Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit–British)
# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit–British)

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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## Britain

### Refer

    Great Britain

## British Administration Issues

### Refer

    Eritrea (British Administration);
    Somalia (British Administration);
    Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

## British Antarctic Territory

### Dates

    1963 –

### Currency

    (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

### See also

    Falkland Islands Dependencies;
    South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

## British Bechuanaland

Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. It is now the northern part of Cape Province in South Africa.

The first stamps issued were Cape of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints. Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely, British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1890 to 1897.

### Dates

    1885 – 1897

### Capital

    Mafeking

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Cape of Good Hope

### See also

    Bechuanaland Protectorate

## British Central Africa

### Dates

    1891 – 1908

### Capital

    Zomba

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Main article

    Postage stamps and postal history of British Central Africa

### See also

    Malawi;
    Nyasaland Protectorate

## British Columbia

### Dates

    1865 – 1868

### Capital

    Vancouver

### Currency

    (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1868) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia

### Includes

    British Columbia and Vancouver Island
    Vancouver Island

### See also

    Canadian Provinces

## British Columbia & Vancouver Island

### Dates

    1860 only

### Capital

    Vancouver

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    British Columbia

## British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan

### Refer

    Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

## British Consular Mail

### Refer

    Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

## British East Africa

### Dates

    1895 – 1903

### Capital

    Nairobi

### Currency

    16 annas = 1 rupee

### Includes

    British East Africa Company;
    East Africa & Uganda Protectorates;
    Uganda Protectorate

### See also

    Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

## British East Africa Company

### Dates

    1890 – 1895

### Currency

    16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    British East Africa

## British Field Office in Salonika

### Refer

    Salonika (British Field Office)

## British Forces in Egypt

### Refer

    Egypt (British Forces)

## British Guiana

### Dates

    1850 – 1966

### Capital

    Georgetown

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Guyana

## British Honduras

### Dates

    1866 – 1973

### Capital

    Belize

### Currency

    (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1888) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Belize

## British Indian Ocean Territory

### Dates

    1868 – 1976

### Capital

    Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles)

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 rupee

### See also

    Seychelles;
    Zil Elwannyen Sesel

## British Levant

### Refer

    British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

## British Middle East Forces

### Refer

    Middle East Forces

## British Military Administration Issues (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)

## British New Guinea

### Dates

    1901 – 1906

### Capital

    Port Moresby

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Papua New Guinea

## British Occupation Issues

### Includes

    Baghdad (British Occupation);
    Batum (British Occupation);
    Bushire (British Occupation);
    Cameroons (British Occupation);
    East Africa Forces;
    German East Africa (British Occupation);
    Iraq (British Occupation);
    Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation);
    Long Island (British Occupation);
    Mafia Island (British Occupation)

### See also

    BA/BMA Issues;
    Egypt (British Forces);
    Germany (Allied Occupation);
    Middle East Forces;
    Togo (Anglo–French Occupation)

## British Occupation of Italian Colonies

### Refer

    BA/BMA Issues;
    East Africa Forces;
    Middle East Forces

## British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.

Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950) and Umm Said (February 1956). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963. The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960; and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951–1953.

The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961.

As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 31 March 1957; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.

### Dates

    1948 – 1966

### Currency

    (1948) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee

### See also

    Abu Dhabi;
    Bahrain;
    Dubai;
    Kuwait;
    Muscat;
    Qatar;
    Trucial States

## British Post Offices Abroad

### Includes

    Bangkok (British Post Office);
    China (British Post Offices);
    China (British Railway Administration);
    Crete (British Post Offices);
    Japan (British Post Offices);
    Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

### See also

    British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
    Morocco Agencies;
    Tangier

## British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

### Dates

    1885 – 1923

### Currency

    40 paras = 1 piastre

### Includes

    Beirut (British Post Office);
    Salonika (British Field Office)

## British Regional Issues

### Refer

    Great Britain (Regional Issues)

## British Solomon Islands

### Dates

    1907 – 1975

### Capital

    Honiara

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Solomon Islands

## British Somaliland

### Dates

    1903 only

### Capital

    Berbera

### Currency

    16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Somaliland Protectorate

## British South Africa Company

In 1924, the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.

### Dates

    1890 – 1924

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### See also

    Rhodesia

## British Virgin Islands

### Dates

    1968 –

### Capital

    Road Town

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of the British Virgin Islands

### Includes

    Virgin Islands

### See also

    Leeward Islands

## British Zone

No separate issues. From 1945 to 1949, always used the same stamps as the American Zone.

### Refer

    American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);
    Anglo–American Zones (Civil Government);
    Anglo–American Zones (Military Government)
