Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Va - Vz)

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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Vaitupu

;Refer : Tuvalu

Valona (Italian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 - 1916;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Van Diemen's Land

;Dates : 1853 - 1860;Capital : Hobart;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;Refer : Tasmania

Vancouver Island

;Dates : 1865 only;Capital : Victoria;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : Canadian Provinces

Vanuatu

;Dates : 1980 -;Capital : Vila;Currency : (1980) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (1981) vatus

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : New Hebrides

Vathy (French Post Offices)

;Dates : 1893 - 1914;Currency : French and Turkish used concurrently

;Refer : French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Vatican City

;Dates : 1929 -;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Main Article Needed :

Veglia

;Dates : 1920 only;Capital : ;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Fiume

Venda

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy.Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps werevalid for postage.

;Dates : 1979 -;Capital : ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 rand

;Refer : South African Territories

Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

;Dates : 1918 - 1919;Currency : Austrian and Italian used concurrently

;Refer : Italian Occupation Issues

Venezia Giulia & Istria

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Istria (Yugoslav Occupation);: Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government);: Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government);: Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

;See also : Trieste;: Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government)

;Dates : 1945 - 1947;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

;See also : Trieste

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government)

;Dates : 1945 - 1947;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

;Dates : 1945 only;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezuela

;Dates : 1859 -;Capital : Caracas;Currency : (1859) 100 centavos = 8 reales = 1 peso: (1879) 100 centesimos = 1 venezolano: (1880) 100 centimos = 1 bolivar

;Main Article Needed :

Victoria

;Dates : 1850 - 1912;Capital : Melbourne;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Australia

Victoria Land

;Dates : 1911 - 1912;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : New Zealand Territories

Vienna

;Refer : United Nations (UN)

Vietcong

;Refer : National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam

Vietnam

;Dates : 1976 -;Capital : Hanoi;Currency : 100 xu = 1 dong

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Vietnam (French Colony)

Vietnam (French Colony)

;Dates : 1945 - 1954;Capital : Hanoi;Currency : (1945) 100 cents = 1 piastre: (1945) 100 xu = 10 hao = 1 dong

;Refer : Vietnam

Vilnius

;Refer : Lithuania (German Occupation)

Virgin Islands

;Dates : 1866 - 1968;Capital : Road Town;Currency : (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : British Virgin Islands

Vladivostock

;Refer : Priamur & Maritime Provinces

Volksrust

;Dates : 1902 only;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Transvaal

VR Special Post

;Refer : Vryburg

VRI

;Refer : Lydenburg;: Orange Free State;: Transvaal;: Volksrust;: Wolmaransstad

Vryburg

;Dates : 1899 - 1900;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Cape of Good Hope

;See also : Stellaland

VU(J)NA - STT

;Refer : STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA

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"