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A
Aarau, private airpost issues see Switzerland
Abkhazia see Georgia
Abu Dhabi
Acambaro, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Aden
Afars & Issas
Afghanistan
Afrikanische Seeenpost see German East Africa
Afuleh, local issues see Israel
Agar, W.E., private issues see Samoa
Aguascalientes, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Ain-Tab, local issues see Syria
Aitutaki
Ajman
Alaouites see Alawite State
Alawite State
Aleppo, local issues see Syria
Alerta, local issues see Peru
Alexandria, French office abroad see Egypt
Alexandria VA, local issues see United States
Algeria
Alwar, feudatory state see India
Ambohibe, local issues see Madagascar
Amoy, local issues see China, Empire
Ancachs, local issues see Peru
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Azad Hind see India/Japan
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Japanese occupation see India/Japan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan see Sudan
Anglo-French occupation of Togo see Togo
Angola
Anguilla
Anhui, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Anhwei, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Anjouan
Annam & Tonkin
Antalaha, local issues see Madagascar
Antigua see Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
Antioquia, state issues see Colombia
Apurimac, local issues see Peru
Arab Government see Syria
Arequipa, Peruvian government issues see Peru
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ascension
A & T see Annam & Tonkin
Atanasio Lapido, carrier issues see Uruguay
Atrato, local issues see Colombia
Australia – Commonwealth
Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian forces in Japan see Japan
Australian forces in Vietnam see Vietnam
Australian New Hebrides Company see New Hebrides
Australian occupation New Guinea see Australia – Commonwealth/New Guinea
Avianca, airline issues see Colombia
Azad Hind see India
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Iranian see Iran
Azerbaijan, Persian see Iran
Azuay, provincial issues see Ecuador
B
Baghdad, British occupation see Iraq
Bahamas
Bahawalpur, feudatory state see India
Bahrain
Baja California, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Baja California, state issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Baltimore, local issues see United States
Bamra, feudatory state see India
Bangladesh
Bangkok, Straits Settlements office see Malaysia
Barbacoas, local issues see Colombia
Barbados
Barbuda see Antigua & Barbuda
Barwani, feudatory state see India
Basel, cantonal issues see Switzerland
Basel, private airpost issues see Switzerland
Bashahr, feudatory state see India
Basutoland
Batum
B.C.O.F. see British Commonwealth Occupation Force see Japan
Bechuanaland
Beijing, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Beizimiao, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Beirut, Russian office abroad see Lebanon
Belalp, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Belgian Congo
Belgian occupation of German East Africa see Belgian Congo/German East Africa
Belize
Benadir see Italian Somaliland
Beni, regional issues see Bolivia
Benin
Beni Sa’ab, local issues see Lebanon
Bequia see Saint Vincent
Bermuda
Bern, private airpost issues see Switzerland
Bhopal, feudatory state see India
Bhor, feudatory state see India
Bhutan
Biafra
Bijawar, feudatory state see India
Black Flag Republic, see China, Empire
Bluefields, regional issues see Nicaragua
BMA Malaya see British military administration Malaya see Malaysia
Bocas del Toro, local issues see Panama
Bogota, local issues see Colombia
Bolivar, provincial issues see Ecuador
Bolivar, state issues see Colombia
Bolivia
Bonaire, regional issues see Caribbean Netherlands
Bophuthatswana
Boscawen, local issues see United States
Boston, local issues see United States
Botswana
Boyaca, state issues see Colombia
Brattleboro, local issues see United States
Brazil
British Antarctic Territory
British Bechuanaland see Bechuanaland
British Cameroons see Cameroon
British Central Africa
British Columbia see British Columbia & Vancouver Island
British Columbia & Vancouver Island
British Commonwealth Occupation Force see Japan
British Consular Mail see Madagascar
British East Africa
British East Africa Company see British East Africa
British East Africa & Uganda
British East India Company see India
British Guiana
British Honduras
British India see India
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Inland Mail see Madagascar
British Leeward Islands see Leeward Islands
British military administration Libya see Italian Tripolitania
British military administration Malaya see Malaysia
British New Guinea see Papua
British occupation of Baghdad see Iraq
British occupation of Bushehr see Iran
British occupation of Cameroon see Cameroon
British occupation of Egypt see Egypt
British occupation of Ethiopia see Ethiopia
British occupation of German East Africa see British East Africa & Uganda/German East Africa
British occupation of Italian Eritrea see Italian Eritrea
British occupation of Italian Somaliland see Italian Somaliland
British occupation of Italian Tripolitania see Italian Tripolitania
British occupation of Mafia see German East Africa
British occupation of Togo see Togo
British offices in China see China, Empire
British offices in Madagascar see Madagascar
British offices in Morocco see Morocco
British offices in Tangier see Morocco
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
British Solomon Islands see Solomon Islands
British Somaliland
British South Africa Company
Brunei
Brunei, Japanese occupation see Brunei/Japan
Buchanan see Liberia
Buenos Aires, provincial issues see Argentina
Buenos Aires, Republic see Argentina
Buiten Bezit, regional issues see Netherlands Indies
Bundi, feudatory state see India
Burgedorf, private airpost issues see Switzerland
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Bushehr, British occupation see Iran
Bushehr, local issues see Iran
Bushehr & Shiraz, insurgent issues see Iran
Bushire see Bushehr see Iran
Bussahir, feudatory state see India
Burma
Burma, Japanese occupation see Burma/Japan
Burmese Independence Army see Burma/Japan
C
Cabinda see Portuguese Congo
Cabo Gracias a Dios. regional issues see Nicaragua
Cabo Verde see Cape Verde
Caicos Islands, regional issues see Turks & Caicos Islands
Cali, local issues see Colombia
Cambodia
Cameron Macauly, private issues see Venezuela, Danish West Indies
Cameroon
Campeche, local issues see Mexico
Campione
Canada – Province
Canada – Dominion
Canal Zone see Panama – Canal Zone
Canar, provincial issues see Ecuador
Canouan see Saint Vincent
Canton, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Canton, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Cape Colony see Cape of Good Hope
Cape Juby
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Verde
Carchi, provincial issues see Ecuador
Caribbean Netherlands
Caroline Islands
Carriacou & Petit Martinique see Grenada
Cartagena, local issues see Colombia
Carupano, civil war issues see Venezuela
Cauca, local issues see Colombia
Cayman Islands
C. CH. see Cochin China
C.E.F. see China Expeditionary Force see China, Empire/India
Central African Republic
Central African Empire see Central African Republic
Ceylon
Chachapoyas, local issues see Peru
Chad
Charleston, local issues see United States
Chala, local issues see Peru
Chamba, convention state see India
Chefoo, local issues see China, Empire
Chekiang, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Chiapas, local issues see Mexico
Chihuahua, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Choco, local issues see Colombia
Central African Federation see Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Central China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
Central Pacific Cocoanut Plantations Ltd, private issues see Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Charkari, feudatory state see India
Chendu, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Chiclao, local issues see Peru
Chile
Chilean occupation Peru see Chile
Chimborazo, local issues see Ecuador
Chimborazo, provincial issues see Ecuador
China, Customs Office see China, Empire
China, Empire
China, Japanese occupation see China, Republic of/Japan
China, Peoples Republic
China, Republic of
China, Taiwan
China Expeditionary Force see China, Empire/India
Cincinnati, local issues see United States
Chinkiang, local issues see China, Empire
Ciudad Gonzalez, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Chongqing, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Choson see Korea
Christmas Island
Christmas Island, private issues see Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Chungking, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Chungking, local issues see China, Empire
Ciskei
Ciudad Bolivar, local issues see Venezuela
Cleveland, local issues see United States
Coamo, local issues see Puerto Rico
Cochin, feudatory state see India
Cochin China
Cocos Islands
Colima, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Colombia
Colon, local issues 1897-1899 see Panama
Colon, local issues 1903-1904 see Panama
Comayagua, local issues see Honduras
Comoros
Compagnie des Transports Aériens Guyanais, airline issues see French Guiana
Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea, airline issues see Colombia
Compania Telegrafica del Rio de la Plata, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Condor, airline issues see Brazil
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Congo Free State see Belgian Congo
Constitutionalists, Mexican Revolution issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Conventionists, Mexican Revolution issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Cook Islands
Cordoba, provincial issues see Argentina
Corrientes, provincial issues see Argentina
Costa Atlantica, regional issues see Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire see Ivory Coast
Courier post in Morocco see Morocco
Cuba
Cucuta, local issues see Colombia
Cuernavaca, local issues see Mexico
Culiacan, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Cundinamarca, state issues see Colombia
Curacao
Curacao & Dependencies
Cuzco, local issues see Peru
Cyrenaica
D
Dahomey
Damascus, local issues see Syria
Danish West Indies
Datia, feudatory state see India
Davis, J., private issues see Samoa
Dhar, feudatory state see India
Diego-Suarez
Dire Dawa, local issues see Ethiopia
Djibouti
Djibouti, inscription on French Somali Coast see French Somali Coast
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Dungarpur, feudatory state see India
Duttia, feudatory state see India
E
East African Community
East China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
East India see India
East Szechwan, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
East Szechwan, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
East Timor see Timor
Ecuador
E.E.F. see Egyptian Expeditionary Force see Palestine
Egypt
Egyptian Expeditionary Force see Palestine
Egyptian occupation of Palestine see Egypt/Palestine
Elobey, Annobón & Corisco
El Oro, provincial issues see Ecuador
El Salvador
Empreza de Transportes Aereaos, airline issues see Brazil
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Esmeraldas, provincial issues see Ecuador
ETA, airline issues see Brazil
Ethiopia
F
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Dependencies see Falkland Islands
Faridkot, convention state see India
Faridkot, feudatory state see India
Federal territories of Malaysia see Malaysia
Federation of South Arabia see South Arabia
Fernando Poo
Ferro-carril Andino, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Argentino del Este, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Buenos Aires al Pacifico, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Buneos Aires y Pto. De la Ensenada, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Central al Norte, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Guayaquil-Quito, private issues see Ecuador
Ferro-carril Oeste Argentino, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Ferro-carril Sana Fe a Las Colonias, private telegraph issues see Argentina
Fezzan
Fezzan & Ghadames see Fezzan
Fiji
Fiji Times, private issues see Fiji
Foochow, German offices in China see China, Empire
Foochow, local issues see China, Empire/China, Republic
Formosa, Black Flag Republic see China, Empire/China, Taiwan
Formosa, Japanese administration see China, Taiwan/Japan
Formosa, local issues see China, Empire/China, Taiwan
Formosa, provincial issues see China, Republic/China, Taiwan
Free French Forces see Lebanon/Syria
French Cameroon see Cameroon
French Congo
French Equatorial Africa
French Guinea
French India
French Indochina
French Morocco see Morocco
French Niger
French Oceania
French Polynesia
French occupation of Cameroon see Cameroon
French occupation of Togo see Togo
French offices in China see China, Empire
French offices in Madagascar see Madagascar
French offices in Morocco see Morocco
French offices in Tangier see Morocco
French offices in Zanzibar see Zanzibar
French Somali Coast
French Southern & Antarctic Lands
French Sudan
French Togo see Togo
French West Africa
Fujairah
Fukien, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Fukien, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Furusato issues see Prefecture issues see Japan
G
Gabon
Galapagos Islands, regional issues see Ecuador
Gambia
Garzon, local issues see Colombia
Gaza, local issues see Palestine
Geneva, cantonal issues see Switzerland
Georgia
German army post Tunisia see Tunisia
German Cameroon see Cameroon
German East Africa
German East Africa, Belgian Occupation see Belgian Congo/German East Africa
German East Africa, British occupation see German East Africa
German East Africa, Portuguese occupation see German East Africa
German New Guinea see New Guinea
German offices in China see China, Empire
German offices in Morocco see Morocco
German Samoa see Samoa
German South West Africa
German Togo see Togo
Ghadames
Ghana
Gilbert Islands see Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Gold Coast
Gorsky ASSR see Mountain Republic
Graham Land see Falkland Islands
Granadine Confederation see Colombia
Greater Lebanon see Lebanon
Greenville see Liberia
Grenada
Grenadines of Grenada see Grenada
Grenadines of Saint Vincent see Saint Vincent
Griqualand West
Guadalajara, local issues see Mexico
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guanacaste, regional issues see Costa Rica
Guandong see China, Peoples Republic
Guatemala
Guayamas, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Guayana, civil war issues see Venezuela
Guayaquil, local issues see Ecuador
Guayaquil, provincial issues see Ecuador
Guayas, provincial issues see Ecuador
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guizhou, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Guyana
Gwalior, convention state see India
H
Haifa, postmaster issues see Israel
Haiti
Hamas see Palestine
Hamilton, postmaster issues see Bermuda
Hangzhou, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Hankow, local issues see China, Empire
Hankou, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Harbin, Russian offices in China see China, Empire
Harpersville see Liberia
Havana, local issues see Spanish West Indies
Hawaii
Hebei, Central Hebei, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Hebei – Chahar – Rehe – Liaoning Region see China, Peoples Republic
Heilungkiang, provincial issues see China, Republic
Hejaz
Hejaz & Nejd see Nejd
Henan, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Henzada, local issues Japanese occupation see Burma/Japan
Herisau, private airpost issues see Switzerland
Hillsboro, local issues see United States
Hoi-Hao, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Hoihow, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Honan, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Honan, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Honda, local issues see Colombia
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Japanese occupation see Hong Kong/Japan
Hong Kong, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region see China, Peoples Republic/Hong Kong
Hopeh, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Huacha, local issues see Peru
Hunan, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Hunan, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Hupeh, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Hupeh, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Hyderabad, feudatory state see India
I
ICC see International Control Commission see Cambodia/India/Laos/Vietnam
Ichang, local issues see China, Empire
Idar, feudatory state see India
I.E.F. see India Expeditionary Force see India/British East Africa & Uganda/German East Africa
I.E.F. ‘D’ see India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ see India/Iraq
Ifni
Imbabura, provincial issues see Ecuador
India
India Expeditionary Force see India/British East Africa & Uganda/German East Africa
India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ see India/Iraq
Indian forces in Cambodia see Cambodia/India
Indian forces in Congo see India/Congo (Kinshasa)
Indian forces in Egypt see India/Egypt/Palestine
Indian forces in Korea see India
Indian forces in Laos see India/Laos
Indian forces in Vietnam see India/Vietnam
Indian forces in Laos & Vietnam see India/Laos/Vietnam
Indochina see French Indochina
Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Indonesia
Indore, feudatory state see India
Inhambane
Inini
International Bureau of Eduction, international organization see Switzerland
International Control Commission see Cambodia/India/Laos/Vietnam
International Labour Organization, international organization see Switzerland
International Olympic Committee, international organization see Switzerland
International Refugee Organization, international organization see Switzerland
International Telecommunication Union, international organization see Switzerland
Iran
Iraq
Iraq, British occupation see Iraq
Irian Barat, regional issues see Indonesia
Israel
Italian colonies
Italian Cyrenica
Italian East Africa
Italian Eritrea
Italian Ethiopia
Italian Jubaland
Italian Libya
Italian Tripolitania
Italian offices in China see China, Empire
Italian office in Tripoli see Italian Tripolitania
Italian Somaliland
Ivory Coast
J
Jackson, local issues see United States
Jaffa, local issues see Palestine
Jaffa, Russian offices see Palestine
Jaipur, feudatory state see India
Jalalabad, district issues see Afghanistan
Jamaica
Jammu, feudatory state see India
Jammu & Kashmir, feudatory state see India
Japan
Japanese occupation of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands see India/Japan
Japanese occupation of Brunei see Brunei/Japan
Japanese occupation of Burma see Burma/ Japan
Japanese occupation of China see China, Republic/Japan
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong see Hong Kong/Japan
Japanese occupation of Malaya see Japan
Japanese occupation of the Netherlands Indies see Japan
Japanese occupation of North Borneo see Japan
Japanese occupation of the Philippines see Philippines/Japan
Japanese occupation of Sarawak see Japan
Japanese offices in China see China, Empire/Japan
Japanese offices in Korea see Japan/Korea
Jasdan, feudatory state see India
Java, Japanese occupation see Japan/Netherlands Indies
Java, regional issues Indonesia see Indonesia
Java, regional issues Netherlands Indies see Netherlands Indies
Jeddah, local issues see Nejd
Jerusalem, French consular mail see Israel
Jerusalem, Italian offices see Palestine
Jerusalem, Russian offices see Palestine
Jerusalem, postmaster issues see Israel
Jesurun, private issues see Venezuela/Danish West Indies
Jhalawar, feudatory state see India
Jind, convention state see India
Jind, feudatory state see India
Jiujiang, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Johor see Johore see Malaysia
Johore see Malaysia
Johore, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Jordan
Jordanian occupation of Palestine see Jordan/Palestine
Jubaland see Italian Jubaland
K
Kabul, district issues see Afghanistan
Kamerun, local issues see Cameroon
Kampuchea see Cambodia
Kansas, state issues see United States
Kansu, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Kansu, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Kashmir, feudatory state see India
Katanga
Kathiri State in Hadhramaut see Aden
Kathiri State of Seiyun see Aden
Kazakhstan
Kedah see Malaysia
Kedah, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Keeling Islands see Cocos Islands
Kelantan see Malaysia
Kelantan, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Kenya
Kenya & Uganda see East African Community
Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika see East African Community
Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika & Zanzibar see East African Community
Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania see East African Community
Kermanshah, local issues see Iran
Khor Fakkan, regional issues see Sharjah
Kiangsi, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Kiangsi, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Kiribati
Kiukiang, local issues see China, Empire
Khmer Republic see Cambodia
Khoy, local premium issues see Iran
Kiaochow, German offices in China see China, Empire
Kiautschou, German offices in China see China, Empire
Kilis, local issues see Syria
King Edward VII Land see Ross Dependency
Kionga
Kirin, provincial issues see China, Republic
Kishangarh, feudatory state see India
Kon-La, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Korea
Kouang-tcheou, Indochinese offices in China see China, Republic/French Indochina
Kunming, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Kurdistan, Iraqi region see Iraq
Kurdistan, Persian, local issues see Iran
Kuwait
Kwangchow, Indochinese offices in China see China, Republic/French Indochina
Kwangsi, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Kwangsi, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Kwangtung, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Kwangtung, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Kwangtung, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Kweichow, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Kyrgyzstan
L
La Aguera
Labuan
Lady McLeod, private issues see Trinidad
Lagos
Langnau, private air post issues see Switzerland
Lansa, airline issues see Colombia
Lanzhou, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Laos
Las Bela, feudatory state see India
Latakia
Laufen, private air post issues see Switzerland
League of Nations, international organization see Switzerland
Lebanon
Leeward Islands
Leon, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Leon, provincial issues see Ecuador
Lesotho
Leyte, local issues see Philippines
Liberia
Libya
Liestal, private air post issues see Switzerland
Lijdenburg, local issues 1900 see Transvaal
Lima, local issues see Peru
Lockport, local issues see United States
Loja, provincial issues see Ecuador
Longji, local issues see Cameroon
Los Rios, provincial issues see Ecuador
Louisville, local issues see United States
Lourenço Marques
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, airline issues see Brazil
Lugano, private air post issues see Switzerland