Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ra - Rz)

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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Rab

;Refer : Arbe

Rajasthan

;Dates : 1948 - 1950;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Rajnandgaon

;Refer : Nandgaon

Rajpipla

;Dates : 1880 - 1886;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Rarotonga

;Dates : 1919 - 1932;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Cook Islands

Ras Al Khaima

Stamps issued 1967-1972 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

;Dates : 1964 - 1966;Currency : (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee: (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

;Refer : Trucial States

Redonda

;Refer : Antigua

Republic of China

;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);: Taiwan

Republic of Ireland

;Dates : 1922 -;Capital : Dublin;Currency : (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1971) 100 pence = 1 punt: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

Republic of Maldives

;Refer : Maldive Islands

Republika Srpska

;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic

Republique Libanaise

;Refer : Lebanon

Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)

Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within itsown sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.

;Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Reunion

;Dates : 1885 - 1974;Capital : Saint-Denis;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

Rheinland - Pfalz

;Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Rhineland - Palatinate (French Zone)

;Dates : 1947 - 1949;Capital : Mainz;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Rhodes

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

;Dates : 1912 - 1935;Capital : Rodhos;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Rhodesia

;Dates : 1965 - 1980;Capital : Salisbury;Currency : (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);: Southern Rhodesia

;See also : Zimbabwe

Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)

;Dates : 1909 - 1924;Capital : Salisbury;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Rhodesia

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

;Dates : 1954 - 1964;Capital : Salisbury;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

Riau-Lingga Archipelago

;Dates : 1954 - 1965;Capital : Tandjungpinang;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Indonesia

Rijeka

;Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Rio de Oro

;Dates : 1905 - 1924;Capital : Villa Cisneros;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : Spanish West Africa

Rio Muni

;Dates : 1960 - 1968;Capital : Bata;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : Spanish Guinea

Rizeh (Russian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 - 1910;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Rodi

;Refer : Rhodes

Romagna

;Dates : 1859 - 1860;Capital : Bologna;Currency : 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo

;Refer : Italian States

Roman States

;Refer : Papal States

= Romania =

;Dates : 1865 -;Capital : Bucharest;Currency : (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre: (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu

;Includes : Moldavia;: Moldo-Wallachia

Romania (Austrian Occupation)

;Dates : 1917 - 1918;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu

;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)

;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Romania (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1917 - 1918;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Romanian Post Abroad

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);: Constantinople (Romanian Post Office);: Debrecen (Romanian Occupation);: Hungary (Romanian Occupation);: Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;: Temesvar (Romanian Occupation);: Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

;Dates : 1896 - 1919;Currency : (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre: (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu

;Refer : Romanian Post Abroad

ROPiT

Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll.

;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

= Ross Dependency =

;Dates : 1957 -;Capital : Scott Base;Currency : (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Rouad Island

;Refer : Ile Rouad

Ruanda - Urundi

;Dates : 1924 - 1962;Capital : Usumbura;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Belgian Congo;: Burundi;: Rwanda

Rumania

;Refer : Romania

= Russia =

Stamps issued are cat. nos 63-11 onwards of Russia.

;Dates : 1992 -;Capital : Moscow;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Russia (pre-Soviet)

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

Russia (pre - Soviet)

Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.

;Dates : 1858 - 1923;Capital : Moscow;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : Russia

Russia (German Occupation)

;Refer : Ostland;: Ukraine (German Occupation)

Russian Army Issues

;Refer : North Western Army;: Northern Army;: Western Army

Russian Civil War Issues

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Amur Province;: Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);: Crimea;: Denikin Government;: Don Territory;: Far Eastern Republic;: Kolchak Government (Siberia);: Kuban Territory;: North Ingermanland;: North Western Army;: Northern Army;: Priamur & Maritime Provinces;: Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);: Transbaikal Province;: Western Army;: Wrangel Government

;See also : USSR Issues for the Far East

Russian Occupation Issues

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation);: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian Post Offices Abroad

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : China (Russian Post Offices);: Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in usethroughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices atMytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

;Dates : 1863 - 1914;Currency : (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble: (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office);: Constantinople (Russian Post Office);: Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);: Jaffa (Russian Post Office);: Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);: Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);: Mytilene (Russian Post Office);: Rizeh (Russian Post Office);: Salonika (Russian Post Office);: Smyrne (Russian Post Office);: Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Russian Zone (General Issues)

;Dates : 1948 - 1949;Capital : East Berlin;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll

;Refer : ROPiT

Rustenburg

;Dates : 1900 - 1902;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Transvaal

Rwanda

;Dates : 1962 -;Capital : Kigali;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands

;Dates : 1948 - 1972;Capital : Naha;Currency : (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen: (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

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"