Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm

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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Smirne (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1911

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Smyrne (Russian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1910

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SO 1920

Refer 

East Silesia

Solomon Islands

Dates 

1975 –

Capital 

Honiara

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Solomon Islands

Includes 

British Solomon Islands

Somalia

Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.

Dates 

1950 –

Capital 

Mogadishu

Currency 

(1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo

(1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia

Somalia (British Administration)

Dates 

1950 only

Currency 

100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Military Administration)

BMA Somalia.

Dates 

1948 – 1950

Currency 

100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Occupation)

Refer 

East Africa Forces

See also 

Somalia (British Administration);

Somalia (British Military Administration)

Somaliland Protectorate

Dates 

1904 – 1960

Capital 

Hargeisa

Currency 

(1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee

(1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland

Includes 

British Somaliland

Soruth (Saurashtra)

Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.

Dates 

1864 – 1949

Capital 

Junagadh

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

Soudan

Refer 

Sudan

South Africa

Dates 

1910 –

Capital 

Pretoria

Currency 

(1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa

South African Republic

Dates 

1869 – 1902

Capital 

Pretoria

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Transvaal

South African Territories

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Bophutatswana;

Ciskei;

Transkei;

Venda

South Arabian Federation

Dates 

1963 – 1968

Capital 

Aden

Currency 

(1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling

(1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer 

Aden Protectorate States

South Australia

Dates 

1855 – 1912

Capital 

Adelaide

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

See also 

Australia

South Bulgaria

Dates 

1885 only

Capital 

Plovdiv (Philippopolis)

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Bulgarian Territories

South China (People's Post)

Dates 

1949 only

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

CPR Regional Issues

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates 

1945 – 1946

Capital 

Dresden

Currency 

100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer 

Germany (Allied Occupation)

South Georgia

Dates 

1963 – 1980

Capital 

Grytviken

Currency 

(1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Refer 

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.

Dates 

1944 – 1946

Capital 

Grytviken

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.

Dates 

1980 –

Capital 

Grytviken

Currency 

100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

South Georgia

South Kasai

Dates 

1961 – 1962

Capital 

Lusambo

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

Zaire

South Korea

Dates 

1946 –

Capital 

Seoul

Currency 

(1946) 100 chon = 1 won

(1953) 100 won = 1 hwan

(1962) 100 chon = 1 won

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea

South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

Dates 

1950 only

Currency 

100 chon = 1 won

Refer 

North Korea

South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.

Dates 

1919 only

Currency 

100 skatiku = 1 auksinas

Refer 

Russian Occupation Issues

South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates 

1944 – 1946

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Russia

Refer 

Russian Civil War Issues

South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates 

1944 – 1946

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Vietnam

Dates 

1955 – 1976

Capital 

Saigon

Currency 

100 cents = 1 piastre

Main Article Needed 

See also 

National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam;

North Vietnam;

Vietnam

South West Africa

Dates 

1923 – 1991

Capital 

Windhoek

Currency 

(1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Needed 

See also 

German South West Africa;

Namibia

South West China (People's Post)

Dates 

1949 – 1950

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer 

CPR Regional Issues

Southern Cameroons

Dates 

1960 – 1961

Capital 

Mamfe

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Nigerian Territories

Southern Nigeria

Dates 

1901 – 1914

Capital 

Enugu

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Nigerian Territories

Southern Rhodesia

Dates 

1924 – 1964

Capital 

Salisbury

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Rhodesia

Southern Yemen

Dates 

1968 – 1971

Capital 

Aden

Currency 

1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer 

Yemen

Southern Zone, Morocco

Dates 

1956 – 1958

Capital 

Rabat

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

Morocco

See also 

French Morocco

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