List of British post offices abroad

Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The following is a partial list of British postal services abroad. The list does not include agencies in South America, such as in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso.Stampsite – British Post Offices AbroadStampsite – British Occupation Issues

British post offices abroad British post offices in Africa various issues Baghdad (British Occupation) 1917 only Bangkok (British Post Office) 1882–1885 Batum (British Occupation) 1919–1920 Beirut (British Post Office) 1906 only British post offices in the Turkish Empire 1885–1923 British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948–1966 Bushire (British Occupation) 1915 only Cameroons (British Occupation) 1915 only China (British Post Offices) 1917–1930 China (British Railway Administration) 1901 only Crete (British Post Offices) 1898–1899 East Africa Forces 1943–1948 British post in Egypt (Consular Offices) 1839–1882 British post in Egypt (British Military Occupation) 1882–1914 Egypt (British Forces) 1932–1943 Eritrea (British Administration) 1950–1952 Eritrea (British Military Administration) 1948–1950 German East Africa (British Occupation) 1917 only Iraq (British Occupation) 1918–1923 Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation) 1946–1949 Japan (British Post Offices) 1859–1879 Mafia Island (British Occupation) 1915–1916 Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945–1948 Middle East Forces (MEF) 1942–1947 Morocco Agencies 1898–1957 North Borneo (BMA) 1945 only Salonika (British Field Office) 1916 only Sarawak (BMA) 1945 only Somalia (British Administration) 1950 only Somalia (British Military Administration) 1948–1950 Tangier 1927–1957 Tripolitania (British Administration) 1950–1952 Tripolitania (British Military Administration) 1948–1950 Uzunada, formerly Chustan Island (British Occupation) 1916 only

See also Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain

References

Bibliography Proud, Edward B. The Postal History of the British Post Offices Abroad. Heathfield, E.Sussex: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 1991 551p.

Wood, Hugh W. British Post Offices Abroad: Display given to the Royal Philatelic Society London, 30th April 2009. London: The Author, 2009 103p.

External links

Encyclopaedia of Postal Authorities

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