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

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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.

## Brunei

### Dates

    1895 –

### Capital

    Bandar Seri Begawan

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei

## Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

### Dates

    1942 – 1945

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Refer

    Japanese Occupation Issues

## Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.

### Dates

    1852 – 1868

### Capital

    Brunswick

### Currency

    30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

### Refer

    German States

## Buenos Aires

### Dates

    1858 – 1862

### Currency

    8 reales = 1 peso

### Refer

    Argentine Territories

## Bukovina

### Refer

    West Ukraine

## Bulgaria

### Dates

    1879 –

### Capital

    Sofia

### Currency

    (1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc
    (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria

## Bulgarian Occupation Issues

### Refer

    Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

## Bulgarian Territories

### Includes

    Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);
    Eastern Rumelia;
    South Bulgaria

## Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.

### Dates

    1894 – 1948

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta.

### Dates

    1984 –

### Capital

    Ouagadougou

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso

### See also

    Upper Volta

## Burma

### Dates

    1937 –

### Capital

    Rangoon

### Currency

    (1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Burma

### Includes

    Myanmar

## Burma (Japanese Occupation)

### Dates

    1942 – 1945

### Currency

    (1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Japanese Occupation Issues

## Burundi

### Dates

    1962 –

### Capital

    Bujumbura

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi

## Bushire (British Occupation)

Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.

### Dates

    1915 only

### Currency

    20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman

### Refer

    British Occupation Issues

## Bussahir

### Dates

    1895 – 1901

### Currency

    16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Indian Native States

## Byelorussia

### Refer

    Belarus
