title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)
  
  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.
  
  ## Belgian Congo
  
  Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1909–1960
  
  ### Capital
  
      Leopoldville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Congo Free State
  
  ## Belgian Occupation Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);
      German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);
      Germany (Belgian Occupation)
  
  ## Belgium
  
  ### Dates
  
      1849 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brussels
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium
  
  ## Belgium (German Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1914–1918
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Occupation Issues (WW1)
  
  ## Belize
  
  ### Dates
  
      1973 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Belmopan
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Belize
  
  ### See also
  
      British Honduras
  
  ## Belorussia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Belarus
  
  ## Benadir
  
  ### Dates
  
      1903–1905
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mogadishu
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Somaliland
  
  ## Benghazi (Italian Post Office)
  
  Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1901–1912
  
  ### Currency
  
      40 paras = 1 piastre
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## Benin
  
  Formerly Dahomey.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1976 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Porto Novo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Benin
  
  ### Includes
  
      Benin (French Colony)
  
  ### See also
  
      Dahomey
  
  ## Benin (French Colony)
  
  The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892–99 and was then incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892–1899
  
  ### Capital
  
      Porto Novo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Benin
  
  ## Bequia
  
  Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.
  
  ### Refer
  
      Grenadines of St Vincent
  
  ## Bergedorf
  
  Became part of Hamburg in 1867.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1861–1867
  
  ### Currency
  
      16 schillings = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German States
  
  ## Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)
  
  Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin (Russian Zone)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      Germany (Allied Occupation)
  
  ## Bermuda
  
  ### Dates
  
      1865 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Hamilton
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda
  
  ## Bessarabia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Moldova
  
  ## Beyrouth
  
  ### Refer
  
      Beirut (French Post Office);
      Beirut (Russian Post Office)
  
  ## Bhopal
  
  ### Dates
  
      1876–1949
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Bhor
  
  ### Dates
  
      1879–1901
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## Bhutan
  
  ### Dates
  
      1962 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Thimphu
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan
  
  ## Biafra
  
  Nigerian civil war issues.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1968–1969
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Harcourt
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### Main article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra
  
  ### Refer
  
      Nigerian Territories
  
  ## Bijawar
  
  ### Dates
  
      1935–1937
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Native States
  
  ## 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)
  
  ## Bohemia & Moravia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1939–1945
  
  ### Capital
  
      Prague
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 haleru = 1 koruna
  
  ## Bohmen und Mahren
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bohemia & Moravia
  
  ## Boka Kotorska
  
  ### Refer
  
      Dalmatia (German Occupation)
  
  ## Bolívar
  
  ### Dates
  
      1863–1904
  
  ### Capital
  
      Montería
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Refer
  
      Colombian Territories
  
  ## Bolivia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1867 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      La Paz
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano
      (1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia
  
  ## Bophutatswana
  
  One of the territories ( Bantustans ) up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1977 – 1994
  
  ### Capital
  
      Mmabatho (aka Sun City)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 rand
  
  ### Refer
  
      South African Territories
  
  ## Borneo
  
  ### Refer
  
      Japanese Naval Control Area
  
  ## Bosnia & Herzegovina
  
  ### Dates
  
      1993 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sarajevo
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar
      (1997) 100 pfennig = 1 mark
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
  ### Includes
  
      Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire);
      Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);
      Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);
      Croatian Posts (Bosnia)
  
  ### See also
  
      Bosnian Serb Republic;
      Croatia;
      Yugoslavia
  
  ## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
  
  Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria-Hungary was authorised to occupy Bosnia & Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  
  During 1912–1918, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1878–1918
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sarajevo
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1878–1899) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
      (1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bosnia & Herzegovina
  
  ## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)
  
  The 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after World War I.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918–1921
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sarajevo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 heller = 1 krone
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bosnia & Herzegovina
  
  ## Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
  
  There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 only
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sarajevo
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 banicas = 1 kuna
  
  ### Refer
  
      Bosnia & Herzegovina
  
  ## Bosnian Serb Republic
  
  Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia & Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.
  
  By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.
  
  Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1992 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Pale
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 paras = 1 dinar
  
  ### See also
  
      Bosnia & Herzegovina;
      Croatian Posts (Bosnia);
      Yugoslavia
  
  ## Botswana
  
  ### Dates
  
      1966 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Gaborone
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1966) 100 cents = 1 rand
      (1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana
  
  ### See also
  
      Bechuanaland
  
  ## Bouvet Island
  
  ### Refer
  
      Norwegian Dependency
  
  ## Boyacá
  
  ### Dates
  
      1899–1903
  
  ### Capital
  
      Tunja
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### Refer
  
      Colombian Territories
  
  ## Brazil
  
  ### Dates
  
      1843 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brasilia
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1843) 1000 = 1 milreis
      (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro
      (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil
  
  ## Bremen
  
  Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1855–1867
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bremen
  
  ### Currency
  
      22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler
  
  ### Refer
  
      German States
  