Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)
# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)

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.

## Belgian Congo

Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.

### Dates

    1909–1960

### Capital

    Leopoldville

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### See also

    Congo Free State

## Belgian Occupation Issues

### Includes

    Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);
    German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);
    Germany (Belgian Occupation)

## Belgium

### Dates

    1849 –

### Capital

    Brussels

### Currency

    (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc
    (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium

## Belgium (German Occupation)

### Dates

    1914–1918

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    German Occupation Issues (WW1)

## Belize

### Dates

    1973 –

### Capital

    Belmopan

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Belize

### See also

    British Honduras

## Belorussia

### Refer

    Belarus

## Benadir

### Dates

    1903–1905

### Capital

    Mogadishu

### Currency

    100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia

### Refer

    Italian Somaliland

## Benghazi (Italian Post Office)

Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.

### Dates

    1901–1912

### Currency

    40 paras = 1 piastre

### Refer

    Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

## Benin

Formerly Dahomey.

### Dates

    1976 –

### Capital

    Porto Novo

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Benin

### Includes

    Benin (French Colony)

### See also

    Dahomey

## Benin (French Colony)

The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892–99 and was then incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin.

### Dates

    1892–1899

### Capital

    Porto Novo

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    Benin

## Bequia

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

### Refer

    Grenadines of St Vincent

## Bergedorf

Became part of Hamburg in 1867.

### Dates

    1861–1867

### Currency

    16 schillings = 1 mark

### Refer

    German States

## Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)

Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.

### Dates

    1945 only

### Capital

    Berlin (Russian Zone)

### Currency

    100 pfennige = 1 mark

### Refer

    Germany (Allied Occupation)

## Bermuda

### Dates

    1865 –

### Capital

    Hamilton

### Currency

    (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda

## Bessarabia

### Refer

    Moldova

## Beyrouth

### Refer

    Beirut (French Post Office);
    Beirut (Russian Post Office)

## Bhopal

### Dates

    1876–1949

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## Bhor

### Dates

    1879–1901

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## Bhutan

### Dates

    1962 –

### Capital

    Thimphu

### Currency

    100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan

## Biafra

Nigerian civil war issues.

### Dates

    1968–1969

### Capital

    Port Harcourt

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Main article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra

### Refer

    Nigerian Territories

## Bijawar

### Dates

    1935–1937

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## BMA

### Refer

    Eritrea (British Military Administration);
    Malaya (British Military Administration);
    North Borneo (British Military Administration);
    Sarawak (British Military Administration);
    Somalia (British Military Administration);
    Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

## Bohemia & Moravia

### Dates

    1939–1945

### Capital

    Prague

### Currency

    100 haleru = 1 koruna

## Bohmen und Mahren

### Refer

    Bohemia & Moravia

## Boka Kotorska

### Refer

    Dalmatia (German Occupation)

## Bolívar

### Dates

    1863–1904

### Capital

    Montería

### Currency

    100 centavos = 1 peso

### Refer

    Colombian Territories

## Bolivia

### Dates

    1867 –

### Capital

    La Paz

### Currency

    (1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano
    (1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia

## Bophutatswana

One of the territories ( Bantustans ) up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.

### Dates

    1977 – 1994

### Capital

    Mmabatho (aka Sun City)

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 rand

### Refer

    South African Territories

## Borneo

### Refer

    Japanese Naval Control Area

## Bosnia & Herzegovina

### Dates

    1993 –

### Capital

    Sarajevo

### Currency

    (1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar
    (1997) 100 pfennig = 1 mark

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina

### Includes

    Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire);
    Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);
    Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);
    Croatian Posts (Bosnia)

### See also

    Bosnian Serb Republic;
    Croatia;
    Yugoslavia

## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria-Hungary was authorised to occupy Bosnia & Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

During 1912–1918, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.

### Dates

    1878–1918

### Capital

    Sarajevo

### Currency

    (1878–1899) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
    (1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown

### Refer

    Bosnia & Herzegovina

## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)

The 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after World War I.

### Dates

    1918–1921

### Capital

    Sarajevo

### Currency

    100 heller = 1 krone

### Refer

    Bosnia & Herzegovina

## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.

### Dates

    1945 only

### Capital

    Sarajevo

### Currency

    100 banicas = 1 kuna

### Refer

    Bosnia & Herzegovina

## Bosnian Serb Republic

Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia & Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.

By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.

Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.

### Dates

    1992 –

### Capital

    Pale

### Currency

    100 paras = 1 dinar

### See also

    Bosnia & Herzegovina;
    Croatian Posts (Bosnia);
    Yugoslavia

## Botswana

### Dates

    1966 –

### Capital

    Gaborone

### Currency

    (1966) 100 cents = 1 rand
    (1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana

### See also

    Bechuanaland

## Bouvet Island

### Refer

    Norwegian Dependency

## Boyacá

### Dates

    1899–1903

### Capital

    Tunja

### Currency

    100 centavos = 1 peso

### Refer

    Colombian Territories

## Brazil

### Dates

    1843 –

### Capital

    Brasilia

### Currency

    (1843) 1000 = 1 milreis
    (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro
    (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil

## Bremen

Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.

### Dates

    1855–1867

### Capital

    Bremen

### Currency

    22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler

### Refer

    German States
