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.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Dates 1856–1868 Capital Schwerin Currency 48 schillings = 1 thaler
Refer German States
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dates 1864–1868 Capital Strelitz Currency 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
Refer German States
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)
Dates 1945–1946 Capital Schwerin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
MEF
Refer Middle East Forces (MEF)
Melaka
Refer Malacca
Memel (French Administration)
Dates 1920–1923 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer French Occupation Issues
Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)
Refer Klaipėda
Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)
Dates 1942–1945 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Japanese Occupation Issues
Mengtse
Refer Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)
Mesopotamia
Refer Mosul (Indian Forces)
Metelin
Refer Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
Mexico
Dates 1856 – Capital Mexico City Currency 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso
Micronesia, Federated States of
Dates 1984 – Capital Palikir
Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia
Middle Congo
Dates 1907–1937 Capital Brazzaville Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
See also Congo Republic; French Congo; French Equatorial Africa
Middle East Forces (MEF)
Dates 1942–1947 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also BA/BMA Issues; British Occupation Issues; Egypt (British Forces)
Midway Islands
Refer United States of America (USA)
Modena
Dates 1852–1860 Capital Modena Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian States
Moheli
Dates 1906–1914 Capital Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Madagascar & Dependencies
Moldavia
Dates 1858–1862 Capital Iași Currency 40 parale = 1 piastre
Refer Romania
Moldo-Wallachia
Dates 1862–1865 Capital Bucharest Currency 40 parale = 1 piastre
Refer Romania
Moldova
Dates 1991 – Capital Kishinev Currency (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1993) kupon (temporary currency) (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova
See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Moluccas
Refer Japanese Naval Control Area
Monaco
Dates 1885 – Capital Monte Carlo Currency (1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Needed
Mongolia
Dates 1924 – Capital Ulan Bator Currency (1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar (1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög
Main Article Needed
Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)
Dates 1903–1922 Currency (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
Refer China (Indochinese Post Offices)
Mongtze
Refer Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)
Mont-Athos
Refer Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
Montenegro
Dates 1874–1918; 2006 – Capital Podgorica Currency (1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin (1902) 100 heller = 1 krone (1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper) (2006) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Needed
Includes Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
See also Yugoslavia
Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)
Dates 1917 only Currency 100 heller = 1 krone
Refer Austro–Hungarian Military Post
Montenegro (German Occupation)
Dates 1943–1945 Currency (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Montenegro (Italian Occupation)
Dates 1941–1943 Currency (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian Occupation Issues
Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
Dates 1945 only Capital Titograd (Podgorica) Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Montenegro
Montserrat
Dates 1876 – Capital Plymouth Currency (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
Morocco
Dates 1956 – Capital Rabat Currency (1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone) (1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone) (1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country) (1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham
Includes Northern Zone, Morocco; Sherifian Post; Southern Zone, Morocco
Morocco Agencies
Dates 1898–1957 Currency British, French and Spanish all used
Main Article Needed
See also Tangier
Morocco (British Post Offices)
Refer Morocco Agencies
Morocco (French Post Offices)
Dates 1862–1914 Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer French Post Offices Abroad
Morocco (German Post Offices)
Dates 1899–1917 Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer German Post Offices Abroad
Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)
Dates 1903–1914 Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer Spanish Post Offices Abroad
Morvi
Dates 1931–1948 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Mosul (Indian Forces)
Dates 1919 only Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Overseas Forces
Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1914 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Moyen Congo
Refer Middle Congo
Mozambique
Dates 1876 – Capital Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques) Currency (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical
Main Article Needed
See also Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
Mozambique Company
Dates 1892–1942 Currency (1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Main Article Needed
Mozambique Territories
Main Article Needed
Includes Inhambane; Kionga; Lourenço Marques; Quelimane; Tete; Zambezia
Muscat
Dates 1944–1948 Capital Muscat Currency 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Muscat & Oman
See also British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Oman
Muscat & Oman
Dates 1966–1970 Capital Muscat Currency (1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee; (1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi
Main Article Needed
Includes Muscat
See also British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Oman
Mustique
Refer Grenadines of St Vincent
Mutawakelite Kingdom
Refer Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)
Myanmar
Refer Burma
Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1914 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
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