Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)
# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)

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.

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## 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

### 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

## 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

### 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

## South African Republic

### Dates

    1869–1902

### Capital

    Pretoria

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Transvaal

## South African Territories

### 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.

### Dates

    1980–

### Capital

    Grytviken

### Currency

    100 pence = 1 pound

### Main Article Needed

    Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

### Includes

    South Georgia

## South Kasai

### Dates

    1961–1962

### Capital

    Lusambo

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    Zaire

## South Korea

### Dates

    1946–

### Capital

    Seoul

### Currency

    (1946) 100 chon = 1 won
    (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan
    (1962) 100 chon = 1 won

## South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

### Dates

    1950 only

### Currency

    100 chon = 1 won

### Refer

    North Korea

## South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.

### Dates

    1919 only

### Currency

    100 skatiku = 1 auksinas

### Refer

    Russian Occupation Issues

## South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

### Dates

    1944–1946

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Falkland Islands Dependencies

## South Russia

### Refer

    Russian Civil War Issues

## South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

### Dates

    1944–1946

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Falkland Islands Dependencies

## South Sudan

### Dates

    2011-

### Capital

    Juba

### Currency

    100 piaster = 1 pound

## South Vietnam

### Dates

    1955–1976

### Capital

    Saigon

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 piastre

### See also

    National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam;
    North Vietnam;
    Vietnam

## South West Africa

### Dates

    1923–1991

### Capital

    Windhoek

### Currency

    (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

### See also

    German South West Africa;
    Namibia

## South West China (People's Post)

### Dates

    1949–1950

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Refer

    CPR Regional Issues

## Southern Cameroons

### Dates

    1960–1961

### Capital

    Mamfe

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Nigerian Territories

## Southern Nigeria

### Dates

    1901–1914

### Capital

    Enugu

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Nigerian Territories

## Southern Rhodesia

### Dates

    1924–1964

### Capital

    Salisbury

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Rhodesia

## Southern Yemen

### Dates

    1968–1971

### Capital

    Aden

### Currency

    1000 fils = 1 dinar

### Refer

    Yemen

## Southern Zone, Morocco

### Dates

    1956–1958

### Capital

    Rabat

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    Morocco

### See also

    French Morocco
