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.
Contents
- Cabinda
- Caicos Islands
- Calchi
- Calimno
- Calino
- Calymnos
- Cambodge
- Cambodia
- Cambodia Indochina
- Cameroons British Occupation
- Cameroun
- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
- Canal Zone
- Canary Islands
- Candia
- Canea
- Canouan
- Canton Indochinese Post Office
- Cape Colony
- Cape Juby
- Cape of Good Hope
- Cape Province
- Cape Verde Islands
- Carchi
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Carinthia
- Carnaro Regency
- Caroline Islands Karolinen
- Carpathos
- CasoCasos
- Castelrosso Kastellrizo
- Castelrosso French Occupation
- Castelrosso Italian Occupation
- Cauca
- CavallaCavalle
- Cayes of Belize
- Cayman Islands
- CEF
- References
See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
Cabinda
Formerly Portuguese Congo, this territory had protectorate status since 1883 and was separate from Portuguese West Africa. As part of various independence movements in the 1960s a group called Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) established a government-in-exile in Kinshasa. FLEC made a unilateral declaration of independence on 1 August 1975 but it was not recognised by Portugal or internationally.
In November 1975, Angolan troops of the MPLA occupied Cabinda which was annexed into the newly independent Angolan state. Angola calls the territory Cabinda Province. Since then, FLEC and other factions within Cabinda have struggled for full independence and seek to form the Republic of Cabinda.
Various organizations have issued stamps for Cabinda (widely regarded as cinderellas). These include:
Caicos Islands
Separate issues by the Caicos part of the Turks & Caicos Islands, which are in the Caribbean north of Hispaniola. The Caicos are not politically independent of the Turks and there remains some controversy about the validity of the stamps, although they have been accepted for postal use.
Calchi
Calimno
Calino
Calymnos
Cambodge
Cambodia
Cambodia (Indochina)
One issue in 1936 when part of French Indochina.
Cameroons (British Occupation)
British and French forces occupied the country during FWW and issue German Kamerun Yacht types with overprint of CEF and British currency value. The British section became Southern Cameroons and was administered as part of Nigeria until 1960 when it rejoined Cameroun (the former French section) after a plebiscite.
Cameroun
The German colony of Kamerun was occupied by French and British forces during World War I. Southern Cameroons became part of Nigeria but the remainder was administered by France until 1960 as Cameroun.
During the FWW occupation period, the French issued stamps of Gabon overprinted Corps Expeditionnaire Franco–Anglais CAMEROUN; and stamps of Middle Congo overprinted CAMEROUN Occupation Française. After the war, the Middle Congo stamps were simply overprinted CAMEROUN. The first issues specifically for Cameroun were produced in 1925. Cameroun became an independent republic in 1960 and, following a plebiscite, Southern Cameroons was reunited with it.
Canada
Canadian Provinces
Canal Zone
Now uses stamps of Panama.
Canary Islands
Overprinted airmail stamps were used during the Spanish Civil War.
Candia
Canea
Canouan
Unauthorised issues only. Canouan is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.
Canton (Indochinese Post Office)
Indochinese PO in China.
Cape Colony
Cape Juby
Cape Juby became part of Spanish Sahara in 1950 and is now in Morocco.
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Province
Cape Verde Islands
Carchi
Caribbean Netherlands
Issuing authority is the Netherlands
Carinthia
Austrian and Yugoslav overprints used during a plebiscite. Carinthia remained in Austria.
Carnaro Regency
Caroline Islands (Karolinen)
A group of islands in the western South Pacific of which the main ones are Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape and Kosrae. They were a Spanish colony from 1885 but there was no postal service as such until 1899 when the islands were purchased by Germany as the protectorate of Karolinen.
Karolinen was administered from Rabaul in German New Guinea. Issues of standard German Colonies types were inscribed KAROLINEN. These were in use 1899–1914. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the islands were seized by Japan which retained control until driven out by American forces in WW2. American occupation continued after WW2 and the islands became a UN Trust Territory under USA administration 1947–83. Palau became independent in 1981; the remainder became Federated States of Micronesia in 1983.
Used stamps of Japan 1914–46; used stamps of USA 1946–83.
Carpathos
Caso/Casos
Castelrosso (Kastellórizo)
Formerly a Turkish island, Castelrosso (Kastellórizo) was occupied by France 1915–20 and then became one of Italy's Dodecanese colonies. Used own stamps and the general EGEO issues. Part of Greece since 1947 and now called Kastellórizo, which is also the name of the only village.
Castelrosso (French Occupation)
Former Turkish island occupied by the French navy in 1915. It was awarded to Italy as part of the Dodecanese in 1921 and, like the rest, was unified with Greece in 1947. It is now called Kastellórizo.
During the French occupation, stamps of France and French Levant were issued with overprints such as ONF CASTELLORIZO.
Castelrosso (Italian Occupation)
Cauca
Cavalla/Cavalle
Cayes of Belize
Unofficial issues only.
Cayman Islands
CEF
These initials have been used in two entirely separate spheres. They refer to the international China Expeditionary Force sent to China in 1900; also to the British forces which occupied German Kamerun in 1915 (i.e., Cameroons Expeditionary Force).