Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ma–Md)

Macao

Refer 

Macau

Macau

Dates 

1884 –

Capital 

Macau

Currency 

(1884) 1000 reis = 1 milreis(1894) 78 avos = 1 rupee(1913) 100 avos = 1 pataca

Macedonia

Dates 

1991 –

Capital 

Skopje

Currency 

(1991) 100 paras = 1 dinar(1992) 100 deni (de.) = 1 dinar (d.)

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Yugoslavia

Macedonia (German Occupation)

Dates 

1944 only

Currency 

100 stotinki = 1 lev

Refer 

German Occupation Issues (WW2)

See also 

Kavalla (Greek Occupation);Greek Occupation Issues

Madagascar & Dependencies

Dates 

1896 – 1958

Capital 

Tananarive

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Anjouan;Diego–Suarez;Great Comoro;Mayotte;Moheli;Nossi–Be;Ste Marie de Madagascar

See also 

Malagasy Republic

Madagascar (British posts)

Dates 

1884 – 1895

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar

Madagascar (French Post Offices)

Dates 

1885 – 1896

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

French Post Offices Abroad

See also 

French Colonies;Madagascar & Dependencies

Madeira

Dates 

1868 –

Capital 

Funchal

Currency 

(1868) 1000 reis = 1 milreis(1929) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Africa (Portuguese Colonies);Funchal

Mafeking

Dates 

1900 only

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Cape of Good Hope

Mafia Island (British Occupation)

Dates 

1915 – 1916

Currency 

(GEA) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee;(BEA) 100 cents = 1 rupee(both currencies in use simultaneously)

Refer 

British Occupation Issues

Magyarország

Refer 

Hungary

Mahe

Refer 

French Indian Settlements

Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra

Dates 

1967 only

Capital 

Qishn

Currency 

1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer 

Aden Protectorate States

Majunga (French Post Office)

Dates 

1895 only

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

French Post Offices Abroad

Malacca

Dates 

1948 –

Capital 

Melaka

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Malagasy Republic

Dates 

1958 –

Capital 

Tananarive

Currency 

(1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc(1976) 5 francs = 1 ariary

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Madagascar & Dependencies

Malawi

Dates 

1964 –

Capital 

Zomba

Currency 

(1964) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound(1970) 100 tambalas = 1 kwacha

Main Article Needed 

See also 

British Central Africa;Nyasaland Protectorate

Malaya

Refer 

Federated Malay States;Malayan Federation;Malayan Postal Union;Malaysia

Malaya (British Military Administration)

Dates 

1945 – 1948

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues

Malaya (Japanese Occupation)

Dates 

1942 – 1945

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

Japanese Occupation Issues

Malaya (Thai Occupation)

Dates 

1943 – 1945

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

Thailand

Malayan Federation

Dates 

1957 – 1963

Capital 

Kuala Lumpur

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

Malaysia

Malayan Postal Union

Dates 

1936 – 1968

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

Malaysia

Malaysia

Dates 

1963 –

Capital 

Kuala Lumpur

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Includes 

Malayan Federation;Malayan Postal Union

See also 

Federated Malay States;Johore;Kedah;Kelantan;Malacca;Negri Sembilan;Pahang;Penang;Perak;Perlis;Sabah;Sarawak;Selangor;Sungei Ujong;Trengganu

Maldive Islands

Dates 

1906 –

Capital 

Malé

Currency 

(1906) 100 cents = 1 rupee(1951) 100 larees = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed 

Mali Federation

Dates 

1959 – 1960

Capital 

Bamako

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed 

See also 

French West Africa;Mali Republic;Senegal

Mali Republic

Dates 

1960 –

Capital 

Bamako

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed 

See also 

French West Africa;Mali Federation

Malta

Dates 

1860 –

Capital 

Valletta

Currency 

(1860) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound(1972) 10 mils = 1 cent; 100 cents = 1 lira(2008) 100 cents = 1 euro

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Malta

Malmedy

Refer 

Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Man

Refer 

Isle of Man

Manama

Refer 

Ajman

Manchukuo

Dates 

1932 – 1945

Capital 

Harbin

Currency 

100 fen = 1 yuan

Main Article Needed 

Manchuria

Refer 

Chinese Provinces;CPR Regional Issues;Manchukuo

Mariana Islands (Marianen)

Dates 

1899 – 1914

Capital 

Saipan

Currency 

100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer 

German Colonies

See also 

Spanish Marianas

Marianas Espanolas

Refer 

Spanish Marianas

Marianen

Refer 

Mariana Islands

Marienwerder

Dates 

1920 only

Currency 

100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer 

Plebiscite Issues

Maroc

Refer 

French Morocco

Marruecos

Refer 

Spanish Morocco

Marschall–Inseln

Refer 

Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Marshall Inseln

Refer 

Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Marshall Islands

Dates 

1984 –

Capital 

Majuro

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

Marshall Islands (German Colony)

Dates 

1897 – 1916

Capital 

Majuro

Currency 

100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

Refer 

German Colonies

Martinique

Dates 

1886 – 1947

Capital 

Fort-de-France

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed 

Mauritania

Dates 

1960 –

Capital 

Nouakchott

Currency 

(1960) 100 centimes = 1 franc(1973) 100 cents = 1 ouguiya (um)

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Mauritania (French Colony)

See also 

French West Africa

Mauritania (French Colony)

Dates 

1906 – 1944

Capital 

Port Etienne

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

Mauritania

Mauritius

Dates 

1847 –

Capital 

Port Louis

Currency 

(1847) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound(1878) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed 

Mayotte

Dates 

1892 – 1914

Capital 

Dzaoudzi

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc (French)

Refer 

Madagascar & Dependencies

Main article 

Postage stamps and postal history of Mayotte