Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Wa - Wz)

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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Wadhwan

;Dates : 1888 - 1892;Currency : 4 pice = 1 anna

;Refer : Indian Native States

Wake Island

;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar (US)

;Refer : United States of America (USA)

Wales

;Dates : 1958 -;Capital : Cardiff;Currency : (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

;Refer : Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Wallachia

;Refer : Moldo-Wallachia

Wallis & Futuna Islands

;Dates : 1920 -;Capital : Matauta;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

Walvis Bay

;Refer : South West Africa

Wenden

;Dates : 1863 - 1901;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Main Article Needed :

West Berlin

;Dates : 1948 - 1991;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Main Article Needed :

West Germany

;Dates : 1949 - 1991;Capital : Bonn;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Main Article Needed :

West Irian

;Dates : 1963 - 1970;Capital : Hollandia;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Western New Guinea

;See also : Indonesia;: Netherlands Indies

Western New Guinea

;Dates : 1962 - 1963;Capital : Hollandia;Currency : 100 cents = 1 gulden

;Refer : West Irian

West Ukraine

;Dates : 1918 - 1919;Capital : Lemberg (Lviv);Currency : 100 heller = 1 krone

;Main Article Needed :

Western Army

;Dates : 1919 - 1920;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

Western Australia

;Dates : 1854 - 1912;Capital : Perth;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Australia

Western Command Area

;Dates : 1916 - 1918;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Western Samoa

;Dates : 1935 - 1958;Capital : Apia;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Samoa

Western Thrace

;Dates : 1913 only;Capital : Dedeagatz (now Alexandropoulos);Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Thrace

;See also : Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation);: Eastern Thrace;: Greek Occupation Issues;: Gumultsina;: Thrace (Allied Occupation);: Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

;Dates : 1920 only;Capital : Dedeagatz (now Alexandropoulos);Currency : 100 lepta = 1 drachma

;Refer : Thrace

;See also : Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation);: Greek Occupation Issues;: Gumultsina;: Thrace (Allied Occupation);: Western Thrace

White Russia

;Refer : Belarus

Windward Islands

;Capital : St George's, Grenada

;Refer : Grenada;: St Lucia;: St Vincent

Wolmaransstad

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

;Refer : Transvaal

World Health Organisation

;Dates : 1948 - 1975;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : International Organisations

World Intellectual Property Organisation

;Dates : 1982 only;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : International Organisations

World Meteorological Organisation

;Dates : 1956 - 1973;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : International Organisations

Wrangel Government

;Dates : 1920 - 1921;Capital : Sevastopol;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

Württemberg

;Dates : 1851 - 1924;Capital : Stuttgart;Currency : (1851) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden: (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Main Article Needed :

Württemberg (French Zone)

;Dates : 1947 - 1949;Capital : Stuttgart;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

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"