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.
Packhoi Refer Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)
Pahang Dates 1889 – Capital Kuantan Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Malaysia
Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office) Dates 1903 – 1922 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer China (Indochinese Post Offices)
Pakistan Dates 1947 – Capital Islamabad Currency (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
Main Article Needed
Palau Dates 1983 – Capital Koror Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Palau
Palestine (British Mandate) Dates 1918 – 1948 Capital Jerusalem Currency (1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound (1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)
Main Article Postal history of Palestine
Palestine (Egyptian Rule) Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.
Dates 1948 – 1967 Currency 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound
Refer Egyptian Occupation Issues
See also Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)
Palestine (Jordanian Rule) Dates 1948 – 1950 Currency 1000 mils = 1 pound
Refer Jordan
Palestinian Authority An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.
The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.
Dates 1994 – Capital Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto ) Currency (1994) mils (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority
Panama Dates 1878 – Capital Panama City Currency (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa
Main Article Needed
Panama Canal Refer Canal Zone
Papal States Dates 1852 – 1870 Capital Rome Currency (1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo (1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian States
Papua Dates 1906 – 1942 Capital Port Moresby Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Dates 1952 – Capital Port Moresby Currency (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea
Includes British New Guinea; New Guinea (Australian Administration); North West Pacific Islands; Papua
See also German New Guinea
Paraguay Dates 1870 – Capital Asunción Currency (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani
Main Article Needed
Parma Dates 1852 – 1860 Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian States
Patiala Dates 1884 – 1947 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Patiala in Indian Convention states
Patmos (Patmo) Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.
Dates 1912 – 1932 Capital Patmos Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
Paxos Refer Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)
Pechino (Italian Post Office) Dates 1917 – 1922 Currency Chinese and Italian both used
Refer Italian Post Offices Abroad
Peking (Foreign Post Offices) Refer French Post Offices Abroad; French Post Offices Abroad; Italian Post Offices Abroad; Russian Post Offices Abroad
Penang Dates 1948 – Capital George Town Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Malaysia
Penrhyn Island Dates 1973 – Capital Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
Includes Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)
Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration) Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.
Dates 1902 – 1932 Capital Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Penrhyn Island
Perak Dates 1878 – Capital Ipoh Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Malaysia
Perlis Dates 1948 – Capital Kangar Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Malaysia
Persekutuan Tanah Melayu Refer Malayan Federation
Persia Dates 1868 – 1935 Capital Tehran Currency (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi
Refer Iran
Peru Dates 1858 – Capital Lima Currency (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol
Main Article Needed
Peter I Island Refer Norwegian Dependency
Philippines Dates 1946 – Capital Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976) Currency (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso
Main Article Needed
See also Philippines (US Administration); Spanish Philippines
Philippines (Japanese Occupation) Dates 1942 – 1945 Currency 100 centavos = 1 peso
Refer Japanese Occupation Issues
Philippines (US Administration) Dates 1899 – 1945 Capital Manila Currency (1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso
Refer US Post Abroad
Piedmont Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.
Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.
In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!
Dates 1851 – 1862 Capital Turin Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Italian States
See also Sardinia
Pietersburg Dates 1901 only Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
Pirate Coast Refer Trucial States
Piscopi Refer Telos
Pitcairn Islands Dates 1940 – Capital Adamstown Currency (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
Plebiscite Issues Main Article Needed
Includes Allenstein; Carinthia; East Silesia; Marienwerder; Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig; Upper Silesia
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