Country Details & Historical Timeline
Brief details of each countries status, history, nationality, occupying force,
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Formed in 1938 from the states of Rajputana, India which included Bundi, Jaipur, Kishangarh.
Now using Indian stamps.Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A state of Bombay, India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
An arab Shaikhdom in the Arabian Gulf.
It joined the United Arab Emirates in 1972.Currency :
- 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
- 1966 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.
A dependency of Antigua.
Currency : as Antigua.
An island in te Indian Ocean to the East of Madagascar.
Currently a French overseas department.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A British territory in South Central Africa.
Divided into two territories in 1924 and named North Rhodesia, South Rhodesia.Currency :
- 1920 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1970 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Made up of North Rhodesia, South Rhodesia and the Nyasaland Protectorate.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Part of Indonesia. Islands to the East of Sumatra and to the South of Singapore.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 rupish.
- 100 sen = 1 rupish.
A Spanish territory on the West coast of North Africa.
Named Spanish Sahara in 1924.Currency :
- 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
A settlement on the coast between Cameroun and Gahon.
Formerly under Spanish Guinea until.
Became independent in 1968.
Joined Fernando Poo to form Equitorial Guinea.Currency :
- 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
A Papal state, now part of Italy.
Currency :
- 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo.
A dependency of New Zealand on the Ross Sea of the Atlantic.
Currency :
- 1957 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1967 100 cents = 1 dollar.
An island in the East Mediterranean near Syria.
Formerly a French post office.Currency :
- 25 centimes = 1 piastre.
Part of German East Africa.
Occupied by Belgium in the World War 1, continued under Belgium control until 1962.
Split into 2 independent sates of Rwanda and Burundi.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
A republic in South East Europe on the Black Sea.
Formerly a kingdom combining Moldavia and Wallachia.Currency :
- 1858 40 parale = 1 piastre.
- 1867 100 bani = 1 leu.
RUMANIAN OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY
Currency :
- 100 filler = 1 korona.
Rumanian post office in the Turkish Empire and Constantinople.
Currency :
- Turkey 40 paras = 1 piastre.
- Constantinople 100 bani = 1 leu.
A country in the East of Europe and North Asia.
Formerly and Empire.
In 1917 named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Currency :
- 100 kopeks = 1 rouble.
Currency :
- 1899 100 kopecks = 1 rouble.
- 1917 100 cents = 1 dollar (Chinese).
Currency :
- 4 metallik = 1 grosian (Turkish piastre).
RUSSIAN POST OFFICES IN TURKEY
Currency :
- 1863 100 kopecks = 1 rouble.
- 1900 40 paras = 1 piastre.
Formerly part of Ruanda-Urundi.
An independent republic from 1962.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Islands between Japan and Formosa.
Formerly Japanese intil 1945 when occupied by the United States.
Partly returned to Japan in 1953 and remainder in 1972.Currency :
- 1948 100 sen = 1 yen.
- 1958 100 cents = 1 dollar (United States).
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