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.
Rab
Refer Arbe
Rajasthan
Dates 1948 – 1950 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Rajnandgaon
Refer Nandgaon
Rajpipla
Dates 1880 – 1886 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Rarotonga
Dates 1919 – 1932, 2011- Currency (1919) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (2011) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Cook Islands
Ras Al Khaima
Stamps issued 1967–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
Dates 1964 – 1966 Currency (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Refer Trucial States
Redonda
Refer Antigua
Republic of China
Refer Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan); Taiwan
Republic of Ireland
Dates 1922 – Capital Dublin Currency (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 punt (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Needed
Republic of Maldives
Refer Maldive Islands
Republika Srpska
Refer Bosnian Serb Republic
Republique Libanaise
Refer Lebanon
Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)
Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.
Refer Crete (Russian Post Offices)
Reunion
Dates 1885 – 1974 Capital Saint-Denis Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
Rheinland-Pfalz
Refer Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)
Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)
Dates 1947 – 1949 Capital Mainz Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
Rhodes
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed RODI, the Italian name of the island.
Dates 1912 – 1935 Capital Rodhos Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
Rhodesia
Dates 1965 – 1980 Capital Salisbury Currency (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
Includes Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues); Southern Rhodesia
See also Zimbabwe
Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)
Dates 1909 – 1924 Capital Salisbury Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Rhodesia
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Dates 1954 – 1964 Capital Salisbury Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
Riau-Lingga Archipelago
Dates 1954 – 1965 Capital Tandjungpinang Currency 100 sen = 1 rupiah
Main Article Needed
See also Indonesia
Rijeka
Refer Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)
Rio de Oro
Dates 1905 – 1924 Capital Villa Cisneros Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer Spanish West Africa
Rio Muni
Dates 1960 – 1968 Capital Bata Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer Spanish Guinea
Rizeh (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909 – 1910 Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Rodi
Refer Rhodes
Romagna
Dates 1859 – 1860 Capital Bologna Currency 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
Refer Italian States
Roman States
Refer Papal States
Romania
Dates 1865 – Capital Bucharest Currency (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu
Includes Moldavia; Moldo–Wallachia
Romania (Austrian Occupation)
Dates 1917 – 1918 Currency 100 bani = 1 leu
Refer Austro–Hungarian Military Post
Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)
Refer Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
Romania (German Occupation)
Dates 1917 – 1918 Currency 100 bani = 1 leu
Refer German Occupation Issues (WW1)
Romanian Post Abroad
Main Article Needed
Includes Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation); Constantinople (Romanian Post Office); Debrecen (Romanian Occupation); Hungary (Romanian Occupation); Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Temesvar (Romanian Occupation); Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)
Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dates 1896 – 1919 Currency (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu
Refer Romanian Post Abroad
ROPiT
Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovl (Р.О.П.и.Т. - Русское общество пароходства и торговли), meaning Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company. The Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire were run by R.O.P.i.T. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dates 1863 – 1914 Currency (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble, (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
Ross Dependency
Dates 1957 – Capital Scott Base Currency (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Rouad Island
Refer Ile Rouad
Ruanda-Urundi
Dates 1924 – 1962 Capital Usumbura Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
See also Belgian Congo; Burundi; Rwanda
Rumania
Refer Romania
Russia
Stamps issued are cat. nos 63–11 onwards of Russia.
Dates 1992 – Capital Moscow Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Main Article Needed
Includes Russia (pre–Soviet)
See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Russia (pre-Soviet)
Stamps issued were cat. nos 1–324 of Russia.
Dates 1858 – 1923 Capital Moscow Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russia
Russia (German Occupation)
Refer Ostland; Ukraine (German Occupation)
Russian Army Issues
Refer North Western Army; Northern Army; Western Army
Russian Civil War Issues
The Russian Civil War (25 October 1917 – October 1922) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies. The Red Army defeated the White Armed Forces of South Russia in Ukraine and the army led by Aleksandr Kolchak in Siberia in 1919. The remains of the White forces commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel were beaten in the Crimea and were evacuated in the autumn of 1920.
Stamps were issued by various Russian armies and other parties.
Includes Amur Province; Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal); Crimea; Denikin Government; Don Territory; Far Eastern Republic; Kolchak Government (Siberia); Kuban Territory; North Ingermanland; North Western Army; Northern Army; Priamur & Maritime Provinces; Siberia (Czechoslovak Army); Transbaikal Province; Western Army; Wrangel Government
See also USSR Issues for the Far East
Russian Occupation Issues
Main Article Needed
Includes North Korea (Russian Occupation); South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
Russian Post Offices Abroad
Main Article Needed
Includes China (Russian Post Offices); Crete (Russian Post Offices)
Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.
Dates 1863 – 1914 Currency (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
Main Article Needed
Includes Beirut (Russian Post Office); Constantinople (Russian Post Office); Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices); Jaffa (Russian Post Office); Jerusalem (Russian Post Office); Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office); Mount Athos (Russian Post Office); Mytilene (Russian Post Office); Rizeh (Russian Post Office); Salonika (Russian Post Office); Smyrne (Russian Post Office); Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)
Russian Zone (General Issues)
Dates 1948 – 1949 Capital East Berlin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll
Refer ROPiT
Rustenburg
Dates 1900 – 1902 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
Rwanda
Dates 1962 – Capital Kigali Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
See also Ruanda-Urundi
Ryukyu Islands
Dates 1948 – 1972 Capital Naha Currency (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed
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 In Russian: Information Center "Russia and World" (2,200+ articles & references).