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Tokelau

Dates 

1948 –

Capital 

Currency 

(1948) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar

(1982) 100 sene (cents) = 1 tola (dollar)

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tokelau

Tolima

Dates 

1870 – 1903

Currency 

100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer 

Colombian Territories

Tonga

Dates 

1886 –

Capital 

Nukuʻalofa

Currency 

(1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1967) 100 seniti = 1 pa'anga

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tonga

Tongking

Refer 

Annam & Tongking

Toypkia

Refer 

Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Transbaikal Province

Dates 

1920 only

Capital 

Chita

Currency 

100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer 

Russian Civil War Issues

Transcaucasian Federation

Dates 

1923 – 1924

Capital 

Tbilisi

Currency 

100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

See also 

Armenia;

Azerbaijan;

Georgia;

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Transjordan

Dates 

1920 – 1949

Capital 

Amman

Currency 

1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Refer 

Jordan

Transkei

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.

Dates 

1977 –

Capital 

Umtata

Currency 

100 cents = 1 rand

Refer 

South African Territories

Transvaal

Dates 

1869 – 1910

Capital 

Pretoria

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Lydenburg;

New Republic;

Pietersburg;

Rustenburg;

Schweizer–Renecke;

South African Republic;

Volksrust;

Wolmaransstad

Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Dates 

1919 only

Currency 

100 bani = 1 leu

Refer 

Romanian Post Abroad

Travancore

Dates 

1888 – 1949

Capital 

Trivandrum

Currency 

16 cash = 1 chuckram; 28 chuckrams = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

See also 

Travancore-Cochin

Travancore-Cochin

Dates 

1949 – 1951

Capital 

Trivandrum

Currency 

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

Indian Native States

See also 

Cochin;

Travancore

Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1910

Currency 

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer 

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Trengganu

Dates 

1910 –

Capital 

Kuala Trengganu

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Malaysia

Trentino (Italian Occupation)

Dates 

1918 – 1919

Currency 

Austrian and Italian used concurrently

Refer 

Italian Occupation Issues

Trieste

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Trieste (Allied Military Government);

Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

See also 

Venezia Giulia & Istria

Trieste (Allied Military Government)

Dates 

1947 – 1954

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Trieste

Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

Dates 

1948 – 1954

Currency 

(1948) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

(1949) 100 paras = 1 dinar

Refer 

Trieste

Trinidad

Dates 

1851 – 1913

Capital 

Port of Spain

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago

Dates 

1913 –

Capital 

Port of Spain

Currency 

(1913) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1935) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago

Includes 

Tobago;

Trinidad

Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Dates 

1909 – 1912

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Tripolitania

Dates 

1923 – 1943

Capital 

Tripoli

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Tripolitania (British Administration)

Dates 

1950 – 1952

Currency 

Military Administration Lire (MAL)

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues

Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Dates 

1948 – 1950

Currency 

Military Administration Lire (MAL)

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues

Tripolitania (British Occupation)

Refer 

Tripolitania (British Administration);

Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Tristan da Cunha

Dates 

1952 –

Capital 

Currency 

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

(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

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

(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tristan da Cunha

Trucial States

Dates

1961 – 1972

Currency

100 naye paise = 1 rupee

Main Article

Postage stamps and postal history of the Trucial States

Includes

Ajman;

Fujeira;

Ras Al Khaima;

Sharjah;

Umm Al Qiwain

See also

Abu Dhabi;

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;

Dubai;

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Tsingtao

Refer 

Kiautschou

Tunisia

Dates 

1888 –

Capital 

Tunis

Currency 

(1888) 100 centimes = 1 franc

(1959) 1000 milliemes = 1 dinar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tunisia

Turkey

Dates 

1863 –

Capital 

Constantinople (to 1923);

Ankara (since 1923)

Currency 

(1863) 40 paras = 1 piastre

(1926) 40 paras = 1 grush

(1929) 40 paras = 1 kurus

(1942) 100 paras = 1 kurus

(1949) 100 kurus = 1 lira

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey

Includes 

Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Al – Aq)#Angora (Ankara);

Thessaly (Turkish Occupation)

Turkish Cypriot Posts

Dates 

1974 –

Currency 

(1974) 1000 mils = 1 pound

(1978) 100 kurus = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Turkish Empire (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer 

Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Constantinople (Polish Post Office);

Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Turkmenistan

Dates 

1992 –

Capital 

Ashkabad

Currency 

(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

(1994) 100 tenge = 1 manat

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Turkmenistan

See also 

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Turks Islands

Dates 

1867 – 1900

Capital 

Cockburn Town

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer 

Turks & Caicos Islands

Turks & Caicos Islands

Dates 

1900 –

Capital 

Cockburn Town (Grand Turk)

Currency 

(1900) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (£)

(1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Includes 

Caicos Islands;

Turks Islands

Tuscany

Dates 

1851 – 1860

Capital 

Firenze (Florence)

Currency 

(1851) 60 quattrini = 20 soldi = 12 crazie = 1 Tuscan lira

(1859) 1 Tuscan lira = 1 Italian lira

Refer 

Italian States

Tuva

Dates 

1926 – 1944

Capital 

Kyzyl

Currency 

(1926) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

(1935) 100 kopecks = 1 tugrik

(1936) 100 kopecks = 1 aksha

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tannu Tuva

See also 

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Tuvalu

Dates 

1976 –

Capital 

Funafuti

Currency 

100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Tuvalu

See also 

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

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