title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Po–Pz)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Po–Pz)
  
  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.
  
  ## Poland
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Warsaw
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1918) 100 fenigs = 1 mark
      (1918) 100 hellers = 1 crown
      (1924) 100 groszy = 1 zloty
  
  ### Includes
  
      Poland (Russian Province)
  
  ### See also
  
      General Gouvernement;
      German Occupation Issues (WWI);
      German Occupation Issues (WWII)
  
  ## Poland (German Occupation WWI)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1915 – 1918
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Occupation Issues (WWI)
  
  ## Poland (German Occupation WWII)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1939 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 groszy = 1 zloty
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Occupation Issues (WWII)
  
  ## Poland (Russian Province)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1860 – 1863
  
  ### Capital
  
      Warsaw
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Poland
  
  ## Polish Army in Russia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Polish Post Abroad
  
  ## Polish Corps in Russia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Polish Post Abroad
  
  ## Polish Government in Exile
  
  ### Dates
  
      1941 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 groszy = 1 zloty
  
  ### Refer
  
      Polish Post Abroad
  
  ## Polish Military Post
  
  ### Refer
  
      Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
      Polish Army in Russia;
      Polish Corps in Russia
  
  ## Polish Occupation Issues
  
  ### Refer
  
      Polish Post Abroad
  
  ## Polish Post Abroad
  
  ### Includes
  
      Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
      Constantinople (Polish Post Office);
      Danzig (Polish Post Office);
      Polish Army in Russia;
      Polish Corps in Russia;
      Polish Government in Exile
  
  ## Polska
  
  ### Refer
  
      Poland
  
  ## Pondicherry
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Indian Settlements
  
  ## Ponta Delgada
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892 – 1905
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 reis = 1 milreis
  
  ### Refer
  
      Azores Territories
  
  ## Poonch
  
  ### Dates
  
      1876 – 1894
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Port Arthur & Dairen
  
  ### Dates
  
      1946 – 1950
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      CPR Regional Issues
  
  ## Port Gdansk
  
  ### Refer
  
      Danzig (Polish Post Office)
  
  ## Port Lagos (French Post Office)
  
  French PO in Thrace when under Turkish rule. Issued French stamps overprinted PORT-LAGOS. The office closed in 1898. Port Lagos is a seaport in Western Thrace which now belongs to Greece.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1893 – 1898
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## Port Said (French Post Office)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1899 – 1931
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Egypt (French Post Offices)
  
  ## Portugal
  
  ### Dates
  
      1853 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Lisbon
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1853) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### See also
  
      Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
      Angola;
      Azores;
      Cape Verde Islands;
      Guinea–Bissau;
      Macao;
      Madeira;
      Mozambique;
      Portuguese Congo;
      Portuguese Guinea;
      Portuguese India;
      Sao Tome e Principe;
      Timor
  
  ## Portuguese Africa
  
  ### Refer
  
      Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
  
  ## Portuguese Congo
  
  ### Dates
  
      1894 – 1920
  
  ### Capital
  
      Cabinda
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1894) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
  
  ### See also
  
      Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
  
  ## Portuguese Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1881 – 1974
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bissau
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
  
  ### See also
  
      Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
      Guinea–Bissau
  
  ## Portuguese India
  
  Portugal sought territory in India after Vasco da Gama's successful voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497–1498. The three enclaves of Goa (1505), Damao (1531) and Diu (1534) were annexed to collectively form the colony of Portuguese India.
  
  Goa, including the capital Pangim (now Panaji), is on the Malabar Coast of SW India, roughly midway between Bombay and Bangalore. Damao (now called Daman) is on the west coast, at the entrance to the Gulf of Cambay, about 100 miles north of Bombay. Diu, which includes the towns of Diu and Simbor, is a small island (15 sq. miles) off the south coast of Kathiawar peninsula in western India.
  
  The first stamps were issued 1 October 1871. Stamps of British India were also valid until 1877. Standard Portuguese types such as the Ceres issue were used until 1925 when specific types began to be produced. All stamps were inscribed INDIA in some way; from 1946, the inscription was usually ESTADO DA INDIA.
  
  In 1950, newly independent India demanded the transfer of the Portuguese territories but Portugal refused. India set up a land blockade in 1954 and then annexed the territories on 17 December 1961. Stamps of India were introduced on 29 December 1961.
  
  Goa became a State of India in 1987 while Daman and Diu (combined) is a Union Territory.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1871 – 1961
  
  ### Capital
  
      Pangim (Goa)
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1871) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1882) 12 reis = 1 tanga; 16 tangas = 1 rupia
      (1959) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Portuguese India
  
  ## Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa
  
  ### Refer
  
      German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)
  
  ## Portuguese Timor
  
  ### Refer
  
      Timor
  
  ## Preussen
  
  ### Refer
  
      Prussia
  
  ## Priamur & Maritime Provinces
  
  ### Dates
  
      1921 – 1922
  
  ### Capital
  
      Vladivostok
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Civil War Issues
  
  ## Prince Edward Island
  
  ### Dates
  
      1861 – 1873
  
  ### Capital
  
      Charlottetown
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1872) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Canadian Provinces
  
  ## Protectorat Français
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Protectorate, Morocco
  
  ## Prussia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1850 – 1867
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 silbergroschen; 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
      (1867) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
  
  ### See also
  
      Germany (Imperial);
      North German Confederation
  
  ## Puerto Rico
  
  ### Dates
  
      1873 – 1900
  
  ### Capital
  
      San Juan
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta
      (1881) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso
      (1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Cuba & Puerto Rico
  
  ## Pulau Pinang
  
  ### Refer
  
      Penang
  
  ## Puttiala
  
  ### Refer
  
      Patiala
  