List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F–L)

This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations, colonies, provinces, city-states and some revolutionary movements. The list includes members of the Universal Postal Union that are also listed at postal organisations.

Many of these entities are historic and some were very short-lived indeed. Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities that no longer issue stamps as dead countries.

The dates are the generally agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues. "Date of issue" is taken to mean the date when a particular type or variation was first issued but its usage would often continue for many years. For example, although an entity may have issued its last stamp in 1951, actual usage may have continued until 1960: in that case, 1951 is the last stamp issue date.

Besides the period of which stamps were issued in the name of a particular entity, the list under that entity also bears any other name in which stamps had been issued for territory, name of any other entity which had had its stamps used in that territory, or new names which had subsequently replaced the name of that entity, together with their respective periods.

List[edit]

The list has been comprehensively revised to include extra entities and to direct the links away from the country articles to the (proposed) philatelic articles.

Falkland Islands[edit]

Falkland Islands 1878 –

Falkland Islands Dependencies[edit]

Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 –

Faroe Islands[edit]

Faroe Islands (British Occupation during WWII)
Faroe Islands 1975 –

Fiji[edit]

Fiji 1870 –

Finland[edit]

Finland 1856 –
Åland Islands 1984 –
Finnish Post Abroad
Aunus (Finnish Occupation) 1919 only
Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation) 1941–1944
Karjala 1922 (only)

Fiume[edit]

Arbe 1920 only
Fiume (Free State) 1918–1924
Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation) 1945–1947
Veglia 1920 only

France[edit]

France 1849 –
French Somali Coast 1902–1967
Guadeloupe 1884–1947
Martinique 1886–1947
Reunion 1885–1974
St Pierre et Miquelon 1885–1978

French Colonies[edit]

Algeria (French Colony) 1924–1958
Benin (French Colony) 1892–1899
Chad (French Colony) 1922–1937
Dahomey 1899–1944; 1960–1975
Dakar – Abidjan 1959 only
Djibouti (French Colony) 1893–1902
Fezzan and Ghadames 1943–1951
French Colonies 1859–1886
French Committee of National Liberation 1943–1945
French Congo 1891–1906
French Equatorial Africa (AEF) 1936–1958
French Guiana 1886–1947
French Guinea 1892–1944
French Indian Settlements 1892–1954
French Morocco 1914–1956
French Oceanic Settlements 1892–1956
French Polynesia 1958 –
French Protectorate, Morocco 1914–1915
French Soudan 1894–1944
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1955 –
French Territory of Afars and Issas 1967–1977
French West Africa 1944–1959
Gabon (French Colony) 1886–1937
Inini 1932–1946
Ivory Coast (French Colony) 1892–1944
Mali Federation 1959–1960
Mauritania (French Colony) 1906–1944
Mayotte 1997–
Middle Congo 1907–1937
New Caledonia 1860 –
Niger (French Colony) 1921–1944
Obock 1892–1894
Oubangui – Chari 1922–1937
Oubangui – Chari – Tchad 1915–1922
Senegal (French Colony) 1887 –
Senegambia and Niger 1903–1906
Tahiti 1882–1915
Togo (French Colony) 1921–1957
Upper Senegal and Niger 1906–1921
Upper Volta (French Colony) 1920–1933
Vietnam (French Colony) 1945–1954
Wallis and Futuna Islands 1920 –

French Post Offices Abroad[edit]

French post offices abroad
Alexandria (French Post Office) 1899–1931
Andorra (French Offices) 1931 –
Arad (French Occupation) 1919 only
Beirut (French Post Office) 1905 only
Castelrosso (French Occupation) 1920–1921
China (French Post Offices) 1894–1922
Cilicia (French Occupation) 1918–1921
Crete (French Post Offices) 1902–1913
Dedeagatz (French Post Office) 1893–1914
Egypt (French Post Offices) 1899–1931
Ethiopia (French Post Offices) 1906–1908
French Volunteers against Bolshevism(French Post Offices) 1941–1944
Japan (French Post Offices) 1865–1880
Kavalla (French Post Office) 1893–1914
Klaipėda 1923 only
Korce (Koritza) 1917–1919
Madagascar (French Post Offices) 1885–1896
Majunga (French Post Office) 1895 only
Memel (French Administration) 1920–1923
Morocco (French Post Offices) 1862–1914
Port Lagos (French Post Office) 1893–1898
Port Said (French Post Office) 1899–1931
Syria (French Occupation) 1919–1924
Tangier (French Post Office) 1918–1942
Saar (French Administration) 1920–1935
Tientsin (French Post Office) 1903–1922
Vathy (French Post Offices) 1893–1914
Zanzibar (French Post Office) 1889–1904
French post offices in the Turkish Empire 1885–1923
Postage of the Free French Forces in the Levant 1942–1946

Gabon[edit]

Gabon 1959 –

Gambia[edit]

Gambia 1869 –

Georgia[edit]

Georgia 1993 –
Georgia (pre-Soviet) 1919–1923

German Colonies[edit]

Caroline Islands (Karolinen) 1899–1914
German East Africa 1893–1916
German New Guinea 1898–1914
German Samoa 1900–1914
German South West Africa 1888–1915
German Togo 1897–1914
Kamerun 1897–1915
Kiautschou 1901–1914
Mariana Islands (Marianen) 1899–1914
Marshall Islands (German Colony) 1897–1916

German Post Abroad[edit]

Albania (German Occupation) 1943–1944
Alsace (German Occupation) 1940–1941
Alsace-Lorraine 1870–1871
Belgium (German Occupation) 1914–1918
China (German Post Offices) 1898–1917
Dalmatia (German Occupation) 1943–1945
Dorpat (German Occupation) 1918 only
Eastern Command Area 1916–1918
Estonia (German Occupation) 1941 only
German Ninth Army Post 1918 only
Postage of German Occupation Forces (WW1) 1914–1918
German Occupation Issues (World War II) 1939–1945
German post offices in the Turkish Empire 1884–1914
Laibach (German Occupation) 1943–1945
Latvia (German Occupation) 1941 only
Lithuania (German Occupation) 1941 only
Lorraine (German Occupation) 1940–1941
Luxembourg (German Occupation) 1940–1944
Macedonia (German Occupation) 1944 only
Montenegro (German Occupation) 1943–1945
Morocco (German Post Offices) 1899–1917
Ostland 1941–1945
Poland (German Occupation WW1) 1915–1918
Poland (German Occupation World War II) 1939–1945
Romania (German Occupation) 1917–1918
Serbia (German Occupation) 1941–1944
Ukraine (German Occupation) 1941–1944
Western Command Area 1916–1918
Zante (German Occupation) 1943–1945
Zanzibar (German Postal Agency) 1890–1891

German States[edit]

Baden 1851–1871
Bavaria 1849–1920
Bergedorf 1861–1867
Bremen 1855–1867
Brunswick 1852–1868
Hamburg 1859–1867
Foreign post offices in Hamburg (Danish)
Hanover 1850–1866
Heligoland 1867–1890
Holstein 1850, 1864–1867
Lübeck 1859–1868
Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856–1868
Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1864–1868
North German Confederation 1868–1871
Oldenburg 1852–1867
Prussia 1850–1867
Saxony 1850–1868
Schleswig 1864–1868
Schleswig-Holstein 1850–1868
Postage of Thurn and Taxis (Northern District) 1849–1866
Postage of Thurn and Taxis (Southern District) 1852–1867
Württemberg 1851–1924

Germany[edit]

East Germany 1949–1991
Germany 1991 –
Germany (Allied Occupation) 1945–1949
Imperial Germany 1872–1919
Third Reich 1933–1945
Weimar Republic 1919–1932
West Berlin 1948–1991
West Germany 1949–1991

Germany (Allied Occupation)[edit]

American, British and Russian Zones 1946–1948
Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government) 1948–1949
Anglo-American Zones (Military Government) 1945–1946
Baden (French Zone) 1947–1949
Postage of Berlin-Brandenburg in the Russian Zone 1945 only
French Zone (General Issues) 1945–1946
Postage of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
Postage of North West Saxony in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
Postage of the Rhineland-Palatinate in the French Zone 1947–1949
Russian Zone (General Issues) 1948–1949
Saar (French Zone) 1945–1947
Saxony (Russian Zone) 1945–1946
Postage of South East Saxony in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
Thuringia (Russian Zone) 1945–1946
Württemberg (French Zone) 1947–1949

Ghana[edit]

Ghana 1957 –
Gold Coast 1875–1957

Gibraltar[edit]

Gibraltar 1886 –

Gilbert and Ellice Islands[edit]

Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1911–1975
Gilbert Islands 1976–1979
Kiribati 1979 –
Tuvalu 1976 –

Greece[edit]

Epirus 1914–1916
Greece 1861 –
Ikaria 1912–1913
Samos 1912–1915

Greek Post Abroad[edit]

Albania (Greek Occupation) 1940–1941
Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation) 1947 only
Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1861–1881
Kavalla (Greek Occupation) 1913 only
Khios 1913 only
Lemnos 1912–1913
Lesbos 1912–1913

Greenland[edit]

Greenland 1938 –

Grenada[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

Guatemala 1871 –

Guinea[edit]

Guinea 1959 –

Guinea–Bissau[edit]

Guinea–Bissau 1974 –

Guyana[edit]

Guyana 1966 –

Haiti[edit]

Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti 1881 –

Honduras[edit]

Honduras 1866 –

Hong Kong[edit]

Hong Kong (British colony) 1862 – 1997
Hong Kong, China 1997 -

Hungary[edit]

Hungary 1871 –

Iceland[edit]

Iceland 1873 – 2020^[1]

India[edit]

Indian Convention States[edit]

Chamba 1886–1948
Faridkot 1879–1887
Gwalior 1885–1948
Jind 1874–1885
Nabha 1885–1948
Patiala 1884–1947

Indian Native States[edit]

Alwar 1877 only
Bamra 1888–1890
Barwani 1921–1938
Bhopal 1876–1949
Bhor 1879–1901
Bijawar 1935–1937
Bundi 1894–1948
Bussahir 1895–1896
Charkari 1894–1940
Cochin 1892–1949
Dhar 1897–1898
Dungarpur 1932–1948
Duttia 1893–1899
Hyderabad 1869–1948
Idar 1939–1950
Indore 1886–1950
Jaipur 1904–1948
Jammu and Kashmir 1866–1894
Jasdan 1942 only
Jhalawar 1887–1900
Kishangarh 1899–1947
Las Bela 1897 only
Morvi 1931–1948
Nandgaon 1892–1895
Nawanager 1877–1895
Orchha 1913–1939
Poonch 1876–1894
Rajasthan 1948–1950
Rajpipla 1880–1886
Scinde 1852–1854
Shahpura 1914–1920
Sirmoor 1879–1902
Soruth (Saurashtra) 1864–1949
Travancore 1888–1949
Travancore – Cochin 1949–1951
Wadhwan 1888–1892

Iran[edit]

Iran 1935 –
Persian Socialist Republic 1919-1921
Persia 1868–1935

Iraq[edit]

Iraq 1923 –
Mesopotamia 1917–1922

Ireland, Republic of[edit]

Ireland 1922 –

Israel[edit]

Israel 1948 –

Italian Colonies[edit]

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese) 1912–1945
Astypalaea 1912–1932
Benadir 1903–1905
Cyrenaica 1923–1952
Eritrea (Italian Colony) 1893–1942
Italian Colonies (General Issues) 1932–1934
Italian East Africa 1938–1941
Italian Somaliland 1905–1936
Jubaland 1925–1926
Kalimnos 1912–1932
Karpathos 1912–1932
Kasos 1912–1932
Kastellórizo 1920–1932
Khalki 1912–1932
Kos 1912–1932
Leros 1912–1932
Lipsos 1912–1932
Nisyros 1912–1932
Patmos (Patmo) 1912–1932
Rhodes 1912–1935
Syme 1912–1932
Telos 1912–1932
Tripolitania 1923–1943

Italian Post Abroad[edit]

Italian post offices in Africa
Albania (Italian Occupation) 1939–1943
Benghazi (Italian Post Office) 1901–1912
Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
Italian post offices in China
Constantinople (Italian Post Office) 1908–1923
Corfu (Italian Occupation) 1923 only
Corfu and Paxos (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
Italian post offices in Crete
Dalmatia (Italian Occupation) 1919–1923
Durazzo (Italian Post Office) 1902–1916
Italian post offices in Egypt
Ethiopia (Italian Occupation) 1936 only
Fiume and Kupa Zone 1941–1942
Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation) 1941–1943
Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1873–1923
Jannina (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
Jerusalem (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
Khania (Italian Post Office) 1900–1912
Lubiana (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
Montenegro (Italian Occupation) 1941–1943
Pechino (Italian Post Office) 1917–1922
Salonika (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
Saseno (Italian Occupation) 1923 only
Scutari (Italian Post Office) 1909–1915
Smirne (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
Tientsin (Italian Post Office) 1917–1922
Trentino (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919
Tripoli (Italian Post Office) 1909–1912
Valona (Italian Post Office) 1909–1916
Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919

Italian States[edit]

Modena 1852–1860
Naples 1858–1861
Neapolitan Provinces 1861–1862
Papal States 1852–1870
Parma 1852–1860
Piedmont 1851–1862
Romagna 1859–1860
Sardinia 1851–1863
Sicily 1859–1860
Tuscany 1851–1860
Two Sicilies 1858–1861

Italy[edit]

Campione d'Italia 1944 only
Italian Social Republic 1944–1945
Italy 1862 –

Ivory Coast[edit]

Côte d'Ivoire 1959 –

Jamaica[edit]

Jamaica 1860 –

Japan[edit]

Japan 1871 –
Ryukyu Islands 1948–1972

Japanese Post Abroad[edit]

Brunei (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Burma (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Central China (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1944
Honan (Japanese Occupation) 1941
Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation) 1945 only
Hopei (Japanese Occupation) 1941
Inner Mongolia (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1943
Japanese Taiwan (Formosa) 1945 only
Java (Japanese Occupation) 1943–1945
Kelantan (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Korea (Japanese Post Offices) 1900–1901
Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Malaya (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Manchukuo 1932–1945
Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Nangking and Shanghai (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1945
North Borneo (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
North China (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Japanese post in occupied China 1941–1942
Sarawak (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
Shansi (Japanese Occupation) 1941
Shantung (Japanese Occupation) 1941
South China (Japanese Occupation) 1942
Sumatra (Japanese Occupation) 1943–1945
Supeh (Japanese Occupation) 1941
Philippines (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
China (Japanese Post Offices) 1900–1922
Japanese Naval Control Area 1942–1943

Jordan[edit]

Jordan 1920 –
Palestine (Jordanian Occupation) 1948–1950
Transjordan 1920–1949

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kazakhstan 1992 –

Kenya[edit]

Kenya 1963 –

Kiribati[edit]

Korea[edit]

Korea (Empire) 1884–1910
North Korea 1948 –
South Korea 1946 –
South Korea (North Korean Occupation) 1950 only

Kosovo[edit]

Kosovo 2000 –

Kuwait[edit]

Kuwait 1923 –

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Kyrgyzstan 1992 –

Labuan[edit]

Labuan 1879 – 1906
Malaysia 1963 –
Straits Settlements 1867 – 1979

Laos[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Cesis aka Wenden 1863–1901
Latvia 1918–1940; 1991 –

Lebanon[edit]

Greater Lebanon 1924–1926
Lebanon 1924 –

Leeward Islands[edit]

Anguilla 1967 –
Antigua 1862 –
Antigua and Barbuda 1981 –
Barbuda 1922 –
British Virgin Islands 1968 –
Danish West Indies 1855–1917
Dominica 1874 –
Leeward Islands 1890–1956
Montserrat 1876 –
Nevis 1980 –
Nevis (British Colonial Issues) 1861–1890
St Christopher 1870–1890
St Christopher Nevis and Anguilla 1952–1980
St Kitts 1980 –
St Kitts Nevis and Anguilla 1967–1971
St Kitts–Nevis 1903–1980
Virgin Islands 1866–1968

Lesotho[edit]

Basutoland 1933–1966
Lesotho 1966 –

Liberia[edit]

Liberia 1860 –

Libya[edit]

Ottoman Empire postal administration
Foreign postal services in Libya during the Ottoman Empire postal administration
Italian Occupation: postal administration 1911–1943
British Administration: postal administration in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica 1942–1951
French Administration: postal administration in Fezzan 1943–1951
Cyrenaica Independent Kingdom: postal administration 1950–1951
Kingdom of Libya: postal administration 1951–1969
General Posts and Telecommunications Company (GPTC) 1969 –
L.A.R. Libyan Arab Republic 1969–1977
S.P.L.A.J. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1977–1988
G.S.P.L.A.J. The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1988 –

Liechtenstein[edit]

Liechtenstein 1912 –

Lithuania[edit]

Lithuania 1918–1940; 1990 –

Luxembourg[edit]

Luxembourg 1852 –

References[edit]

^ McCarty, Denise (May 8, 2020). "A new dead country: Iceland to stop issuing stamps". Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

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
Rimeco S.A. / Switzerland, "Stamp Catalogue of Libya from 1942" and "Stamp Catalogue of Libyan Jamahiriya"

External links[edit]

[mccarty-1] McCarty, Denise (May 8, 2020). "A new dead country: Iceland to stop issuing stamps". Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

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