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
- Britain
- British Administration Issues
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Bechuanaland
- British Central Africa
- British Columbia
- British Columbia Vancouver Island
- British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan
- British Consular Mail
- British East Africa
- British East Africa Company
- British Field Office in Salonika
- British Forces in Egypt
- British Guiana
- British Honduras
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Levant
- British Middle East Forces
- British Military Administration Issues BMA
- British New Guinea
- British Occupation Issues
- British Occupation of Italian Colonies
- British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
- British Post Offices Abroad
- British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
- British Regional Issues
- British Solomon Islands
- British Somaliland
- British South Africa Company
- British Virgin Islands
- British Zone
- References
See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
Britain
British Administration Issues
British Antarctic Territory
British Bechuanaland
Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. It is now the northern part of Cape Province in South Africa.
The first stamps issued were Cape of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints. Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely, British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1890 to 1897.
British Central Africa
British Columbia
British Columbia & Vancouver Island
British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan
British Consular Mail
British East Africa
British East Africa Company
British Field Office in Salonika
British Forces in Egypt
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Levant
British Middle East Forces
British Military Administration Issues (BMA)
British New Guinea
British Occupation Issues
British Occupation of Italian Colonies
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.
Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950) and Umm Said (February 1956). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963. The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960; and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951–1953.
The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961.
As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 31 March 1957; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.
British Post Offices Abroad
British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
British Regional Issues
British Solomon Islands
British Somaliland
British South Africa Company
In 1924, the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.
British Virgin Islands
British Zone
No separate issues. From 1945–1949, always used the same stamps as the American Zone.