List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M - Z)

;See also : List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A - E): List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F - L)

Introduction

This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp "for postal purposes". These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations, colonies, provinces, city-states and some revolutionary movements. The list includes members of the Universal Postal Union that are also listed at postal organisations.

Many of these entities are historic and some were very short-lived indeed. Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities that no longer issue stamps as dead countries.

The dates are the generally-agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues. "Date of issue" is taken to mean the date when a particular type or variation was "first" issued but its usage would often continue for many years. For example, although an entity may have issued its last stamp in 1951, actual usage may have continued till 1960: in that case, 1951 is the last stamp issue date.

The list has a short to medium term purpose for in that it identifies the country surveys which the project aims to introduce. Therefore, although it presently (i.e., in July 2006) contains numerous redlinks, there is method here in that members can readily see the country survey articles that are needed. It is recommended that articles should be started as in the short term using information that is readily available.

List

The list has been comprehensively revised to include extra entities and to direct the links away from the country articles to the (proposed) philatelic articles.

Macao

* Macao 1884 -

Macedonia

* Ottoman Postoffices
* Macedonia 1991 -

Madagascar and Dependencies

* Anjouan 1892 - 1914
* Diégo-Suarez 1890 - 1896
* Great Comoro 1897 - 1914
* Madagascar and Dependencies 1896 - 1958
* Mayotte 1892 - 1914
* Moheli 1906 - 1914
* Nossi–Be 1889 - 1891
* Ste Marie de Madagascar 1894 - 1896

Madeira

* Funchal 1892 - 1905
* Madeira 1868 -

Malagasy Republic

* Malagasy Republic 1958 -

Malawi

* British Central Africa 1891 - 1908
* Malawi 1964 -
* Nyasaland Protectorate 1907 - 1964

Malaysia

* Federated Malay States 1900 - 1935
* Johore 1876 -
* Kedah 1912 -
* Kelantan 1911 -
* Malacca 1948 -
* Malayan Federation 1957 - 1963
* Malayan Postal Union 1936 - 1968
* Malaysia 1963 -
* Negri Sembilan 1891 -
* North Borneo 1883 - 1963
* Pahang 1889 -
* Penang 1948 -
* Perak 1878 -
* Perlis 1948 -
* Sabah 1964 -
* Sarawak 1869 -
* Selangor 1881 -
* Sungei Ujong 1878 - 1895
* Trengganu 1910 -

Maldive Islands

* Maldive Islands 1906 -

Mali Republic

* Mali Republic 1960 -

Malta

* Malta 1860 -
* Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1966 -

Marshall Islands

* Marshall Islands 1984 -

Mauritania

* Mauritania 1960 -

Mauritius

* Mauritius 1847 -

Mexico

* Mexico 1856 -
* Campeche 1876 only
* Chiapas 1866 only
* Chihuahua 1872 only
* Cuautla 1867 only
* Cuernavaca 1867 only
* Guadalajara 1867 - 1868
* Mérida 1916 only
* Sinaloa 1929 only
* Tlacotalpan 1856 only
* Yucatán 1924 only

Micronesia

* Micronesia 1984 -

Moldova

* Moldova 1991 -

Monaco

* Monaco 1885 -

Mongolia

* Mongolia 1924 -

Montenegro

* Ottoman Postoffices before 1874
* Montenegro 1874 - 1918; 2006 -

Morocco

* Morocco 1956 -
* Northern Zone, Morocco 1956 - 1958
* Sherifian Post 1912 - 1919
* Southern Zone, Morocco 1956 - 1958

Mozambique

* Mozambique 1876 -

Mozambique Territories

* Inhambane 1895 - 1920
* Kionga 1916 only
* Lourenco Marques 1895 - 1921
* Quelimane 1913 – 1920
* Tete 1913 - 1920
* Zambezia 1894 - 1917

Nagorno–Karabakh

* Nagorno–Karabakh 1993 -

Namibia

* Namibia 1990 -
* South West Africa 1923 - 1991

Natal

* Natal 1857 - 1909

Nauru

* Nauru 1916 -

Nepal

* Nepal 1881 -

Netherlands

* Netherlands 1852 -

Netherlands Colonies

* Aruba 1986 -
* Curacao 1873 - 1948
* Netherlands Antilles 1949 -
* Netherlands Indies 1864 - 1948
* Netherlands New Guinea 1950 - 1962
* West Irian 1963 - 1970
* Western New Guinea 1962 - 1963

New Zealand

* New Zealand 1855 -

New Zealand Territories

* King Edward VII Land * 1908 only
* Victoria Land * 1911 - 1912
* Ross Dependency 1957 - 1987, 1994 -
* Niue 1902 -
* Tokelau 1948 -

* British claims with postal services formally assigned to the New Zealand Post Office

Nicaragua

* Nicaragua 1862 -
* Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua 1904 - 1909
* Zelaya, Nicaragua 1904 - 1912

Niger

* Niger 1959 -

Nigeria

* Nigeria 1914 -

Nigerian Territories

* Biafra 1968 - 1969
* Lagos 1874 - 1906
* Niger Coast Protectorate 1892 - 1902
* Northern Nigeria 1900 - 1914
* Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 - 1893
* Southern Cameroons 1960 - 1961
* Southern Nigeria 1901 - 1914

Niuafo'ou

* Niuafo'ou 1983 -

Niue

* Niue 1902 -

Norfolk Island

* Norfolk Island 1947 -

Norway

* Norway 1855 -

Oman

* Muscat 1944 - 1948
* Muscat and Oman 1966 - 1970
* Oman 1971 -

Orange River Colony

* Orange Free State 1868 - 1900
* Orange River Colony 1900 - 1907

Pakistan

* Amb State
* Bahawalpur 1945 - 1949
* Las Bela State
* Pakistan 1947 -

Palau

* Palau 1983 -

Palestine

* Ottoman Post Offices
* Foreign Post Offices
* Palestine (British Mandate) 1917-1948
* Palestinian National Authority 1994-

Panama

* Panama 1878 -

Papua New Guinea

* British New Guinea 1901 - 1906
* New Britain 1914 - 1915
* New Guinea (Australian Administration) 1925 - 1942
* North West Pacific Islands 1915 - 1925
* Papua 1906 - 1942
* Papua New Guinea 1952 -

Paraguay

* Paraguay 1870 -

Penrhyn Island

* Penrhyn Island 1973 -
* Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration) 1902 - 1932

Peru

* Peru 1858 -

Philippines

* Philippines 1946 -

Pitcairn Islands

* Pitcairn Islands 1940 -

Plebiscite Issues

* Allenstein 1920 only
* Carinthia 1920 only
* East Silesia 1920 only
* Marienwerder 1920 only
* Slesvig 1920 only
* Upper Silesia 1920 - 1922

Poland

* Poland 1918 -
* Poland (Russian Province) 1860 - 1863

Polish Post Abroad

* Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation) 1920 - 1922
* Constantinople (Polish Post Office) 1919 - 1921
* Danzig (Polish Post Office) 1924 - 1939
* Polish Army in Russia 1942 only
* Polish Corps in Russia 1918 only
* Polish Government in Exile 1941 - 1945

Portugal

* Portugal 1853 -

Portuguese Colonies

* Africa (Portuguese Colonies) 1898 only
* Mozambique Company 1892 - 1942
* Nyassa 1897 - 1929
* Portuguese Congo 1894 - 1920
* Portuguese Guinea 1881 - 1974
* Portuguese India 1871 - 1961
* Timor 1885 - 1976

Qatar

* Qatar 1957 –

Republic of Ireland

* Republic of Ireland 1922 -

Rhodesia

* British South Africa Company 1890 - 1924
* Northern Rhodesia 1925 - 1964
* Nyasa–Rhodesia Force (NF) 1916 only
* Rhodesia 1965 - 1980
* Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues) 1909 - 1924
* Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954 - 1964
* Southern Rhodesia 1924 - 1964
* Zambia 1964 -
* Zimbabwe 1980 -

Romania

* Turkish postoffices
* Foreign postoffices
* Moldavia 1858 - 1862
* Moldo–Wallachia 1862 - 1865
* Romania 1865 -

Romanian Post Abroad

* Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation) 1919 - 1920
* Constantinople (Romanian Post Office) 1896 - 1919
* Debrecen (Romanian Occupation) 1919 - 1920
* Hungary (Romanian Occupation) 1919 - 1920
* Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1896 - 1919
* Temesvar (Romanian Occupation) 1919 only
* Transylvania (Romanian Occupation) 1919 only

Russia

* Russia 1992 -
* Russia (pre - Soviet) 1858 - 1923
* Turkish postoffices (Batum)
* British Occupation (Batum)

Russian Civil War Issues

* Amur Province 1920 only
* Ataman Semyonov Regime 1920 only
* Crimea 1918 - 1919
* Denikin Government 1919 - 1920
* Don Territory 1918 - 1920
* Far Eastern Republic 1920 - 1922
* Kolchak Government 1919 - 1920
* Kuban Territory 1918 - 1920
* North Ingermanland 1920 only
* North Western Army 1919 - 1920
* Northern Army 1919 - 1920
* Priamur and Maritime Provinces 1921 - 1922
* Siberia (Czechoslovak Army) 1919 - 1920
* Transbaikal Province 1920 only
* Western Army 1919 - 1920
* Wrangel Government 1920 - 1921

Russian Post Abroad

* Russian post offices abroad
* Beirut (Russian Post Office) 1879 - 1910
* China (Russian Post Offices) 1899 - 1920
* Constantinople (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Crete (Russian Post Offices) 1899 only
* Dardanelles (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Jaffa (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Jerusalem (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Mount Athos (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1914
* Mytilene (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1914
* North Korea (Russian Occupation) 1946 - 1948
* Rizeh (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire 1863 - 1914
* Salonika (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1914
* Smyrne (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910
* South Lithuania (Russian Occupation) 1919 only
* Trebizonde (Russian Post Office) 1909 - 1910

Saar

* Saar 1947 - 1959

Samoa

* Samoa 1982 -
* Samoa (Kingdom) 1877 - 1900
* Samoa (New Zealand Administration) 1914 - 1935
* Samoa I Sisifo 1958 - 1982
* Western Samoa 1935 - 1958

San Marino

* San Marino 1877 -

Sao Tome e Principe

* Sao Tome e Principe 1870 -

Saudi Arabia

* Turkish Postoffices
* Foreign Postoffices
* Hejaz 1916 - 1926
* Hejaz - Nejd 1926 - 1932
* Nejd 1925 - 1926
* Saudi Arabia 1932 -

Senegal

* Senegal 1960 -

Serbia

* Turkish Postoffices
* Foreign Postoffices
* Serbia 1866 - 1920; 2006 -

Serbian Post Abroad

* Baranya (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only
* Hungary (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only
* Temesvar (Serbian Occupation) 1919 only

Seychelles

* British Indian Ocean Territory 1868 - 1976
* Seychelles 1890 -
* Zil Elwannyen Sesel 1980 -

Sharjah

* Sharjah 1963 - 1972

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone 1859 -

Singapore

* Labuan 1879 - 1906
* Singapore 1948 -
* Straits Settlements 1867 - 1942

Slovakia

* Slovakia 1993 -
* Slovakia (Autonomous State) 1939 - 1945

Slovenia

* Slovenia 1991 -
* Slovenia (Provincial Issues) 1919 - 1921

Solomon Islands

* British Solomon Islands 1907 - 1975
* Solomon Islands 1975 -

Somalia

* Somalia 1950 -

Somaliland Protectorate

* British Somaliland 1903 only
* Somaliland Protectorate 1904 - 1960

South Africa

* South Africa 1910 -

South African Territories

* Bophutatswana 1977 -
* Ciskei 1981 -
* Transkei 1977 -
* Venda 1979 -

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

* South Georgia 1963 - 1980
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1980 -

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

* Postage stamps and postal history of Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Italy) 1966

Spain

* Canary Islands 1936 - 1938
* Spain 1850 -

Spanish Colonies

* Cape Juby 1916 - 1950
* Cuba and Puerto Rico 1855 - 1872
* Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco 1903 - 1908
* Fernando Poo 1868 - 1968
* Ifni 1941 - 1969
* La Agüera 1920 - 1924
* Puerto Rico 1873 - 1900
* Río de Oro 1905 - 1924
* Río Muni 1960 - 1968
* Spanish Guinea 1902 - 1960
* Spanish Marianas 1898 - 1899
* Spanish Morocco 1914 - 1956
* Spanish Philippines 1854 - 1898
* Spanish Sahara 1924 - 1975
* Spanish West Africa 1949 - 1951

Spanish Post Abroad

* Andorra (Spanish Offices) 1928 -
* Morocco (Spanish Post Offices) 1903 - 1914
* Tangier (Spanish Post Offices) 1921 - 1957
* Tetuan (Spanish Post Office) 1908 - 1909

Sri Lanka

* Ceylon 1857 - 1972
* Sri Lanka 1972 -

St Helena

* St Helena 1856 -

Sudan

* Sudan 1897 -

Suriname

* Suriname 1873 -

Swaziland

* Swaziland 1933 -
* Swaziland (Provisional Government) 1889 - 1894

Sweden

* Stockholm 1856 - 1862
* Sweden 1855 -

Swiss Cantonal Issues

* Basle 1845 only
* Geneva 1843 - 1850
* Zürich 1843 - 1850

Switzerland

* Switzerland 1850 -

Syria

* Turkish Postoffices
* Military occupation issues- British occupation- French occupation
* Foreign postoffices
* Alaouites 1925 - 1930
* Hatay 1938 - 1939
* Ile Rouad 1916 - 1921
* Latakia 1931 - 1937
* Syria 1924 -

Taiwan

* Taiwan 2007 -

Tajikistan

* Tajikistan 1992 -

Tanzania

* Tanzania 1965 -

Thailand

* Malaya (Thai Occupation) 1943 - 1945
* Siam 1883 - 1939
* Siam (Thailand) 1947 - 1950
* Thailand 1940 -

Thrace

* Adrianople (Edirne) 1920 - 1922
* Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation) 1913 only
* Eastern Thrace 1920 - 1922
* Gumultsina 1913 only
* Thrace (Allied Occupation) 1919 - 1920
* Western Thrace 1913 only
* Western Thrace (Greek Occupation) 1920 only

Tibet

* Tibet 1912 - 1959
* Tibet (Chinese Post Offices) 1911 - 1912

Togo

* Togo 1957 -
* Togo (Anglo - French Occupation) 1914 - 1919

Tokelau

* Tokelau 1948 -

Tonga

* Tonga 1886 -

Transvaal

* Lydenburg 1900 - 1902
* New Republic 1886 - 1888
* Pietersburg 1901 only
* Rustenburg 1900 - 1902
* Schweizer–Renecke 1900 only
* South African Republic 1869 - 1902
* Transvaal 1869 - 1910
* Volksrust 1902 only
* Wolmaransstad 1900 only

Trieste

* Trieste (AMG) 1947 - 1954
* Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government) 1948 - 1954

Tristan da Cunha

* Tristan da Cunha 1952 -

Trucial States

* Ajman 1964 - 1967
* Fujeira 1964 - 1972
* Ras Al Khaima 1964 - 1966
* Sharjah 1963 - 1968
* Trucial States 1961 - 1972
* Umm Al Qiwain 1964 - 1967

Tunisia

* Tunisia 1888 -

Turkey

* Ottoman Empire issues
* Foreign Postoffices
* Postoffices abroad
* Angora 1920 - 1923
* Republic issues 1923-

Turkmenistan

* Turkmenistan 1992 -

Turks and Caicos Islands

* Caicos Islands 1981 -
* Turks and Caicos Islands 1900 -
* Turks Islands 1867 - 1900

Uganda

* Uganda 1962 -

Ukraine

* Ukraine 1992 -
* Ukraine (pre - Soviet) 1918 - 1923
* Ukrainian Field Post 1920 only
* West Ukraine 1918 - 1919

United Arab Emirates

* Abu Dhabi 1964 - 1972
* Dubai 1963 - 1972
* United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1973 -

United Kingdom

* Alderney 1983 -
* Channel Islands 1948 only
* Great Britain 1840 -
* Great Britain (Regional Issues) 1958 -
* Guernsey 1941 -
* Isle of Man 1973 -
* Jersey 1941 -
* Northern Ireland 1958 -
* Scotland 1958 -
* Wales 1958 -
* Postoffices abroad

United Nations

* United Nations Postal Administration 1951 -

United States of America

* Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865
* Hawaii 1851 - 1898
* USA 1847 -
* Occupation issues

Uruguay

* Uruguay 1856 -

US Post Abroad

* Guam 1899 - 1901
* Philippines (US Administration) 1899 - 1945
* Shanghai (US Postal Agency) 1919 - 1922
* US Post Offices in Japan 1867 - 1874

USSR

* Transcaucasian Federation 1923 - 1924
* Tuva 1926 - 1944
* USSR 1923 - 1992
* USSR Issues for the Far East 1923 only

Uzbekistan

* Uzbekistan 1992 -

Vanuatu

* New Hebrides 1908 - 1980
* Vanuatu 1980 -

Vatican City

* Vatican City 1929 -

Venezia Giulia and Istria

* Istria (Yugoslav Occupation) 1945 only
* Venezia Giulia and Istria (AMG) 1945 - 1947
* Venezia Giulia and Istria (Yugoslav Military Government) 1945 - 1947
* Venezia Giulia and Istria (Yugoslav Occupation) 1945 only

Venezuela

* Venezuela 1859 -

Windward Islands

* Barbados 1852 -
* Grenada 1861 -
* Grenadines of Grenada 1973 -
* Grenadines of St Vincent 1973 -
* St Lucia 1860 -
* St Vincent 1861 -
* Tobago 1879 - 1896
* Trinidad 1851 - 1913
* Trinidad and Tobago 1913 -

Yemen

* Ottoman Postoffices
* Foreign Postoffices
* Southern Yemen 1968 - 1971
* Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom) 1926 - 1970
* Yemen Arab Republic 1963 - 1990
* Yemen PDR 1971 - 1990
* Yemen Republic 1990 -

Yugoslavia

* Bosnian Serb Republic 1992 -
* Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue) 1945 only
* Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues) 1945 only
* Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues) 1944 - 1946
* Serbia and Montenegro 2003 - 2006
* Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues) 1945 - 1946
* Yugoslav Government in Exile 1943 - 1945
* Yugoslavia 1944 -
* Yugoslavia (Democratic Federation) 1944 - 1945
* Yugoslavia (Kingdom) 1929 - 1941

Zululand

* Zululand 1888 - 1897

;See also : List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A - E): List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F - L)

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"