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
- Poland
- Poland German Occupation WWI
- Poland German Occupation WWII
- Poland Russian Province
- Polish Army in Russia
- Polish Corps in Russia
- Polish Government in Exile
- Polish Military Post
- Polish Occupation Issues
- Polish Post Abroad
- Polska
- Pondicherry
- Ponta Delgada
- Poonch
- Port Arthur Dairen
- Port Gdansk
- Port Lagos French Post Office
- Port Said French Post Office
- Portugal
- Portuguese Africa
- Portuguese Congo
- Portuguese Guinea
- Portuguese India
- Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa
- Portuguese Timor
- Preussen
- Priamur Maritime Provinces
- Prince Edward Island
- Protectorat Franais
- Prussia
- Puerto Rico
- Pulau Pinang
- Puttiala
- References
See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
Poland
Poland (German Occupation WWI)
Poland (German Occupation WWII)
Poland (Russian Province)
Polish Army in Russia
Polish Corps in Russia
Polish Government in Exile
Polish Military Post
Polish Occupation Issues
Polish Post Abroad
Polska
Pondicherry
Ponta Delgada
Poonch
Port Arthur & Dairen
Port Gdansk
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.
Port Said (French Post Office)
Portugal
Portuguese Africa
Portuguese Congo
Portuguese Guinea
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.