Compendium of postage stamp issuers (D)

Dahomey

Dates 

1899 – 1944; 1960 – 1975

Capital 

Porto Novo

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article 

See also 

Benin;French West Africa

Dai Nippon

Refer 

Japanese Naval Control Area

Dairen

Refer 

Port Arthur & Dairen

Dakar – Abidjan

Dates 

1959 only

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

French West Africa

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Dates 

1943 – 1945

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira100 Pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

Refer 

German Occupation Issues (WWII)

Dalmatia (Italian Occupation)

Dates 

1919 – 1923

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 corona

Refer 

Italian Occupation Issues

Damao

Refer 

Portuguese India

Danish West Indies

Dates 

1855 – 1917

Capital 

Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas)

Currency 

(1855) 100 cents = 1 dollar = 5 Danish kroner(1905) 100 bit = 1 franc = 1 Danish krone

Main Article 

Postage stamps and postal history of the Danish West Indies

Danubian Principalities

Refer 

Moldo–Wallachia

Danzig

Dates 

1920 – 1939

Currency 

(1920) 100 pfennige = 1 mark(1923) 100 pfennige = 1 Danzig gulden

Main Article 

See also 

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Dates 

1924 – 1939

Currency 

100 groszy = 1 zloty

Refer 

Polish Post Abroad

Dardanelles (Russian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1910

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Das Island

Refer 

Abu Dhabi

Datia

Refer 

Duttia

DDR

Refer 

East Germany

Debrecen (Romanian Occupation)

Dates 

1919 – 1920

Currency 

100 filler = 1 korona

Refer 

Romanian Post Abroad

Deccan

Refer 

Hyderabad

Dédéagh

Overprint used on French stamps issued by a French post office in the Thracian city of Dedêagatz (now called Alexandroupoli) when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Refer 

Dedêagatz (French Post Offices)

Dedêagatz (French Post Office)

The office issued French stamps with overprint of Dédéagh (see above) when Thrace was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Dates 

1893 – 1914

Currency 

French and Turkish used concurrently

Refer 

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation)

When Greek forces invaded Thrace in 1913 during the Second Balkan War, Bulgarian stamps in use there were overprinted with a Greek inscription and currency value.

Dates 

1913 only

Currency 

100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer 

Thrace

See also 

Greek Occupation Issues;Gumultsina;Western Thrace;Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia

Refer 

Yugoslavia (Democratic Federation)

Denikin Government

Dates 

1919 – 1920

Currency 

100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer 

Russian Civil War Issues

Denmark

Dates 

1851 –

Capital 

Copenhagen

Currency 

(1851) 96 rigsbank skilling (RBS)= 1 rigsdaler(1875) 100 ore = 1 krone

Deutsche Besetzung Zara

Refer 

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)

Refer 

East Germany

Deutsche Militarverwaltung Kotor

Refer 

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Post

Refer 

East Germany

Dhar

Dates 

1897 – 1898

Currency 

4 pies = 1 anna

Refer 

Indian Native States

Diego – Suarez

Dates 

1890 – 1896

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

Madagascar & Dependencies

Diu

Refer 

Portuguese India

Djibouti

Dates 

1977 –

Capital 

Djibouti

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Djibouti

Includes 

Djibouti (French Colony);Obock

See also 

French Somali Coast;French Territory of Afars & Issas

Djibouti (French Colony)

Dates 

1893 – 1902

Capital 

Djibouti

Currency 

100 centmes = 1 franc

Refer 

Djibouti

Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Dates 

1916 only

Currency 

100 stozinki = 1 lev

Refer 

Bulgarian Territories

Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation)

Refer 

Middle East Forces

Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Dates 

1947 only

Currency 

100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer 

Greek Occupation Issues

See also 

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese);Middle East Forces

Dominica

Dates 

1874 –

Capital 

Roseau

Currency 

(1874) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Dominica

Dominican Republic

Dates 

1865 –

Capital 

Santo Domingo

Currency 

(1865) 8 reales = 1 peso(1880) 100 centavos = 1 peso(1883) 100 centimos = 1 franc(1885) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Dominican Republic

Don Territory

Dates 

1918 – 1920

Currency 

100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer 

Russian Civil War Issues

Donetsk People's Republic

Dates 

2015 –

Currency 

100 kopiykas = 1 Ukrainian hryvnia

Refer 

Ukraine

Dorpat (German Occupation)

Dates 

1918 only

Currency 

100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

Refer 

German Occupation Issues (WWI)

Dresden

Refer 

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dronning Maud Land

Refer 

Norwegian Dependency

Dubai

Dates 

1963 – 1972

Capital 

Dubai

Currency 

(1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee(1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

Main Article 

See also 

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;Trucial States;United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Duitsch Oost Afrika Belgische Bezetting

Refer 

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

Dungarpur

Dates 

1932 – 1948

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

Durazzo (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1902 – 1916

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Duttia

Dates 

1893 – 1899

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States