Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl)
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.
Packhoi[edit]
Pahang[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Malaysia
Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
- Dates
- 1947 –
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Currency
- (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
- (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee
- Main Article Needed
Palau[edit]
- Main Article
- Postage stamps and postal history of Palau
Palestine (British Mandate)[edit]
- Dates
- 1918 – 1948
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Currency
- (1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound
- (1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)
- Main Article
- Postal history of Palestine
Palestine (Egyptian Rule)[edit]
Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.
- See also
- Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)
Palestine (Jordanian Rule)[edit]
- Refer
- Jordan
Palestinian Authority[edit]
An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.
The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.
- Dates
- 1994 –
- Capital
- Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto )
- Currency
- (1994) mils
- (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar
Panama[edit]
- Dates
- 1878 –
- Capital
- Panama City
- Currency
- (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
- (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa
- Main Article Needed
Panama Canal[edit]
- Refer
- Canal Zone
Papal States[edit]
- Refer
- Italian States
Papua[edit]
- Dates
- 1906 – 1942
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Currency
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Refer
- Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea[edit]
- Dates
- 1952 –
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Currency
- (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
- (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina
- Includes
- British New Guinea;
- New Guinea (Australian Administration);
- North West Pacific Islands;
- Papua
- See also
- German New Guinea
Paraguay[edit]
- Dates
- 1870 –
- Capital
- Asunción
- Currency
- (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso
- (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
- (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani
- Main Article Needed
Parma[edit]
- Refer
- Italian States
Patiala[edit]
Patmos (Patmo)[edit]
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.
Paxos[edit]
Pechino (Italian Post Office)[edit]
- Dates
- 1917 – 1922
- Currency
- Chinese and Italian both used
Peking (Foreign Post Offices)[edit]
- Refer
- French Post Offices Abroad;
- French Post Offices Abroad;
- Italian Post Offices Abroad;
- Russian Post Offices Abroad
Penang[edit]
- Dates
- 1948 –
- Capital
- George Town
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Malaysia
Penrhyn Island[edit]
- Main Article Needed
Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)[edit]
Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.
- Refer
- Penrhyn Island
Perak[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Malaysia
Perlis[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Malaysia
Persekutuan Tanah Melayu[edit]
- Refer
- Malayan Federation
Persia[edit]
- Dates
- 1868 – 1935
- Capital
- Tehran
- Currency
- (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
- (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc
- (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
- (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi
- Refer
- Iran
Peru[edit]
- Dates
- 1858 –
- Capital
- Lima
- Currency
- (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso
- (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso
- (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol
- Main Article Needed
Peter I Island[edit]
- Refer
- Norwegian Dependency
Philippines[edit]
- Dates
- 1946 –
- Capital
- Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976)
- Currency
- (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso
- (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso
- Main Article Needed
Philippines (Japanese Occupation)[edit]
Philippines (US Administration)[edit]
- Refer
- US Post Abroad
Piedmont[edit]
Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.
Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.
In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!
- Refer
- Italian States
- See also
- Sardinia
Pietersburg[edit]
- Refer
- Transvaal
Pirate Coast[edit]
- Refer
- Trucial States
Piscopi[edit]
- Refer
- Telos
Pitcairn Islands[edit]
- Dates
- 1940 –
- Capital
- Adamstown
- Currency
- (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Main Article Needed
Plebiscite Issues[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Allenstein;
- Carinthia;
- East Silesia;
- Marienwerder;
- Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig;
- Upper Silesia
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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