Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br - Bz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

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Brunei

;Dates : 1895 -;Capital : Bandar Seri Begawan;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

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Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

;Dates : 1942 - 1945;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues

Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.

;Dates : 1852 - 1868;Capital : Brunswick;Currency : 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

;Refer : German States

Buenos Aires

;Dates : 1858 - 1862;Currency : 8 reales = 1 peso

;Refer : Argentine Territories

Bukovina

;Refer : West Ukraine

Bulgaria

;Dates : 1879 -;Capital : Sofia;Currency : (1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev

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Bulgarian Occupation Issues

;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Bulgarian Territories

;Main Article Needed:

;Includes : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);: Eastern Rumelia;: South Bulgaria

Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948-50] .

;Dates : 1894 - 1948;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta.

;Dates : 1984 -;Capital : Ouagadougou;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

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;See also : Upper Volta

Burma

;Dates : 1937 -;Capital : Rangoon;Currency : (1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee: (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)

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;Includes : Myanmar

Burma (Japanese Occupation)

;Dates : 1942 - 1945;Currency : (1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee: (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee

;Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues

Burundi

;Dates : 1962 -;Capital : Bujumbura;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

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= Bushire (British Occupation) =

Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During WWI, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.

;Dates : 1915 only;Currency : 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman

;Refer : British Occupation Issues

Bussahir

;Dates : 1895 - 1901;Currency : 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Byelorussia

;Refer : Belarus

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"