Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ca–Ce)
# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ca–Ce)

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.

## Cabinda

Formerly Portuguese Congo, this territory had protectorate status since 1883 and was separate from Portuguese West Africa. As part of various independence movements in the 1960s a group called Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) established a government-in-exile in Kinshasa. FLEC made a unilateral declaration of independence on 1 August 1975 but it was not recognised by Portugal or internationally.

In November 1975, Angolan troops of the MPLA occupied Cabinda which was annexed into the newly independent Angolan state. Angola calls the territory Cabinda Province. Since then, FLEC and other factions within Cabinda have struggled for full independence and seek to form the Republic of Cabinda.

Various organizations have issued stamps for Cabinda (widely regarded as cinderellas). These include:

* The Cabinda National Philatelic Bureau, which issued a set of eleven overprints on Angolan stamps, all with a denomination of 500 Central African francs, with designs showing fauna and mushrooms on 27 October 2006. These stamps have seen some use as paquebot mail in Barbados.
* The Federation of Free States of Africa, which issued thirty one designs showing the coat of arms and flag as well as ships, fauna, planes, natives and a map of Africa from 2010 to 2012.
* Other stamps and miniature sheets for thematic collectors appeared on eBay, Delcampe and other websites from sellers in Belarus, France, Israel and the United States.

### Refer

    Angola;
    Portuguese Congo

## Caicos Islands

Separate issues by the Caicos part of the Turks & Caicos Islands, which are in the Caribbean north of Hispaniola. The Caicos are not politically independent of the Turks and there remains some controversy about the validity of the stamps, although they have been accepted for postal use.

### Dates

    1981 – 1985

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Refer

    Turks & Caicos Islands

## Calchi

### Refer

    Khalki

## Calimno

### Refer

    Kalimnos

## Calino

### Refer

    Kalimnos

## Calymnos

### Refer

    Kalimnos

## Cambodge

### Refer

    Cambodia

## Cambodia

### Dates

    1951–1975; 1980 –

### Capital

    Phnom Penh

### Currency

    (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre
    (1955) 100 cents = 1 riel

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Cambodia

### Includes

    Kampuchea;
    Khmer Republic

### See also

    Indochina

## Cambodia (Indochina)

One issue in 1936 when part of French Indochina.

### Dates

    1936

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 piastre

### Refer

    Indochina Territories

### See also

    Annam (Indochina)

## Cameroons (British Occupation)

British and French forces occupied the country during World War I and issue German Kamerun Yacht types with overprint of CEF and British currency value. The British section became Southern Cameroons and was administered as part of Nigeria until 1960 when it rejoined Cameroun (the former French section) after a plebiscite.

### Dates

    1915 only

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    British Occupation Issues

### See also

    Southern Cameroons

## Cameroun

The German colony of Kamerun was occupied by French and British forces during World War I. Southern Cameroons became part of Nigeria but the remainder was administered by France until 1960 as Cameroun.

During the World War I occupation period, the French issued stamps of Gabon overprinted Corps Expeditionnaire Franco–Anglais CAMEROUN; and stamps of Middle Congo overprinted CAMEROUN Occupation Française. After the war, the Middle Congo stamps were simply overprinted CAMEROUN. The first issues specifically for Cameroun were produced in 1925. Cameroun became an independent republic in 1960 and, following a plebiscite, Southern Cameroons was reunited with it.

### Dates

    1915 –

### Capital

    Yaoundé

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Main Articles

    Postage stamps and postal history of Cameroon
    Postage stamps and postal history of British Cameroons

### See also

    Kamerun

## Canada

### Dates

    1851 –

### Capital

    Ottawa

### Currency

    (1851) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1859) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Canadian Provinces

## Canadian Provinces

### Includes

    British Columbia;
    British Columbia & Vancouver Island;
    New Brunswick;
    New Carlisle (Gaspé);
    Newfoundland;
    Nova Scotia;
    Prince Edward Island;
    Vancouver Island

### See also

    Canada

## Canal Zone

Now uses stamps of Panama.

### Dates

    1904–1979

### Capital

    Balboa

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 balboa

### Main article

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone

## Canary Islands

Overprinted airmail stamps were used during the Spanish Civil War.

### Dates

    1936–1938

### Capital

    Las Palmas

### Currency

    100 centimos = 1 peseta

### See also

    Spain

## Candia

### Refer

    Kandia

## Canea

### Refer

    Khania (Italian Post Office)

## Canouan

Unauthorised issues only. Canouan is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.

### Refer

    Grenadines of St Vincent

## Canton (Indochinese Post Office)

Indochinese PO in China.

### Dates

    1901–1922

### Currency

    (1901) 100 centimes = 1 franc
    (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre

### Refer

    China (Indochinese Post Offices)

## Cape Colony

### Refer

    Cape of Good Hope

## Cape Juby

Cape Juby became part of Spanish Sahara in 1950 and is now in Morocco.

### Dates

    1916–1950

### Currency

    100 centimos = 1 peseta

### Refer

    Spanish West Africa

## Cape of Good Hope

### Dates

    1853–1910

### Capital

    Cape Town

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Includes

    British Bechuanaland;
    Griqualand West;
    Mafeking;
    Stellaland Republic;
    Vryburg

## Cape Province

### Refer

    Cape of Good Hope

## Cape Verde Islands

### Dates

    1877 –

### Capital

    Praia

### Currency

    100 centavos = 1 escudo

### Main article needed

    Postage stamps and postal history of Cape Verde

### See also

    Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

## Carchi

### Refer

    Khalki

## Caribbean Netherlands

### Dates

    2010-

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 gulden (florin) (until 1-1-2011)
    100 cents = 1 dollar (from 1-1-2011)

Issuing authority is the Netherlands

### See also

    Curaçao (Curaçao and Dependencies);
    Netherlands Antilles;
    Netherlands;

## Carinthia

Austrian and Yugoslav overprints used during a plebiscite. Carinthia remained in Austria.

### Dates

    1920 only

### Currency

    100 heller = 1 krone (Austrian series);
    100 paras = 1 dinar (Yugoslav series)

### Refer

    Plebiscite Issues

## Carnaro Regency

### Refer

    Arbe;
    Fiume;
    Veglia

## Caroline Islands (Karolinen)

A group of islands in the western South Pacific of which the main ones are Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape and Kosrae. They were a Spanish colony from 1885 but there was no postal service as such until 1899 when the islands were purchased by Germany as the protectorate of Karolinen.

Karolinen was administered from Rabaul in German New Guinea. Issues of standard German Colonies types were inscribed KAROLINEN. These were in use 1899–1914. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the islands were seized by Japan which retained control until driven out by American forces in WW2. American occupation continued after WW2 and the islands became a UN Trust Territory under USA administration 1947–83. Palau became independent in 1981; the remainder became Federated States of Micronesia in 1983.

Used stamps of Japan 1914–46; used stamps of USA 1946–83.

### Dates

    1899–1914

### Capital

    Truk

### Currency

    100 pfennige = 1 mark

### Refer

    German Colonies

### See also

    Micronesia;
    Palau

## Carpathos

### Refer

    Karpathos

## Caso/Casos

### Refer

    Kasos

## Castelrosso (Kastellórizo)

Formerly a Turkish island, Castelrosso (Kastellórizo) was occupied by France 1915–20 and then became one of Italy's Dodecanese colonies. Used own stamps and the general EGEO issues. Part of Greece since 1947 and now called Kastellórizo, which is also the name of the only village.

### Dates

    1920–1932

### Capital

    Kastellórizo

### Currency

    100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

### See also

    French Occupation Issues

## Castelrosso (French Occupation)

Former Turkish island occupied by the French navy in 1915. It was awarded to Italy as part of the Dodecanese in 1921 and, like the rest, was unified with Greece in 1947. It is now called Kastellórizo.

During the French occupation, stamps of France and French Levant were issued with overprints such as ONF CASTELLORIZO.

### Dates

    1920–1921

### Currency

    French (100 centimes = 1 franc)
    used concurrently with Turkish (40 paras = 1 piastre)

### Refer

    French Occupation Issues

### See also

    Aegean Islands (Dodecanese);
    Castelrosso (Kastellórizo)

## Castelrosso (Italian Occupation)

### Refer

    Castelrosso (Kastellórizo)

## Cauca

### Dates

    1886 only

### Currency

    100 centavos = 1 peso

### Refer

    Colombian Territories

## Cavalla/Cavalle

### Refer

    Kavalla (French Post Office)

## Cayes of Belize

Unofficial issues only.

### Refer

    Belize

## Cayman Islands

### Dates

    1900 –

### Capital

    George Town

### Currency

    (1900) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Cayman Islands

## CEF

These initials have been used in two entirely separate spheres. They refer to the international China Expeditionary Force sent to China in 1900; also to the British forces which occupied German Kamerun in 1915 (i.e., Cameroons Expeditionary Force).

### Refer

    Cameroons (British Occupation);
    China Expeditionary Force
