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M
Macau
Macau, Special Administrative Region see China, Peoples Republic/Macau
Madagascar
Maderanertal, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Madison Court House, local issues see United States
Mafeking, local issues 1900 see Cape of Good Hope/Transvaal
Mafia, British occupation see German East Africa
Magdalena, local issues see Colombia
Mahela, local issues see Madagascar
Mahra State see Aden
Majunga, local issues see Madagascar
Malacca see Malaysia
Malacca, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Malagasy see Madagascar
Malawi
Malaya see Malaysia
Malaya, Thai occupation see Malaysia
Malayan Postal Union see Malaysia
Malayan Postal Union, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Malaysia
Maldives
Malgache see Madagascar
Mali
Manabi, provincial issues see Ecuador
Manajary, local issues see Madagascar
Manama, regional issues see Ajman
Manchukuo
Manchuria, provincial issues see China, Republic
Manizales, local issues see Colombia
Mariana Islands
Marino, civil war issues see Venezuela
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mashhad, local issues see Iran
Matehuala, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Maturin, civil war issues see Venezuela
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mayreau Island see Saint Vincent
Mecca, local issues see Hejaz
Medellin, local issues see Colombia
Medina, local issues see Nejd
Melaka see Malacca see Malaysia
Mengkiang, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Mengtz, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire
Mexico
Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Micronesia
Middle Congo
Millbury, local issues see United States
Mohéli
Mongolia
Mong-Tseu, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire
Monrovia see Liberia
Monterrey, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Montreal, local issues see United Nations – New York/Canada – Dominion
Montserrat
Moquegua, local issues see Peru
Morocco
Morvi, feudatory state see India
Mosquito Coast, regional issues see Nicaragua – Mosquito Provisionals
Mosul, British Indian occupation see India, Iraq
Mountain Republic
Mozambique
Mozambique Company
Muscat see Oman
Muscat & Oman see Oman
Mustique see Saint Vincent
Myanmar
Myaungmya, local issues Japanese occupation see Burma/Japan
N
Nabha, convention state see India
Nagorno-Karabakh, regional issues see Azerbaijan
Nahalal, local issues see Israel
Nahariya, local issues see Israel
Nakhchivan, regional issues see Azerbaijan
Namibia
Nanchang, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Nandgaon, feudatory state see India
Nanjing, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Nanking, local issues see China, Empire/China, Republic
Nanking Government, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Nashville, local issues see United States
Nassau, local issues see Bahamas
Natal
National Liberation Front see Vietnam
Nauru
Naval Control Area, Japanese occupation see Japan/Netherlands Indies
Nawanagar, feudatory state see India
Nebraska, state issues see United States
Nejd
Negeri Sembilan see Negri Sembilan see Malaysia
Negri Sembilan see Malaysia
Negri Sembilan, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Indies
Netherlands Indies, Indonesia issues see Netherlands Indies
Netherlands Indies, Japanese occupation see Japan/Netherlands Indies
Netherlands New Guinea
Nevis
New Brunswick
New Caledonia
Newfoundland
New Granada see Colombia
New Guinea
New Hebrides
New Republic
New South Wales
New York, local issues see United States
New Zealand
New Zealand occupation of Samoa see Samoa/New Zealand
Nga Khe, local issues see Vietnam
Nicaragua
Nicaragua – Mosquito Provisionals
Niger
Niger Coast
Nigeria
Niuafo’ou
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Borneo
North Borneo Company see North Borneo
North Borneo, Japanese occupation see Japan/North Borneo
North Central Vietnam, regional issues see Vietnam
North China, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
North China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
Northeast China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
North Eastern Provinces, provincial issues see China, Republic
Northern Nigeria
Northern Rhodesia
North Korea see Korea
North Korea, Soviet Russian administration see Korea
North Korean occupation of South Korea see Korea
North Vietnam see Vietnam
Northwest China Liberation Area, see China, Peoples Republic
North West Pacific Islands see New Guinea
North Yemen see Yemen
Nossi-Bé
Nova Scotia
Nyasaland
Nyasaland Force see German East Africa, Nyasaland
Nyassa Company
O
Oaxaca, state issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Obock
Occupation Militaire Française see Syria
Oil Rivers see Niger Coast
Old Calabar, local issues see Niger Coast
Oltre Giuba see Italian Jubaland
Oman
O.M.F. see Occupation Militaire Française see Syria
Opobo, local issues see Niger Coast
Orange Free State
Orange River Colony see Orange Free State
Orchha, feudatory state see India
Outer Seychelles see Seychelles
O’zbekiston see Uzbekistan
P
Pahang see Malaysia
Pahang, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Paita, local issues see Peru
Pakistan
Pak-Hoi, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Pakhoi, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Palestine
Palestine, Egyptian occupation see Palestine
Palestine, Jordanian occupation see Jordan/Palestine
Palestinian Authority see Palestine
Palm Island see Saint Vincent
Palau
Panama
Panama – Canal Zone
Panama, Colombian state & department see Panama/Colombia
Panama City, local issues 1903-1904 see Panama
Papua
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Parahyba, local airline issues see Brazil
Pasco, local issues see Peru
Pathet Lao see Laos
Patiala, convention state see India
Pechino, Italian offices in China see China, Empire
Peking, Italian offices in China see China, Empire
Penang see Malaysia
Penang, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Penrhyn
Perak, Japanese occupation see Japan
Persia see Iran
Peru
Peru, Chilean occupation see Peru/Chile
Peshawar, local issues see Afghanistan
Philadelphia, local issues see United States
Philippines
Philippines, Japanese occupation see Philippines/Japan
Philippines, United States occupation see Philippines/United States
Pichincha, provincial issues see Ecuador
Pietersburg, local issues 1901 see Transvaal
Pisco, local issues see Peru
Pitcairn Islands
Piura, local issues see Peru
Ponce, local issues see Puerto Rico
Poonch, feudatory state see India
Popayan, local issues see Colombia
Port Hood, local issues see Canada – Dominion
Port Said, French office abroad see Egypt
Portuguese Africa
Portuguese Congo
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese India
Post district I, postal district issues see Switzerland
Post district VII, postal district issues see Switzerland
Prefecture issues see Japan
Prince Edward Island
Providence, local issues see United States
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam see Vietnam
Puerto Principe, regional issues see Cuba
Puerto Rico
Pulau Pinang see Penang see Malaysia
Puno, local issues see Peru
Pyapon, local issues Japanese occupation see Burma/Japan
Q
Qatar
Qu’aiti State in Hadhramaut see Aden
Qu’aiti Stata of Shihr and Mukalla see Aden
Queensland
Quelimane
R
Rajasthan, feudatory state see India
Rajpipla, feudatory state see India
Rarotonga
Ras al-Khaima
Rasht, local premium issues see Iran
Redonda see Antigua & Barbuda
Refugee Relief, local issues see India
Rehe, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Réunion
Rhodesia
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Riau Islands, regional issues see Indonesia
Rigi-Kaltbad, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Rigi-Kulm, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Rigi-Scheideck, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Rio de Oro
Rio Hacha, local issues see Colombia
Rio Muni
Rishon le Zion, local issues see Israel
Robertsport see Liberia
Robert Todd, private issues see Venezuela
Ross Dependency
Ruanda, Local issues Belgian occupation see Belgian Congo
Ruanda-Urundi
Russian offices in China see China, Empire
Rustenburg, local issues 1900 see Transvaal
Rwanda
Ryukyu Islands
S
Saba, regional issues see Caribbean Netherlands
Sabah see Malaysia, North Borneo
Safad, local issues see Israel
Saint Christoffer see Saint Kitts
Sainte Marie de Madagascar
Saint George, postmaster issues see Bermuda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts & Nevis see Saint Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla
Saint Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin see Sint Maarten
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon
Saint Vincent
Salamanca, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Samoa
Samoa Express, private issues see Samoa
San Luis Potosi, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Santa Cruz, local issues see Bolivia
Santander, state issues see Colombia
Sao Paulo, insurgent issues see Brazil
São Tomé & Príncipe
Sarawak
Sarawak, Japanese occupation see Japan
Saudi Arabia
Saurashtra, feudatory state see India
SCADTA, airline issues see Colombia
SCADTA Ecuador, see Ecuador
Schülke & Mayr shipping company see German East Africa
Schweizer Reneke, local issues 1900 see Transvaal
Scinde, district issues see India
Selangor see Malaysia
Selangor, Japanese occupation see Japan
Selma, local issues see United States
Senegal
Senegambia & Niger
Seychelles
Shaanxi, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Shaanxi, North Shaanxi, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Shandong, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Shanghai, local issues see China, Empire
Shanghai, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Shanghai, United States offices in China see China, Empire/United States
Shan States, Japanese occupation see Burma, Japan
Shansi, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Shansi, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Shantou, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Shantung, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Shanxi – Chahar – Hebei Border Area see China, Peoples Republic
Sharjah
Shensi, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Shensi, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Siam see Thailand
Sichuan, East Sichuan, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Sichuan, West Sichuan, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Sierra Leone
Sinaloa, insurgent issues see Mexico
Sinaloa, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Singapore
Sinkiang, provincial issues see China, Republic
Sinkiang, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Sint Eustatius, regional issues see Caribbean Netherlands
Sint Maarten
Sion, private ir post issues see Switzerland
Sirmoor, feudatory state see India
Solomon Islands
Solothurn, private air post issues see Switzerland
Somalia
Somaliland protectorate see British Somaliland
Somaliland, republic of see Somalia
Somaliland, State of see Somalia
Sonora, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Sonora, state issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Soruth, feudatory state see India
South Africa
South African Republic see Transvaal
South Arabia
South Australia
South Central Vietnam, regional issues see Vietnam
South China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
South Georgia see Falkland Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands
Southern Nigeria
Southern Rhodesia
South Kasai
South Korea see Korea
South Korea, North Korean occupation see Korea
South Korea, United States administration see Korea
South Orkney Islands see Falkland Islands
South Ossetia, regional issues see Georgia
South Shetland Islands see Falkland Islands
South Sudan
South Vietnam see Vietnam
South West Africa
Southwest China Liberation Area see China, Peoples Republic
South Yemen see Yemen
Spanish Guinea
Spanish Morocco
Spanish offices in Morocco see Morocco
Spanish offices in Tangier see Morocco
Spanish offices in Tetuan see Morocco
Spanish Sahara
Spanish Territories in the Gulf of Guinea
Spanish West Africa
Spanish West Indies
Sri Lanka
State of Upper Yafa see Aden
State of Burma see Burma
Stellaland
St. Louis, local issues see United States
Stoos, hotel post issues see Switzerland
Straits Settlements see Malaysia
Straits Settlements, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Straits Settlements office in Bangkok see Malaysia/Thailand
Sudan
Suez Canal Company see Egypt
Sumatra, Japanese occupation see Japan/Netherlands Indies
Sumatra, regional issues see Indonesia
Sungei Ujong see Malaysia
Supeh, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Suriname
Swatow, Japanese occupation see China, Republic/Japan
Swaziland
Switzerland
Syndicat Français des Nouvelles Hebrides see New Hebrides
Syndicato Condor, airline issues see Brazil
Syria
Syria & Greater Lebanon see Syria
Szechwan, provincial issues see China, Republic
Szechwan, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
T
TAAF see French Southern & Antarctic Lands
Tabriz, local issues see Iran
Tabriz, local premium issues see Iran
Tacna, local postal tax issues see Chile
Tahiti
Taiwan see China, Taiwan
Taiwan, Japanese administration see China, Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanganyika
Tanganyika & Zanzibar see Tanzania
Tangier see Morocco
Tangxian, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Tannu Tuva see Tuva
Tasmania
Tanzania
Tashqurgan, district issues see Afghanistan
Tch’ong-K’ing, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Tegucigalpa, local issues see Honduras
Tehran, local isssues see Iran
Tehran, local premium issues see Iran
Tel Aviv, postmaster issues see Israel
Telegrafo Trasandino, private telegraph issues see Argentina
T.E.O. see Territoires Ennemis Occupés see Syria
Terengganu see Trengganu see Malaysia
Terres Australes & Antarctiques Françaises see French Southern & Antarctic Lands
Territoires Ennemis Occupés see Syria
Tete
Tetuan, Spanish office see Morocco
Thai occupation of Malaya see Malaysia/Thailand
Thailand
Tianjin, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Tiberias, local issues see Israel
Tibet
Tibet, Chinese offices in Tibet see China, Empire/Tibet
Tienshei, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Tientsin, German offices in China see China, Empire
Tientsin, Italian offices in China see China, Empire
Tierra del Fuego, private issues see Argentina
Timor
Timor-Leste see Timor
Timor Lorosae see Timor
Tin Can Island see Niuafo’ou
Tlacotalpan, local issues see Mexico
Tobago
Tobago Cays see Saint Vincent
Toga see Tonga
Togo
Togoland see Togo
Tokelau
Tolima, state issues see Colombia
Tonga
Tonkin see Annam & Tonkin
Torreon, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Transcaucasia
Transkei
Transvaal
Travancore, feudatory state see India
Travancore-Cochin, feudatory state see India
Trengganu see Malaysia
Trengganu, Japanese occupation see Japan/Malaysia
Trinidad
Trinidad & Tobago
Tripoli, Italian Office see Italian Tripolitania
Tripolitania see Italian Tripolitania
Tristan da Cunha
Trucial States
Tsinghai, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Tsingtao, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Tulcan, local issues see Ecuador
Tumaco, local issues see Colombia
Tungschi, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
Tunguragua, provincial issues see Ecuador
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks Islands see Turks & Caicos Islands
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuscumbia, local issues see United States
Tuva
Tuvalu
U
Ubangi-Shari
Ubangi-Shari-Chad see Ubangi-Shari
Uganda
Ulaanbaatar, local issues see Mongolia
Umm al-Qaiwain
UNEF see United Nations Emergency Force see India
Union Island see Saint Vincent
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Republic see Syria
United Nations, international organization see Switzerland
United Nations – Geneva
United Nations – New York
United Nations Emergency Force see India
United Nations Temporary Executive Administration see Netherlands New Guinea
United Nations Transitional Administration East Timor see Timor
United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar see Tanzania
United States
United States occupation of Cuba see Cuba/United States
United States occupation of Guam see United States
United States occupation of the Philippines see Philippines/United States
United States occupation of Puerto Rico see Puerto Rico/United States
United States offices in China see China, Empire/United States
Universal Postal Union, international orgnization see Switzerland
UNTAET see United Nations Transitional Administration East Timor see Timor
UNTEA see United Nations Temporary Executive Administration see Netherlands New Guinea
Upper Senegal & Niger
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Urundi, Local issues Belgian occupation see Belgian Congo
Uzbekistan
V
Value only see British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
Vancouver Island see British Columbia & Vancouver Island
Van Diemen’s Land see Tasmania
Vanuatu
VARIG, airline issues see Brazil
Venda
Venezuela
Victoria
Victoria Land see Ross Dependency
Viet Cong see Vietnam
Vietnam
Villa Bella, local issues see Bolivia
Virgin Islands
Vohemar, local issues see Madagascar
Volksrust, local issues 1902 see Transvaal
Vryburg, local issues 1900 see Cape of Good Hope/Transvaal
Vryburg, South African Republic occupation issues see Cape of Good Hope/Transvaal
W
Wadhwan, feudatory state see India
Wallis & Futuna
Watlam, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Western Australia
Western Sahara see Spanish Sahara
Western Samoa see Samoa
West Irian, regional issues see Indonesia
West Szechwan, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Wilaya Persekutuan see Federal territories of Malaysia see Malaysia
Wolmaranstad, local issues 1900 see Transvaal
World Health Organization, international organiztion see Switzerland
World Intellectual Property Organization, international organization see Switzerland
World Metereological Organization, international organization see Switzerland
Wuga, local issues see German East Africa
Wuhu, local issues see China, Republic/China, Peoples Republic
Wushi, local issues see China, Peoples Republic
XYZ
Yafa, State of see Aden
Yca, local issues see Peru
Yemen
Xinjiang, regional issues see China, Peoples Republic
Young Island see Saint Vincent
Yucatan, insurgent issues see Mexico
Yunnan, provincial issues see China, Republic
Yunnan, provincial issues 1940-1943 see China, Republic
Yunnan, provincial issues 1949 see China, Republic
Yunnan-Fou, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Yunnanfou, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Yunnanfu, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Yunnansen, Indochinese offices in China see China, Empire/French Indochina
Zacatecas, local issues see Mexico – Mexican Revolution
Zaire
Zambezia
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zelaya, regional issues see Nicaragua
Zeppelin mail see Brazil
Zhengzou, local issus see China, Peoples Republic
Zil Eloinge Sesel see Seychelles
Zil Elwannyen Sesel see Seychelles
Zimbabwe
Zulia, local issues see Venezuela
Zululand
Zurich, cantonal issues see Switzerland