title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit–British)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit–British)
  
  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.
  
  ## Britain
  
  ### Refer
  
      Great Britain
  
  ## British Administration Issues
  
  ### Refer
  
      Eritrea (British Administration);
      Somalia (British Administration);
      Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
  
  ## British Antarctic Territory
  
  ### Dates
  
      1963 –
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
  
  ### See also
  
      Falkland Islands Dependencies;
      South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  
  ## British Bechuanaland
  
  Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. It is now the northern part of Cape Province in South Africa.
  
  The first stamps issued were Cape of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints. Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely, British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1890 to 1897.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 – 1897
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mafeking
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Cape of Good Hope
  
  ### See also
  
      Bechuanaland Protectorate
  
  ## British Central Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1891 – 1908
  
  ### Capital
  
      Zomba
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Main article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of British Central Africa
  
  ### See also
  
      Malawi;
      Nyasaland Protectorate
  
  ## British Columbia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1865 – 1868
  
  ### Capital
  
      Vancouver
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1868) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia
  
  ### Includes
  
      British Columbia and Vancouver Island
      Vancouver Island
  
  ### See also
  
      Canadian Provinces
  
  ## British Columbia & Vancouver Island
  
  ### Dates
  
      1860 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Vancouver
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      British Columbia
  
  ## British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)
  
  ## British Consular Mail
  
  ### Refer
  
      Madagascar (British Consular Mail)
  
  ## British East Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1895 – 1903
  
  ### Capital
  
      Nairobi
  
  ### Currency
  
      16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Includes
  
      British East Africa Company;
      East Africa & Uganda Protectorates;
      Uganda Protectorate
  
  ### See also
  
      Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)
  
  ## British East Africa Company
  
  ### Dates
  
      1890 – 1895
  
  ### Currency
  
      16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      British East Africa
  
  ## British Field Office in Salonika
  
  ### Refer
  
      Salonika (British Field Office)
  
  ## British Forces in Egypt
  
  ### Refer
  
      Egypt (British Forces)
  
  ## British Guiana
  
  ### Dates
  
      1850 – 1966
  
  ### Capital
  
      Georgetown
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Guyana
  
  ## British Honduras
  
  ### Dates
  
      1866 – 1973
  
  ### Capital
  
      Belize
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1888) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Belize
  
  ## British Indian Ocean Territory
  
  ### Dates
  
      1868 – 1976
  
  ### Capital
  
      Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 rupee
  
  ### See also
  
      Seychelles;
      Zil Elwannyen Sesel
  
  ## British Levant
  
  ### Refer
  
      British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## British Middle East Forces
  
  ### Refer
  
      Middle East Forces
  
  ## British Military Administration Issues (BMA)
  
  ### Refer
  
      Eritrea (British Military Administration);
      Malaya (British Military Administration);
      North Borneo (British Military Administration);
      Sarawak (British Military Administration);
      Somalia (British Military Administration);
      Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
  
  ## British New Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1901 – 1906
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Moresby
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Papua New Guinea
  
  ## British Occupation Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Baghdad (British Occupation);
      Batum (British Occupation);
      Bushire (British Occupation);
      Cameroons (British Occupation);
      East Africa Forces;
      German East Africa (British Occupation);
      Iraq (British Occupation);
      Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation);
      Long Island (British Occupation);
      Mafia Island (British Occupation)
  
  ### See also
  
      BA/BMA Issues;
      Egypt (British Forces);
      Germany (Allied Occupation);
      Middle East Forces;
      Togo (Anglo–French Occupation)
  
  ## British Occupation of Italian Colonies
  
  ### Refer
  
      BA/BMA Issues;
      East Africa Forces;
      Middle East Forces
  
  ## British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
  
  British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.
  
  Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950) and Umm Said (February 1956). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963. The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960; and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951–1953.
  
  The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961.
  
  As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 31 March 1957; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 – 1966
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1948) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
      (1957) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
  
  ### See also
  
      Abu Dhabi;
      Bahrain;
      Dubai;
      Kuwait;
      Muscat;
      Qatar;
      Trucial States
  
  ## British Post Offices Abroad
  
  ### Includes
  
      Bangkok (British Post Office);
      China (British Post Offices);
      China (British Railway Administration);
      Crete (British Post Offices);
      Japan (British Post Offices);
      Madagascar (British Consular Mail)
  
  ### See also
  
      British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
      Morocco Agencies;
      Tangier
  
  ## British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 – 1923
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Includes
  
      Beirut (British Post Office);
      Salonika (British Field Office)
  
  ## British Regional Issues
  
  ### Refer
  
      Great Britain (Regional Issues)
  
  ## British Solomon Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1907 – 1975
  
  ### Capital
  
      Honiara
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Solomon Islands
  
  ## British Somaliland
  
  ### Dates
  
      1903 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berbera
  
  ### Currency
  
      16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Somaliland Protectorate
  
  ## British South Africa Company
  
  In 1924, the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1890 – 1924
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### See also
  
      Rhodesia
  
  ## British Virgin Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1968 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Road Town
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the British Virgin Islands
  
  ### Includes
  
      Virgin Islands
  
  ### See also
  
      Leeward Islands
  
  ## British Zone
  
  No separate issues. From 1945 to 1949, always used the same stamps as the American Zone.
  
  ### Refer
  
      American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);
      Anglo–American Zones (Civil Government);
      Anglo–American Zones (Military Government)
  