title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br–Bz)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br–Bz)
  
  Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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.
  
  ## Brunei
  
  ### Dates
  
      1895 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bandar Seri Begawan
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei
  
  ## Brunei (Japanese Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Occupation Issues
  
  ## Brunswick
  
  Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1852 – 1868
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brunswick
  
  ### Currency
  
      30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
  
  ### Refer
  
      German States
  
  ## Buenos Aires
  
  ### Dates
  
      1858 – 1862
  
  ### Currency
  
      8 reales = 1 peso
  
  ### Refer
  
      Argentine Territories
  
  ## Bukovina
  
  ### Refer
  
      West Ukraine
  
  ## Bulgaria
  
  ### Dates
  
      1879 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sofia
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria
  
  ## Bulgarian Occupation Issues
  
  ### Refer
  
      Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
  
  ## Bulgarian Territories
  
  ### Includes
  
      Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);
      Eastern Rumelia;
      South Bulgaria
  
  ## Bundi
  
  Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1894 – 1948
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Burkina Faso
  
  Formerly Upper Volta.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1984 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Ouagadougou
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso
  
  ### See also
  
      Upper Volta
  
  ## Burma
  
  ### Dates
  
      1937 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rangoon
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
      (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Burma
  
  ### Includes
  
      Myanmar
  
  ## Burma (Japanese Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
      (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Occupation Issues
  
  ## Burundi
  
  ### Dates
  
      1962 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bujumbura
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi
  
  ## Bushire (British Occupation)
  
  Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1915 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman
  
  ### Refer
  
      British Occupation Issues
  
  ## Bussahir
  
  ### Dates
  
      1895 – 1901
  
  ### Currency
  
      16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Byelorussia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Belarus
  