 1916 Marshall Islands 1984 – US post in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1946 - 1984

Mauritania Mauritania 1960 –

Mauritius Mauritius 1847 –

Mexico Mexico 1856 – Campeche 1876 only Chiapas 1866 only Chihuahua 1872 only Cuautla 1867 only Cuernavaca 1867 only Guadalajara 1867 – 1868 Mérida 1916 only Sinaloa 1929 only Tlacotalpan 1856 only Yucatán 1924 only

Micronesia, Federated States of Caroline Islands (Karolinen) (German colony) 1899 – 1914 US post in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1946 – 1984 Federated States of Micronesia 1984 –

Moldova Moldova 1991 –

Monaco Monaco 1885 –

Mongolia Mongolia 1924 –

Montenegro Montenegro 1874 – 1918; 2006 –

Morocco Morocco 1956 – Northern Zone, Morocco 1956 – 1958 Sherifian Post 1912 – 1919 Southern Zone, Morocco 1956 – 1958

Mozambique Mozambique 1876 –

Mozambique Territories Inhambane 1895 – 1920 Kionga 1916 only Lourenco Marques 1895 – 1921 Quelimane 1913 – 1920 Tete 1913 – 1920 Zambezia 1894 – 1917

Myanmar Burma

Nagorno–Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh 1993 –

Namibia German South-West Africa 1888 – 1915 South West Africa 1923 – 1991 Namibia 1990 –

Natal Natal 1857 – 1909

Nauru Nauru 1916 –

Nepal Nepal 1881 –

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (territory in Europe) 1852 – Aruba 1986 – Caribbean Netherlands 2010- Curaçao 1873 – 1948, 2010- Netherlands Antilles 1949 – 2010 Netherlands Indies 1864 – 1948 Netherlands New Guinea 1950 – 1962 Sint Maarten 2010- Western New Guinea 1962 – 1963

New Zealand New Zealand 1855 – New Zealand Territories King Edward VII Land * 1908 only Victoria Land * 1911 – 1912 Ross Dependency 1957 – 1987, 1994 – Niue 1902 – Tokelau 1948 –

* British claims with postal services formally assigned to the New Zealand Post Office

Nicaragua Nicaragua 1862 – Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua 1904 – 1909 Zelaya, Nicaragua 1904 – 1912

Niger Niger 1959 –

Nigeria Nigeria 1914 –

Nigerian Territories Biafra 1968 – 1969 Lagos 1874 – 1906 Niger Coast Protectorate 1892 – 1902 Northern Nigeria 1900 – 1914 Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 – 1893 Southern Cameroons 1960 – 1961 Southern Nigeria 1901 – 1914

Niuafo'ou Niuafo'ou 1983 –

Niue Niue 1902 –

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1947 –

Northern Cyprus

North Korea

North Macedonia North Macedonia 1991 –

Norway Norway 1855 –

Obock Obock (French Colony) 1893–1902 See Djibouti

Oman Muscat 1944 – 1948 Muscat and Oman 1966 – 1970 Oman 1971 –

Orange River Colony Orange Free State 1868 – 1900 Orange River Colony 1900 – 1907

Pakistan Amb State Bahawalpur 1945 – 1949 Las Bela State Pakistan 1947 –

Palau Caroline Islands (Karolinen) (German colony) 1899 – 1914 Palau 1983 – US post in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1946 - 1983

Palestine Ottoman Post Offices Foreign Post Offices Palestine (British Mandate) 1917–1948 Palestinian National Authority 1994–

Panama Panama 1878 –

Papua New Guinea British New Guinea 1901 – 1906 New Britain 1914 – 1915 New Guinea (Australian Administration) 1925 – 1942 North West Pacific Islands 1915 – 1925 Papua 1906 – 1942 Papua New Guinea 1952 –

Paraguay Paraguay 1870 –

Penrhyn Penrhyn

Peru Peru 1858 –

Philippines Philippines 1946 –

Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 1940 –

Plebiscite Issues Allenstein 1920 only Carinthia 1920 only East Silesia 1920 only Marienwerder 1920 only Slesvig 1920 only Upper Silesia 1920 – 1922

Poland Poland 1918 – Poland (Russian Province) 1860 – 1863

Polish Post Abroad Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation) 1920 – 1922 Constantinople (Polish Post Office) 1919 – 1921 Danzig (Polish Post Office) 1924 – 1939 Polish Army in Russia 1942 only Polish Corps in Russia 1918 only Polish Government in Exile 1941 – 1945

Portugal Portugal 1853 –

Portuguese Colonies Africa (Portuguese Colonies) 1898 only Mozambique Company 1892 – 1942 Nyassa 1897 – 1929 Portuguese Congo 1894 – 1920 Portuguese Guinea 1881 – 1974 Portuguese India 1871 – 1961 Timor 1885 – 1976

Qatar Qatar 1957 –

Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaima 1964 – 1966 See United Arab Emirates

Rhineland Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate (German Allied Occupation French Zone) 1947–1949 See Germany

Rhodesia British South Africa Company 1890 – 1924 Northern Rhodesia 1925 – 1964 Nyasa-Rhodesia Force (NF) 1916 only Rhodesia 1965 – 1980 Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues) 1909 – 1924 Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954 – 1964 Southern Rhodesia 1924 – 1964 Zambia 1964 – Zimbabwe 1980 –

Romania Turkish Post Offices Foreign Post Offices Moldavia 1858 – 1862 Moldo-Wallachia 1862 – 1865 Romania 1865 – Bessarabia 1941-1945 Bucovyna 1941-1945 Transnistria 1941-1945

Romanian Post Abroad Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation) 1919 – 1920 Constantinople (Romanian Post Office) 1896 – 1919 Debrecen (Romanian Occupation) 1919 – 1920 Hungary (Romanian Occupation) 1919 – 1920 Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1896 – 1919 Temesvar (Romanian Occupation) 1919 only Transylvania (Romanian Occupation) 1919 only

Russia Russia 1992 – Russia (pre-Soviet) 1858 – 1923 Turkish Post Offices (Batum) British Occupation (Batum)

Russian Civil War Issues Amur Province 1920 only Ataman Semyonov Regime 1920 only Crimea 1918 – 1919 Denikin Government 1919 – 1920 Don Territory 1918 – 1920 Far Eastern Republic 1920 – 1922 Kolchak Government 1919 – 1920 Kuban Territory 1918 – 1920 North Ingermanland 1920 only North Western Army 1919 – 1920 Northern Army 1919 – 1920 Priamur and Maritime Provinces 1921 – 1922 Siberia (Czechoslovak Army) 1919 – 1920 Transbaikal Province 1920 only Western Army 1919 – 1920 Wrangel Government 1920 – 1921

Russian Post Abroad Russian post offices abroad Beirut (Russian Post Office) 1879 – 1910 China (Russian Post Offices) 1899 – 1920 Constantinople (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Crete (Russian Post Offices) 1899 only Dardanelles (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Jaffa (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Jerusalem (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Mount Athos (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1914 Mytilene (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1914 North Korea (Russian Occupation) 1946 – 1948 Rizeh (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire 1863 – 1914 Salonika (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1914 Smyrne (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910 South Lithuania (Russian Occupation) 1919 only Trebizonde (Russian Post Office) 1909 – 1910

Rwanda

Saar Saargebiet, Sarre (Plebiscite) 1920 – 1935 Saar (Allied Occupation) 1947 – 1957 Saar (German Federal Republic state) 1957 – 1959 See Germany

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1885 –

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samaliland Republic of

Samoa Samoa 1982 – Samoa (Kingdom) 1877 – 1900 Samoa (New Zealand Administration) 1914 – 1935 Samoa I Sisifo 1958 – 1982 Western Samoa 1935 – 1958

San Marino San Marino 1877 –

Sao Tome e Principe Sao Tome e Principe 1870 –

Saudi Arabia Turkish Post Offices Foreign Post Offices Hejaz 1916 – 1926 Hejaz-Nejd 1926 – 1932 Nejd 1925 – 1926 Saudi Arabia 1932 –

Sedang Sedang 1888 – 1890

Senegal Senegal 1960 –

Serbia Turkish Post Offices Foreign Post Offices Serbia (Kingdom of) 1866 – 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1921 - Yugoslavia 1944 – 2002 Serbia and Montenegro 2003 – 2006 Serbia (Republic of) 2006 –

Serbian Post Abroad Baranya (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only Hungary (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only Temesvar (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only

Seychelles British Indian Ocean Territory 1868 – 1976 Seychelles 1890 – Zil Eloigne Sesel 1980 – 1982 Zil Elwagne Sesel 1982 – 1984 Zil Elwannyen Sesel 1985 – 1992

Sharjah Sharjah 1963 – 1972 See United Arab Emirates

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1859 –

Singapore Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945 – 1948 Malaysia 1963 – 1965 Singapore 1965 - Singapore, Malaya 1948 – 1959 Singapore, State of 1959 - 1963 Straits Settlements 1867 – 1942

Slovakia Slovakia 1993 – Slovakia (Autonomous State) 1939 – 1945

Slovenia Slovenia 1991 – Slovenia (Provincial Issues) 1919 – 1921

Solomon Islands British Solomon Islands 1907 – 1975 Solomon Islands 1975 –

Somalia Somalia 1950 – British Somaliland British Somaliland 1903 only Somaliland Protectorate 1904 – 1960 Italian Somaliland Benadir 1903 – 1905 Oltre Juba 1925 – 1926

Somaliland

South Africa South Africa 1910 – South African Homelands Bophutatswana 1977 – 1994 Ciskei 1981 – 1994