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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Currency :
- 1884 1000 reis = 1 milreis.
- 1894 78 avos = 1 rupee.
- 1913 100 avos = 1 pataca.
While under German Occupation 1944.
Currency :
- 1944 100 stotinki = 1 lev.
An island in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of South Africa.
Became part of the Malagasy Republic in 1958.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean off the North West coast of Africa.
Currency :
- 1868 1000 reis = 1 milreis.
- 1912 100 centavos = 1 escudo.
A town in Bechuland occupied by British troops during the Boer War.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
(Mahra Sultanate of Qishne and Socatra)
Formerly part of Aden Protectorate States.
Now Part of Southern Yemen.
A British colony on the Malayan peninsula.
Incorporated into Malaysia in 1963.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 Malaysian dollar.
Formerly areas of Madagascar that became a republic within the French Community from 1958.
Currency :
- 1976 5 francs = 1 ariary.
Formerly known as Nyasaland, and was renamed when it became independent on 6 July 1966.
Currency :
- 1964 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1970 100 tambalas = 1 kwaka.
MALAYA (BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION)
Stamps were used throughout the Malayan States and Singapore until replaced by individual stamps for each state.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
MALAYA (UNDER JAPANESE OCCUPATION)
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
MALAYA (UNDER THAI OCCUPATION)
Included the states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Trenganu.
Transferred from Japan to Thailand in 1943 and handed back to British control at the end of World War 2.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
An independent country within the British Commonwealth.
Includes all the Malayan states, Melacca and Penang, but excluded Singapore.
In 1963 it became part of Malaysia.Currency :
- 100 cents (sen) = 1 Malaysian dollar.
See also Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, North Borneo, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Sarawak, Selangor, Straits Settlements,Stamps issued initially for use in Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Straits Settlements.
Later extended to all Malayan states and Singapore.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Includes all Malaysian states including Singapore.
Singapore left the federation when it became independent in 1965.
A group of islands to the South of Ceylon.
Became a republic on 1 January 1953.
Returned to a sultanate in 1954.
Became independent on 26 July 1965 and left the British Commonwealth.
Rejoined the British Commonwealth on 9 July 1982.Currency :
- 1906 100 cents = 1 rupee.
- 1951 100 larees = 1 rupee.
Federation of French Sudan and Senegal was formed in 1959 as an independent republic within the French Community.
The federation split in 1960, with French Sudan becaoming the independent Mali Republic.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
An island in the Mediterranean Sea to the South of Italy.
Became independent on 21 September 1964.Currency :
- 1860 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1972 10 mils = 1 cent; 100 cents = 1 Maltese pound.
A dependency of Ajman.
Currency :
- 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.
Spanish Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Guam was handed to the United States of America and the others to Germany before being passed to the U.S.Currency :
- 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
Part of East Prussia, part of Germany from 1920.
After World War 2 it returned to Poland and renamed to its original name Kwidzyn.Currency :
- 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
A German protectorate from 1885.
Between 1920 and 1947 it was Japanese territory.
After 1947 it was part of the United States Trust Territory.
Used stamps of the United States of America until 1984 when it started using its own stamps.Currency :
- 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
- 1984 100 cents = 1 dollar.
An Island in the West Indies.
Now using stamps of France.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A French colony adjoining the Sahara that became part of French West Africa in 1944.
In 1960 it became an independent Islamic Republic.Currency :
- 1973 100 cents = 1 ouguiya (um).
An island in the Indian Ocean to the East of Madagascar.
Self Government on 1 September 1967.
Became independent on 12 march 1968.Currency :
- 1847 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1878 100 cents = 1 rupee.
A Comoro island near Madagascar.
Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Formerly a Grand Duchy in North Germany, now part of East Germany.
Currency :
- 48 schillings = 1 thaler.
Formerly a Grand Duchy in North Germany, now part of East Germany.
Currency :
- 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler.
Formerly a port area and part of Germany on the Baltic Sea.
Under Allied control in World War 1.
Captured by Lithuania in 1923 and returned to Germany in 1939.
Now part of Russia.Currency :
- 1920 100 pfennig = 1 mark.
- 1923 100 cents = 1 litas.
A republic in Central America.
Part Maximilian of Austria's Empire between 1864 and 1867.Currency :
- 8 reales = 100 centavos; 100 centavos = 1 peso.
A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Part of the German Caroline Islands between 1899 and 1914.
Occupied by the Japanese in 1914.
In 1947 they became part of the United States Trust Territory and used U.S. stamps.
Issued their own stamps from 1984.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Formerly part of French Congo until 1906.
In 1937 it became part of French Equitorial Africa. In 1958 it became part of the Congo Republic with the French Community.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A state in Upper Italy.
Formerly a Duchy and now part of Italy.
Used stamps of Sardinia from 1860 and now Italy.Currency :
- 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
A Comoro Island near Madagascar.
Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A principality on the South coast of France.
Includes Monty Carlo.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 French franc.
A republic in Central Asia between China and Russia.
Became independent in 1921.Currency :
- 1924 100 cents = 1 dollar (Chinese).
- 1926 100 mung = 1 tugrik.
An Indo-Chinese Post Office in Yunnan province of China until 1922.
Currency :
- 1903 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1919 100 cents = 1 piastre.
One of the Leeward Islands.
Currency :
- 1876 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1951 100 cents = 1 West Indian dollar.
Formerly a monarchy on the Adriatic Sea.
Was under Italian and German occupation between 1939 and 1945.
Now part of Yugaslavia.Currency :
- 1874 100 novcic = 1 florin.
- 1902 100 heller = 1 krone.
- 1907 100 para = 1 krone.
- 1910 100 para = 1 perper.
An independent kingdom from 1956 on the North West coast of Africa.
Currency :
- Nothern zone - 100 centimes = 1 peseta.
- Southern zone - 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Currency : varies
A state of India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna.
Stamps used by Indian forces in Mesopotania between 1914 and 1918.
Now Iraq.Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
Formerly an overseas province of Potugal in East Africa.
Independent in 1975.Currency :
- 1980 100 centavos = 1 meticul.
Formerly an overseas province of Potugal in East Africa.
Independent in 1975.Currency :
- 1899 1000 reis = 1 milreis.
- 1913 100 centavos = 1 escudo.
An independent state in Eastern Arabia.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
An independent Sultanate in Eastern Arabia.
The name changed to Oman in 1971.Currency :
- 64 baizas = 1 rupee.
- 1970 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi.
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