Country Details & Historical Timeline
Brief details of each countries status, history, nationality, occupying force,
language and currency information is provided below.PLEASE NOTE: Some details may have changed since this page was generated.
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Part of the Turks and Caicos Islands group.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Part of Indo-China until 1946 when it became a state within the French Union.
Became independent on 29th December 1954 and left the French Union on 25th September 1955.
In 1971 the name changed to Khmer Republic an again to Kampuchea in 1975.Currency :
- 1951 100 cents = 1 piastre.
- 1955 100 cents = 1 riel.
Occupation of the German colony of Kamerun by French and British forces from 1914 to 1916.
British sector became independent 1 October 1960 and renamed Southern Cameroons.
Became part of Cameroun on 30 September 1961.Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
German colony of Kamerun.
Currency :
- 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
A member of the British Commonwealth.
Currency :
- 1851 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1859 100 cents = 1 dollar.
A Territory next to the Panama Canal and leased by the USA. Postal serviced closed on 30th September 1979.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 balboa.
A Treaty Port in South China. Stamps issued at the French Indo-Chinese Post Office. Issues ended in 1922.
Currency :
- 1901 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1919 100 cents = 1 piastre.
Formerly a Spanish colony on the North West coast of Africa. Conceded to Morocco in 1958.
Currency :
- 100 centimos = 1 pesata.
Formerly a British Colony until 1894 when it became a province of South Africa.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Formerly Portuguese. Became independent on 5th July 1975.
Currency :
- 100 centavos = 1 Escudo.
A group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Formerly a German protectorate until occupied by the Japanese in 1918. Now under US trusteeship.Currency :
- 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
One of the Aegean Islands. Occupied by the French Navy on 27 December 1915.
The French departed in August 1921. A period of administration by the Italian Navy followed until the island became part of the Dodecanese territory.Currency :
- 1920 French occupation - 100 centimes = 1 franc = 4 piastres.
- 1922 Italian occupation - 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
Formerly a state of Columbia and reduced to a department in 1886. Now uses Columbian stamps.
Currency :
- 100 centavos = 1 peso.
French Post Office in a former Turkish Port.
Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 40 paras = 1 piastre.
A large number of islands off the East coast of Belize.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
A group of islands in the West Indies and a dependency of Jamaica until 1962 when they became independent.
Currency :
- 1900 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1969 100 cents = 1 Jamaica dollar.
Formerly named Central African Republic it was renamed Central African Empire on 4th December 1976.
It reverted to Central African Republic in 1979.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Formerly named Ubangui Chari it is an independent republic within the french community.
Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Was Independent from 1918 to 1922 when it was absorbed into Poland.
Currency :
- 100 fenigow = 1 mark.
An island to the South of India.
Formerly a British Colony until it became a republic on 22 May 1972 when it was renamed Sri LankaCurrency :
- 1857 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1872 100 cents = 1 rupee.
Formerly a dependency of Ubangui-Chari and became one of the separate colonies of French Equitorial Africa from 1937 to 1958.
In 1958 it became a republic within the French Community.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
An Indian state of the Punjah, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A state of Central India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A republic on the West coast of South America.
Currency :
- 1853 100 centavos = 1 peso.
- 1960 10 milesimos = 1 centesimo; 100 centesimos = 1 escudo.
- 1975 100 centavos = 1 peso.
Indian forces in China.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
The Chinese Empire became a Republic in 1912.
Currency :
- 1878 100 candarins = 1 tael.
- 1897 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Chiese Republic from 1912 to 1932, located in Eastern Asia which was formerly the Chinese Empire.
Currency :
- 1912 100 cents = 1 dollar.
- 1948 100 cents = 1 gold yuan.
- 1949 100 cents = 1 silver yuan.
- China Peoples Republic: 1955 100 fen = 1 yuan.
A Chinese puppet government until 1932.
Currency :
- 100 fen = 1 yuan.
A province between Tibet and Mongolia 1915 to 1933. All issued stamps optd on Chinese stamps.
Chinese Peoples Republic from 1946.
Currency :
- 1955 100 fen = 1 yan.
An Island colony that was ceded to Japan between 1895 and 1945.
From 1949 the island was controlled by the remnants of the Nationalist Government.Currency :
- 1945 100 sen = 1 yen.
- 1947 100 cents = 1 yuan
An Island in the Indian ocean which was Formerly part of the Straits Settlements before becoming part of Singapore.
Finally transferred to Australian administration on 15 October 1958.Currency :
- 1958 100 cents = 1 Malayan dollar.
- 1968 100 cents = 1 Australian dollar.
A district in Asia that was occupied by the French between 1918 to 1921 before being returned to Turkey.
Currency :
- 1919 40 paras = 1 piastre.
A Republic established on 4th December 1981, originally formed from tribal areas of the Republic of South Africa.
Currency :
- 1981 100 cents = 1 rand.
A state in Southwest India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 1892 6 puttans = 5 annas.
Formerly a french colony in the extreme South of Indo-China, and incorporated into French Indo-China.
Currency :
- 1886 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A group of Islands in the Indian ocean formerly administered by Singapore.
Transferred to Australian administration on 23 November 1955.Currency :
- 1963 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1966 100 cents = 1 Australian dollar.
A Republic in the North West of South America.
Formerly part of the Spanish Empire.
Became independent in 1819.
The states became the Granadine Confederation in 1958
Renamed to the Unites States of New Granada in 1861.
Finally renamed to Columbia in late 1861.Currency :
- 100 centavos = 1 peso.
Islands to the Northwest of Madagascar comprised of Anjouan, Great Comoro, Mayotte and Moheli.
A French colony from 1891, Mayotte became an overseas Department of France in December 1974.
The remaining islands forming the Independent State of Comoro.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Formerly a Belgian colony in Central Africa that became independent in 1960.
Renamed in 1971 to Zaire RepublicCurrency :
- 1967 100 sengi = 1 (li) kuta; 100 (ma) kuta = 1 zaire.
Formerly Middle Congo, an independent republic within the French Community.
Currency :
- As France
A group of islands in the South Pacific.
Formerly under the control of New Zealand until achieved self government in 1965.Currency :
- 1892 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1967 100 cents = 1 dollar.
A Republic of Central America that became independent in 1821.
Currency :
- 1863 8 reales = 1 peso.
- 1881 100 centavos = 1 peso.
- 1901 100 centimos = 1 colon.
Formerly a Turkish Island in the East Mediterranean. From 1898 to 1908 it was under the joint protection of Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia.
From 1908 it was united with Greece. Greek stamps are now used.Currency :
- 100 lepta = 1 drachma.
Formerly part of Yugoslavia until 1941 when it became occupied by Germany and Italy. Liberated by partisans and Russian troops in 1945 and returned to Yugoslavia.
In 1991 it declared independence.Currency :
- 100 paras = 1 dinar.
- 100 banicas = 1 kuna.
An island in the West Indies under Spanish administration. Passed from Spain to the United States in 1898.
Became a Republic under United States protection until 1901 when it became independent.
Some stamps before 1871 were from Puerto Rico.Currency :
- 8 reales = 1 peso.
- 1866 100 centesimos = 1 escudo.
- 1871 100 centesimos = 1 peseta.
- 1881 1000 milesimos = 100 centavos or 1 peso.
- 1898 100 cents = 1 United States dollar.
- 1899 100 centavos = 1 peso.
A state in the Granadine Confederation.
Became a Department of Colombia in 1886. Uses Columbian stamps from 1905.Currency :
- 100 centavos = 1 peso.
A colony of the Netherlands. Consists of 2 island groups in the Caribbean Sea to the North of Venezuela.
After 1949 it was part of the Netherlands Antilles.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 gulden.
An island in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Became a republic in 1960.Currency :
- 1880 12 pence = 1 shilling.
- 1881 40 paras = 1 piastre; 180 piastres = 1 pound.
- 1995 1000 mils = 1 pound.
- 1983 100 cents = 1 pound.
Formerly part of the Italian Colony of Libya, North Africa.
From 1942 to 1949 it was under allied occupation.
Became independent between 1949 to 1952, until became part of Libya.
Some stamps can found under Italian Post Offices in the Levant.Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
In the First World War 1914-1918 some Czech and Slovak soldiers formed an army in Siberia with the Russian Army to fight the Bolshevists.
The issued these stamps and sold them on the Siberian Railway.Currency :
- 100 kopeks = 1 rouble.
Formerly part of the Austrian Empire and became an independent Republic in 1918.
It was occupied in 1918 by Germany until 1939. It achieved indolence again in at the end of the second World War.Currency :
- 100 haleru = 1 koruna.
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