Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa

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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Packhoi

Refer 

Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Pahang

Dates 

1889 –

Capital 

Kuantan

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates 

1903 – 1922

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Pakistan

Dates 

1947 –

Capital 

Islamabad

Currency 

(1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

(1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed 

Palau

Dates 

1983 –

Capital 

Koror

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

Palestine (British Mandate)

Dates 

1918 – 1948

Capital 

Jerusalem

Currency 

(1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound

(1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)

Main Article 

Postal history of Palestine

Palestine (Egyptian Occupation)

Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.

Dates 

1948 – 1967

Currency 

1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Refer 

Egyptian Occupation Issues

See also 

Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Palestine (Jordanian Occupation)

Dates 

1948 – 1950

Currency 

1000 mils = 1 pound

Refer 

Jordan

Palestinian Authority

An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.

The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.

Dates 

1994 –

Capital 

Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto )

Currency 

(1994) mils

(1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar

Main Article 

Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority

Panama

Dates 

1878 –

Capital 

Panama City

Currency 

(1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso

(1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa

Main Article Needed 

Panama Canal

Refer 

Canal Zone

Papal States

Dates 

1852 – 1870

Capital 

Rome

Currency 

(1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo

(1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Italian States

Papua

Dates 

1906 – 1942

Capital 

Port Moresby

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Dates 

1952 –

Capital 

Port Moresby

Currency 

(1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

(1975) 100 toea = 1 kina

Main Article 

Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea

Includes 

British New Guinea;

New Guinea (Australian Administration);

North West Pacific Islands;

Papua

See also 

German New Guinea

Paraguay

Dates 

1870 –

Capital 

Asunción

Currency 

(1870) 8 reales = 1 peso

(1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso

(1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani

Main Article Needed 

Parma

Dates 

1852 – 1860

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Italian States

Patiala

Dates 

1884 – 1947

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Patiala in Indian Convention states

Patmos (Patmo)

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.

Dates 

1912 – 1932

Capital 

Patmos

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Paxos

Refer 

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

Pechino (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1917 – 1922

Currency 

Chinese and Italian both used

Refer 

Italian Post Offices Abroad

Peking (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer 

French Post Offices Abroad;

French Post Offices Abroad;

Italian Post Offices Abroad;

Russian Post Offices Abroad

Penang

Dates 

1948 –

Capital 

George Town

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Penrhyn Island

Dates 

1973 –

Capital 

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.

Dates 

1902 – 1932

Capital 

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Penrhyn Island

Perak

Dates 

1878 –

Capital 

Ipoh

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Perlis

Dates 

1948 –

Capital 

Kangar

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

Refer 

Malayan Federation

Persia

Dates 

1868 – 1935

Capital 

Tehran

Currency 

(1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman

(1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc

(1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman

(1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

Refer 

Iran

Peru

Dates 

1858 –

Capital 

Lima

Currency 

(1857) 8 reales = 1 peso

(1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso

(1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol

Main Article Needed 

Peter I Island

Refer 

Norwegian Dependency

Philippines

Dates 

1946 –

Capital 

Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976)

Currency 

(1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso

(1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Philippines (US Administration);

Spanish Philippines

Philippines (Japanese Occupation)

Dates 

1942 – 1945

Currency 

100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer 

Japanese Occupation Issues

Philippines (US Administration)

Dates 

1899 – 1945

Capital 

Manila

Currency 

(1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar

(1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer 

US Post Abroad

Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.

Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.

In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!

Dates 

1851 – 1862

Capital 

Turin

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Italian States

See also 

Sardinia

Pietersburg

Dates 

1901 only

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Transvaal

Pirate Coast

Refer 

Trucial States

Piscopi

Refer 

Telos

Pitcairn Islands

Dates 

1940 –

Capital 

Adamstown

Currency 

(1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

Plebiscite Issues

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Allenstein;

Carinthia;

East Silesia;

Marienwerder;

Slesvig;

Upper Silesia

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