Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br

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

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei

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

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria

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

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso

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)

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Burma

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

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi

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

References

Bibliography

• Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
• Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
• Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
• XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960

External links

• AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History