Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sc - Sl)

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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Scarpanto

;Refer : Karpathos

Schleswig

;Dates : 1864 - 1868;Capital : Schleswig;Currency : 16 schilling = 1 mark

;Refer : German States

Schleswig-Holstein

;Dates : 1850 - 1868;Capital : Kiel;Currency : 16 schilling = 1 mark

;Refer : German States

Schweizer-Renecke

;Dates : 1900 only;Capital : Schweizer-Renecke;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Transvaal

Scinde

;Dates : 1852 - 1854;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Scotland

;Dates : 1958 -;Capital : Edinburgh;Currency : (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

;Refer : Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Scott Expedition

;Refer : Victoria Land

Scutari (Italian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 - 1915;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SDD

;Refer : Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Seiyun

;Refer : Kathiri State of Seiyun

Selangor

;Dates : 1881 -;Capital : Kuala Lumpur;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Malaysia

Semyonov Regime

;Refer : Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)

Senegal

;Dates : 1960 -;Capital : Dakar;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Senegal (French Colony)

;See also : French West Africa;: Mali Federation

Senegal (French Colony)

;Dates : 1887 -;Capital : Dakar;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : Senegal

Senegambia & Niger

;Dates : 1903 - 1906;Capital : Dakar;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : French Soudan

Serbia

;Dates : 1866 - 1920; 2006 - ;Capital : Belgrade;Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;See also : Yugoslavia

Serbia (Austrian Occupation)

;Dates : 1916 only;Currency : 100 heller = 1 krone

;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Serbia (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 - 1944;Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;Dates : 1944 - 1946;Capital : Belgrade;Currency : 100 filler = 1 pengo

;Refer : Serbia

Serbian Occupation Issues

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Baranya (Serbian Occupation);: Hungary (Serbian Occupation);: Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)

Serbia & Montenegro

;Dates : 2003 - 2006;Capital : Belgrade;Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Montenegro: Serbia;: Yugoslavia;

Seychelles

;Dates : 1890 -;Capital : Victoria;Currency : 100 cents = 1 rupee

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : British Indian Ocean Territory;: Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Seychelles Outer Islands

;Refer : Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Shackleton Expedition

;Refer : King Edward VII Land

Shahpura

;Dates : 1914 - 1920;Capital : ;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Shanghai

;Dates : 1865 - 1898;Currency : (1865) 10 cash = 1 candareen, 100 candareens = 1 tael: (1890) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Chinese Empire

Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

;Dates : 1919 - 1922;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : US Post Abroad

Sharjah

Issues of 1968-1972 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

;Dates : 1963 - 1968;Currency : (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee: (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.

;Refer : Trucial States

Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia

;Dates : 1946 - 1949;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : CPR Regional Issues

Sherifian Post

;Dates : 1912 - 1919;Currency : 400 moussonats = 1 rial

;Refer : Morocco

Shihr & Mukalla

;Refer : Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

Shqip-

Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.

;Refer : Albania

SHS

;Refer : Srba Hrvata Slovena

Siam

;Dates : 1883 - 1939;Capital : Bangkok;Currency : (1883) 32 solot = 16 atts = 8 sio = 4 sik = 2 fuang = 1 salung;: 4 salungs = 1 tical: (1909) 100 satangs = 1 tical: (1912) 100 satangs = 1 baht

;Refer : Thailand

Siam (Thailand)

;Dates : 1947 - 1950;Capital : Bangkok;Currency : 100 satangs = 1 baht

;Refer : Thailand

Siam (British Post Offices)

;Refer : Bangkok (British Post Office)

Siberia

;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)

;Dates : 1919 - 1920;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

Sicily

;Dates : 1859 - 1860;Capital : Palermo;Currency : 100 grano = 1 ducato

;Refer : Italian States

Sierra Leone

;Dates : 1859 -;Capital : Freetown;Currency : (1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1964) 100 cents = 1 rupee

;Main Article Needed :

Sikkim

Unofficial issues only.

;Refer : India

Silesia

;Refer : East Silesia;: Upper Silesia

Simi

;Refer : Syme

Sind

;Refer : Scinde

Singapore

;Dates : 1948 -;Capital : Singapore;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

Sinkiang

Within Sinkiang province was the short-lived Ili Republic, which issued some unofficial stamps 1945-1949.

;Dates : 1915 - 1949;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : Chinese Provinces

Sirmoor

;Dates : 1879 - 1902;Currency : 12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Slesvig

;Dates : 1920 only;Capital : Schleswig;Currency : Danish and German used concurrently

;Refer : Plebiscite Issues

Slovakia

In 1993, the federation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and Slovakia became an independent republic with
Michal Kováč as its first president.

;Dates : 1993 -;Capital : Bratislava;Currency : 100 haleru = 1 koruna

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Slovakia(Autonomous State)

;See also : Czechoslovakia;: Czech Republic

Slovakia (Autonomous State)

;Dates : 1939 - 1945;Capital : Bratislava;Currency : 100 haleru = 1 koruna

;Refer : Slovakia

Slovenia

Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia was combined with other areas in 1918 to form
Yugoslavia. After occupation by Italy and Germany in WW2, it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1945.In 1991, Slovenia seceded from the Yugoslav federation and became an independent republic.

;Dates : 1991 -;Capital : Ljubljana;Currency : tolar

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Slovenia (Provincial Issues);: Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;See also : Yugoslavia

Slovenia (Provincial Issues)

;Dates : 1919 - 1921;Capital : Ljubljana;Currency : 100 vinar = 1 krona

;Refer : Slovenia

Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;Dates : 1945 - 1946;Capital : Ljubljana;Currency : German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently

;Refer : Slovenia

Slovenia (German Occupation)

;Refer : Laibach (German Occupation)

Slovenia (Italian Occupation)

;Refer : Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"