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List of entities that have issued postage stamps

This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity that issued a distinct type of stamp, including post offices in foreign countries, military occupations, colonies, and city-states. The list excludes the current members of the UPU that are listed at postal organizations.

Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities no longer issuing stamps as dead countries.

The dates are the generally-agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues (which may not match the years of existence).

Abu Dhabi (1964-1972) now part of United Arab Emirates
Aden (1937-1965) now part of Yemen
- Kathiri State of Seiyun (1942-1964)
- Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (1942-1963)
French Territory of the Afars and Issas (1966-1977) now Djibouti
La Aguera (1920-1922)
Aitutaki (1903-1990)
Ajman (1964-1968) now part of United Arab Emirates
Alaouites (1925-1930) now part of Syria
Alexandretta (1938-1938) now part of Turkey
Allenstein (1920) now part of Poland
Andorra separate issues in francs and pesetas from 1928-1999
Angra (1892-1905)
Anguilla (1967-1977)
Anjouan (1892-1912) now part of the Comoros

Annam and Tonkin (1888)
Aruba (1986-1991)
Ascension (1922-1992)
Australian Antarctic Territory (1957-1992)
Austria
Azores (1868-1931)

Bahawalpur (1945-1949) now part of Pakistan
Bangkok (1882-1885) now part of Thailand
Barbuda (1922-1977)
Basutoland (1933-1966)
Batum (1919-1920)
Bechuanaland (1886-1897)
Bechuanaland Protectorate[?] (1888-1966)
Belgian Congo (1886-1960)
Bermuda (1860-1990)
British Antarctic Territory (1963-)
British Central Africa[?] (1891-1907)
British East Africa (1890-1898)
British Guiana (1850-1966)
British Honduras (1866-1973)
British Indian Ocean Territory (1968-)
Brunei/Japanese occupation[?] (1942-1944)
Burma/Burma Independence Army[?] (1942)
Burma/Japanese occupation[?] (1942-1944)
Bushire (1915-1915)

Cameroons[?] (1960-1960)
Canada colonies pre-unification
- British Columbia and Vancouver Island (1860)
- British Columbia (1865-1869)
- Vancouver Island (1865-1865)
- New Brunswick (1851-1860)
- Newfoundland (1850-1947)
- Nova Scotia (1851-1860)
- Prince Edward Island (1861-1872)
Cape Juby[?] (1916-1948)
Cape of Good Hope (1853-1904)
- Mafeking (1900)
- Vryburg[?] (1899-1900)
Caroline Islands (1899-1919)
Castellorizo[?] (1920-1932)
Cayman Islands (1900-)
Central Lithuania[?] (1919-1922)
Ceylon (1857-1972) now Sri Lanka
China occupation
- Japanese occupation of China[?] (1941-1942)
  - Central China[?] (1941-1944)
  - Inner Mongolia[?] (1941-1943)
  - Honan[?] (1941)
  - Hopei[?] (1941)
  - Shansi[?] (1941)
  - Shantung[?] (1941)
  - Supeh[?] (1941)
  - North China[?] (1942-1945)
  - South China[?] (1942)
- Northeastern Provinces[?] (1946-1946)
- Fukien (1949)
- Hunan (1949)
- Hupeh (1949)
- Kansu (1949)
- Kiangsi (1949)
- Kwangsi (1949)
- Shensi (1949)
- Szechwan (1933)
- Tsingtau (1949)
- Yunnan (1926-1934)
- Manchuria (1927-1928)
- Sinkiang (1915-1924)
- China offices in Tibet[?] (1911)
- China PRC Northeast China[?] (1946-1950)
- China PRC Port Arthur and Dairen[?] (1946-1950)
- China PRC North China[?] (1946-1949)
- China PRC Northwest China[?] (1945-1946)
- China PRC East China[?] (1948-1949)
- China PRC Central China[?] (1949-1950)
- China PRC South China[?] (1949-1950)
- China PRC Southwest China[?] (1949-1950)
Christmas Island (1958-) administered by Australia
Cilicia (1919-1920) now part of Turkey
Cochin China (1886-1888)
Cocos Islands (1963-1991)
Colombia states
- Antioquia (1868-1902)
- Bolivar (1863-1885)
- Boyaca (1902-1904)
- Cundinamarca (1870-1904)
- Santander[?] (1884-1903)
- Tolima[?] (1870-1888)
Cook Islands (1892-1990)
Corfu (1923-1941)
Crete (1898-1910) now part of Greece
- British offices in Crete[?] (1898-1899)
Cyrenaica (1923-1950) now part of Libya
Bohemia and Moravia[?] (1939-1944)
Czechoslovakia (1918-1990) now Czech Republic and Slovakia

Dalmatia (1919-1922) now part of Croatia
Danish West Indies (1855-1915) now US Virgin Islands
Danzig (1920-1939) now part of Poland
Diego-Suarez[?] (1890-1894)
Dubai (1963-1972) now part of United Arab Emirates

Falkland Islands (1870-)
- Falkland Islands Dependencies[?] (1946-1980)
- Graham Land[?] (1944)
- South Georgia dependency[?] (1944)
- South Orkneys[?] (1944)
- South Shetlands[?] (1944)
Far Eastern Republic[?] (1920-1923)
Faroe Islands (1919-)
Fernando Po (1868-1968)
Aland Islands (1980-)
Fiume[?] (1918-1924)
France offices
- French offices in China[?] (1894-1922)
  - Canton[?] (1901-1919)
  - Hoi Hao[?] (1901-1919)
  - Kwangchowan[?] (1906-1941)
  - Mongtseu[?] (1903-1919)
  - Pakhoi[?] (1903-1919)
  - Tchongking[?] (1903-1919)
  - Yunnan Fou[?] (1903-1919)
- French offices in Crete[?] (1902-1903)
- French offices in Egypt[?]
  - Alexandria[?] (1899-1930)
  - Port Said[?] (1899-1930)
- German occupation of France (1870-1916)
- German occupation of Alsace (1940)
- German occupation of Lorraine (1940)
- France/Reunion[?] (1852-1949)
- French offices in Turkish Empire[?] (1884-1923)
  - Cavalle[?] (1892-1903)
  - Dedeagh[?] (1892-1902)
  - Port Lagos[?] (1893-1893)
  - Vathy[?] (1892-1900)
- French offices in Zanzibar[?] (1893-1904)
French Colonies[?] (1858-1945)
French Congo[?] (1891-1903)
French Equatorial Africa (1936-1958)
French Guiana (1886-1947)
French Guinea (1892-1941)
French India[?] (1892-1948)
French Morocco[?] (1891-1955)
French Oceania[?] (1892-1956)
French Polynesia (1958-1994)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (1955-)
French Sudan[?] (1894-1941)
French West Africa[?] (1943-1959)
Fujeira[?] (1964-1967) now part of United Arab Emirates

Funchal (1892-1905) now part of Azores

Germany states pre-unification
- Baden (1851-1868)
- Bavaria (1849-1920)
- Bergedorf[?] (1861)
- Bremen (1855-1867)
- Brunswick, Germany (1852-1865)
- Hamburg (1859-1867)
- Hanover (1850-1864)
- Lübeck (1859-1865)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1856-1864)
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1864)
- Oldenburg (1852-1867)
- Prussia (1849-1867)
- Saxony (1850-1863)
- Schleswig-Holstein (1850-1865)
- Holstein (1864-1866)
- Schleswig (1864-1920)
- Thurn&Taxis (Northern District)[?] (1849-1866)
- Thurn&Taxis (Southern District)[?] (1852-1866)
- Württemberg (1851-1923)
- North German Confederation (1868-1870)
Germany occupation
- Russian occupation[?] (1948-1949)
- Berlin (1948-1980)
- Berlin-Brandenburg[?] (1945)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1945-1946)
- Saxony Province[?] (1945-1946)
- Saxony East[?] (1945-1946)
- Saxony West[?] (1945-1946)
- Thuringia (1945-1946)
German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
Germany offices
- German offices in China[?] (1898-1906)
- German offices in Morocco[?] (1899-1911)
- German offices in Turkish Empire[?] (1884-1908)
Gibraltar (1886-)
Gilbert Islands (1976-1979)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands[?] (1911-1971)
Gold Coast (1875-1954)
Grand Comoro[?] (1897-1912) now part of the Comoros
Great Britain
- Northern Ireland (1958-)
- Scotland (1958-)
- Wales and Monmouthshire[?] (1958-)
Great Britain offices
- Great Britain offices in Africa[?] (1942-1947)
- Great Britain offices in Eritrea[?] (1948-1951)
- Great Britain offices in Somalia[?] (1943-1950)
- Great Britain offices in Tripolitania[?] (1948-1951)
- Great Britain offices in China[?] (1917-1922)
- Great Britain offices in Morocco[?]
- Great Britain offices in Tangier[?] (1927-1957)
- Great Britain offices in Turkish Empire[?] (1885-1921)
Guernsey (1957-)
Alderney (1983-)
Jersey (1957-)
Isle of Man (1957-)
Greenland (1905-)
Grenada Grenadines[?] (1973-)
Griqualand West[?] (1874-1879)
Guadeloupe (1884-1947)
Guanacaste[?] (1885-1890)

Hatay[?] (1939-1939)
Heligoland (1867-1879)
Hong Kong (1862-1999)
- Japanese occupation (1945)
Horta (1892-1905)
Hungary occupation
- French occupation (1919-1919)
- Romanian occupation (1919-1920)
- Serbian occupation (1919)
- Szeged[?] (1919)

Ifni (1941-1968)
India expeditionary
- Cambodia[?] (1954)
- Laos[?] (1954])
- Laos and Viet Nam[?] (1965-1968)
- Vietnam[?] (1954)
India feudal and convention states
- Alwar[?] (1877-1899)
- Bamra[?] (1888-1893)
- Barwani[?] (1921-1938)
- Bhopal (1876-1932)
- Bhor[?] (1879-1901)
- Bijawar[?] (1935-1937)
- Bundi[?] (1894-1941)
- Bussahir[?] (1895-1900)
- Chamba[?] (1886-1948)
- Charkhari[?] (1894-1943)
- Cochin (1892-1933)
- Dhar[?] (1897-1898)
- Duttia[?] (1893-1916)
- Faridkot[?] (1879-1900)
- Gwalior (1885-1949)
- Hyderabad (1869-1949)
- Idar[?] (1939-1944)
- Indore[?] (1886-1941)
- Jaipur (1900-1947)
- Jammu and Kashmir (1878-1886)
- Jammu[?] (1866-1877)
- Kashmir (1866-1867)
- Jasdan[?] (1942-1942)
- Jhalawar[?] (1887-1887)
- Jind[?] (1874-1943)
- Kishangarh[?] (1899-1928)
- Las Bela[?] (1897-1904)
- Morvi[?] (1931-1935)
- Nabha[?] (1885-1942)
- Nandgaon[?] (1892-1893)
- Nowanuggur[?] (1877-1893)
- Orchha[?] (1913-1939)
- Patiala (1884-1947)
- Poonch[?] (1876-1884)
- Rajasthan (1949-1949)
- Rajpeepla[?] (1880)
- Sirmoor[?] (1879-1899)
- Soruth[?] (1864-1937)
- Travancore (1888-1946)
- Travancore-Cochin[?] (1949-1950)
- Wadhwan[?] (1888-1889)
Indo-China (1889-1946)
Indonesia Riau[?] (1954-1964)
Inhambane (1895-1917)
Inini (1932-1941)
Ionian Islands[?] (1859)
- German occupation[?] (1943)
- Italian occupation[?] (1941)
Italian Colonies[?] (1932-1934)
Italian East Africa (1938-1941)
Italy states pre-unification
- Modena (1852-1859)
- Parma (1852-1859)
- Romagna[?] (1859)
- Roman states[?] (1852-1868)
- Sardinia (1851-1863)
- Tuscany (1851-1860)
- Two Sicilies (1858-1861)
Campione[?] (1944)
Italian Social Republic[?] (1943-1944)
Austrian occupation of Italy (1918)
Italy Aegean occupation
- Aegean Islands[?] (1912-1940)
- Calchi[?] (1912-1932)
- Calino[?] (1912-1932)
- Caso[?] (1912-1932)
- Coo[?] (1912-1932)
- Lero[?] (1912-1932)
- Lisso[?] (1912-1932)
- Nisiro[?] (1912-1932)
- Patmo[?] (1912-1932)
- Piscopi[?] (1912-1932)
- Rhodes (1912-1945)
- Scarpanto[?] (1912-1932)
- Simi[?] (1912-1932)
- Stampalia[?] (1912-1932)
Italy offices
- Italy offices abroad[?] (1874-1881)
- Italy offices in Africa
  - Bengasi[?] (1901-1911)
  - Tripoli[?] (1909-1915)
- Italy offices in China
  - Peking[?] (1917-1919)
  - Tientsin[?] (1917-1918)
- Italy offices in Crete[?] (1900-1912)
- Italy offices in Turkish Empire[?] (1908-1922)
  - Albania[?] (1902-1907)
  - Constantinople[?] (1909-1923)
  - Durazzo[?] (1909-1911)
  - Janina[?] (1902-1911)
  - Jerusalem[?] (1909-1911)
  - Salonika[?] (1909-1911)
  - Scutari[?] (1909-1916)
  - Smyrna[?] (1909-1922)
  - Valona[?] (1909-1916)
Trieste Italy[?] (1947-1953)
Venezia Giulia[?] (1945-1945)

Japan offices

Karelia (1922-1922)
- Finnish occupation (1941-1943)
Katanga (1960-1961)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania[?] (1921-1976)
Kiauchau[?] (1900-1909)
Kionga (1916)

Labuan[?] (1879-1905)
Lagos (1874-1905)
Latakia (1930-1933)
Leeward Islands[?] (1890-1954)
Lithuania occupation
Lourenco Marques[?] (1893-1921) now part of Mozambique
German occupation of Luxembourg (1940-1941)

Macao (1884-1992)
Madagascar British (1884-1886)
Madeira (1868-1928)
Malaya states
- Malaya, Federated States[?] (1900-1951)
- Malaya, Federation[?] (1957-1964)
- Johore[?] (1876-1960)
- Kedah[?] (1912-1959)
- Kelantan[?] (1911-1962)
  - Thai occupation[?] (1943-1943)
- Malacca (1948-1960)
- Negri Sembilan[?] (1891-1961)
  - Japanese occupation[?] (1942-1943)
- Pahang (1889-1957)
  - Japanese occupation (1942-1943)
- Penang (1948-1960)
  - Japanese occupation (1942)
- Perak (1878-1957)
- Perlis[?] (1948-1957)
- Selangor (1881-1961)
  - Japanese occupation (1942-1943)
- Sungei Ujong[?] (1881-1895)
- Trengganu[?] (1909-1957)
  - Thai occupation[?] (1944)
- Japanese occupation (1942-1944)
- Thai occupation Malaya (1943)
Malaysia states
- Malaysia Johore[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Kedah[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Kelantan[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Malacca (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Negri Sembilan[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Pahang (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Penang (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Perak (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Perlis[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Sabah (1964-1965)
- Malaysia Sarawak (1964-1965)
- Malaysia Selangor (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Trengganu[?] (1965-1986)
- Malaysia Wilayah Persekutuan[?] (1986)
Manchukuo (1932-1945)
Marianas Islands[?] (1899-1919)
Marienwerder[?] (1920-1920)
Marshall Islands (1897-1919)
Martinique (1886-1947)
Mayotte (1892-1912)
Memel (1920-1922)
- Lithuanian occupation of Memel (1923)
Mesopotamia (1917-1922)
Mexico states in rebellion
- Campeche (1876)
- Chiapas (1866)
- Chihuahua (1872)
- Cuautla[?] (1867)
- Cuernavaca[?] (1867)
- Guadalajara (1867-1868)
- Merida (1916)
- Sinaloa (1929)
- Tlacotalpan[?] (1856)
- Yucatan (1924)
Middle Congo (1907-1933)
Moheli[?] (1906-1912) now part of the Comoros
Montenegro (1874-1913)
- Austrian occupation of Montenegro (1917-1918)
- German occupation of Montenegro (1943)
- Italian occupation of Montenegro (1941-1943)
Montserrat (1876-)
Morocco Northern Zone[?] (1956-1957)
Mozambique Company[?] (1892-1941)

Natal (1857-1908)
Netherlands Indies[?] (1864-1949)
- Japanese occupation[?] (1943)
- Japanese occupation Sumatra[?] (1943)
- Japanese Naval Control Area[?] (1943)
Netherlands New Guinea (1950-1962)
Nevis (1861-1984)
New Britain (1914-1915)
New Caledonia (1859-)
New Guinea (1925-1939)
New Hebrides (1908-1980)
New Republic[?] (1886-1887)
New South Wales (1850-1907)
Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua[?] (1904-1909)
Zelaya, Nicaragua[?] (1904-1912)
Niger Coast Protectorate[?] (1892-1898)
Niue (1902-])
Norfolk Island (1947-)
North Borneo[?] (1883-1963)
- Japanese occupation[?] (1942-1943)
Northern Nigeria[?] (1900-1912)
Northern Rhodesia[?] (1925-1964)
North Ingermanland[?] (1920)
North West Pacific Islands[?] (1915-1922)
Nossi-Be[?] (1889-1894)
Nyasaland Protectorate[?] (1908-1964)
Nyassa[?] (1898-1925) now part of Mozambique

Obock (1892-1894) now part of Djibouti
Oltre Giuba (1925-1926) now part of Somalia
Orange River Colony (1860-1907) now part of South Africa

Palestine (1918-1942)
Penrhyn Island[?] (1902-1928)
- Penrhyn Island Penrhyn[?] (1973-1990)
Japanese occupation of Philippines (1943)
Pitcairn Islands (1940-)
Poland
Ponta Delgada (1892-1905)
Portugal areas
- Azores (1980-)
- Madeira (1980-)
Portuguese Africa[?] (1898-1919)
Portuguese Congo[?] (1894-1914)
Portuguese Guinea[?] (1881-1973)
Portuguese India[?] (1871-1960) now part of India
Puerto Rico (1873-1900) now part of USA

Queensland (1860-1909) now part of Australia
Quelimane[?] (1913-1914) now part of Mozambique

Ras al Khaima[?] (1964-1966) now part of United Arab Emirates
Rhodesia(British South African Company)[?] (1889-1917)
Rhodesia (1965-1978)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland[?] (1954-1963)
Rio de Oro[?] (1905-1921) now part of Western Sahara
Rio Muni[?] (1960-1968)
Romania
Rouad[?] (1916)
Ruanda-Urundi[?] (1924-1961) now Rwanda and Burundi
Russia
Ryukyu Islands[?] (1948-1972) now part of Japan

Saar (1920-1959) now part of Germany
St Christopher (1870-1890)
St Helena (1856-)
St Kitts (1980-1981)
St Pierre and Miquelon[?] (1885-)
St Thomas and Prince Islands[?] (1869-1979)
St Vincent Bequia[?] (1984-)
St. Vincent Union Islands[?] (1984-)
Ste-Marie de Madagascar[?] (1894)
Sarawak (1869-1963)
Saseno[?] (1923)
Sealand (but are its stamps accepted?)
Senegambia and Niger[?] (1903)
Serbia (1866-1920)
- Austrian occupation (1916)
- German occupation (1941-1943)
Seychelles/Zil Elwannyen Sesel[?] (1980-)
Shanghai (1865-1896)
Sharjah (1963-1968) now part of United Arab Emirates
Siberia (1919-1922)
Somali Coast[?] (1894-1967) now part of Somalia
Somaliland Protectorate[?] (1903-1960) now part of Somalia
South Africa homelands
- Bophuthatswana (1977-1978)
- Ciskei[?] (1981-1983)
- Transkei (1976-1989)
- Venda[?] (1979-1982)
South Arabia[?] (1963-1966)
South Australia (1855-1912)
Southern Nigeria[?] (1901-1912)
Southern Rhodesia[?] (1924-1964)
South Georgia (1963-1992)
South Russia[?] (1918-1919)
South West Africa[?] (1923-1990) now Namibia
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Spanish Guinea[?] (1902-1959)
Spanish Morocco[?] (1903-1955)
- Spanish Morocco Tangier[?] (1929-1951)
Spanish Sahara[?] (1924-1975)
Spanish West Africa[?] (1949-1951)
Stellaland[?] (1884-1885)
Straits Settlements (1867-1945)
- Japanese occupation (1942-1943)
Switzerland cities

- Zurich (1843-1850)
- Geneva (1843-1849)
- Basel (1845-1845)

Tahiti (1882-1903)
Tanganyika (1921-1962)
Tannu Tuva (1926-1933)
Tasmania (1853-1912)
Tete[?] (1913-1914) now part of Mozambique
Thrace (1913)
- Allied occupation (1919-1920)
- Greek occupation (1919-1920)
Tibet (1912-1934)
Timor (1885-1970)
Tobago (1879-1896)
British occupation of Togo[?] (1914-1916)
Tokelau (1948-1993)
Transcaucasian Federated Republics (1923)
Transvaal (1869-1910)
Trinidad (1851-1909)
Tripolitania[?] (1923-1934)
Tristan da Cunha (1952-)
Trucial States (1961-1961)
Turkey in Asia[?] (1920-1922) now part of Turkey
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[?] (1974-)
Turks Islands[?] (1867-1895)
Turks and Caicos Islands (1900-1955)

Ubangi-Shari[?] (1915-1933)
United Nations (1951-)
Umm al Qiwain[?] (1964-1969) now part of United Arab Emirates
Upper Senegal and Niger[?] (1906-1915)
Upper Silesia (1920-1922)
Upper Volta (1920-1980)
United States
- Panama Canal Zone[?] (1904-1978)
- United States offices in China[?] (1919-1922)
- Confederate States (1861-1863)
- Guam (1899)
- Hawaii (1851-1899)

Victoria (1850-1912) now part of Australia
Vietnam division
- North Vietnam (1946-1976)
- South Vietnam (1955-1975)
Virgin Islands (1866-1980)

Wallis and Futuna Islands[?] (1920-1990)
West Irian (1962-1970)
Western Australia (1854-1912)
Western Ukraine[?] (1918-1919)

Yugoslavia

Zambezia (1894-1917)
Zanzibar (1895-1967) now part of Tanzania
Zululand (1888-1896) now part of South Africa

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