title: List of British post offices abroad
text: # List of British post offices abroad
  
  Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The following is a partial list of British postal services abroad. The list does not include agencies in South America, such as in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso.
  
  ## British post offices abroad
  
  * British post offices in Africa various issues
  * Baghdad (British Occupation) 1917 only
  * Bangkok (British Post Office) 1882–1885
  * Batum (British Occupation) 1919–1920
  * Beirut (British Post Office) 1906 only
  * British post offices in the Turkish Empire 1885–1923
  * British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948–1966
  * Bushire (British Occupation) 1915 only
  * Cameroons (British Occupation) 1915 only
  * China (British Post Offices) 1917–1930
  * China (British Railway Administration) 1901 only
  * Crete (British Post Offices) 1898–1899
  * East Africa Forces 1943–1948
  * British post in Egypt (Consular Offices) 1839–1882
  * British post in Egypt (British Military Occupation) 1882–1914
  * Egypt (British Forces) 1932–1943
  * Eritrea (British Administration) 1950–1952
  * Eritrea (British Military Administration) 1948–1950
  * German East Africa (British Occupation) 1917 only
  * Iraq (British Occupation) 1918–1923
  * Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation) 1946–1949
  * Japan (British Post Offices) 1859–1879
  * Mafia Island (British Occupation) 1915–1916
  * Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945–1948
  * Middle East Forces (MEF) 1942–1947
  * Morocco Agencies 1898–1957
  * North Borneo (BMA) 1945 only
  * Salonika (British Field Office) 1916 only
  * Sarawak (BMA) 1945 only
  * Somalia (British Administration) 1950 only
  * Somalia (British Military Administration) 1948–1950
  * Tangier 1927–1957
  * Tripolitania (British Administration) 1950–1952
  * Tripolitania (British Military Administration) 1948–1950
  * Uzunada, formerly Chustan Island (British Occupation) 1916 only
  