List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F–L)

This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp . These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations, colonies, provinces, city-states and some revolutionary movements. The list includes members of the Universal Postal Union that are also listed at postal organisations.

Many of these entities are historic and some were very short-lived indeed. Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities that no longer issue stamps as dead countries.

The dates are the generally agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues. "Date of issue" is taken to mean the date when a particular type or variation was issued but its usage would often continue for many years. For example, although an entity may have issued its last stamp in 1951, actual usage may have continued until 1960: in that case, 1951 is the last stamp issue date.

Besides the period of which stamps were issued in the name of a particular entity, the list under that entity also bears any other name in which stamps had been issued for territory, name of any other entity which had had its stamps used in that territory, or new names which had subsequently replaced the name of that entity, together with their respective periods.

List

The list has been comprehensively revised to include extra entities and to direct the links away from the country articles to the (proposed) philatelic articles.

Falkland Islands

* Falkland Islands 1878 –

Falkland Islands Dependencies

* Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 –

Faroe Islands

* Faroe Islands (British Occupation during WWII)
* Faroe Islands 1975 –

Fiji

* Fiji 1870 –

Finland

* Finland 1856 –
* Åland Islands 1984 –
* Finnish Post Abroad
* Aunus (Finnish Occupation) 1919 only
* Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation) 1941–1944
* Karjala 1922 (only)

Fiume

* Arbe 1920 only
* Fiume (Free State) 1918–1924
* Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation) 1945–1947
* Veglia 1920 only

France

* France 1849 –
* French Somali Coast 1902–1967
* Guadeloupe 1884–1947
* Martinique 1886–1947
* Reunion 1885–1974
* St Pierre et Miquelon 1885–1978

French Colonies

* Algeria (French Colony) 1924–1958
* Benin (French Colony) 1892–1899
* Chad (French Colony) 1922–1937
* Dahomey 1899–1944; 1960–1975
* Dakar – Abidjan 1959 only
* Djibouti (French Colony) 1893–1902
* Fezzan and Ghadames 1943–1951
* French Colonies 1859–1886
* French Committee of National Liberation 1943–1945
* French Congo 1891–1906
* French Equatorial Africa (AEF) 1936–1958
* French Guiana 1886–1947
* French Guinea 1892–1944
* French Indian Settlements 1892–1954
* French Morocco 1914–1956
* French Oceanic Settlements 1892–1956
* French Polynesia 1958 –
* French Protectorate, Morocco 1914–1915
* French Soudan 1894–1944
* French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1955 –
* French Territory of Afars and Issas 1967–1977
* French West Africa 1944–1959
* Gabon (French Colony) 1886–1937
* Inini 1932–1946
* Ivory Coast (French Colony) 1892–1944
* Mali Federation 1959–1960
* Mauritania (French Colony) 1906–1944
* Mayotte 1997–
* Middle Congo 1907–1937
* New Caledonia 1860 –
* Niger (French Colony) 1921–1944
* Obock 1892–1894
* Oubangui – Chari 1922–1937
* Oubangui – Chari – Tchad 1915–1922
* Senegal (French Colony) 1887 –
* Senegambia and Niger 1903–1906
* Tahiti 1882–1915
* Togo (French Colony) 1921–1957
* Upper Senegal and Niger 1906–1921
* Upper Volta (French Colony) 1920–1933
* Vietnam (French Colony) 1945–1954
* Wallis and Futuna Islands 1920 –

French Post Offices Abroad

* French post offices abroad
* Alexandria (French Post Office) 1899–1931
* Andorra (French Offices) 1931 –
* Arad (French Occupation) 1919 only
* Beirut (French Post Office) 1905 only
* Castelrosso (French Occupation) 1920–1921
* China (French Post Offices) 1894–1922
* Cilicia (French Occupation) 1918–1921
* Crete (French Post Offices) 1902–1913
* Dedeagatz (French Post Office) 1893–1914
* Egypt (French Post Offices) 1899–1931
* Ethiopia (French Post Offices) 1906–1908
* French Volunteers against Bolshevism(French Post Offices) 1941–1944
* Japan (French Post Offices) 1865–1880
* Kavalla (French Post Office) 1893–1914
* Klaipėda 1923 only
* Korce (Koritza) 1917–1919
* Madagascar (French Post Offices) 1885–1896
* Majunga (French Post Office) 1895 only
* Memel (French Administration) 1920–1923
* Morocco (French Post Offices) 1862–1914
* Port Lagos (French Post Office) 1893–1898
* Port Said (French Post Office) 1899–1931
* Syria (French Occupation) 1919–1924
* Tangier (French Post Office) 1918–1942
* Saar (French Administration) 1920–1935
* Tientsin (French Post Office) 1903–1922
* Vathy (French Post Offices) 1893–1914
* Zanzibar (French Post Office) 1889–1904
* French post offices in the Turkish Empire 1885–1923
* Postage of the Free French Forces in the Levant 1942–1946

Gabon

* Gabon 1959 –

Gambia

* Gambia 1869 –

Georgia

* Georgia 1993 –
* Georgia (pre-Soviet) 1919–1923

German Colonies

* Caroline Islands (Karolinen) 1899–1914
* German East Africa 1893–1916
* German New Guinea 1898–1914
* German Samoa 1900–1914
* German South West Africa 1888–1915
* German Togo 1897–1914
* Kamerun 1897–1915
* Kiautschou 1901–1914
* Mariana Islands (Marianen) 1899–1914
* Marshall Islands (German Colony) 1897–1916

German Post Abroad

* Albania (German Occupation) 1943–1944
* Alsace (German Occupation) 1940–1941
* Alsace-Lorraine 1870–1871
* Belgium (German Occupation) 1914–1918
* China (German Post Offices) 1898–1917
* Dalmatia (German Occupation) 1943–1945
* Dorpat (German Occupation) 1918 only
* Eastern Command Area 1916–1918
* Estonia (German Occupation) 1941 only
* German Ninth Army Post 1918 only
* Postage of German Occupation Forces (WW1) 1914–1918
* German Occupation Issues (World War II) 1939–1945
* German post offices in the Turkish Empire 1884–1914
* Laibach (German Occupation) 1943–1945
* Latvia (German Occupation) 1941 only
* Lithuania (German Occupation) 1941 only
* Lorraine (German Occupation) 1940–1941
* Luxembourg (German Occupation) 1940–1944
* Macedonia (German Occupation) 1944 only
* Montenegro (German Occupation) 1943–1945
* Morocco (German Post Offices) 1899–1917
* Ostland 1941–1945
* Poland (German Occupation WW1) 1915–1918
* Poland (German Occupation World War II) 1939–1945
* Romania (German Occupation) 1917–1918
* Serbia (German Occupation) 1941–1944
* Ukraine (German Occupation) 1941–1944
* Western Command Area 1916–1918
* Zante (German Occupation) 1943–1945
* Zanzibar (German Postal Agency) 1890–1891

German States

* Baden 1851–1871
* Bavaria 1849–1920
* Bergedorf 1861–1867
* Bremen 1855–1867
* Brunswick 1852–1868
* Hamburg 1859–1867
* Foreign post offices in Hamburg (Danish)
* Hanover 1850–1866
* Heligoland 1867–1890
* Holstein 1850, 1864–1867
* Lübeck 1859–1868
* Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856–1868
* Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1864–1868
* North German Confederation 1868–1871
* Oldenburg 1852–1867
* Prussia 1850–1867
* Saxony 1850–1868
* Schleswig 1864–1868
* Schleswig-Holstein 1850–1868
* Postage of Thurn and Taxis (Northern District) 1849–1866
* Postage of Thurn and Taxis (Southern District) 1852–1867
* Württemberg 1851–1924

Germany

* East Germany 1949–1991
* Germany 1991 –
* Germany (Allied Occupation) 1945–1949
* Imperial Germany 1872–1919
* Third Reich 1933–1945
* Weimar Republic 1919–1932
* West Berlin 1948–1991
* West Germany 1949–1991

Germany (Allied Occupation)

* American, British and Russian Zones 1946–1948
* Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government) 1948–1949
* Anglo-American Zones (Military Government) 1945–1946
* Baden (French Zone) 1947–1949
* Postage of Berlin-Brandenburg in the Russian Zone 1945 only
* French Zone (General Issues) 1945–1946
* Postage of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
* Postage of North West Saxony in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
* Postage of the Rhineland-Palatinate in the French Zone 1947–1949
* Russian Zone (General Issues) 1948–1949
* Saar (French Zone) 1945–1947
* Saxony (Russian Zone) 1945–1946
* Postage of South East Saxony in the Russian Zone 1945–1946
* Thuringia (Russian Zone) 1945–1946
* Württemberg (French Zone) 1947–1949

Ghana

* Ghana 1957 –
* Gold Coast 1875–1957

Gibraltar

* Gibraltar 1886 –

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

* Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1911–1975
* Gilbert Islands 1976–1979
* Kiribati 1979 –
* Tuvalu 1976 –

Greece

* Epirus 1914–1916
* Greece 1861 –
* Ikaria 1912–1913
* Postage stamps and postal history of Samos, Samos 1912–1915

Greek Post Abroad

* Greek post in Albania, Albania (Greek Occupation) 1940–1941
* Greek post in the Dodecanese Islands, Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation) 1947 only
* Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1861–1881
* Greek post in Kavalla, Kavalla (Greek Occupation) 1913 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Khios, Khios 1913 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Lemnos, Lemnos 1912–1913
* Postage stamps and postal history of Lesbos, Lesbos 1912–1913

Greenland

* Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland, Greenland 1938 –

Grenada

Guatemala

* Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala, Guatemala 1871 –

Guinea

* Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea, Guinea 1959 –

Guinea–Bissau

* Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea–Bissau 1974 –

Guyana

* Postage stamps and postal history of Guyana, Guyana 1966 –

Haiti

* Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti 1881 –

Honduras

* Postage stamps and postal history of Honduras, Honduras 1866 –

Hong Kong

* Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (British colony) 1862 – 1997
* Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 1997 -

Hungary

* Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary, Hungary 1871 –

Iceland

* Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland, Iceland 1873 – 2020

India

* Postage stamps and postal history of India 1852 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Indian states

Indian Convention States

* Postage stamps and postal history of Chamba, Chamba 1886–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Faridkot, Faridkot 1879–1887
* Postage stamps and postal history of Gwalior, Gwalior 1885–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jind, Jind 1874–1885
* Postage stamps and postal history of Nabha, Nabha 1885–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Patiala, Patiala 1884–1947

Indian Native States

* Postage stamps and postal history of Alwar, Alwar 1877 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bamra, Bamra 1888–1890
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bahrain, Barwani 1921–1938
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bhopal, Bhopal 1876–1949
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bhor, Bhor 1879–1901
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bijawar, Bijawar 1935–1937
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bundi, Bundi 1894–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Bussahir, Bussahir 1895–1896
* Postage stamps and postal history of Charkari, Charkari 1894–1940
* Postage stamps and postal history of Cochin, Cochin 1892–1949
* Postage stamps and postal history of Dhar, Dhar 1897–1898
* Postage stamps and postal history of Dungarpur, Dungarpur 1932–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Duttia, Duttia 1893–1899
* Postage stamps and postal history of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 1869–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Idar, Idar 1939–1950
* Postage stamps and postal history of Indore, Indore 1886–1950
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jaipur, Jaipur 1904–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir 1866–1894
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jasdan, Jasdan 1942 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jhalawar, Jhalawar 1887–1900
* Postage stamps and postal history of Kishangarh, Kishangarh 1899–1947
* Postage stamps and postal history of Las Bela, Las Bela 1897 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Morvi, Morvi 1931–1948
* Postage stamps and postal history of Nandgaon, Nandgaon 1892–1895
* Postage stamps and postal history of Nawanager, Nawanager 1877–1895
* Postage stamps and postal history of Orchha, Orchha 1913–1939
* Postage stamps and postal history of Poonch, Poonch 1876–1894
* Postage stamps and postal history of Rajasthan, Rajasthan 1948–1950
* Postage stamps and postal history of Rajpipla, Rajpipla 1880–1886
* Postage stamps and postal history of Scinde, Scinde 1852–1854
* Postage stamps and postal history of Shahpura, Shahpura 1914–1920
* Postage stamps and postal history of Sirmoor, Sirmoor 1879–1902
* Postage stamps and postal history of Soruth, Soruth (Saurashtra) 1864–1949
* Postage stamps and postal history of Travancore, Travancore 1888–1949
* Postage stamps and postal history of Travancore – Cochin, Travancore – Cochin 1949–1951
* Postage stamps and postal history of Wadhwan, Wadhwan 1888–1892

Indian Overseas Forces

* Postage of the China Expeditionary Force, China Expeditionary Force 1900–1923
* Indian post in the Congo, Congo (Indian UN Force) 1962 only
* Indian post in Gaza, Gaza (Indian UN Force) 1965 only
* Postage of the Indian Expeditionary Forces, Indian Expeditionary Forces 1914–1922
* Indian post in Indo–China, Indo–China (Indian Forces) 1954–1968
* Indian post in Korea, Korea (Indian Custodian Forces) 1953 only
* Indian post in Mosul, Mosul (Indian Forces) 1919 only

Indo–China

* Postage stamps and postal history of Annam, Annam (Indo–China) 1936 only
* Postage stamps and postal history of Annam and Tongking, Annam and Tongking 1888–1892
* Postage stamps and postal history of Cambodia, Cambodia 1951 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Cambodia, Cambodia (Indo–China) 1936
* Postage stamps and postal history of Cochin–China, Cochin–China 1886–1889
* Postage stamps and postal history of Indochina, Indo–China 1889–1949
* Postage stamps and postal history of Kampuchea, Kampuchea 1980–1989
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Khmer Republic, Khmer Republic 1971–1975
* Postage stamps and postal history of Laos, Laos 1951 –
* Postage of the National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam, NFLSV (VietCong) 1963–1976
* Postage stamps and postal history of North Vietnam, North Vietnam 1946–1976
* Postage stamps and postal history of South Vietnam, South Vietnam 1955–1976
* Postage stamps and postal history of Vietnam, Vietnam 1976 –

Indo–Chinese Post in China

* Indo–Chinese post in Canton, Canton (Indo–Chinese Post Office) 1901–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in China, China (Indo–Chinese Post Offices) 1900–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in Hoi–Hao, Hoi–Hao (Indo–Chinese Post Office) 1902–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in Kouang–Tcheou, Kouang–Tcheou 1898–1943
* Indo–Chinese post in Mong–Tseu, Mong–Tseu (Indo–Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in Pakhoi, Pakhoi (Indo–Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in Tchongking, Tchongking (Indo – Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922
* Indo–Chinese post in Yunnanfu, Yunnanfu (Indo–Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922

Indonesia

* Postage stamps and postal history of Indonesia, Indonesia 1945 –
* Postage of the Riau–Lingga Archipelago, Riau–Lingga Archipelago 1954–1965
* Postage stamps and postal history of West Irian, West Irian 1963 – 1970
* Energy of Asia: Official Philatelic of Asian Games, Philatelic items of 2018 Asian Games 2018

International Organisations

* Postage of the Council of Europe 1950 –
* Postage of the International Court of Justice 1934–1958
* Postage of the International Education Office 1944–1960
* Postage of the International Labour Office 1923–1960
* Postage of the International Refugees Organisation 1950 only
* Postage of the International Telecommunication Union 1958–1960
* Postage of the League of Nations, League of Nations (Geneva) 1922–1944
* Postage of UNESCO, UNESCO 1961–1981
* Postage of the United Nations, United Nations (UN) 1951 –
* Postage of the Universal Postal Union, Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1957 –
* Postage of the World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation 1948–1975
* Postage of the World Intellectual Property Organisation 1982 only
* Postage of the World Meteorological Organisation 1956–1973

Ionian Islands

* Postage stamps and postal history of the Ionian Islands, Ionian Islands 1859–1864

Iran

* Postage stamps and postal history of Iran, Iran 1935 –
* Persian Socialist Republic 1919-1921
* Postage stamps and postal history of Persia, Persia 1868–1935

Iraq

* Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq, Iraq 1923 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia 1917–1922

Ireland, Republic of

* Postage stamps of Ireland, Ireland 1922 –

Israel

* Postage stamps and postal history of Israel, Israel 1948 –

Italian Colonies

* Postage of the Aegean Islands (Dodecanese), Aegean Islands (Dodecanese) 1912–1945
* Postage stamps and postal history of Astypalaea, Astypalaea 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Benadir, Benadir 1903–1905
* Postage stamps and postal history of Cyrenaica, Cyrenaica 1923–1952
* Eritrea (Italian Colony) 1893–1942
* Postage of the Italian Colonies, Italian Colonies (General Issues) 1932–1934
* Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa, Italian East Africa 1938–1941
* Postage stamps and postal history of Italian Somaliland, Italian Somaliland 1905–1936
* Postage stamps and postal history of Jubaland, Jubaland 1925–1926
* Postage stamps and postal history of Kalimnos, Kalimnos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Karpathos, Karpathos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Kasos, Kasos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps of Kastellórizo, Kastellórizo 1920–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Khalki, Khalki 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Kos, Kos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Leros, Leros 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Lipsos, Lipsos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Nisyros, Nisyros 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Patmos, Patmos (Patmo) 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Rhodes, Rhodes 1912–1935
* Postage stamps and postal history of Syme, Syme 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Telos, Telos 1912–1932
* Postage stamps and postal history of Tripolitania, Tripolitania 1923–1943

Italian Post Abroad

* Italian post offices in Africa
* Italian post in Albania, Albania (Italian Occupation) 1939–1943
* Italian post in Benghazi, Benghazi (Italian Post Office) 1901–1912
* Italian post in Cephalonia and Ithaca, Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
* Italian post offices in China
* Italian post in Constantinople, Constantinople (Italian Post Office) 1908–1923
* Italian post in Corfu, Corfu (Italian Occupation) 1923 only
* Italian post in Corfu and Paxos, Corfu and Paxos (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
* Italian post offices in Crete
* Italian post in Dalmatia, Dalmatia (Italian Occupation) 1919–1923
* Italian post in Durazzo, Durazzo (Italian Post Office) 1902–1916
* Italian post offices in Egypt
* Italian post in Ethiopia, Ethiopia (Italian Occupation) 1936 only
* Italian post in the Fiume and Kupa Zone, Fiume and Kupa Zone 1941–1942
* Italian post in the Ionian Islands, Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation) 1941–1943
* Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1873–1923
* Italian post in Jannina, Jannina (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
* Italian post in Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
* Italian post in Khania, Khania (Italian Post Office) 1900–1912
* Italian post in Lubiana, Lubiana (Italian Occupation) 1941 only
* Italian post in Montenegro, Montenegro (Italian Occupation) 1941–1943
* Italian post in Pechino, Pechino (Italian Post Office) 1917–1922
* Italian post in Salonika, Salonika (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
* Italian post in Saseno, Saseno (Italian Occupation) 1923 only
* Italian post in Scutari, Scutari (Italian Post Office) 1909–1915
* Italian post in Smirne, Smirne (Italian Post Office) 1909–1911
* Italian post in Tientsin, Tientsin (Italian Post Office) 1917–1922
* Italian post in Trentino, Trentino (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919
* Italian post in Tripoli, Tripoli (Italian Post Office) 1909–1912
* Italian post in Valona, Valona (Italian Post Office) 1909–1916
* Italian post in Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919

Italian States

* Postage stamps and postal history of Modena, Modena 1852–1860
* Postage stamps and postal history of Naples, Naples 1858–1861
* Postage of the Neapolitan Provinces, Neapolitan Provinces 1861–1862
* Postage of the Papal States, Papal States 1852–1870
* Postage stamps and postal history of Parma, Parma 1852–1860
* Postage stamps and postal history of Piedmont, Piedmont 1851–1862
* Postage stamps and postal history of Romagna, Romagna 1859–1860
* Postage stamps and postal history of Sardinia, Sardinia 1851–1863
* Postage stamps and postal history of Sicily, Sicily 1859–1860
* Postage stamps and postal history of Tuscany, Tuscany 1851–1860
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Two Sicilies, Two Sicilies 1858–1861

Italy

* Postage of Campione d'Italia, Campione d'Italia 1944 only
* Postage of the Italian Social Republic, Italian Social Republic 1944–1945
* Postage stamps and postal history of Italy, Italy 1862 –

Ivory Coast

* Postage stamps and postal history of Côte d'Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire 1959 –

Jamaica

* Postage stamps and postal history of Jamaica, Jamaica 1860 –

Japan

* Postage stamps and postal history of Japan, Japan 1871 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Islands 1948–1972

Japanese Post Abroad

* Japanese post in Brunei, Brunei (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Burma, Burma (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Central China, Central China (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1944
* Japanese post in Honan, Honan (Japanese Occupation) 1941
* Japanese post in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation) 1945 only
* Japanese post in Hopei, Hopei (Japanese Occupation) 1941
* Japanese post in Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1943
* Japanese post in Japanese Taiwan, Japanese Taiwan (Formosa) 1945 only
* Japanese post in Java, Java (Japanese Occupation) 1943–1945
* Japanese post in Kelantan, Kelantan (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Korea, Korea (Japanese Post Offices) 1900–1901
* Japanese post in Kwangtung, Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Malaya, Malaya (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Manchukuo, Manchukuo 1932–1945
* Japanese post in Mengkiang, Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Nangking and Shanghai, Nangking and Shanghai (Japanese Occupation) 1941–1945
* Japanese post in North Borneo, North Borneo (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in North China, North China (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in occupied China 1941–1942
* Japanese post in Sarawak, Sarawak (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post in Shansi, Shansi (Japanese Occupation) 1941
* Japanese post in Shantung, Shantung (Japanese Occupation) 1941
* Japanese post in South China, South China (Japanese Occupation) 1942
* Japanese post in Sumatra, Sumatra (Japanese Occupation) 1943–1945
* Japanese post in Supeh, Supeh (Japanese Occupation) 1941
* Japanese post in the Philippines, Philippines (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945
* Japanese post offices in China, China (Japanese Post Offices) 1900–1922
* Postage in the Japanese Naval Control Area, Japanese Naval Control Area 1942–1943

Jordan

* Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan, Jordan 1920 –
* Jordanian post in Palestine, Palestine (Jordanian Occupation) 1948–1950
* Postage stamps and postal history of Transjordan, Transjordan 1920–1949

Kazakhstan

* Postage stamps and postal history of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan 1992 –

Kenya

* Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Kenya 1963 –

Kiribati

Korea

* Postage stamps and postal history of the Korean Empire, Korea (Empire) 1884–1910
* Postage stamps and postal history of North Korea, North Korea 1948 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea, South Korea 1946 –
* North Korean post in South Korea, South Korea (North Korean Occupation) 1950 only

Kosovo

* Postage stamps and postal history of Kasovo, Kosovo 2000 –

Kuwait

* Postage stamps and postal history of Kuwait, Kuwait 1923 –

Kyrgyzstan

* Postage stamps and postal history of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 1992 –

Labuan

* Postage stamps and postal history of Labuan, Labuan 1879 – 1906
* Postage stamps and postal history of Malaysia, Malaysia 1963 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements, Straits Settlements 1867 – 1979

Laos

Latvia

* Postage stamps and postal history of Wenden, Cesis ''aka'' Wenden 1863–1901
* Postage stamps and postal history of Latvia, Latvia 1918–1940; 1991 –

Lebanon

* Greater Lebanon 1924–1926
* Postage stamps and postal history of Lebanon, Lebanon 1924 –

Leeward Islands

* Postage stamps and postal history of Anguilla, Anguilla 1967 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Antigua, Antigua 1862 –
* Postage of Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda 1981 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Barbuda, Barbuda 1922 –
* Postage of the British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands 1968 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Danish West Indies, Danish West Indies 1855–1917
* Postage stamps and postal history of Dominica, Dominica 1874 –
* Postage of the Leeward Islands, Leeward Islands 1890–1956
* Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat, Montserrat 1876 –
* Postage stamps and postal history of Nevis, Nevis 1980 –
* Nevis (British Colonial Issues) 1861–1890
* Postage stamps and postal history of St Christopher, St Christopher 1870–1890
* Postage of St Christopher Nevis and Anguilla, St Christopher Nevis and Anguilla 1952–1980
* Postage stamps and postal history of St Kitts, St Kitts 1980 –
* Postage of St Kitts Nevis and Anguilla, St Kitts Nevis and Anguilla 1967–1971
* Postage stamps and postal history of Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Kitts–Nevis 1903–1980
* Postage of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands 1866–1968

Lesotho

* Postage stamps and postal history of Basutoland, Basutoland 1933–1966
* Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho, Lesotho 1966 –

Liberia

* Postage stamps and postal history of Liberia, Liberia 1860 –

Libya

* Ottoman Empire postal administration
* Foreign postal services in Libya during the Ottoman Empire postal administration
* Italian Libya, Italian Occupation: postal administration 1911–1943
* British Administration: postal administration in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica 1942–1951
* French Administration: postal administration in Fezzan 1943–1951
* Cyrenaica Independent Kingdom: postal administration 1950–1951
* Kingdom of Libya: postal administration 1951–1969
* General Posts and Telecommunications Company (GPTC) 1969 –
* L.A.R. Libyan Arab Republic 1969–1977
* S.P.L.A.J. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1977–1988
* G.S.P.L.A.J. The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1988 –

Liechtenstein

* Postage stamps and postal history of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein 1912 –

Lithuania

* Postage stamps and postal history of Lithuania, Lithuania 1918–1940; 1990 –

Luxembourg

* Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 1852 –

See also

* List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A–E)
* List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M–Z)

References

Bibliography

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd, ''Europe and Colonies 1970'', Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
* Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, ''The Stamp Atlas'', W H Smith, 1989
* ''XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary'', Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960
* Rimeco S.A. / Switzerland, ''"Stamp Catalogue of Libya from 1942"'' and ''"Stamp Catalogue of Libyan Jamahiriya"''

External links

AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms

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Philately-related lists, Issuers

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