Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)

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.

Smirne (Italian Post Office)[edit]

Dates: 1909–1911
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Smyrne (Russian Post Office)[edit]

Dates: 1909–1910
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SO 1920[edit]

Refer: East Silesia

Solomon Islands[edit]

Dates: 1975–
Capital: Honiara
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Solomon Islands

Includes: British Solomon Islands

Somalia[edit]

Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.

Dates: 1950–
Capital: Mogadishu
Currency: (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo; (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia

Somalia (British Administration)[edit]

Dates: 1950 only
Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer: BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Military Administration)[edit]

BMA Somalia.

Dates: 1948– 1950
Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling

Refer: BA/BMA Issues

Somalia (British Occupation)[edit]

Refer: East Africa Forces

See also: Somalia (British Administration);; Somalia (British Military Administration)

Somaliland Protectorate[edit]

Dates: 1904–1960
Capital: Hargeisa
Currency: (1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee; (1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland

Includes: British Somaliland

Soruth (Saurashtra)[edit]

Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.

Dates: 1864–1949
Capital: Junagadh
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Soudan[edit]

Refer: Sudan

South Africa[edit]

Dates: 1910–
Capital: Pretoria
Currency: (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa

South African Republic[edit]

Dates: 1869–1902
Capital: Pretoria
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Transvaal

South African Territories[edit]

Main Article Needed

Includes: Bophutatswana;; Ciskei;; Transkei;; Venda

South Arabian Federation[edit]

Dates: 1963–1968
Capital: Aden
Currency: (1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling; (1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer: Aden Protectorate States

South Australia[edit]

Dates: 1855–1912
Capital: Adelaide
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

See also: Australia

South Bulgaria[edit]

Dates: 1885 only
Capital: Plovdiv (Philippopolis)
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Bulgarian Territories

South China (People's Post)[edit]

Dates: 1949 only
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: CPR Regional Issues

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)[edit]

Dates: 1945–1946
Capital: Dresden
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied Occupation)

South Georgia[edit]

Dates: 1963–1980
Capital: Grytviken
Currency: (1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Refer: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)[edit]

Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.

Dates: 1944–1946
Capital: Grytviken
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Falkland Islands Dependencies

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands[edit]

A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.

Dates: 1980–
Capital: Grytviken
Currency: 100 pence = 1 pound