Each "article" in this category is 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.
See the :Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
BA/BMA Issues
Main Article Needed
Includes Eritrea (British Administration); Eritrea (British Military Administration); Malaya (British Military Administration); North Borneo (British Military Administration); Sarawak (British Military Administration); Somalia (British Administration); Somalia (British Military Administration); Tripolitania (British Administration); Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
See also British Occupation Issues; British Occupation of Italian Colonies; East Africa Forces; Egypt (British Forces); Middle East Forces
BA Eritrea
Refer Eritrea (British Administration)
BA Somalia
Refer Somalia (British Administration)
BA Tripolitania
Refer Tripolitania (British Administration)
Baden
Became part of Germany in 1871.
Dates 1851–1871
Capital Karlsruhe
Currency 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Baden
Baden (French Zone)
Dates 1947–1949
Currency (1947) 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
(1948) 100 pfennige = 1 DM
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
Baghdad (British Occupation)
British occupation forces issued Turkish stamps overprinted BAGHDAD IN BRITISH OCCUPATION.
Dates 1917 only
Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer British Occupation Issues
Bahamas
Self-government was introduced on January 7, 1964. The islands became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on July 10, 1973.
Dates 1859 –
Capital Nassau
Currency (1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main article Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas
Bahawalpur
Pakistan stamps in use since 1949.
Dates 1945–1949
Capital Bahawalpur
Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Bahawalpur
Bahrain
A group of islands 20 miles east of the Arabian peninsula and joined to Saudi Arabia by causeway. The largest is Bahrain itself. The site has been inhabited for over 5000 years. Bahrain was under British protection 1861–1971 and is now fully independent. Indian and British postal administration was used until 1 January 1966 when Bahrain opened its own service.
Bahrain used Indian stamps 1883–1933. Since then it has had its own stamps but also used general issues of British PAs in Eastern Arabia during shortages in the 1950s.
Issues during 1933–1947 were Indian stamps overprinted BAHRAIN. During 1948–59 British stamps were used, again overprinted BAHRAIN. The first stamps exclusive to Bahrain were issued on 1 July 1960.
Dates 1933 –
Capital Manama
Currency (1933) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
(1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
(1966) 100 fils = 1 dinar
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Bahrain
See also British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
Baluchistan
Refer Las Bela
Bamra
Dates 1888–1890
Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation)
Romanian occupation of Hungary. The area was subsequently split between Romania and Yugoslavia.
Dates 1919–1920
Capital Temesvar (Timișoara) Currency 100 filler = 1 korona
Refer Romanian Post Abroad
Bangkok (British Post Office)
British PO issued 1867 Straits Settlements stamps with an overprint of B.
Dates 1882–1885
Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer British Post Offices Abroad
Bangladesh
Formerly East Pakistan.
Dates 1971 –
Capital Dhaka
Currency (1971) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
(1972) 100 paisa = 1 taka
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Bangladesh
Baranya (Serbian Occupation)
Serbian occupation of Hungary.
Dates 1919 only
Capital Pécs
Currency 100 filler = 1 korona
Refer Serbian Occupation Issues
Barbados
Self-government was attained on 16 October 1961. Became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 November 1966.