title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl)
  
  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.
  
  ## Packhoi
  
  ### Refer
  
      Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)
  
  ## Pahang
  
  ### Dates
  
      1889 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Kuantan
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1903 – 1922
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      China (Indochinese Post Offices)
  
  ## Pakistan
  
  ### Dates
  
      1947 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Islamabad
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
      (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
  
  ## Palau
  
  ### Dates
  
      1983 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Koror
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Palau
  
  ## Palestine (British Mandate)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918 – 1948
  
  ### Capital
  
      Jerusalem
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound
      (1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postal history of Palestine
  
  ## Palestine (Egyptian Rule)
  
  Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 – 1967
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Egyptian Occupation Issues
  
  ### See also
  
      Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)
  
  ## Palestine (Jordanian Rule)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 – 1950
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 mils = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Jordan
  
  ## Palestinian Authority
  
  An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.
  
  The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1994 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto )
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1994) mils
      (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority
  
  ## Panama
  
  ### Dates
  
      1878 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Panama City
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
      (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa
  
  ## Panama Canal
  
  ### Refer
  
      Canal Zone
  
  ## Papal States
  
  ### Dates
  
      1852 – 1870
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rome
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
      (1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian States
  
  ## Papua
  
  ### Dates
  
      1906 – 1942
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Moresby
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Papua New Guinea
  
  ## Papua New Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1952 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Moresby
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
      (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea
  
  ### Includes
  
      British New Guinea;
      New Guinea (Australian Administration);
      North West Pacific Islands;
      Papua
  
  ### See also
  
      German New Guinea
  
  ## Paraguay
  
  ### Dates
  
      1870 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Asunción
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso
      (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
      (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani
  
  ## Parma
  
  ### Dates
  
      1852 – 1860
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian States
  
  ## Patiala
  
  ### Dates
  
      1884 – 1947
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Patiala in Indian Convention states
  
  ## Patmos (Patmo)
  
  Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1912 – 1932
  
  ### Capital
  
      Patmos
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
  
  ## Paxos
  
  ### Refer
  
      Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)
  
  ## Pechino (Italian Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1917 – 1922
  
  ### Currency
  
      Chinese and Italian both used
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## Peking (Foreign Post Offices)
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Post Offices Abroad;
      French Post Offices Abroad;
      Italian Post Offices Abroad;
      Russian Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## Penang
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      George Town
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Penrhyn Island
  
  ### Dates
  
      1973 –
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Includes
  
      Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)
  
  ## Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)
  
  Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1902 – 1932
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Penrhyn Island
  
  ## Perak
  
  ### Dates
  
      1878 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Ipoh
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Perlis
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Kangar
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Persekutuan Tanah Melayu
  
  ### Refer
  
      Malayan Federation
  
  ## Persia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1868 – 1935
  
  ### Capital
  
      Tehran
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
      (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
      (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi
  
  ### Refer
  
      Iran
  
  ## Peru
  
  ### Dates
  
      1858 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Lima
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso
      (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso
      (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol
  
  ## Peter I Island
  
  ### Refer
  
      Norwegian Dependency
  
  ## Philippines
  
  ### Dates
  
      1946 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976)
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso
      (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso
  
  ### See also
  
      Philippines (US Administration);
      Spanish Philippines
  
  ## Philippines (Japanese Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Occupation Issues
  
  ## Philippines (US Administration)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1899 – 1945
  
  ### Capital
  
      Manila
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar
      (1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Refer
  
      US Post Abroad
  
  ## Piedmont
  
  Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.
  
  Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.
  
  In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!
  
  ### Dates
  
      1851 – 1862
  
  ### Capital
  
      Turin
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian States
  
  ### See also
  
      Sardinia
  
  ## Pietersburg
  
  ### Dates
  
      1901 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Transvaal
  
  ## Pirate Coast
  
  ### Refer
  
      Trucial States
  
  ## Piscopi
  
  ### Refer
  
      Telos
  
  ## Pitcairn Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1940 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Adamstown
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ## Plebiscite Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Allenstein;
      Carinthia;
      East Silesia;
      Marienwerder;
      Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig;
      Upper Silesia
  