Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)

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.

Belgian Congo

Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.

Dates: 1909–1960
Capital: Leopoldville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed

See also: Congo Free State

Belgian Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed

Includes: Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);; German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);; Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Belgium

Dates: 1849 –
Capital: Brussels
Currency: (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium

Belgium (German Occupation)

Dates: 1914–1918
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Belize

Dates: 1973 –
Capital: Belmopan
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Belize

See also: British Honduras

Belorussia

Refer: Belarus

Benadir

Dates: 1903–1905
Capital: Mogadishu
Currency: 100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia

Refer: Italian Somaliland

Benghazi (Italian Post Office)

Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.

Dates: 1901–1912
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Benin

Formerly Dahomey.

Dates: 1976 –
Capital: Porto Novo
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Benin

Includes: Benin (French Colony)

See also: Dahomey

Benin (French Colony)

The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892–99 and was then incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin.

Dates: 1892–1899
Capital: Porto Novo
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Benin

Bequia

Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.

Refer: Grenadines of St Vincent

Bergedorf

Became part of Hamburg in 1867.

Dates: 1861–1867
Currency: 16 schillings = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)

Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.

Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Berlin (Russian Zone)
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied Occupation)

Bermuda

Dates: 1865 –
Capital: Hamilton
Currency: (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda

Bessarabia

Refer: Moldova

Beyrouth

Refer: Beirut (French Post Office);; Beirut (Russian Post Office)

Bhopal

Dates: 1876–1949
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Bhor

Dates: 1879–1901
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Bhutan

Dates: 1962 –
Capital: Thimphu
Currency: 100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan

Biafra

Nigerian civil war issues.

Dates: 1968–1969
Capital: Port Harcourt
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra

Refer: Nigerian Territories

Bijawar

Dates: 1935–1937
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

BMA

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)

Bohemia & Moravia

Dates: 1939–1945
Capital: Prague
Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna

Main Article Needed

Bohmen und Mahren

Refer: Bohemia & Moravia

Boka Kotorska

Refer: Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Bolívar

Dates: 1863–1904
Capital: Montería
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: Colombian Territories

Bolivia

Dates: 1867 –
Capital: La Paz
Currency: (1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano; (1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia

Bophutatswana

One of the territories ( Bantustans ) up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.

Dates: 1977 – 1994
Capital: Mmabatho (aka Sun City)
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rand

Refer: South African Territories

Borneo

Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Dates: 1993 –
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: (1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar; (1997) 100 pfennig = 1 mark

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Includes: Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire);; Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);; Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);; Croatian Posts (Bosnia)

See also: Bosnian Serb Republic;; Croatia;; Yugoslavia

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria-Hungary was authorised to occupy Bosnia & Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

During 1912–1918, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.

Dates: 1878–1918
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: (1878–1899) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin; (1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown

Refer: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)

The 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after World War I.

Dates: 1918–1921
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone

Refer: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.

Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: 100 banicas = 1 kuna

Refer: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb Republic

Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia & Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.

By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.

Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.

Dates: 1992 –
Capital: Pale
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Main Article Needed

See also: Bosnia & Herzegovina;; Croatian Posts (Bosnia);; Yugoslavia

Botswana

Dates: 1966 –
Capital: Gaborone
Currency: (1966) 100 cents = 1 rand; (1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana

See also: Bechuanaland

Bouvet Island

Refer: Norwegian Dependency

Boyacá

Dates: 1899–1903
Capital: Tunja
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: Colombian Territories

Brazil

Dates: 1843 –
Capital: Brasilia
Currency: (1843) 1000 = 1 milreis; (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro; (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil

Bremen

Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.

Dates: 1855–1867
Capital: Bremen
Currency: 22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler

Main Article Needed

Refer: German States

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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