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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Poland
Dates 1918 – Capital Warsaw Currency (1918) 100 fenigs = 1 mark (1918) 100 hellers = 1 crown (1924) 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Main Article Needed
Includes Poland (Russian Province)
See also General Gouvernement; German Occupation Issues (WWI); German Occupation Issues (WWII)
Poland (German Occupation WWI)
Dates 1915 – 1918 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWI)
Poland (German Occupation WWII)
Dates 1939 – 1945 Currency 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Refer German Occupation Issues (WWII)
Poland (Russian Province)
Dates 1860 – 1863 Capital Warsaw Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Poland
Polish Army in Russia
Dates 1942 only Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Polish Post Abroad
Polish Corps in Russia
Dates 1918 only Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Polish Post Abroad
Polish Government in Exile
Dates 1941 – 1945 Currency 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Refer Polish Post Abroad
Polish Military Post
Refer Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation); Polish Army in Russia; Polish Corps in Russia
Polish Occupation Issues
Refer Polish Post Abroad
Polish Post Abroad
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Includes Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation); Constantinople (Polish Post Office); Danzig (Polish Post Office); Polish Army in Russia; Polish Corps in Russia; Polish Government in Exile
Polska
Refer Poland
Pondicherry
Refer French Indian Settlements
Ponta Delgada
Dates 1892 – 1905 Currency 1000 reis = 1 milreis
Refer Azores Territories
Poonch
Dates 1876 – 1894 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Port Arthur & Dairen
Dates 1946 – 1950 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
Port Gdansk
Refer Danzig (Polish Post Office)
Port Lagos (French Post Office)
French PO in Thrace when under Turkish rule. Issued French stamps overprinted PORT-LAGOS. The office closed in 1898. Port Lagos is a seaport in Western Thrace which now belongs to Greece.
Dates 1893 – 1898 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Port Said (French Post Office)
Dates 1899 – 1931 Currency (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound
Refer Egypt (French Post Offices)
Portugal
Dates 1853 – Capital Lisbon Currency (1853) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
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See also Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Angola; Azores; Cape Verde Islands; Guinea–Bissau; Macao; Madeira; Mozambique; Portuguese Congo; Portuguese Guinea; Portuguese India; Sao Tome e Principe; Timor
Portuguese Africa
Refer Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
Portuguese Congo
Dates 1894 – 1920 Capital Cabinda Currency (1894) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Main Article Needed
See also Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
Portuguese Guinea
Dates 1881 – 1974 Capital Bissau Currency (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
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See also Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Guinea–Bissau
Portuguese India
Portugal sought territory in India after Vasco da Gama's successful voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497–1498. The three enclaves of Goa (1505), Damao (1531) and Diu (1534) were annexed to collectively form the colony of Portuguese India.
Goa, including the capital Pangim (now Panaji), is on the Malabar Coast of SW India, roughly midway between Bombay and Bangalore. Damao (now called Daman) is on the west coast, at the entrance to the Gulf of Cambay, about 100 miles north of Bombay. Diu, which includes the towns of Diu and Simbor, is a small island (15 sq. miles) off the south coast of Kathiawar peninsula in western India.
The first stamps were issued 1 October 1871. Stamps of British India were also valid until 1877. Standard Portuguese types such as the Ceres issue were used until 1925 when specific types began to be produced. All stamps were inscribed INDIA in some way; from 1946, the inscription was usually ESTADO DA INDIA.
In 1950, newly independent India demanded the transfer of the Portuguese territories but Portugal refused. India set up a land blockade in 1954 and then annexed the territories on 17 December 1961. Stamps of India were introduced on 29 December 1961.
Goa became a State of India in 1987 while Daman and Diu (combined) is a Union Territory.
Dates 1871 – 1961 Capital Pangim (Goa) Currency (1871) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1882) 12 reis = 1 tanga; 16 tangas = 1 rupia (1959) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Portuguese India
Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa
Refer German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)
Portuguese Timor
Refer Timor
Preussen
Refer Prussia
Priamur & Maritime Provinces
Dates 1921 – 1922 Capital Vladivostok Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Prince Edward Island
Dates 1861 – 1873 Capital Charlottetown Currency (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1872) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Canadian Provinces
Protectorat Français
Refer French Protectorate, Morocco
Prussia
Dates 1850 – 1867 Capital Berlin Currency (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 silbergroschen; 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler (1867) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
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See also Germany (Imperial); North German Confederation
Puerto Rico
Dates 1873 – 1900 Capital San Juan Currency (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (1881) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso (1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
See also Cuba & Puerto Rico
Pulau Pinang
Refer Penang
Puttiala
Refer Patiala
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