Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
See the :Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
Smirne (Italian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1911
Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Smyrne (Russian Post Office)
Dates 1909–1910
Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
SO 1920
Refer East Silesia
Solomon Islands
Dates 1975–
Capital Honiara
Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Solomon Islands
Includes British Solomon Islands
Somalia
Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.
Dates 1950–
Capital Mogadishu
Currency (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo
(1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia
Somalia (British Administration)
Dates 1950 only
Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Military Administration)
BMA Somalia.
Dates 1948– 1950
Currency 100 cents = 1 shilling
Refer BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Occupation)
Refer East Africa Forces
See also Somalia (British Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration)
Somaliland Protectorate
Dates 1904–1960
Capital Hargeisa
Currency (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland
Includes British Somaliland
Soruth (Saurashtra)
Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.
Dates 1864–1949
Capital Junagadh
Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Soudan
Refer Sudan
South Africa
Dates 1910–
Capital Pretoria
Currency (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa
South African Republic
Dates 1869–1902
Capital Pretoria
Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
South African Territories
Main Article Needed
Includes Bophutatswana; Ciskei; Transkei; Venda
South Arabian Federation
Dates 1963–1968
Capital Aden
Currency (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling
(1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar
Refer Aden Protectorate States
South Australia
Dates 1855–1912
Capital Adelaide
Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
See also Australia
South Bulgaria
Dates 1885 only
Capital Plovdiv (Philippopolis) Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Bulgarian Territories
South China (People's Post)
Dates 1949 only
Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer CPR Regional Issues
South East Saxony (Russian Zone)
Dates 1945–1946
Capital Dresden
Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
South Georgia
Dates 1963–1980
Capital Grytviken
Currency (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Refer South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.
Dates 1944–1946
Capital Grytviken
Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.
