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.
EAF
Refer East Africa Forces
East Africa
Refer British East Africa
East Africa & Uganda Protectorates
Dates 1903–1922 Capital Nairobi Currency (1903) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1907) 100 cents = 1 rupee
Refer British East Africa
East Africa Forces
Dates 1943–1948 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer British Occupation Issues
East China (People's Post)
Dates 1949–1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
East Germany (DDR)
Dates 1949–1990 Capital East Berlin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Ostmark
Main Article
See also Germany
East India
Dates 1855–1882 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Main Article
See also India
East India Company
Refer East India
East Silesia
Dates 1920 only Currency Czech and Polish concurrently
Refer Plebiscite Issues
Eastern Arabia
Refer British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
Eastern Command Area
Dates 1916–1918 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWI)
Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)
Dates 1941–1944 Currency 100 penni = 1 markka
Refer Finnish Occupation Issues
Eastern Rumelia
Dates 1880–1885 Capital Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Bulgarian Territories
Eastern Siberia
Refer USSR Issues for the Far East
Eastern Thrace
Dates 1920–1922 Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer Thrace
See also Adrianople; Greek Occupation Issues; Western Thrace
Ecuador
Dates 1865 – Capital Quito Currency (1865) 8 reales = 1 peso (1881) 100 centavos = 1 sucre
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ecuador
See also Galapagos Islands
Edirne
Refer Adrianople
EEF
Refer Palestine (Egyptian Occupation)
Eesti
Refer Estonia
Egeo
Refer Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
Egypt
Dates 1866 – Capital Cairo Currency (1866) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1888) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Egypt
Includes Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; United Arab Republic (UAR)
Egypt (British Forces)
Dates 1932–1943 Currency 100 piastres = 1 pound
Main Article
See also BA/BMA Issues; British Occupation Issues; Middle East Forces (MEF)
Egypt (French Post Offices) Dates 1899–1931 Currency (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1921) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound Main Article French post offices in Egypt Includes Alexandria (French Post Office); Port Said (French Post Office)
Egyptian Occupation Issues
Main Article
Includes Gaza; Palestine
Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Refer Egypt
Éire
Refer Republic of Ireland
Ellas (ELLAS)
Refer Greece
Ellice Islands
Refer Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Tuvalu
Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco
Dates 1903–1908 Capital Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer Spanish Guinea
El Salvador
Dates 1867 – Capital San Salvador Currency (1867) 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso (1912) 100 centavos = 1 colon
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of El Salvador
Elsass
Refer Alsace (German Occupation)
England
Refer Great Britain
Epirus
Dates 1914–1916 Capital Ioannina Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
Includes Northern Epirus
See also Greek Occupation Issues
Equatorial Guinea
Dates 1968 – Capital Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel) Currency (1968) 100 centimos = 1 pesete (1973) 100 centimos = 1 ekuele (1981) biptwele
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Dates 1893–1942; 1993 – Capital Asmara Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Eritrea
See also Ethiopia; Italian East Africa
Eritrea (British Administration)
Dates 1950–1952 Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Eritrea (British Military Administration)
Dates 1948–1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Eritrea (British Occupation)
Refer Eritrea (British Administration); Eritrea (British Military Administration)
Est Africain Allemand Occupation Belge
Refer German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)
Estado da India
Refer Portuguese India
Estero
Refer Italian Post Offices Abroad
Estonia
Dates 1918 - 1940, 1991 – Capital Tallinn Currency (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1992) 100 senti = 1 kroon
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Estonia
Includes Estonia (pre–Soviet)
See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Estonia (German Occupation)
Dates 1941 only Currency 100 senti = 1 kroon
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWII)
Estonia (pre-Soviet)
Dates 1918–1940 Capital Tallinn Currency (1918) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1919) 100 penni = 1 mark (1928) 100 senti = 1 kroon
Refer Estonia
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Dates 1894 – Capital Addis Ababa Currency (1894) 16 guerche = 1 thaler (1905) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1907) 16 guerche = 1 thaler (1908) 16 piastres = 1 thaler (1928) 16 mehaleks = 1 thaler (1936) 100 centimes = 1 thaler (1936) 100 centesimi = 1 lira (1946) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1976) 100 cents = 1 birr
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ethiopia
See also Eritrea; Ethiopia (Italian Occupation); Italian East Africa
Ethiopia (French Post Offices)
Dates 1906–1908 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer French Post Offices Abroad
Ethiopia (Italian Occupation)
Dates 1936 only Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian Occupation Issues
See also Ethiopia; Italian East Africa
Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)
Dates 1920 only Currency (1920: initial issue) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark (1920: later issues) 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Belgian Occupation Issues
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