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An area of land between Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Split between the two countries.
Stamps are overprinted "SO" on Czechoslovakian or "S.O." on Polish.Currency :
- 100 halera = 1 krone.
- 100 fenni = 1 korona.
EASTERN ROUMELIA (South Bulgaria)
An area within the Turkish Empire to the south of the Balkan Mountains.
It became semi-autonomous in 1979 and following a revolt against Turkey its name was changed to South Bulgaria.
In 1886 it became part of Bulgaria.Currency :
- 40 paras = 1 piastre.
A Republic on the West Coast of South America.
Became independent in 1830.Currency :
- 1865 8 reales = 1 peso.
- 1881 100 centavos = 1 sucre.
Formerly a kingdom of North East Africa.
In Turkish hands until 1914 when it became a British Protectorate.
In 1922 it became Independent and a Republic in 1953.
Egypt and Syria joined each other to form the United Arab Republic (U.A.R.) in 1958.
In 1971 the name changed to the Arab Republic of Egypt.Currency :
- 1866 40 paras = 1 piastre.
- 1888 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres; 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound.
EGYPTIAN OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
From 1948 to 1967
Currency :
- 1000 milliemes = 1 Egyptian pound.
Spanish Islands on the West Coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.
In 1960 they became part of Spanish Guinea as used stamps of Fernando Poo.Currency :
- 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
An Independent Republic in Central America since 1838.
Currency :
- 1867 8 reales = 100 centavos; 100 centavos = 1 peso.
- 1912 100 centavos = 1 colon.
Part of Great Britain which is now referred to as the United Kingdom.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound sterling.
- 1971 100 new pence = 1 pound.
Until 1968 it was Spanish Overseas Province made up of Fernando Poo and Rio Muni.
In 1968 it became the Republic the Equatorial Guinea.Currency :
- 1968 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
- 1973 100 centimos = 1 ekuele (plural bipkwele).
- 1985 100 centimos = 1 franc (CFA).
Formerly an Italian colony in the Red Sea in North East Africa.
Under British occupation from 1942 to 1952.
It became a Federation with Ethiopia in 1952.
Ethiopian stamps are now used.Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lir.
Formerly a province of the Russian Empire on the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland.
Became an independent Republic in 1917, and part of the Soviet Union in 1940.
It became independent again in 1991.
Joined the European Union in 2004.Currency :
- 1918 100 kopecks = 1 rouble.
- 1965 100 penni = 1 Estonian mark.
- 1965 100 senti = 1 kron.
- 2004 100 cents = 1 Euro.
Previously known as Swaziland.
Renamed on 19th April 2018 by King Mswati III.Currency :
- 1961 100 cents = 1 rand.
- 1974 100 cents = 1 lilangeni (plural-emalangeni).
Formerly named Abyssinia, an ancient empire on the East coast of Africa.
From 1936 to 1941 it was part of Italian East Africa.
Federated with Eritrea since 1952.
Proclaimed a Republic in 1974.Currency :
- 1894 16 querche = 1 Maria Theresa-Thaler.
- 1905 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1908 16 piastres= 1 thaler.
- 1928 16 mehaleks = 1 thaler.
- 1936 100 centimes = 1 thaler.
- 1936 100 centesmi = 1 lira.
- 1946 100 cents = 1 Ethiopian dollar.
- 1976 100 cents = 1 birr.
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