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.
Scarpanto
Refer Karpathos
Schleswig
Dates 1864 – 1868 Capital Schleswig Currency 16 schilling = 1 mark
Refer German States
Schleswig-Holstein
Dates 1850 – 1868 Capital Kiel Currency 16 schilling = 1 mark
Refer German States
Schweizer-Renecke
Dates 1900 only Capital Schweizer-Renecke Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
Scinde
Dates 1852 – 1854 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Scotland
Dates 1958 – Capital Edinburgh Currency (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Refer Great Britain (Regional Issues)
Scott Expedition
Refer Victoria Land
Scutari (Italian Post Office)
Dates 1909 – 1915 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
SDD
Refer Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)
Seiyun
Refer Kathiri State of Seiyun
Selangor
Dates 1881 – Capital Kuala Lumpur Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Malaysia
Semyonov Regime
Refer Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)
Senegal
Dates 1960 – Capital Dakar Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
Includes Senegal (French Colony)
See also French West Africa; Mali Federation
Senegal (French Colony)
Dates 1887 – Capital Dakar Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Senegal
Senegambia & Niger
Dates 1903 – 1906 Capital Dakar Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer French Soudan
Serbia
Dates 1866 – 1920; 2006 – Capital Belgrade Currency 100 paras = 1 dinar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Serbia
Includes Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
See also Yugoslavia
Serbia (Austrian Occupation)
Dates 1916 only Currency 100 heller = 1 krone
Refer Austro–Hungarian Military Post
Serbia (German Occupation)
Dates 1941 – 1944 Currency 100 paras = 1 dinar
Refer German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
Dates 1944 – 1946 Capital Belgrade Currency 100 filler = 1 pengo
Refer Serbia
Serbian Occupation Issues
Main Article Needed
Includes Baranya (Serbian Occupation); Hungary (Serbian Occupation); Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)
Serbia & Montenegro
Dates 2003 – 2006 Capital Belgrade Currency 100 paras = 1 dinar
Main Article Needed
See also Montenegro Serbia; Yugoslavia;
Seychelles
Dates 1890 – Capital Victoria Currency 100 cents = 1 rupee
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Seychelles
See also British Indian Ocean Territory; Zil Elwannyen Sesel
Seychelles Outer Islands
Refer Zil Elwannyen Sesel
Shackleton Expedition
Refer King Edward VII Land
Shahpura
Dates 1914 – 1920 Capital Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Shanghai
Dates 1865 – 1898 Currency (1865) 10 cash = 1 candareen, 100 candareens = 1 tael (1890) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Chinese Empire
Shanghai (US Postal Agency)
Dates 1919 – 1922 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer US Post Abroad
Sharjah
Issues of 1968–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
Dates 1963 – 1968 Currency (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.
Refer Trucial States
Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia
Dates 1946 – 1949 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
Sherifian Post
Dates 1912 – 1919 Currency 400 moussonats = 1 rial
Refer Morocco
Shihr & Mukalla
Refer Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla
Shqip–
Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.
Refer Albania
SHS
Refer Srba Hrvata Slovena
Siam
Dates 1883 – 1939 Capital Bangkok Currency (1883) 32 solot = 16 atts = 8 sio = 4 sik = 2 fuang = 1 salung; 4 salungs = 1 tical (1909) 100 satangs = 1 tical (1912) 100 satangs = 1 baht
Refer Thailand
Siam (Thailand)
Dates 1947 – 1950 Capital Bangkok Currency 100 satangs = 1 baht
Refer Thailand
Siam (British Post Offices)
Refer Bangkok (British Post Office)
Siberia
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)
Dates 1919 – 1920 Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Sicily
Dates 1859 – 1860 Capital Palermo Currency 100 grana = 1 ducato
Refer Italian States
Sierra Leone
Dates 1859 – Capital Freetown Currency (1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1964) 100 cents = 1 rupee
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone
Sikkim
Unofficial issues only.
Refer India
Silesia
Refer East Silesia; Upper Silesia
Simi
Refer Syme
Sind
Refer Scinde
Singapore
Dates 1948 – Capital Singapore Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore
Sinkiang
Within Sinkiang province was the short-lived Ili Republic, which issued some unofficial stamps 1945–49.
Dates 1915 – 1949 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Chinese Provinces
Sirmoor
Dates 1879 – 1902 Currency 12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Sint Maarten
Dates 2010 - Capital Philipsburg Currency 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
See also Curaçao (Curaçao and Dependencies); Netherlands Antilles;
Slesvig
Dates 1920 only Capital Schleswig Currency Danish and German used concurrently
Refer Plebiscite Issues
Slovakia
In 1993, the federation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and Slovakia became an independent republic with Michal Kovác as its first president.
Dates 1993 – Capital Bratislava Currency 100 haleru = 1 koruna
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia
Includes Slovakia (Autonomous State)
See also Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic
Slovakia (Autonomous State)
Dates 1939 – 1945 Capital Bratislava Currency 100 haleru = 1 koruna
Refer Slovakia
Slovenia
Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia was combined with other areas in 1918 to form Yugoslavia. After occupation by Italy and Germany in WW2, it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1945. In 1991, Slovenia seceded from the Yugoslav federation and became an independent republic.
Dates 1991 – Capital Ljubljana Currency euro
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia
Includes Slovenia (Provincial Issues); Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
See also Yugoslavia
Slovenia (Provincial Issues)
Dates 1919 – 1921 Capital Ljubljana Currency 100 vinar = 1 krona
Refer Slovenia
Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
Dates 1945 – 1946 Capital Ljubljana Currency German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently
Refer Slovenia
Slovenia (German Occupation)
Refer Laibach (German Occupation)
Slovenia (Italian Occupation)
Refer Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
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