Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Po–Pz)
# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Po–Pz)

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.

## Poland

### Dates

    1918 –

### Capital

    Warsaw

### Currency

    (1918) 100 fenigs = 1 mark
    (1918) 100 hellers = 1 crown
    (1924) 100 groszy = 1 zloty

### Includes

    Poland (Russian Province)

### See also

    General Gouvernement;
    German Occupation Issues (WWI);
    German Occupation Issues (WWII)

## Poland (German Occupation WWI)

### Dates

    1915 – 1918

### Currency

    100 pfennige = 1 mark

### Refer

    German Occupation Issues (WWI)

## Poland (German Occupation WWII)

### Dates

    1939 – 1945

### Currency

    100 groszy = 1 zloty

### Refer

    German Occupation Issues (WWII)

## Poland (Russian Province)

### Dates

    1860 – 1863

### Capital

    Warsaw

### Currency

    100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

### Refer

    Poland

## Polish Army in Russia

### Dates

    1942 only

### Currency

    100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

### Refer

    Polish Post Abroad

## Polish Corps in Russia

### Dates

    1918 only

### Currency

    100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

### Refer

    Polish Post Abroad

## Polish Government in Exile

### Dates

    1941 – 1945

### Currency

    100 groszy = 1 zloty

### Refer

    Polish Post Abroad

## Polish Military Post

### Refer

    Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
    Polish Army in Russia;
    Polish Corps in Russia

## Polish Occupation Issues

### Refer

    Polish Post Abroad

## Polish Post Abroad

### Includes

    Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
    Constantinople (Polish Post Office);
    Danzig (Polish Post Office);
    Polish Army in Russia;
    Polish Corps in Russia;
    Polish Government in Exile

## Polska

### Refer

    Poland

## Pondicherry

### Refer

    French Indian Settlements

## Ponta Delgada

### Dates

    1892 – 1905

### Currency

    1000 reis = 1 milreis

### Refer

    Azores Territories

## Poonch

### Dates

    1876 – 1894

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## Port Arthur & Dairen

### Dates

    1946 – 1950

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Refer

    CPR Regional Issues

## Port Gdansk

### Refer

    Danzig (Polish Post Office)

## Port Lagos (French Post Office)

French PO in Thrace when under Turkish rule. Issued French stamps overprinted PORT-LAGOS. The office closed in 1898. Port Lagos is a seaport in Western Thrace which now belongs to Greece.

### Dates

    1893 – 1898

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

## Port Said (French Post Office)

### Dates

    1899 – 1931

### Currency

    (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc
    (1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound

### Refer

    Egypt (French Post Offices)

## Portugal

### Dates

    1853 –

### Capital

    Lisbon

### Currency

    (1853) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
    (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
    (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

### See also

    Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
    Angola;
    Azores;
    Cape Verde Islands;
    Guinea–Bissau;
    Macao;
    Madeira;
    Mozambique;
    Portuguese Congo;
    Portuguese Guinea;
    Portuguese India;
    Sao Tome e Principe;
    Timor

## Portuguese Africa

### Refer

    Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

## Portuguese Congo

### Dates

    1894 – 1920

### Capital

    Cabinda

### Currency

    (1894) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
    (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

### See also

    Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

## Portuguese Guinea

### Dates

    1881 – 1974

### Capital

    Bissau

### Currency

    (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
    (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

### See also

    Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
    Guinea–Bissau

## Portuguese India

Portugal sought territory in India after Vasco da Gama's successful voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497–1498. The three enclaves of Goa (1505), Damao (1531) and Diu (1534) were annexed to collectively form the colony of Portuguese India.

Goa, including the capital Pangim (now Panaji), is on the Malabar Coast of SW India, roughly midway between Bombay and Bangalore. Damao (now called Daman) is on the west coast, at the entrance to the Gulf of Cambay, about 100 miles north of Bombay. Diu, which includes the towns of Diu and Simbor, is a small island (15 sq. miles) off the south coast of Kathiawar peninsula in western India.

The first stamps were issued 1 October 1871. Stamps of British India were also valid until 1877. Standard Portuguese types such as the Ceres issue were used until 1925 when specific types began to be produced. All stamps were inscribed INDIA in some way; from 1946, the inscription was usually ESTADO DA INDIA.

In 1950, newly independent India demanded the transfer of the Portuguese territories but Portugal refused. India set up a land blockade in 1954 and then annexed the territories on 17 December 1961. Stamps of India were introduced on 29 December 1961.

Goa became a State of India in 1987 while Daman and Diu (combined) is a Union Territory.

### Dates

    1871 – 1961

### Capital

    Pangim (Goa)

### Currency

    (1871) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
    (1882) 12 reis = 1 tanga; 16 tangas = 1 rupia
    (1959) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Portuguese India

## Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa

### Refer

    German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)

## Portuguese Timor

### Refer

    Timor

## Preussen

### Refer

    Prussia

## Priamur & Maritime Provinces

### Dates

    1921 – 1922

### Capital

    Vladivostok

### Currency

    100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

### Refer

    Russian Civil War Issues

## Prince Edward Island

### Dates

    1861 – 1873

### Capital

    Charlottetown

### Currency

    (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1872) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### Refer

    Canadian Provinces

## Protectorat Français

### Refer

    French Protectorate, Morocco

## Prussia

### Dates

    1850 – 1867

### Capital

    Berlin

### Currency

    (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 silbergroschen; 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
    (1867) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden

### See also

    Germany (Imperial);
    North German Confederation

## Puerto Rico

### Dates

    1873 – 1900

### Capital

    San Juan

### Currency

    (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta
    (1881) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso
    (1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Cuba & Puerto Rico

## Pulau Pinang

### Refer

    Penang

## Puttiala

### Refer

    Patiala
