Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me - Mz)

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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Mecklenburg-Schwerin

;Dates : 1856 - 1868;Capital : Schwerin;Currency : 48 schillings = 1 thaler

;Refer : German States

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

;Dates : 1864 - 1868;Capital : Strelitz;Currency : 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

;Refer : German States

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)

;Dates : 1945 - 1946;Capital : Schwerin;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

MEF

;Refer : Middle East Forces (MEF)

Melaka

;Refer : Malacca

Memel (French Administration)

;Dates : 1920 - 1923;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : French Occupation Issues

Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)

;Refer : Klaipeda

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)

;Dates : 1942 - 1945;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues

Mengtse

;Refer : Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mesopotamia

;Refer : Mosul (Indian Forces)

Metelin

;Refer : Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

= Mexico =

;Dates : 1856 -;Capital : Mexico City;Currency : 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso

Micronesia

;Dates : 1984 -;Capital : ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

Middle Congo

;Dates : 1907 - 1937;Capital : Brazzaville;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Congo Republic;: French Congo;: French Equatorial Africa

Middle East Forces (MEF)

;Dates : 1942 - 1947;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : BA/BMA Issues;: British Occupation Issues;: Egypt (British Forces)

Midway Islands

;Refer : United States of America (USA)

Modena

;Dates : 1852 - 1860;Capital : Modena;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Italian States

Moheli

;Dates : 1906 - 1914;Capital : ;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : Madagascar & Dependencies

Moldavia

;Dates : 1858 - 1862;Capital : Iaşi;Currency : 40 parale = 1 piastre

;Refer : Romania

Moldo-Wallachia

;Dates : 1862 - 1865;Capital : Bucharest;Currency : 40 parale = 1 piastre

;Refer : Romania

Moldova

;Dates : 1991 -;Capital : Kishinev;Currency : (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble: (1993) kupon (temporary currency): (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Moluccas

;Refer : Japanese Naval Control Area

Monaco

;Dates : 1885 -;Capital : Monte Carlo;Currency : (1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

Mongolia

;Dates : 1924 -;Capital : Ulan Bator;Currency : (1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar: (1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög

;Main Article Needed :

Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

;Dates : 1903 - 1922;Currency : (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre

;Refer : China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mongtze

;Refer : Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)

Mont-Athos

;Refer : Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Montenegro

;Dates : 1874 - 1918; 2006 - ;Capital : Podgorica;Currency : (1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin: (1902) 100 heller = 1 krone: (1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper): (2006) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;See also : Yugoslavia

Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)

;Dates : 1917 only;Currency : 100 heller = 1 krone

;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Montenegro (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1943 - 1945;Currency : (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira: (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Montenegro (Italian Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 - 1943;Currency : (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar: (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Italian Occupation Issues

Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

;Dates : 1945 only;Capital : Titograd (Podgorica);Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Montenegro

Montserrat

;Dates : 1876 -;Capital : Plymouth;Currency : (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

= Morocco =

;Dates : 1956 -;Capital : Rabat;Currency : (1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone): (1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone): (1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country): (1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham

;Includes : Northern Zone, Morocco;: Sherifian Post;: Southern Zone, Morocco

Morocco Agencies

;Dates : 1898 - 1957;Currency : British, French and Spanish all used

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Tangier

Morocco (British Post Offices)

;Refer : Morocco Agencies

Morocco (French Post Offices)

;Dates : 1862 - 1914;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : French Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (German Post Offices)

;Dates : 1899 - 1917;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : German Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)

;Dates : 1903 - 1914;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Morvi

;Dates : 1931 - 1948;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Mosul (Indian Forces)

;Dates : 1919 only;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Overseas Forces

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 - 1914;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Moyen Congo

;Refer : Middle Congo

Mozambique

;Dates : 1876 -;Capital : Maputo (Lourenco Marques);Currency : (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis: (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo: (1980) 100 centavos = 1 meticul

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Mozambique Company

;Dates : 1892 - 1942;Currency : (1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis: (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

;Main Article Needed :

Mozambique Territories

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Inhambane;: Kionga;: Lourenco Marques;: Quelimane;: Tete;: Zambezia

Muscat

;Dates : 1944 - 1948;Capital : Muscat;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Muscat & Oman

;See also : British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;: Oman

Muscat & Oman

;Dates : 1966 - 1970;Capital : Muscat;Currency : (1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee;: (1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Muscat

;See also : British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;: Oman

Mustique

;Refer : Grenadines of St Vincent

Mutawakelite Kingdom

;Refer : Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)

Myanmar

;Refer : Burma

Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 - 1914;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

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"