title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sp–Sz)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sp–Sz)
  
  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.
  
  ## Spain
  
  ### Dates
  
      1850 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Madrid
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1850) 8 cuartos [es] = 1 real
      (1866) 80 cuartos [es] = 100 centimos = 1 escudo
      (1867) 1000 milesimas = 100 centimos = 80 cuartos [es] = 1 escudo
      (1872) 100 centimos = 1 peseta
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### See also
  
      Canary Islands
  
  ## Spanish Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1902–1960
  
  ### Capital
  
      Santa Isabel
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Includes
  
      Elobey, Annobon & Corisco;
      Fernando Poo;
      Rio Muni
  
  ## Spanish Marianas
  
  ### Dates
  
      1898–1899
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      Spanish Philippines
  
  ### See also
  
      Mariana Islands
  
  ## Spanish Morocco
  
  ### Dates
  
      1914–1956
  
  ### Capital
  
      Tetuan
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ## Spanish Philippines
  
  ### Dates
  
      1854–1898
  
  ### Capital
  
      Manila
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1854) 20 cuartos [es] = 1 real; 8 reales = 1 peso
      (1864) 100 centimos = 1 peso
      (1871) 100 centimos = 1 escudo
      (1872) 100 centimos = 1 peseta
      (1876) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Includes
  
      Spanish Marianas
  
  ## Spanish Post Offices Abroad
  
  ### Includes
  
      Morocco (Spanish Post Offices);
      Tangier (Spanish Post Office);
      Tetuan (Spanish Post Office)
  
  ## Spanish Sahara
  
  ### Dates
  
      1924–1975
  
  ### Capital
  
      El Aaiun
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      Spanish West Africa
  
  ## Spanish West Africa
  
  The general issue was for use in Ifni and Spanish Sahara.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1949–1951
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Includes
  
      Cape Juby;
      Ifni;
      La Aguëra;
      Rio de Oro;
      Spanish Sahara
  
  ## Srba Hrvata Slovena
  
  ### Refer
  
      Yugoslavia
  
  ## Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia)
  
  After Croatia recovered Krajina and Eastern Slavonia from the autonomous republic of Srpska Krajina in 1995, Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). Stamps were issued soon afterwards.
  
  Postal administration was transferred back to Croatia on 19 May 1997 and separate issues ceased at that time. Eastern Slavonia as a whole was incorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1995–1997
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 paras = 1 dinar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Croatia
  
  ### See also
  
      Srpska Krajina (Croatia)
  
  ## Sri Lanka
  
  ### Dates
  
      1972 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Colombo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 rupee
  
  ### See also
  
      Ceylon
  
  ## Srpska
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bosnian Serb Republic
  
  ## Srpska Krajina (Croatia)
  
  After Croatia declared itself independent of Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatian Serbs in Krajina, Western Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia proclaimed their allegiance to Yugoslavia and formed the Republic of Srpska Krajina under UN protection. Elections for a president and parliament were held in January 1994.
  
  In 1995, the Republic of Croatia began to recover the Serb territories. Krajina and Western Slavonia were incorporated back into Croatia that year while Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region).
  
  Stamps were issued soon after Srpska Krajina was proclaimed and continued until the Croatian recovery of Krajina. Later issues were made by Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (q.v.).
  
  ### Dates
  
      1993–1995
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 paras = 1 dinar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Croatia
  
  ### See also
  
      Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia)
  
  ## Stadt Post Basel
  
  ### Refer
  
      Basle
  
  ## Stampalia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Astypalaea
  
  ## Stellaland Republic
  
  A temporary Boer republic was established in Stellaland, which was the area surrounding Vryburg, on 26 July 1882. In 1885 it was annexed by Britain and incorporated into British Bechuanaland.
  
  There was one local issue of six stamps on 1 February 1884.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1884–1885
  
  ### Capital
  
      Vryburg
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Cape of Good Hope
  
  ### See also
  
      Vryburg
  
  ## Stockholm
  
  ### Dates
  
      1856–1862
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1855) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler
      (1858) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler
  
  ### Refer
  
      Sweden
  
  ## Straits Settlements
  
  ### Dates
  
      1867–1942
  
  ### Capital
  
      Singapore
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Includes
  
      Labuan
  
  ## Strasbourg
  
  ### Refer
  
      Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
  
  ## Sudan
  
  Earliest issues were Egyptian stamps overprinted SOUDAN.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1897 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Khartoum
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound
  
  ## Sudetenland
  
  ### Refer
  
      Asch (Sudetenland)
  
  ## Suez Canal Company
  
  During the construction period 1859–69, the company ran a mail service that was taken over by the Egyptian government in 1868. Some special stamps (unofficial only) were issued in 1868.
  
  ### Refer
  
      Egypt
  
  ## Suidafrika
  
  ### Refer
  
      South Africa
  
  ## Sumatra (Japanese Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1943–1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 gulden
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Occupation Issues
  
  ## Sungei Ujong
  
  ### Dates
  
      1878–1895
  
  ### Capital
  
      Seremban
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Suomi
  
  ### Refer
  
      Finland
  
  ## Surinam/Suriname
  
  ### Dates
  
      1873 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Paramaribo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 gulden
  
  ## Sverige
  
  ### Refer
  
      Sweden
  
  ## Swaziland
  
  ### Dates
  
      1933 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mbabane
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1889) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
      (1974) 100 cents = 1 lilangeni (note: plural is emalangeni)
  
  ### Includes
  
      Swaziland (Provisional Government)
  
  ## Swaziland (Provisional Government)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1889–1894
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mbabane
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Swaziland
  
  ## Sweden
  
  ### Dates
  
      1855 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Stockholm
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1855) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler
      (1858) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler
      (1875) 100 ore = 1 krona
  
  ### Includes
  
      Stockholm
  
  ## Swiss Cantonal Administration
  
  ### Refer
  
      Basle;
      Geneva;
      Switzerland;
      Zurich
  
  ## Swiss Cantonal Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Basle;
      Geneva;
      Zurich
  
  ## Swiss PTT
  
  ### Refer
  
      United Nations (UN)
  
  ## Swiss Transitional Issues
  
  ### Refer
  
      Geneva;
      Switzerland;
      Zurich
  
  ## Switzerland
  
  ### Dates
  
      1850 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bern
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1850) 100 rappen = 1 franken
      (1862) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Swiss Cantonal Issues
  
  ## Syme
  
  Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed SIMI, the Italian (and Greek) name of the island.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1912–1932
  
  ### Capital
  
      Simi
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
  
  ## Syria
  
  ### Dates
  
      1924 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Damascus
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 piastre
  
  ### See also
  
      United Arab Republic (UAR)
  
  ## Syria (French Occupation)
  
  Issues in both Egyptian and Syrian currency overprinted TEO or OMF.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919–1924
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1919) 40 paras = 10 milliemes = 1 piastre
      (1920) 100 centimes = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Occupation Issues
  
  ## Szechwan
  
  ### Dates
  
      1933 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Chinese Provinces
  
  ## Szeged
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Szeged
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 filler = 1 korona
  
  ### See also
  
      Hungary
  
  ## Yugoslavia
  
  Overprints on Yugoslav stamps issued in Trieste.
  
  ### Refer
  
      Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)
  