title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)
  
  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.
  
  ## Smirne (Italian Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1909–1911
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## Smyrne (Russian Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1909–1910
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## SO 1920
  
  ### Refer
  
      East Silesia
  
  ## Solomon Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1975–
  
  ### Capital
  
      Honiara
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Includes
  
      British Solomon Islands
  
  ## Somalia
  
  Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1950–
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mogadishu
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo
      (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling
  
  ## Somalia (British Administration)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1950 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 shilling
  
  ### Refer
  
      BA/BMA Issues
  
  ## Somalia (British Military Administration)
  
  BMA Somalia.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948– 1950
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 shilling
  
  ### Refer
  
      BA/BMA Issues
  
  ## Somalia (British Occupation)
  
  ### Refer
  
      East Africa Forces
  
  ### See also
  
      Somalia (British Administration);
      Somalia (British Military Administration)
  
  ## Somaliland Protectorate
  
  ### Dates
  
      1904–1960
  
  ### Capital
  
      Hargeisa
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee
      (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling
  
  ### Includes
  
      British Somaliland
  
  ## Soruth (Saurashtra)
  
  Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1864–1949
  
  ### Capital
  
      Junagadh
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Soudan
  
  ### Refer
  
      Sudan
  
  ## South Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1910–
  
  ### Capital
  
      Pretoria
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
  
  ## South African Republic
  
  ### Dates
  
      1869–1902
  
  ### Capital
  
      Pretoria
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Transvaal
  
  ## South African Territories
  
  ### Includes
  
      Bophutatswana;
      Ciskei;
      Transkei;
      Venda
  
  ## South Arabian Federation
  
  ### Dates
  
      1963–1968
  
  ### Capital
  
      Aden
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling
      (1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Aden Protectorate States
  
  ## South Australia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1855–1912
  
  ### Capital
  
      Adelaide
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### See also
  
      Australia
  
  ## South Bulgaria
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Plovdiv (Philippopolis)
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bulgarian Territories
  
  ## South China (People's Post)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1949 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      CPR Regional Issues
  
  ## South East Saxony (Russian Zone)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945–1946
  
  ### Capital
  
      Dresden
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      Germany (Allied Occupation)
  
  ## South Georgia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1963–1980
  
  ### Capital
  
      Grytviken
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  
  ## South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
  
  Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1944–1946
  
  ### Capital
  
      Grytviken
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Falkland Islands Dependencies
  
  ## South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  
  A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1980–
  
  ### Capital
  
      Grytviken
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pence = 1 pound
  
  ### Main Article Needed
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  
  ### Includes
  
      South Georgia
  
  ## South Kasai
  
  ### Dates
  
      1961–1962
  
  ### Capital
  
      Lusambo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Zaire
  
  ## South Korea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1946–
  
  ### Capital
  
      Seoul
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1946) 100 chon = 1 won
      (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan
      (1962) 100 chon = 1 won
  
  ## South Korea (North Korean Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1950 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 chon = 1 won
  
  ### Refer
  
      North Korea
  
  ## South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
  
  Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 skatiku = 1 auksinas
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Occupation Issues
  
  ## South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1944–1946
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Falkland Islands Dependencies
  
  ## South Russia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Civil War Issues
  
  ## South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1944–1946
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Falkland Islands Dependencies
  
  ## South Sudan
  
  ### Dates
  
      2011-
  
  ### Capital
  
      Juba
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 piaster = 1 pound
  
  ## South Vietnam
  
  ### Dates
  
      1955–1976
  
  ### Capital
  
      Saigon
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 piastre
  
  ### See also
  
      National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam;
      North Vietnam;
      Vietnam
  
  ## South West Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1923–1991
  
  ### Capital
  
      Windhoek
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
  
  ### See also
  
      German South West Africa;
      Namibia
  
  ## South West China (People's Post)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1949–1950
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      CPR Regional Issues
  
  ## Southern Cameroons
  
  ### Dates
  
      1960–1961
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mamfe
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Nigerian Territories
  
  ## Southern Nigeria
  
  ### Dates
  
      1901–1914
  
  ### Capital
  
      Enugu
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Nigerian Territories
  
  ## Southern Rhodesia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1924–1964
  
  ### Capital
  
      Salisbury
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Rhodesia
  
  ## Southern Yemen
  
  ### Dates
  
      1968–1971
  
  ### Capital
  
      Aden
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 fils = 1 dinar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Yemen
  
  ## Southern Zone, Morocco
  
  ### Dates
  
      1956–1958
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rabat
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Morocco
  
  ### See also
  
      French Morocco
  