Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me–Mz)

Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin[edit]

Dates: 1856–1868
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 48 schillings = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Mecklenburg-Strelitz[edit]

Dates: 1864–1868
Capital: Strelitz
Currency: 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)[edit]

Dates: 1945–1946
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied Occupation)

MEF[edit]

Refer: Middle East Forces (MEF)

Melaka[edit]

Refer: Malacca

Memel (French Administration)[edit]

Dates: 1920–1923
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: French Occupation Issues

Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)[edit]

Refer: Klaipėda

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1942–1945
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Mengtse[edit]

Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mesopotamia[edit]

Refer: Mosul (Indian Forces)

Metelin[edit]

Refer: Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

Mexico[edit]

Dates: 1856 –
Capital: Mexico City
Currency: 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso

Micronesia, Federated States of[edit]

Dates: 1984 –
Capital: Palikir

Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia

Middle Congo[edit]

Dates: 1907–1937
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed

See also: Congo Republic;; French Congo;; French Equatorial Africa

Middle East Forces (MEF)[edit]

Dates: 1942–1947
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article Needed

See also: BA/BMA Issues;; British Occupation Issues;; Egypt (British Forces)

Midway Islands[edit]

Refer: United States of America (USA)

Modena[edit]

Dates: 1852–1860
Capital: Modena
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian States

Moheli[edit]

Dates: 1906–1914
Capital
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Madagascar & Dependencies

Moldavia[edit]

Dates: 1858–1862
Capital: Iași
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre

Refer: Romania

Moldo-Wallachia[edit]

Dates: 1862–1865
Capital: Bucharest
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre

Refer: Romania

Moldova[edit]

Dates: 1991 –
Capital: Kishinev
Currency: (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble; (1993) kupon (temporary currency); (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova

See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Moluccas[edit]

Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area

Monaco[edit]

Dates: 1885 –
Capital: Monte Carlo
Currency: (1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article Needed

Mongolia[edit]

Dates: 1924 –
Capital: Ulan Bator
Currency: (1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar; (1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög

Main Article Needed

Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)[edit]

Dates: 1903–1922
Currency: (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre

Refer: China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mongtze[edit]

Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mont-Athos[edit]

Refer: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Montenegro[edit]

Dates: 1874–1918; 2006 –
Capital: Podgorica
Currency: (1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin; (1902) 100 heller = 1 krone; (1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper); (2006) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article Needed

Includes: Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

See also: Yugoslavia

Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1917 only
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone

Refer: Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Montenegro (German Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1943–1945
Currency: (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira; (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Montenegro (Italian Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1941–1943
Currency: (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar; (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian Occupation Issues

Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)[edit]

Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Titograd (Podgorica)
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Montenegro

Montserrat[edit]

Dates: 1876 –
Capital: Plymouth
Currency: (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

Morocco[edit]

Dates: 1956 –
Capital: Rabat
Currency: (1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone); (1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone); (1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country); (1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham

Includes: Northern Zone, Morocco;; Sherifian Post;; Southern Zone, Morocco

Morocco Agencies[edit]

Dates: 1898–1957
Currency: British, French and Spanish all used

Main Article Needed

See also: Tangier

Morocco (British Post Offices)[edit]

Refer: Morocco Agencies

Morocco (French Post Offices)[edit]

Dates: 1862–1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: French Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (German Post Offices)[edit]

Dates: 1899–1917
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: German Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)[edit]

Dates: 1903–1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Morvi[edit]

Dates: 1931–1948
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Mosul (Indian Forces)[edit]

Dates: 1919 only
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Overseas Forces

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)[edit]

Dates: 1909–1914
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Moyen Congo[edit]

Refer: Middle Congo

Mozambique[edit]

Dates: 1876 –
Capital: Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques)
Currency: (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis; (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo; (1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical