Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br–Bz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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.

Brunei

Dates: 1895 –
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei

Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: 1942 – 1945
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.

Dates: 1852 – 1868
Capital: Brunswick
Currency: 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Buenos Aires

Dates: 1858 – 1862
Currency: 8 reales = 1 peso

Refer: Argentine Territories

Bukovina

Refer: West Ukraine

Bulgaria

Dates: 1879 –
Capital: Sofia
Currency: (1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria

Bulgarian Occupation Issues

Refer: Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Bulgarian Territories

Main Article Needed

Includes: Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);; Eastern Rumelia;; South Bulgaria

Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.

Dates: 1894 – 1948
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta.

Dates: 1984 –
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso

See also: Upper Volta

Burma

Dates: 1937 –
Capital: Rangoon
Currency: (1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee; (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Burma

Includes: Myanmar

Burma (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: 1942 – 1945
Currency: (1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee; (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Burundi

Dates: 1962 –
Capital: Bujumbura
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi

Bushire (British Occupation)

Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.

Dates: 1915 only
Currency: 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman

Refer: British Occupation Issues

Bussahir

Dates: 1895 – 1901
Currency: 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Byelorussia

Refer: Belarus

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

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