title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me–Mz)
text: # 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
  
  ### Dates
  
      1856–1868
  
  ### Capital
  
      Schwerin
  
  ### Currency
  
      48 schillings = 1 thaler
  
  ### Refer
  
      German States
  
  ## Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  
  ### Dates
  
      1864–1868
  
  ### Capital
  
      Strelitz
  
  ### Currency
  
      30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
  
  ### Refer
  
      German States
  
  ## Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945–1946
  
  ### Capital
  
      Schwerin
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      Germany (Allied Occupation)
  
  ## MEF
  
  ### Refer
  
      Middle East Forces (MEF)
  
  ## Melaka
  
  ### Refer
  
      Malacca
  
  ## Memel (French Administration)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1920–1923
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Occupation Issues
  
  ## Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)
  
  ### Refer
  
      Klaipėda
  
  ## Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942–1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Occupation Issues
  
  ## Mengtse
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)
  
  ## Mesopotamia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mosul (Indian Forces)
  
  ## Metelin
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
  
  ## Mexico
  
  ### Dates
  
      1856 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mexico City
  
  ### Currency
  
      8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ## Micronesia, Federated States of
  
  ### Dates
  
      1984 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Palikir
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia
  
  ## Middle Congo
  
  ### Dates
  
      1907–1937
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brazzaville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Congo Republic;
      French Congo;
      French Equatorial Africa
  
  ## Middle East Forces (MEF)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942–1947
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### See also
  
      BA/BMA Issues;
      British Occupation Issues;
      Egypt (British Forces)
  
  ## Midway Islands
  
  ### Refer
  
      United States of America (USA)
  
  ## Modena
  
  ### Dates
  
      1852–1860
  
  ### Capital
  
      Modena
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian States
  
  ## Moheli
  
  ### Dates
  
      1906–1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Madagascar & Dependencies
  
  ## Moldavia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1858–1862
  
  ### Capital
  
      Iași
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 parale = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Romania
  
  ## Moldo-Wallachia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1862–1865
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bucharest
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 parale = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Romania
  
  ## Moldova
  
  ### Dates
  
      1991 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Kishinev
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
      (1993) kupon (temporary currency)
      (1993) 100 bani = 1 leu
  
  ### See also
  
      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  
  ## Moluccas
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Naval Control Area
  
  ## Monaco
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Monte Carlo
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ## Mongolia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1924 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Ulan Bator
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar
      (1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög
  
  ## Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1903–1922
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      China (Indochinese Post Offices)
  
  ## Mongtze
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)
  
  ## Mont-Athos
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
  
  ## Montenegro
  
  ### 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
  
  ### Includes
  
      Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
  
  ### See also
  
      Yugoslavia
  
  ## Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1917 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 heller = 1 krone
  
  ### Refer
  
      Austro–Hungarian Military Post
  
  ## Montenegro (German Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1943–1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
      (1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Occupation Issues (WW2)
  
  ## Montenegro (Italian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1941–1943
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar
      (1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Occupation Issues
  
  ## Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Titograd (Podgorica)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Montenegro
  
  ## Montserrat
  
  ### Dates
  
      1876 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Plymouth
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ## Morocco
  
  ### 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
  
  ### Dates
  
      1898–1957
  
  ### Currency
  
      British, French and Spanish all used
  
  ### See also
  
      Tangier
  
  ## Morocco (British Post Offices)
  
  ### Refer
  
      Morocco Agencies
  
  ## Morocco (French Post Offices)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1862–1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## Morocco (German Post Offices)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1899–1917
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1903–1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      Spanish Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## Morvi
  
  ### Dates
  
      1931–1948
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Mosul (Indian Forces)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Overseas Forces
  
  ## Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1909–1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## Moyen Congo
  
  ### Refer
  
      Middle Congo
  
  ## Mozambique
  
  ### Dates
  
      1876 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques)
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
      (1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical
  
  ### See also
  
      Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
  
  ## Mozambique Company
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892–1942
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
  
  ## Mozambique Territories
  
  ### Includes
  
      Inhambane;
      Kionga;
      Lourenço Marques;
      Quelimane;
      Tete;
      Zambezia
  
  ## Muscat
  
  ### Dates
  
      1944–1948
  
  ### Capital
  
      Muscat
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Muscat & Oman
  
  ### See also
  
      British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
      Oman
  
  ## Muscat & Oman
  
  ### Dates
  
      1966–1970
  
  ### Capital
  
      Muscat
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee;
      (1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi
  
  ### Includes
  
      Muscat
  
  ### See also
  
      British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
      Oman
  
  ## Mustique
  
  ### Refer
  
      Grenadines of St Vincent
  
  ## Mutawakelite Kingdom
  
  ### Refer
  
      Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)
  
  ## Myanmar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Burma
  
  ## Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1909–1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  