Country Details & Historical Timeline
Brief details of each countries status, history, nationality, occupying force,
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An island to the South East of Greenland.
An independent state that was formerly Danish and is now a republic.Currency :
- 1873 96 skilling = 1 riksdaler.
- 1876 100 aurar = 1 krona.
A Spanish enclave from 1860 located on the coast of Northern Morocco.
Passed from Spain to Morocco in 1969.Currency :
- 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
A state in Western India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A South Asia Peninsular.
Split into two to form the countries of Pakistan and Indian in 1947.Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
- 1957 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
- 1964 100 paisa = 1 rupee.
See also Alwar, Bamra, Barwani, Bhopal, Bhor, Bijawar, Bundi, Bussahir, Chamba, Charkhari, Cochin, Dhar, Dungarpur, Duttia, Faridkot, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Idar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Jasdan, Jhalawar, Jind, Kishangarh, Morvi, Nabha, Nandgaon, Patiala, Poonch, Rajasthan, Rajpipla,
INDIAN CUSTODIAN FORCES IN KOREA
Indian Forces in Korea.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
Indian forces from 1914 to 1918.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
Indian forces in Indo-China.
Currency :
- 1954 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
- 1957 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
- 1964 100 paisa = 1 rupee.
Indian forces in Congo.
Currency :
- 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
INDIAN U.N. FORCES IN GAZA (PALESTINE)
Indian forces attached to the United Nations in Gaza.
Currency :
- 100 paisa = 1 rupee.
A French territory in South East Asia.
In 1949 it split into three states of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.Currency :
- 1889 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1918 100 cents = 1 piastre.
INDO-CHINESE POST OFFICES IN CHINA
Stamps of Indo-China opted CHINE.
Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
An independent republic from 1945 to 1948.
Renamed Indonesia in 1948.
In 1949 it split from New Guinea and became an independent state called the United States of Indonsia.
In 1950 it became the Indonesian Republic.Currency :
- 100 cents (or sen) = 1 gulden (or rupiah).
A state in Central India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A district of Mozambique which used its own stamps from 1895 to 1920.
Currency :
- 1895 1000 reis = 1 milreis.
- 1913 100 centavos = 1 escudo.
A territory in French Guinea in the North East of South America.
Administered separately from 1930 to 1946 when it was reunited with French Guiana.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A group of islands off the West coast of Greece.
Under British protection from 1815 then transferred to Greece.
Occupied by Italy in 1941 and Germany in 1943.Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
A state in West Asia.
Currency :
- 1868 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman.
- 1881 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1885 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman.
- 1932 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi.
A country to the West of Persia formerly under Turkish dominion.
Under British control after 1918.
Became independent from 1932 until 1958 when it became a republic.Currency :
- 1917 16 annas = 1 rupee.
- 1931 1000 fils = 1 dinar.
Formerly known as Eire when part of Great Britain.
Currency :
- 1922 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
The Republic of Ireland is an independent state from 1949.
Formerly part of Great Britain and Ireland.
Stamps inscribed Eire.Currency :
- 1949 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1971 100 (new) pence = 1 pound (punt).
An island in the Irish Sea to the Northeast of England.
Currency :
- 100 pence = 1 pound.
The state of Israel was proclaimed in 1948 following approval by the United Nations.
Currency :
- 1948 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli pound.
- 1960 100 agorot = 1 Israeli pound.
- 1980 100 agorot = 1 shekel.
An Italian territory acquired from Austria after 1918.
Includes Trentino an Trieste.Currency :
- 1918 100 heller = 1 krone.
- 1918 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
- 1919 100 centesimi = 1 corona.
Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
Part of Italian Empire in East Africa from 1936.
Includes Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland.
Occupied in 1942 by British forces.Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF CEPHALONIA AND ITHACA
Currency :
- 1965 10 old leks = 1 new lek.
Includes two of the Greek Ionian Islands on the West coast of Greece.
Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
- 100 lepta = 1 drachma.
ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF CORFU AND PAXUS
A Greek Ionian Island off the coast of Albania.
Currency :
- 100 lepta = 1 drachma.
ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF IONIAN ISLANDS
An island group on the West Coast of Greece.
Under British protection from 1815 and passed to Greece in 1864.
Stamps used on all islands except Kithyra.Currency :
- 100 lepta = 1 drachma.
Italian military post in China, including Peking and Tientsin.
Stamps of Italy overprinted.Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
- 100 cents - 1 dollar.
Stamps of Italy overprinted.
Currency : in Turkish or Italian, surcharged or Overprinted.
ITALIAN POST OFFICES IN THE LEVANT
Currency : in Turkish or Italian, surcharged or Overprinted.
A republic in South Europe on the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea.
Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
A French colony in West Africa.
Part of French West Africa from 1944.
Became a republic in 1958 within the French Community.
Became fully independent in 1960.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
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