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.
Dahomey
Dates 1899 – 1944; 1960 – 1975 Capital Porto Novo Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article
See also Benin; French West Africa
Dai Nippon
Refer Japanese Naval Control Area
Dairen
Refer Port Arthur & Dairen
Dakar – Abidjan
Dates 1959 only Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer French West Africa
Dalmatia (German Occupation)
Dates 1943 – 1945 Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira 100 Pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWII)
Dalmatia (Italian Occupation)
Dates 1919 – 1923 Currency 100 centesimi = 1 corona
Refer Italian Occupation Issues
Damao
Refer Portuguese India
Danish West Indies
Dates 1855 – 1917 Capital Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas) Currency (1855) 100 cents = 1 dollar = 5 Danish kroner (1905) 100 bit = 1 franc = 1 Danish krone
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Danish West Indies
Danubian Principalities
Refer Moldo–Wallachia
Danzig
Dates 1920 – 1939 Currency (1920) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (1923) 100 pfennige = 1 Danzig gulden
Refer Free City of Danzig
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Free City of Danzig
See also Danzig (Polish Post Office)
Danzig (Polish Post Office)
Dates 1924 – 1939 Currency 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Refer Polish Post Abroad
Dardanelles (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909 – 1910 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Das Island
Refer Abu Dhabi
Datia
Refer Duttia
DDR
Refer East Germany
Debrecen (Romanian Occupation)
Dates 1919 – 1920 Currency 100 filler = 1 korona
Refer Romanian Post Abroad
Deccan
Refer Hyderabad
Dédéagh Overprint used on French stamps issued by a French post office in the Thracian city of Dedêagatz (now called Alexandroupoli) when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.Gibbons,Europe and Colonies, p.307.
Refer Dedêagatz (French Post Offices)
Dedêagatz (French Post Office) The office issued French stamps with overprint of Dédéagh (see above) when Thrace was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Dates 1893 – 1914 Currency French and Turkish used concurrently
Refer French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation) When Greek forces invaded Thrace in 1913 during the Second Balkan War, Bulgarian stamps in use there were overprinted with a Greek inscription and currency value.Gibbons,Europe and Colonies, p.495.
Dates 1913 only Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer Thrace
See also Greek Occupation Issues; Gumultsina; Western Thrace; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)
Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia
Refer Yugoslavia (Democratic Federation)
Denikin Government
Dates 1919 – 1920 Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Denmark
Dates 1851 – Capital Copenhagen Currency (1851) 96 (RBS)= 1 rigsdaler (1875) 100 ore = 1 krone
Deutsche Besetzung Zara
Refer Dalmatia (German Occupation)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
Refer East Germany
Deutsche Militarverwaltung Kotor
Refer Dalmatia (German Occupation)
Deutsche Post
Refer East Germany
Dhar
Dates 1897 – 1898 Currency 4 pies = 1 anna
Refer Indian Native States
Diego – Suarez
Dates 1890 – 1896 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Madagascar & Dependencies
Diu
Refer Portuguese India
Djibouti
Dates 1977 – Capital Djibouti Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Djibouti
Includes Djibouti (French Colony); Obock
See also French Somali Coast; French Territory of Afars & Issas
Djibouti (French Colony)
Dates 1893 – 1902 Capital Djibouti Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Djibouti
Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
Dates 1916 only Currency 100 stotinki (стотинки) = 1 lev (лев)
Refer Bulgarian Territories
Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation)
Refer Middle East Forces
Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)
Dates 1947 only Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer Greek Occupation Issues
See also Aegean Islands (Dodecanese); Middle East Forces
Dominica
Dates 1874 – Capital Roseau Currency (1874) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dates 1865 – Capital Santo Domingo Currency (1865) 8 reales = 1 peso (1880) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1883) 100 centimos = 1 franc (1885) 100 centavos = 1 peso
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Dominican Republic
Don Territory
Dates 1918 – 1920 Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Donetsk People's Republic
Dates May 2014 – Currency 100 kopiykas = 1 Ukrainian hryvnia
Refer Ukraine
Dorpat (German Occupation)
Dates 1918 only Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWI)
Dresden
Refer South East Saxony (Russian Zone)
Dronning Maud Land
Refer Norwegian Dependency
Dubai
Dates 1963 – 1972 Capital Dubai Currency (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Main Article
See also British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; Trucial States; United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Duitsch Oost Afrika Belgische Bezetting
Refer German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)
Dungarpur
Dates 1932 – 1948 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Durazzo (Italian Post Office)
Dates 1902 – 1916 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dutch East Indies
Dates 1864 - 1950
Main article Postage stamps and postal history of the Dutch East Indies
Duttia
Dates 1893 – 1899 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
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