Compendium of postage stamp issuers (U)
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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.
UAE[edit]
UAR[edit]
Ubangi-Shari[edit]
- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi-Shari-Chad[edit]
- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
Uganda[edit]
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda
Uganda Protectorate[edit]
- Refer
- British East Africa
United Kingdom[edit]
- Refer
- United Kingdom (UK)
Ukraine[edit]
- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Currency
- (1992) karbovanets (coupon currency)
- (1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvnia
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine
Ukraine (pre-Soviet)[edit]
- Dates
- 1918 – 1923
- Capital
- Kiev
- Currency
- 200 shahiv = 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
- Refer
- Ukraine
Ukraine (German Occupation)[edit]
Ukrainian Field Post[edit]
- Refer
- Ukraine
UKTT[edit]
- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
Ultramar[edit]
- Refer
- Cuba;
- Macao;
- Portuguese Guinea;
- Puerto Rico;
- Spanish Guinea
Umm Al Qiwain[edit]
- Dates
- 1964 – 1967
- Currency
- (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
- (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
- Refer
- Trucial States
UN[edit]
- Refer
- United Nations (UN)
UN Administration of West New Guinea[edit]
- Refer
- West New Guinea
UNESCO[edit]
Union Island[edit]
- Refer
- Grenadines of St Vincent
Union Islands[edit]
- Refer
- Tokelau
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)[edit]
- Dates
- 1923 – 1992
- Capital
- Moscow
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- USSR Issues for the Far East
- See also
- Armenia;
- Azerbaijan;
- Belarus;
- Estonia;
- Georgia;
- Kazakhstan;
- Kyrgyzstan;
- Latvia;
- Lithuania;
- Moldova;
- Russia;
- Tajikistan;
- Transcaucasian Federation;
- Turkmenistan;
- Ukraine;
- Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates (UAE)[edit]
- See also
- Abu Dhabi;
- Dubai;
- Trucial States
United Arab Republic (UAR)[edit]
- Refer
- Egypt
United Kingdom (UK)[edit]
This was historically called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) after which it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or UK for short.
It has never been a philatelic term, any more than England has, because the worldwide consensus among philatelists and postal authorities has been that the issuer of British stamps is called Great Britain.
United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT)[edit]
- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
United Nations (UN)[edit]
- Dates
- 1951 –
- Currency
- American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location
United States[edit]
- Dates
- 1847 –
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- See also
- Confederate States of America
United States of New Granada[edit]
- Refer
- New Granada
Universal Postal Union (UPU)[edit]
Upper Senegal & Niger[edit]
- Refer
- French Soudan
Upper Silesia[edit]
- Refer
- Plebiscite Issues
Upper Volta[edit]
- Dates
- 1959 – 1984
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Upper Volta (French Colony)
- See also
- Burkina Faso;
- French West Africa
Upper Volta (French Colony)[edit]
- Dates
- 1920 – 1933
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Refer
- Upper Volta
Upper Yafa[edit]
- Refer
- Aden Protectorate States
UPU[edit]
Uruguay[edit]
- Dates
- 1856 –
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Currency
- (1856) 120 centavos = 1 real
- (1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso
- (1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay
United States[edit]
US Post Abroad[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Guam;
- Philippines (US Administration);
- Shanghai (US Postal Agency);
- US Post Offices in Japan
US Postal Agency in Shanghai[edit]
US Post Offices in Japan[edit]
- Refer
- US Post Abroad
USSR[edit]
- Refer
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Main Article Stamps of the Soviet Union
USSR Issues for the Far East[edit]
- Dates
- 1923 only
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
- Refer
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Far Eastern Republic
US Virgin Islands[edit]
- Refer
- Danish West Indies
Uzbekistan[edit]
- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Currency
- (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet rouble
- (June 1994) suom (coupon currency)
- (Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 soum
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uzbekistan
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
- Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
- XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960