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[edit]

Refer: Great Britain

British Administration Issues[edit]

Refer: Eritrea (British Administration);; Somalia (British Administration);; Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

British Antarctic Territory[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Dates: 1860 only
Capital: Vancouver
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer: British Columbia

British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan[edit]

Refer: Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)

British Consular Mail[edit]

Refer: Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

British East Africa[edit]

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[edit]

Dates: 1890 – 1895
Currency: 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: British East Africa

British Field Office in Salonika[edit]

Refer: Salonika (British Field Office)

British Forces in Egypt[edit]

Refer: Egypt (British Forces)

British Guiana[edit]

Dates: 1850 – 1966
Capital: Georgetown
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

See also: Guyana

British Honduras[edit]

Dates: 1866 – 1973
Capital: Belize
Currency: (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1888) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory[edit]

Dates: 1868 – 1976
Capital: Victoria (on Mahe, Seychelles)
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Indian Ocean Territory

See also: Seychelles;; Zil Elwannyen Sesel

British Levant[edit]

Refer: British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

British Middle East Forces[edit]

Refer: Middle East Forces

British Military Administration Issues (BMA)[edit]

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[edit]

Dates: 1901 – 1906
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Papua New Guinea

British Occupation Issues[edit]

Main Article Needed

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[edit]

Refer: BA/BMA Issues;; East Africa Forces;; Middle East Forces

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia[edit]

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.