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VANCOUVER ISLAND

(stamps issued under the colony of British Columbia and Vancouver Island)
Former British colony, now a Western province of Canada.

Currency :
• 1860 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
• 1865 100 cents = 1 dollar.

VANUATU

Formerly known as the New Hebrides.
Became a republic on 30 July 1980.

Currency :
• 1980 100 centimes = 1 frane.
• 1981 Vatus.

VATHY

A town on the island of Samos which had a French Post Office.

Currency :
• 100 cents = 1 franc.

VATICAN CITY

A small area of Rome. Independent since 1929.

Currency :
• 100 centesimi = 1 lira.

VEGLIA

The Island of Veglia during 1920.

Currency :
• 100 centesimi = 1 lira.

VENDA

A republic from 1979 fromed from areas of the Republic of South Africa.

Currency :
• 100 cents = 1 rand.

VENEZIA GIULIA AND ISTRIA

Formerly part of Italy.
Under Allied Occupation between 1945 and 1947.
Then split between Trieste and Yugoslavia.

Currency :
• 100 centesimi = 1 lira.

VENEZUELA

A republic in the North of South America.
Independent from 1811.

Currency :
• 1859 100 centavos = 8 reales; 8 reales = 1 peso.
• 1879 100 centesimos = 1 venozolano.
• 1880 100 centimos = 1 bolivar.

VICTORIA

The Southeast state of Australia.

Currency :
• 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.

VICTORIA LAND

Used to denote stamps used in Captain Scott's expedition to Antarctica.

Currency :
• 12 pence = 1 shilling.

VIETNAM

A Democratic Republic from September 1945 and recognised by France in 1946.
Part of the Indo-China Federation consisting of TONGking, Annam and Cochin-China.
An independent state from 1949.
Joined North Vietnam after 1963.
Became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.

Currency :
• 1945 100 cents = 1 piastre.
• 1945 100 xu = 10 hao; 10 hao = 1 dong. (South)
• 1946 100 cents = 1 dong. (North)
• 1951 100 cents = 1 piastre.
• 1959 100 xu = 1 dong. (North)
• 1963 100 xu = 1 dong. (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam)
• 1976 100 xu = 1 dong. (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

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