List of countries that have used postal orders

This is a list of countries that have used postal orders.

British Empire and British Commonwealth

Colony of Aden Aden Protectorate States Alderney Anguilla Antigua Antigua and Barbuda Ascension Island Australia (classed by issuing state and territory). Australian Capital Territory The Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Basutoland (overprinted South African British postal orders issued in Basutoland). Bechuanaland Protectorate Belize Bermuda Bophuthatswana Botswana British Cameroons British Central Africa Protectorate British Guiana British Honduras British North Borneo British Solomon Islands Protectorate British Somaliland Protectorate British Virgin Islands Brunei Colony of Burma Canada (classed by issuing province and territory). Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony) Ceylon Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Ciskei Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cyprus Dominica East Africa (classed by country of issue - British Somaliland Protectorate, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar). Falkland Islands Fiji The Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gold Coast Grenada Guernsey Guyana Gwalior Colony of Hong Kong India Ireland - from 1881 to 1949 Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Jhind Kenya Lagos Lesotho Malawi British Malaya (classed by issuing state and territory). Malaysia (classed by issuing state and territory). Malta Mauritius Montserrat Nabha Namibia Colony of Natal New Guinea New South Wales New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Rhodesia Northern Territory Nyasaland Orange Free State Orange River Colony Pakistan Palestine Territory of Papua Papua and New Guinea Papua New Guinea Patiala Pitcairn Islands Queensland Rhodesia Rhodesia and Nyasaland (classed by colony of issue - Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, and Southern Rhodesia). Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingdom of Sarawak (from 1908, when the British postal order system was extended there) Colony of Sarawak Sark Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa South African Republic Federation of South Arabia South Australia South West Africa Southern Nigeria Southern Rhodesia Sri Lanka Straits Settlements (classed by issuing state and territory). Swaziland Tanganyika Tanzania (classed by whether they were issued in Tanganyika or Zanzibar). Tasmania Tonga Transkei Transvaal Colony Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha Turks Islands Uganda United Kingdom"Another view" by Douglas Myall in British Philatelic Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 5, January 2014, pp. 149-151. (classed by constituent country of issue - England, Ireland/Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). Venda Victoria (Australia) Western Australia Western Samoa Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe

Other countries

Argentina Bahrain Bulgaria Republic of Burma China (Since 1898) Colombia Dubai Ecuador Egypt Eritrea - overprinted British Postal Orders valid only in Eritrea Ethiopia France Germany Iraq Ireland - from 1949 to 2001 Israel Italy Jordan Kuwait Kingdom of Libya - during the reign of King Idris I Luxembourg Mexico Kingdom of Nepal Persian Gulf (GPO agencies) Portugal Qatar Romania Russia (at the time of the Russian Empire) San Marino Southern Yemen Sudan Thailand Transjordan United Arab Republic United States of America People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

Special military issues

British Army of the Rhine British Forces Post Offices Indian Field Force in Egypt

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