Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ja

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

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Jaffa (Russian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1910

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jaipur

Dates 

1904 – 1948

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

Jamaica

Dates 

1860 –

Capital 

Kingston

Currency 

(1860) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

Jammu & Kashmir

Dates 

1866 – 1894

Capital 

Srinagar

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

Janina

Refer 

Jannina (Italian Post Office)

Jannina (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1911

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Japan

Dates 

1871 –

Capital 

Tokyo

Currency 

(1871) 100 mon = 1 sen

(1872) 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen

Main Article Needed 

Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

Dates 

1946 – 1949

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

British Occupation Issues

Japan (American Post Offices)

Refer 

US Post Offices in Japan

Japan (British Post Offices)

Dates 

1859 – 1879

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

British Post Offices Abroad

Japan (French Post Offices)

Dates 

1865 – 1880

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

French Post Offices Abroad

Japanese Naval Control Area

Dates 

1942 – 1943

Currency 

100 cents = 1 gulden

Refer 

Japanese Occupation Issues

Japanese Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Brunei (Japanese Occupation);

Burma (Japanese Occupation);

Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation);

Japanese Naval Control Area;

Japanese Taiwan (Formosa);

Java (Japanese Occupation);

Kelantan (Japanese Occupation);

Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation);

Malaya (Japanese Occupation);

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation);

Nangking & Shanghai (Japanese Occupation);

Netherlands Indies (Japanese Occupation);

North Borneo (Japanese Occupation);

North China (Japanese Occupation);

Philippines (Japanese Occupation);

Sarawak (Japanese Occupation);

Sumatra (Japanese Occupation)

Japanese Post Offices Abroad

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

China (Japanese Post Offices);

Korea (Japanese Post Offices)

Japanese Taiwan (Formosa)

Dates 

1945 only

Capital 

Taipei

Currency 

10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen

Refer 

Japanese Occupation Issues

Jasdan

Dates 

1942 only

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

Java (Japanese Occupation)

Dates 

1943 – 1945

Currency 

100 sen (cents) = 1 rupee (gulden)

Refer 

Japanese Occupation Issues

Jeend

Refer 

Jind

Jeind

Refer 

Jind

Jersey

Dates 

1941 –

Capital 

St Helier

Currency 

(1941) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1970) 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Jerusalem (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1911

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jerusalem (Russian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1910

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Jhalawar

Dates 

1887 – 1900

Currency 

4 pies = 1 anna

Refer 

Indian Native States

Jhind

Refer 

Jind

Jind

Dates 

1874 – 1885

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Jind in Indian Convention states

Johor

Refer 

Johore

Johore

Dates 

1876 –

Capital 

Johor Baharu

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Jordan

Dates 

1920 –

Capital 

Amman

Currency 

(1920) 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound

(1927) 1000 mils = 1 Palestinian pound

(1950) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Palestine (Jordanian Occupation);

Transjordan

Jubaland

Dates 

1925 – 1926

Capital 

Kismayu

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Jugoslavia

Refer 

Yugoslavia

Junagadh

Refer 

Soruth (Saurashtra)

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