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.

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Smirne (Italian Post Office)

Dates 1909–1911 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Smyrne (Russian Post Office)

Dates 1909–1910 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SO 1920

Refer East Silesia

Solomon Islands

Dates 1975– Capital Honiara Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Solomon Islands

Includes British Solomon Islands

Somalia

Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.

Dates 1950– Capital Mogadishu Currency (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia

Somalia (British Administration)

Dates 1950 only Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Military Administration)

BMA Somalia.

Dates 1948– 1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Occupation)

Refer East Africa Forces

See also Somalia (British Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration)

Somaliland Protectorate

Dates 1904–1960 Capital Hargeisa Currency (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland

Includes British Somaliland

Soruth (Saurashtra)

Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.

Dates 1864–1949 Capital Junagadh Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer Indian Native States

Soudan

Refer Sudan

South Africa

Dates 1910– Capital Pretoria Currency (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa

South African Republic

Dates 1869–1902 Capital Pretoria Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Transvaal

South African Territories

Main Article Needed

Includes Bophutatswana; Ciskei; Transkei; Venda

South Arabian Federation

Dates 1963–1968 Capital Aden Currency (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling (1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer Aden Protectorate States

South Australia

Dates 1855–1912 Capital Adelaide Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

See also Australia

South Bulgaria

Dates 1885 only Capital Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer Bulgarian Territories

South China (People's Post)

Dates 1949 only Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer CPR Regional Issues

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates 1945–1946 Capital Dresden Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)

South Georgia

Dates 1963–1980 Capital Grytviken Currency (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Refer South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.

Dates 1944–1946 Capital Grytviken Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.

Dates 1980– Capital Grytviken Currency 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article Needed Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Includes South Georgia

South Kasai

Dates 1961–1962 Capital Lusambo Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer Zaire

South Korea

Dates 1946– Capital Seoul Currency (1946) 100 chon = 1 won (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan (1962) 100 chon = 1 won

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea

South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

Dates 1950 only Currency 100 chon = 1 won

Refer North Korea

South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.

Dates 1919 only Currency 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas

Refer Russian Occupation Issues

South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates 1944–1946 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Russia

Refer Russian Civil War Issues

South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates 1944–1946 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Sudan

Dates 2011- Capital Juba Currency 100 piaster = 1 pound

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Sudan

South Vietnam

Dates 1955–1976 Capital Saigon Currency 100 cents = 1 piastre

Main Article Needed

See also National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam; North Vietnam; Vietnam

South West Africa

Dates 1923–1991 Capital Windhoek Currency (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Needed

See also German South West Africa; Namibia

South West China (People's Post)

Dates 1949–1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer CPR Regional Issues

Southern Cameroons

Dates 1960–1961 Capital Mamfe Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Nigerian Territories

Southern Nigeria

Dates 1901–1914 Capital Enugu Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Nigerian Territories

Southern Rhodesia

Dates 1924–1964 Capital Salisbury Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer Rhodesia

Southern Yemen

Dates 1968–1971 Capital Aden Currency 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer Yemen

Southern Zone, Morocco

Dates 1956–1958 Capital Rabat Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer Morocco

See also French Morocco

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